You can't fight. You can't see. You're afraid of heights and almost everything else, probably. What are you doing here, Sam?
Samwell TarlyOn the morning of my eighteenth nameday, my father came to me. "You're almost a man now, he said, but you're not worthy of my land and title. Tomorrow you're going to take the black, forsake all claims to your inheritance and start north. If you do not," he said, "then we will have a hunt, and somewhere in these woods, your horse will stumble and you'll be thrown from your saddle to die. Or so I will tell your mother. Nothing would please me more."
[A horn sounds, Sam smiles]
Samwell Tarly
It's Jon and the Halfhand, they're back!
[He is interrupted by a second horn blast]
DEDolorous Edd
You're not fighting them alone, come on!
[As they start to move towards the Fist, there is a third blast, and they freeze, horrified.]
Samwell Tarly
Wait! Wait for me! Grenn! Edd!
[Sam sees several figures in the distance and hides behind a boulder. He sobs once they get closer and realizes they are wights and White Walkers. The undead army swarms around the boulder.]
CCraster
You have one son, don't you, Mormont? I had my 99th. You ever meet a man with 99 sons?
[Mormont shakes his head indifferently.]
CCraster
And more daughters than I can count.
JMJeor Mormont
I'm glad for you.
CCraster
Are you now? Me, I'll be glad when you and yours have gone.
JMJeor Mormont
As soon as our wounded are strong enough.
CCraster
Ah. They're as strong as they're gonna get. Them that's dying, why don't you cut their throats and be done with it? Or leave them if you've not the stomach, and I'll sort them myself.
KTKarl Tanner
Whose throat you gonna cut, old man?
JMJeor Mormont
Wait outside.
KTKarl Tanner
It's cold outside, and there's nothing to eat.
CCraster
My wives gave you bread.
KTKarl Tanner
There's sawdust in the bread.
CCraster
You don't like it, you go out there and eat the snow.
KTKarl Tanner
I'd rather eat what you've got hidden away.
JMJeor Mormont
I told you to wait outside.
RRast
He's sitting there, drinking our wine, eating his fill while we die!
CCraster
I gave you crows enough. I've got to feed my women!
RRast
So you admit you've got a hidden larder, then?! How else'd you make it through winter?!
JMJeor Mormont
Enough! Out!
CCraster
I am a godly man!
RRast
You're a stingy bastard!
CCraster
Bastard? [Craster takes an axe off the wall] Out with you, you little thief! [To Karl] And you! [To Eddison Tollett] And you! [Craster looks threateningly at everyone] Go sleep in the cold on empty bellies! I'll chop the hands off the next man who calls me bastard!
[There is a tense silence. Mormont starts to push Rast out]
KTKarl Tanner
You are a bastard. A daughter-fucking, wildling bastard.
[Craster charges at Karl, but Karl shoves his dagger through Craster's jaw]
JMJeor Mormont
The gods will curse us for this! By all the laws...
KTKarl Tanner
There are no laws beyond the Wall!
[Karl grabs the woman he struck and puts his dagger at her throat.]
KTKarl Tanner
Now show us where he hides the food, or you'll get the same as he did!
JMJeor Mormont
[draws his sword] Unhand her!
[Karl lets go of the woman and faces Mormont with his dagger]
JMJeor Mormont
I shall have your head for this...!
[Rast stabs Mormont in the back. A large brawl breaks out, in which Mormont is killed]
Samwell Tarly
[to Gilly] Quickly. Quickly.
GGilly
What's happening? I'm not going out there.
Samwell Tarly
No, we have to go. Now!
[The baby cries. Gilly picks him. They go outside.]
GGilly
Follow me. I know the best way. Come on.
[Rast shouts after Sam.]
RRast
Run fast, Piggy, and sleep well! I'll be cutting your throat one of these nights!
Samwell Tarly
[about Ygritte] What was she like?
Samwell Tarly
[sarcastically] Oh? How big were her feet?
What do you want me to say?
Samwell Tarly
I want you to tell me what it was like to have someone, to be with someone, to love someone and have them love you back. We're all gonna die a lot sooner than I planned. You're the closest I'll ever get to knowing.
So you and Gilly never...?
Samwell Tarly
No. She just had a baby. And she never offered.
But if she had, you would have? You would have broken your vows?
Samwell Tarly
The interesting thing is our vows never specifically forbid intimate relations with women.
Samwell Tarly
"I shall take no wife." Yes, that's in there, there's no denying that. "I shall father no children." It's very specific. But what our vows have to say about other activities is open to interpretation.
I don't think Ser Alliser cares much for interpretation.
Samwell Tarly
Anyway, there's nothing for him to interpret. We didn't. So what's it like?
It's...there's this person, this whole other person, and you're wrapped in them, they're wrapped up in you, and...you...for a little...for a little while you're more than just you, you're...well, I don't know, I'm not a bleeding poet!
Samwell Tarly
No, you're really not.
And what did I get for it? An arrow six inches from my heart.
Samwell Tarly
There'll be arrows for all of us soon, I imagine.
Samwell Tarly
They've already done the worst thing to me they can ever do.
Go get some sleep, Sam. I'll take this watch.
Samwell Tarly
We held them off.
Samwell Tarly
This is a great victory!
Great victory? Mance was testing our defenses. He almost made it through. And, he has more giants, he has more mammoths; he has a thousand times as many men. They'll hit us again tonight. Maybe we can hold them off for a day or two, but we'll never beat them.
Samwell Tarly
Where are you going?
Samwell Tarly
To fi- you can't do that! No one gave you any orders!
Who's left to give orders? The Wildling army is only an army because of Mance. He united a hundred warring tribes. Without Mance, they lose their leader, they lose their purpose, they go back to fighting each other, scatter back to their homes.
Samwell Tarly
Without Mance. You goin' to kill him?
Samwell Tarly
They'll never let you within a hundred yards of him! And even if they did, even if you managed to kill him...
They'll kill me. But if I don't go, they'll kill me anyway. They'll kill the rest of us, too.
Samwell Tarly
They won't just kill you. They'll boil you, they'll... flay you, they'll make it last days!
You're right. It's a bad plan. What's your plan? [they find the last giant dead, surrounded by the bodies of Grenn and the other five Watchmen] They held the Gate. Get some brothers down here to help you. We need to burn the bodies. Raise the outer gate, then lower it again as soon as I'm out.
Samwell Tarly
[notices Jon unbuckling Longclaw from his belt] What're you doing?
I promised Mormont I'd never lose it again. [hands the sword to Sam] In case I don't come back.
Samwell Tarly
Jon? Come back. [Jon gives him a sad smile and walks out beyond the Wall]
Ser Alliser. You have more experience than any other Ranger at Castle Black. You proved your valor many times over, while defending the Wall from the Wildling attack. I name you First Ranger. Lord Janos. I'm giving you command of Greyguard.
Yes, the fort is in a sorry state. Restore it as best you can. First builder Yarwick can spare ten men.
I was charged with the defense of King's Landing when you were soiling your swaddling-clothes. Keep your ruin.
Samwell Tarly
All right, all right! Enough of that!
You mistake me, my Lord. That was a command, not an offer. Pack your arms and armor, say your farewells, and ride for Greyguard.
I will not go meekly off to freeze and die. Give it to one of the fools who cast a stone for you! I will not have it! Do you hear me, boy? I will not have it!
Are you refusing to obey my order?
You can stick your order up your bastard arse.
Take Lord Janos outside. Olly, bring me my sword.
Come in. [Sam enters] Samwell Tarly.
Samwell Tarly
I wasn't sure if you'd remember me.
I remember everything. You helped us get beyond the Wall. You're a good man.
Samwell Tarly
Oh. Well, thank you, but, um, I'm not sure that I am. What happened to you beyond the Wall?
I became the Three-Eyed Raven.
Samwell Tarly
Oh. I don't know what that means.
I can see things that happened in the past. I can see things happening now, all over the world. Why did you come to Winterfell?
Samwell Tarly
Jon's the one to lead the fight against the dead. I know he is. But he can't do it alone. So I've come here to help him.
He's on his way back to Winterfell... with Daenerys Targaryen.
Samwell Tarly
Y-you saw this... in a vision? [Bran holds up a scroll] Oh.
He needs to know the truth.
Samwell Tarly
The truth about what?
About himself. No one knows, no one but me. Jon isn't really my father's son. He's the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and my aunt, Lyanna Stark. He was born in a tower in Dorne. His last name isn't really Snow, it's Sand.
Samwell Tarly
He's not.
Dornish bastards are named "Sand".
Samwell Tarly
At the Citadel, I transcribed a High Septon's diary. He annulled Rhaegar's marriage to Elia. He wed Rhaegar and Lyanna in a secret ceremony!
Samwell Tarly
It's what the High Septon wrote in his private diary. I don't know why he'd lie. Is there something you can see?
[Bran has a vision of Lyanna and Rhaegar's wedding]
RTRhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark
Father, Smith, Warrior. Mother, Maiden, Crone. Stranger. I am hers/his, and she/he is mine, from this day until the end of my days.
Robert's rebellion was built on a lie. Rhaegar didn't kidnap my aunt, or rape her. He loved her. And she loved him. And Jon... Jon's real name...
LSLyanna Stark
[to Ned Stark, in flashback] His name...is Aegon Targaryen. You have to protect him. Promise me, Ned.
He's never been a bastard. He's the heir to the Iron Throne. He needs to know. We need to tell him.
What are you doing in Winterfell? Or did you read every book in the Citadel already? [pause, sees Sam's expression] What's wrong? Gilly? Is she alright?
Samwell Tarly
She's good.
Samwell Tarly
Don't you know?
Samwell Tarly
Daenerys. She executed my father and brother. They were her prisoners. [pause] She didn't tell you.
I'm so sorry. But we need to end this war.
Samwell Tarly
Would you have done it?
I've executed men who've disobeyed me-
Samwell Tarly
You've also spared men. Thousands of Wildlings, when they refused to kneel!
Samwell Tarly
But you were. You've always been.
I gave up my crown, Sam. [starts to leave] I bent the knee, I'm not King in the North anymore.
Samwell Tarly
I'm not talking about the King in the North, I'm talking about the King of the bloody Seven Kingdoms! [Jon turns back] Bran and I worked it out. I had a High Septon's diary, and Bran had... whatever Bran has.
What're you talking about?
Samwell Tarly
Your mother... was Lyanna Stark. And your father... your real father... was Rhaegar Targaryen. You've never been a bastard. You're Aegon Targaryen, true heir to the Iron Throne. [Jon starts toward him] I'm sorry. I know it's a lot to take in-
[angrily] My father was the most honorable man I ever met. You're saying he lied to me, all my life?!
Samwell Tarly
[shakes his head] Your father- well, Ned Stark- he promised your mother he'd always protect you. And he did, Robert would have murdered you if he knew. You're the true King. Aegon Targaryen, Sixth of his Name, Protector of the Realm, all of it.
Samwell Tarly
She shouldn't be.
Samwell Tarly
It's the truth. You gave up your crown, to save your people. Would she do the same?
[The defenders of Winterfell lay out their battleplans]
They're coming. We have dragonglass, and we have Valyrian steel...but there are too many of them, far too many. Our enemy doesn't tire, doesn't stop, doesn't feel. We can't beat them in a straight fight.
The Night King made them all, they follow his command. If he falls...getting to him may be our best chance.
If that's true, he'll never expose himself.
Yes, he will. He'll come for me. He's tried many times before, with many three-eyed ravens.
Samwell Tarly
Why? What does he want?
An endless night. He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory.
Samwell Tarly
That's what death is, isn't it? Forgetting, being forgotten. If we forget where we've been and what we've done, we're not men anymore, just animals. [to Bran] Your memories don't come from books. Your stories aren't just stories. If I wanted to erase the world of Men, I'd start with you.
His mark is on me. [Bran shows the claw marks the Night King left on his arm] He always knows where I am.
We'll put you in the crypt where it's safest.
No. We need to lure him into the open before his army destroys us all. I'll wait for him in the godswood.
You want us to use you as bait?!
We're not leaving you alone out there!
He won't be. I'll stay with him, with the Ironborn. [to Bran] I took this castle from you once. Let me defend you now.
We'll hold off the rest of them, for as long as we can.
When the time comes, Ser Davos and I will be on the walls to give you the signal to light the trench.
Ser Davos is perfectly capable of waving a torch on his own. You'll be in the crypt.
Your Grace, I have fought before, I can do it again, alongside the men and women risking their lives-!
There are thousands of them and only one of you. You can't fight as well as them, but you can think better than any of them. You're here because of your mind; if we survive, I'll need it.
The dragons should give us an edge in the field-
If they're in the field, they're not protecting Bran. We need to be near him; not too near or the Night King won't come, but close enough to pursue him when he does.
Dragon fire will stop him?
I don't know. No one's ever tried.
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