[Walking down a path near the riverbank, they find the body of a full-grown female direwolf with five direwolf pups huddling close to her]
Theon GreyjoyIt's a freak!
It's a direwolf. Tough old beast.
There are no direwolves south of the Wall.
Now there are five. You want to hold it?
[Bran takes the pup immediately and wraps it in his cloak.]
They don't belong down here.
Better a quick death. They won't last without their mother.
[Theon draws his dagger and grabs the pup from Bran.]
Theon Greyjoy
Right, give it here!
Theon Greyjoy
I take orders from your father, not you.
Lord Stark? There are five pups, one for each of the Stark children. The direwolf is the sigil of your House. They were meant to have them.
You will train them yourselves, you will feed them yourselves, and if they die, you will bury them yourselves.
[He notices something at the base of a tree and heads towards it.]
[Jon straightens up, holding a sixth direwolf pup, an albino.]
Theon Greyjoy
Ah, the runt of the litter! That one's yours, Snow.
Your loyalty to your captors is touching. Tell me, how do you think Balon Greyjoy would feel if he could see that his only surviving son has turned lackey? I still remember watching my father's fleet burning in Lannisport. I believe your uncles were responsible.
Theon Greyjoy
Must've been a pretty sight.
Nothing prettier than watching sailors burn alive. Yes, great victory for your people. Shame how it all turned out.
Theon Greyjoy
We were outnumbered ten to one!
A stupid rebellion, then. I suppose your father realized that when your brothers died in battle. And now, here you are Your enemy's squire.
Theon Greyjoy
Careful, Imp!
I've offended you? Forgive me, it's been a rough morning. Anyway, don't despair. I'm a constant disappointment to my own father, and I have learned to live with it. [tosses Theon a gold coin] Your next tumble with Ros is on me. I'll try not to wear her out.
Treason? Sansa wrote this?
It is your sister's hand, but the Queen's words. You are summoned to King's Landing to swear fealty to the new king.
Joffrey puts my father in chains, now he wants his ass kissed?
This is a royal command, My Lord. If you should refuse to obey...
I won't refuse. His Grace summons me to King's Landing, I'll go to King's Landing. But not alone. Call the banners.
They've all sworn to defend my father, have they not?
Now we see what their words are worth.
[Maester Luwin goes away]
Theon Greyjoy
Are you afraid?
[showing his hand trembling for fear] I must be.
Theon Greyjoy
Good.
Theon Greyjoy
It means you're not stupid.
Lady Stark, I'd offer you my sword, but, I seem to have lost it.
It is not your sword I want. Give me my daughters back, give me my husband.
I've lost them too, I'm afraid.
Theon Greyjoy
Kill him, Robb; send his head back to his father. He cut down ten of our men.
He's more use to us alive than dead.
Take him away and put him in irons.
We could end this war right now boy, save thousands of lives. I fight for the Lannisters, you fight for the Starks. Swords, knives, teeth, nails; choose your weapon, and we can end this.
If we did it your way, Kingslayer, you'd win. We're not doing it your way.
JUJon Umber
Come on, pretty man!
I sent 2,000 men to their graves today.
Theon Greyjoy
The bards will sing songs of their sacrifice.
Aye, but the dead won't hear them. One victory does not make us conquerers. Did we free my father? Did we free my sisters from the Queen? Did we free the North from those who'd have us on our knees? This war is far from over.
GUGreatjon Umber
My lords. MY LORDS! Here's what I say to these two kings. [Spits, drawing laughter from the men] Renly Baratheon is nothing to me, nor Stannis neither. Why should they rule over me and mine from some flowery seat in the South? What do they know of the Wall or the Wolfswood? Even their gods are wrong. Why shouldn't we rule ourselves again? It was the dragons we bowed to and now the dragons are dead. [Draws his sword and points it to Robb] There sits the only King I mean to bend my knee to: the King in the North!
I'll have peace on those terms. They can keep their red castle, and their iron chair too. [draws his sword and kneels] The King in the North.
Theon Greyjoy
Am I your brother, now and always?
Theon Greyjoy
[draws his sword and kneels] My sword is yours, in victory and defeat, from this day until my last day.
GUGreatjon Umber
The King in the North!
NRNorthern and Riverlords
The King in the North! [all drawing swords] The King in the North! THE KING IN THE NORTH!
BGBalon Greyjoy
What are our words? [pause; Theon hesitates] Our words?
Theon Greyjoy
"We Do Not Sow".
BGBalon Greyjoy
"We Do Not Sow". We are Ironborn. We're not subjects, we're not slaves. We do not plow the fields or toil in the mines. We take what is ours. Your time with the wolves has made you weak.
Theon Greyjoy
You act as if I volunteered to go. You gave me away if you remember. The day you bent the knee to Robert Baratheon. After he crushed you. Did you take what was yours then? [gets slapped by Balon] You gave me away! Your boy! Your last boy! You gave me away like I was some dog you didn't want anymore, and now you curse me because I've come home!!
[Theon and Dagmer barge into Wintetfell, waking Bran from his sleep]
Theon Greyjoy
I've taken your castle!
Theon Greyjoy
It's Prince Theon now. Get up! You have to get dressed. I've taken Winterfell. I took it. I'm occupying it. I sent men over the walls with grappling claws and ropes.
Theon Greyjoy
To take the castle.
Theon Greyjoy
And he sent me back to Pyke. I'm a Greyjoy. I can't fight for Robb and my father both. Where's Hodor?
Theon Greyjoy
[to Dagmer] Find the halfwit. My men are bringing your people into the courtyard.
Theon Greyjoy
So you and I can go down and tell them how you've yielded Winterfell to me.
Theon Greyjoy
Yes, you will.
[Bran hoists himself up]
I won't! I'll never yield. I'll fight you and throw you out.
Theon Greyjoy
The castle is mine but these people are still yours. You'll yield to keep them safe. To keep them alive. That's what a good lord would do. Think carefully about what you want to say.
Theon. [Theon turns back to Bran] Did you hate us the whole time?
Theon Greyjoy
Ser Rodrik! I sentence you to death!
No! You said no harm would come to them if I yielded!
Theon Greyjoy
The old man couldn't keep his mouth shut.
I urge you not to make a hasty decision.
Theon Greyjoy
He disrespected me in front of my men! That was his decision, not mine.
He's worth more to you alive than dead. The Starks will pay. Please, Theon, think on what you do.
Theon Greyjoy
You'll address me as Prince Theon, or you'll be next.
[The Ironborn drag Rodrik across the courtyard to the block as the crowd protests]
Theon! Please! Rodrik! Please stop, please!
He who passes the sentence should swing the sword!
[Theon pauses, then nods to the Ironborn, who force Rodrik to kneel. Theon motions Dagmer back and draws his sword]
Theon Greyjoy
You don't give commands anymore, little lord.
Hush now, child. I'm off to see your father.
You said no harm would come! You said no harm would come to them, please!
Theon Greyjoy
Any last words, old man?
Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now, you are truly lost.
Please, don't! I'll do anything! Please!
RSRickon Stark
No, please stop it!
[Theon swings his sword but it takes him three more strikes and a kick to finally behead Rodrik]
Theon Greyjoy
You should be proud of your brother's achievement. I took the great castle of Winterfell with twenty men.
You're a great warrior. I saw the bodies above your gates. Which one gave you the tougher fight, the cripple or the six-year-old?
Theon Greyjoy
I treated the Stark boys with honour and they repaid me with treachery.
You treated them with honour by butchering them?
Theon Greyjoy
Before I had to kill them, I treated them...
You seized their home, as is your right. We're Ironborn; we take what we need.
Theon Greyjoy
Exactly.
Then, you made them prisoners in their home and they ran away. Is that treachery? I'd call it bravery.
Theon Greyjoy
They made me a promise–
Your little boy prisoners made you a promise and you got mad when they broke it? Are you the dumbest cunt alive?
Theon Greyjoy
Don't call me a–
A cunt. A dumb cunt who killed the only two Starks in Winterfell. You know how valuable those boys were?
Theon Greyjoy
If I hadn't killed them, the Northerners would think me weak.
You are weak. And you're stupid.
[Theon hears a lone horn blowing outside the gates of Winterfell]
Theon Greyjoy
I will kill that man. I don't care how many arrows they feather me with, how many spears they run through me, I will kill that horn-blowing cunt before I fall!
They want you to know you're surrounded.
Theon Greyjoy
I know I'm surrounded. I know that because I stood on the battlements and saw I was surrounded.
They don't want you to sleep. They want to sap your spirit before...
Theon Greyjoy
Thank you, wise bald man! Thank you for explaining siege tactics to me.
[The horn blows again]
Theon Greyjoy
No word from my father?
Theon Greyjoy
Send more ravens.
You killed all the ravens.
Theon Greyjoy
The first time I saw Winterfell...[trails off as he hears the horn blow again] The first time I saw Winterfell, it looked like something that had been here for thousands of years, and would be here for thousands of years after I was dead. I saw it and I thought, "Of course Ned Stark crushed our rebellion and killed my brothers. We never stood a chance against a man who lives here."
Lord Stark went out of his way to make it your home.
Theon Greyjoy
Yes, I know my captors were so very kind to me. You love reminding me of that! Everybody in this frozen pile of shit has loved reminding me of that. You know what it's like to be told how lucky you are to be someone's prisoner? To be told how much you owe them? And then to go back home to your real father... [begins to shed tears as the horn blows once again] I will kill that man! I swear to the Drowned God, the old gods, the new gods, TO EVERY FUCKING GOD IN EVERY FUCKING HEAVEN, I WILL KILL THAT MAN!
Theon, listen to me. I serve Winterfell. Now, Winterfell is yours. I'm bound by oath to serve you.
Theon Greyjoy
And what's your counsel, trusted friend?
Run. Five hundred Northmen wait outside the walls, you have 20 men. You can't win. Wait for nightfall and run.
Theon Greyjoy
There's nowhere to run. I'll never make it back to the Iron Islands. And even if I did, even if by some miracle I slipped through the lines and made it home, I'll be a coward. The Greyjoy who ran. The shame of the family.
[in a gentle tone] Don't go home. Join the Night's Watch. Once a man has taken the black, he is beyond reach of the law. All his past crimes are forgiven.
Theon Greyjoy
I won't make it to the wall. I won't make it ten feet past the Winterfell gates.
There are ways. Hidden passageways built so the Lords of Winterfell could escape. The road will be dangerous. But with a little luck... The Night's Watch is an ancient, honourable order. You'll have opportunities there.
Theon Greyjoy
The opportunity for Jon Snow to cut my throat in my sleep!
The opportunity to make amends for what you've done.
Theon Greyjoy
I've done a lot, haven't I? Things I never imagined myself doing.
I've known you for many years, Theon Greyjoy. You're not the man you are pretending to be. Not yet.
Theon Greyjoy
You may be right. I've gone too far to pretend to be anything else.
[Ramsay blows on a trumpet, awakening Theon, who is hanging from a rack]
Sorry. Were you sleeping?
Theon Greyjoy
Wa...
Wa? Wa? Water! You want some water. [Ramsay grabs a cup of water] I wish I had some for you. [Ramsay pours the water on the ground in front of an anguished Theon.] So let's play a game. Which body part do you need the least?
Theon Greyjoy
Please...
Please is not a body part.
Theon Greyjoy
I'll tell you everything, please...
But you already told me everything, remember? Your daddy was mean to you. The Starks didn't appreciate you. One good bit, though: the Stark boys, they're still alive. Wouldn't that be a hunt to remember? You failed, but I'm a better hunter than you. Now, how about your little finger? You don't need that for much, do you? No? Good. Let's start with that. You've been wondering why you're here, haven't you? Where you are, who I am, why I'm doing this to you. So guess. If you guess right, I'll tell you. By the Old Gods and the New, I swear it. You win the game if you can figure out who I am and why I'm torturing you, and I win the game if you beg me to cut off your finger!
Theon Greyjoy
If I win, you'll let me go?
If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
Theon Greyjoy
Please...
[pulling out a knife] You say please again and you'll wish you hadn't. You first. Where are we?
Theon Greyjoy
The North.
Theon Greyjoy
Deepwood Motte.
[Ramsay jams the knife in Theon's little finger. Theon groans in pain]
Theon Greyjoy
Last Hearth.
Do I look like a fucking Umber to you?
[Ramsay moves the blade around]
Theon Greyjoy
Aaaah, the Karhold!
Karhold? How did you know that? Did you see any banners flying when we came in?
Theon Greyjoy
No, it was just a guess.
Very good, Lord Theon. And who am I?
Theon Greyjoy
Torrhen Karstark.
He's dead. Strangled by the Kingslayer.
Theon Greyjoy
He was your brother. Your father is Lord Rickard Karstark. [A defeated Ramsay sits back down] You swore to tell me if I-!
Theon Greyjoy
Lord Rickard Karstark is Robb Stark's bannerman. I betrayed Robb. That's why you're torturing me.
Yes. You win. [pause] Of course you forgot to ask one question. You forgot to ask if I'm a liar! [he sticks his knife back into Theon's little finger, causing Theon to scream in agony] I'm afraid I am. [begins carving Theon's skin on his little finger] Everything I told you is a lie. [he begins to peel off Theon's little finger skin. Theon screams in absolute pain] This isn't happening to you for a reason. Well, one reason: I enjoy it.
Theon Greyjoy
PLEASE CUT IT OFF, CUT IT OFF, CUT IT OFF, AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
[eating a sausage] Those girls weren't lying. You had a good sized cock. [Theon weakly looks at the sausage in horror] What? No! Pork sausage. Do you think I'm some sort of savage? When people talk about phantom limbs, an amputee might have an itch where his foot used to be. So I've always wondered, do eunuchs have a phantom cock? Next time you think about naked girls, will you feel an itch? Sorry. I shouldn't make jokes. My mother taught me not to throw stones at cripples...[grins] but my father taught me aim for their head!
Theon Greyjoy
Kill me...
Theon Greyjoy
Kill me.
Theon Greyjoy
KILL ME!
You're no good to me dead. We need you. You don't look like Theon Greyjoy anymore. That's a name for a lord. But you're not a lord, are you? You're just...meat. Stinking meat. You reek. Reek! That's a good name for you. What's your name?
Theon Greyjoy
Theon Greyjoy.
[Ramsay backhands Theon]
Theon Greyjoy
Th-Theon Greyjoy.
[Ramsay punches Theon in the jaw]
Theon Greyjoy
Please...
[Ramsay grabs Theon by the face]
What...is...your...name?!
Theon Greyjoy
Reek. My name is...Reek.
Father. [shoves Theon forward, Roose gets up and inspects him more closely]
I trained him. He was a slow learner, but he learned.
Peeled a few bits. Removed a few others.
This was Balon Greyjoy's son and heir.
We've been flaying our enemies for a thousand years. The flayed man is on our banners.
My banners, not yours. You're not a Bolton, you're a Snow. Tywin Lannister has given me the North, but he won't lift a finger to help me take it. As long as the Ironborn hold Moat Cailin, our armies are trapped south of the Neck. Theon was a valuable hostage, not your plaything. I wanted to trade him for Moat Cailin.
I already asked. Lord Greyjoy refused. Savages have...
You sent terms to Balon Greyjoy without my consent?
You made me Acting Lord of the Dreadfort. I acted.
I had to smuggle myself into my own lands thanks to the Greyjoys. I needed Theon. I needed him whole.
Theon was our enemy. But Reek? Reek will never betray us.
I place far too much trust in you.
Reek, how could you let me stand before my father unshaven? It's disrespectful.
Theon Greyjoy
Sorry, my lord.
[to Locke] Give him the razor.
[Ramsay sits in a chair and Theon is handed a razor; Roose turns around to watch]
I'm not a Bolton, father. What does it matter? Go on, Reek. A nice, close shave.
[Theon begins carefully shaving Ramsay]
BGBolton guard
[about Theon/Reek] Last cage on the right!
Thank you. [she slits his throat with her hatchet] We're going home.
Theon Greyjoy
No! [backs away from her as she opens the door]
It's all right! It's me,Yara.
Theon Greyjoy
You can't trick me! Tell him! Tell him you couldn't trick me!
I'm not tricking you, Theon! I'm saving you.
Theon Greyjoy
Not Theon! Reek! Reek! My name's Reek!
BGBolton guards
They're here!
GBGreyjoy bannerman
If they catch us in here, we're trapped!
Theon Greyjoy
[crying hysterically] No, you can't! You can't!
Theon Greyjoy
No! I've never been him! Please- I'm Reek, good Reek, I've always been Reek!
[entering the kennels] This is turning into a lovely evening.
[The Bolton and Greyjoy forces attack each other]
Aaargh! Theon! Give me my brother back, and no more of your men will die.
You've got bigger balls than he ever did. But, with those... big balls of yours... [grins as he unlocks the hounds' cages] How fast can you run?
[to Sansa] I heard you two had been reunited. A fitting place for it. I like to imagine the last time you spoke was in this very room. Are you still angry with him after he...what he did? Don't worry. The North remembers. I punished him for it. He's not Ironborn anymore. He's not Theon Greyjoy anymore. He's a new man. A new person anyway. Aren't you, Reek?
Theon Greyjoy
Yes Master.
That's his new name. Reek.
Because Reek has something to say to you. Don't you, Reek?
[Ramsay gestures Theon to come closer to the table, which he does.]
An apology? Apologize to Lady Sansa for what you did. Apologize for murdering her two brothers.
Theon Greyjoy
I'm sorry.
Look at her, Reek. An apology doesn't mean anything if you're not looking the person in the eye.
Theon Greyjoy
I'm sorry.
Theon Greyjoy
Killing your brothers.
There! Over and done with it. Doesn't everyone feel better? I do. [Sansa wipes away a tear.] That was getting very tense. [Theon walks away from the table in shame.] You know what, my lady? What with him having murdered your brothers and the rest of your family gone, Reek here is the nearest thing to living kin that you have left. Reek! You will give away the bride. Someone has to. What better person? Good? [To Roose] Good?
Walda and I have some good news as well. Since we're all together.
WBWalda Bolton
[smiles] We're going to have a baby!
[Ramsay's smile quickly fades.]
From the way she's carrying, Maester Wolkan says it looks like a boy.
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