[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]
It's a direwolf. Tough old beast.
Robb StarkThere 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.]
Robb Stark
Put away your blade!
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.]
Robb Stark
What is it?
[Jon straightens up, holding a sixth direwolf pup, an albino.]
Ah, the runt of the litter! That one's yours, Snow.
[a crow lands in the window]
ONOld Nan
Don't listen to it. Crows are all liars. I know a story about a crow.
ONOld Nan
I know a story about a boy who hated stories. I can tell you about Ser Duncan the Tall. Those were always your favorites.
Those aren't my favorites. My favorites were the scary ones.
ONOld Nan
Oh, my sweet summer child, what do you know about fear? Fear is for the winter when the snows fall a hundred feet deep. Fear is for the long nights when the sun hides for years, and children are born and live and die all in darkness. That is the time for fear, my little Lord: when the White Walkers roam through the woods. Thousands of years ago there came a night that lasted a generation. Kings froze to death in their castles, same as the shepherds in their huts, and women smothered their babies rather than see them starve, and wept, and felt their tears freeze on their cheeks! So is this the sort of story that you like? [Bran nods] In that darkness, the White Walkers came for the first time. They swept through cities and kingdoms, riding their dead horses, hunting with their packs of pale spiders, big as hounds! —
Robb Stark
[entering suddenly] What are you telling him now?
ONOld Nan
Only what the little Lord wants to hear.
[about Hodor] Would your charming companion be so good as to kneel? My neck is beginning to hurt.
Do you like to ride, Bran?
Yes. Well, I mean, I did like to.
The boy has lost the use of his legs.
What of it? With the right horse and saddle, even a cripple can ride.
Then I'm not a dwarf! My father will rejoice to hear it. I have a gift for you. Give that to your saddler, he'll provide the rest. You must shape the horse to the rider- start with a yearling, and teach it to respond to the reins, and to the boy's voice.
Will I really be able to ride?
You will. On horseback, you'll be as tall as any of them.
Robb Stark
Is this some kind of trick? Why do you want to help him?
I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples, bastards and broken things.
Robb Stark
You've done my brother a kindness. The hospitality of Winterfell is yours...
Spare me your false courtesies, Lord Stark. There's a brothel outside your walls; there, I'll find a bed and both of us can sleep easier.
Robb Stark
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.
Robb Stark
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...
Robb Stark
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.
Robb Stark
They've all sworn to defend my father, have they not?
Robb Stark
Now we see what their words are worth.
[Maester Luwin goes away]
Robb Stark
[showing his hand trembling for fear] I must be.
Robb Stark
Why is that good?
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.
Kill him, Robb; send his head back to his father. He cut down ten of our men.
Robb Stark
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.
Robb Stark
If we did it your way, Kingslayer, you'd win. We're not doing it your way.
JUJon Umber
Come on, pretty man!
Robb Stark
I sent 2,000 men to their graves today.
The bards will sing songs of their sacrifice.
Robb Stark
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.
Am I your brother, now and always?
Robb Stark
Now and always, Theon.
[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!
The King in the North. I keep expecting you to leave me in one castle or another for safekeeping, but you drag me along from camp to camp. Have you grown fond of me, Stark? Is that it? I've never seen you with a girl.
Robb Stark
If I left you with one of my bannermen, your father would know within a fortnight, and my bannermen would receive a raven with a message: "Release my son and you'll be rich beyond your dreams. Refuse, and your house'll be destroyed, root and stem."
You don't trust the loyalty of the men following you into battle?
Robb Stark
Oh, I trust them with my life, just not with yours.
Smart, boy. What's wrong? Don't like being called boy? Insulted?
[Jaime sees Robb's direwolf, Grey Wind, stalking around the cage]
Robb Stark
You insult yourself, Kingslayer. You've been defeated by a boy. You're held captive by a boy. Perhaps you'll be killed by a boy.
[Grey Wind enters the cage doorway and stands quietly next to Robb.]
Robb Stark
Stannis Baratheon sent ravens to all the High Lords of Westeros. King Joffrey Baratheon is neither a true King, nor a true Baratheon. He's your bastard son.
Well, if that's true, Stannis is the rightful King. How convenient for him.
Robb Stark
My father learned the truth. That's why you had him executed.
I was your prisoner when Ned Stark lost his head.
Robb Stark
Your son killed him so the world wouldn't learn who fathered him and you... you pushed my brother from a window because he saw you with the Queen.
You have proof? Or, do you want to trade gossip like a couple of fishwives?
Robb Stark
I'm sending one of your cousins down to King's Landing with my peace terms.
You think my father's going to negotiate with you? You don't know him very well.
Robb Stark
No, but he's starting to know me.
Three victories don't make you a conqueror.
Robb Stark
It's better than three defeats.
Robb Stark
I offer your cousins peace, if they meet my terms. First, your family must release my sisters. Second, my father's bones must be returned to us, so that he may rest beside his brother and sister in the crypts beneath Winterfell. And the remains of all those who died in his service must be returned also, that their families can honour them with proper funerals.
ALAlton Lannister
An honourable request, your Grace.
Robb Stark
Third, Joffrey and the Queen Regent must renounce all claim to dominion of the North. From this time to the end of time, we are a free and independent kingdom.
NLNorthern Lords
The King in the North!
Robb Stark
Neither Joffrey nor any of his men shall ever set foot in our lands again. If he disregards this command, he shall suffer the same fate as my father...only I won't need a servant to do my beheading for me!
ALAlton Lannister
[stammering] Your Grace... these are...
Robb Stark
These are my terms! If the Queen Regent and her son meet them, I'll give them peace. If not, I will litter the south with Lannister dead.
ALAlton Lannister
King Joffrey is a Baratheon, Your Grace.
Robb Stark
Is he?
Five Lannisters dead, for every one of ours. We've nowhere to keep these prisoners. We have barely enough food to feed our own.
Robb Stark
We're not executing prisoners, Lord Bolton.
Of course, Your Grace. The officers will be useful. Some of them may be privy to Tywin Lannister's plans.
Robb Stark
I doubt it.
Well, we'll learn soon enough. In my family, we say: "A naked man has few secrets, a flayed man none."
Robb Stark
My father outlawed flaying in the North.
We're not in the North...
Robb Stark
We're not torturing them!
The high road's very pretty, but you'll have a'hard time marching your army down it.
Robb Stark
The Lannisters hold prisoners of their own. I won't give them an excuse to abuse my sisters.
[Robb Stark learns that Theon Greyjoy has betrayed him and seized Winterfell]
Robb Stark
This cannot be true.
We've had ravens from White Harbour, Barrowtown and the Dreadfort, my lord. I'm afraid it is true.
Robb Stark
Why? Why would Theon...
Because the Greyjoys are treasonous whores.
Robb Stark
My brothers?
We've heard nothing of them... but Rodrik Cassell is dead.
I told you, never trust a Greyjoy!
Robb Stark
I must go north at once.
There's still a war to win, Your Grace!
Robb Stark
How can I call myself King if I can't hold my own castle? How can I ask men to follow me if...
You are a king! And that means you don't have to do everything yourself.
Let me go and talk to Theon.
Robb Stark
There will be no talk, he will die for this!
Theon holds the castle with a skeleton crew. Let me send word to my bastard at the Dreadfort; he can raise a few hundred men and retake Winterfell before the new moon. We have the Lannisters on the run; if you march all the way back north now, you lose what you gained. My boy would be honoured to bring you Prince Theon's head.
Robb Stark
Tell your son Bran and Rickon's safety is paramount. And Theon... I want him brought to me alive. I want to look him in the eye and ask him why, and then I will take his head myself!
If I may, nephew, I encountered a situation with one of my lieutenants at the Stone Mill which may have some bearing-
Why don't you shut your mouth about that damned mill? And don't call him "nephew." He is your king.
Robb knows I meant him no disr-
You're lucky I'm not your king. I wouldn't let you wave your blunders around like a victory flag.
My blunder sent Tywin's mad dog scurrying back to Casterly Rock with his tail between his legs. I think King Robb understands we're not gonna win this war if he's the only one winning any battles. No, there's glory enough to go around.
Robb Stark
It's not about glory. Your instructions were to wait for him to come to you.
Robb Stark
What value was the mill?
The Mountain was garrisoned across the river from it.
Robb Stark
Is he there now?
Of course not. We took the fight to him. He could not withstand us.
Robb Stark
I wanted to draw the Mountain into the west, into our country where we could surround him and kill him. I wanted him to chase us, which he would have done because he is a mad dog without a strategic thought in his head. I could have that head on a spike by now. Instead, I have a mill.
We took hostages. Willem Lannister. Martyn Lannister.
Robb Stark
Willem and Martyn Lannister are 14 years old.
Robb Stark
Tywin Lannister has my sisters. Have I sued for peace?
Robb Stark
Do you think he'll sue for peace because we have his... [frowns as he tries to work it out in his head] Father's brother's great-grandsons?
Robb Stark
How many men did you lose?
208. But for every man we lost, the Lannisters--
Robb Stark
We need our men more than Tywin needs his!
I'm sorry. I didn't know.
Robb Stark
You would have. Right here today at this gathering if you had been patient.
We seem to be running short of patience here.
Robb Stark
You know who isn't? Tywin Lannister.
Robb Stark
It took five of you to murder two unarmed squires?
Not murder, Your Grace. Vengeance.
Robb Stark
Vengeance? Those boys didn't kill your sons. I saw Harrion die on the battlefield, and Torrhen...
Was strangled by the Kingslayer. They were his kin.
Robb Stark
THEY WERE BOYS! Look at them.
Tell your mother to look at them. She killed them as much as I.
Robb Stark
My mother had nothing to do with this. This was your treason.
It's treason to free your enemies! In war, you kill your enemies! Did your father not teach you that, boy?!
[Brynden Tully punches Karstark in the face]
Robb Stark
Leave him.
Aye. Leave me to the king. He wants to give me a scolding before he sets me free. That's how he deals with treason. Our King in the North. Or should I call him the King Who Lost the North?
Robb Stark
Escort Lord Karstark to the dungeon. Hang the rest.
KSKarstark soldier
Mercy, sire! I didn't kill anyone, I only watched for the guards.
Robb Stark
This one was only the watcher. Hang him last so he can watch the others die.
KSKarstark soldier
Please! Please don't, they made me do it! They made me! They made me...!
[The prisoners are dragged out; Robb sits at his desk, contemplating what to do about Karstark.]
Word of this can't leave Riverrun. They were Tywin Lannister's nephews; the Lannisters pay their debts - they never stop talking about that.
Robb Stark
Would you make me a liar as well as a murderer?
It wouldn't be lying. We'll bury them and remain silent until the war is done.
Robb Stark
I'm not fighting for justice if I don't serve justice to murderers in my ranks, no matter how highborn! He has to die.
The Karstarks are Northmen. They won't forgive the killing of their Lord.
Your mother's right. If you do this, the Karstarks will abandon you.
Robb Stark
You tended to their wounds, you brought them supper. Now they're dead.
And more boys will keep dying until this war is over! You need Karstark men to end it!
Spare his life, keep him as a hostage.
A hostage. Tell the Karstarks that as long as they remain loyal, he will not be harmed.
The blood of the First Men flows in my veins as much as yours, boy. I fought the Mad King for your father. I fought Joffrey for you. We are kin, Stark and Karstark.
Robb Stark
That didn't stop you from betraying me, and it won't save you now.
I don't want it to save me. I want it to haunt you to the end of your days!
Robb Stark
Kneel, my Lord.
[Karstark kneels across a stone hedgerow, and calmly awaits his execution.]
Robb Stark
Rickard Karstark, Lord of Karhold, here in sight of Gods and men, I sentence you to die. Would you speak a final word?
Kill me and be cursed! You are no King of mine!
[Robb angrily beheads Lord Karstark with a single blow.]
[Robb surveys his map, which displays the Stark forces nearly encircled by the Greyjoy and Tyrell/Lannister forces.]
Robb Stark
You were right. the Karstarks are gone. Almost half our forces. Tywin Lannister knows what he needs to do, to make us unravel. Nothing. Only wait.
Robb Stark
What can I do? Attack King's Landing? There's nothing he'd like better. He'd crush us in a day.
You could ride North, take your lands back from the Greyjoys. Wait out the winter.
Robb Stark
Winter could last five years. Once my bannermen are home again, sitting by the fire, surrounded by their families, warm and safe, they'll never ride south again. When I gathered my Lords together, we had a purpose, a mission. Now, we're like a band of bickering children!
Robb Stark
What?
My honored guests, be welcome within my walls and at my table. I extend to you my hospitality and my protection in the light of the Seven.
Robb Stark
Thank you for your hospitality, my lord. I've come to make my apologies, my lord, and to beg your forgiveness.
Don't beg my forgiveness, your grace. It wasn't me you spurned, it was my girls. One of them was supposed to be queen. Now none of them are. This is Arwaya, my daughter, my daughter Walda, my daughter Derwa, my daughter Waldra. My eldest granddaughters Janeya and Neyela. Serra and Sarra, granddaughters, twins. You could have had either. You could have both for all I care. My granddaughter Marianne, my granddaughter Freya, my granddaughter...Wertha? Walra? Waldina?
Fine. And here's my youngest daughter, Shirei. Though she hasn't bled yet, clearly you don't have the patience for all that.
Robb Stark
My ladies, all men should keep their word. Kings most of all. I was pledged to marry one of you and I broke that vow. The fault is not with you. Any man would be lucky to have any one of you. I did what I did not to slight you but because I loved another. I know these words cannot set right the wrong I've done to you and your house. I beg your forgiveness and pledge to do all I can to make amends so the Freys of the Crossing and the Starks of Winterfell may once again be friends.
[A bemused Walder claps his hands.]
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