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  1. Public Bookmark 51

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    What was the Night’s Watch? Protection from nothing. The shadow of a wall. A cell in the open air for men with problems.

    What was the Night’s Watch? A home for orphans and cutthroats and sad old men. An imaginary line in the sand, in the soil, in the sea. Towers made of rust. A set of words, named oaths, that singed your skin. A gaol, or maybe a noose. Likely both.


    Castle Black is a pot boiling over. The great ranging has left a paltry force behind, Grenn is gone, and Pyp is having bad dreams.

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    11 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 31

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    While visiting Winterfell for a royal feast, Benjen Stark learns that his nephew plans to take the black, and struggles to deal with the mixed feelings brought up by this revelation.

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    11 Feb 2026

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    What else can a storm do but rage?

    Or: five lives Robert Baratheon never lived + the one he did.

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    06 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    The Feast at Winterfell in honor of King Robert's visit to the North is going well, but a lonely and bitter Cersei Lannister mocks Lady Catelyn directly into her bed chamber

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    28 Jan 2026

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    Brandon was held prisoner throughout Robert’s Rebellion and became Lord of Winterfell after the war. At Robert's urging, Ned stayed in King's Landing and joined the Kingsguard. But he hadn't imagined Robert would be such a poor king, nor had he predicted how badly his oaths would chafe.

    Certainly, he never expected he'd begin to sympathize with the Kingslayer.

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    12 Jan 2026