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[THE FAR NORTH]
[The wildings lead the captive JON SNOW and QHORIN HALFHAND on a march. YGRITTE playfully tortures JON by batting him with his sword, with the RATTLESHIRT walking behind her.]
"She likes you" Lyanna stated.
"She finds my lack of sexual experience interesting" Jon muttered, wiping his eyes.
Lyanna snorted. Boys...
"We should be there by sundown. Won't be a fun night for you. Mance knows how to make crows sing. If you know what to say, you might just make it through the night. Not talking's not the way to go."
"Careful with that. You might cut yourself."
[YGRITTE swings the sword again, JON feints and she misses.]
"Never swung a sword before, have you? You look like a baby with a rattle."
[YGRITTE challenges JON. QHORIN uses the distraction to punch his captor in the face and steal his sword. He pushes by RATTLESHIRT and attacks JON. JON falls.]
"Stop!"
[Two wildlings hold QHORIN back.]
"Why, traitor? So you can give Mance Rayder an invitation to Castle Black?"
"Let 'em fight."
[YGRITTE drops JON's sword for him. The wildlings release QHORIN, who charges at JON. He tries to grab his sword while scrambling away from the attack. He gets to his feet, and they battle convincingly. QUORIN forces JON to stumble into two wildlings, who push him back into the fight. QHORIN attacks again. JON counters. JON goes on the attack, but QHORIN parries. QHORIN headbutts JON, who falls. He gathers himself and charges, disarming QHORIN. He runs QHORIN through.]
"We are the watchers on the Wall."
"He planned for it" Ned understood easily enough. "Kill him and you have your in with Mance. He knew where to put his priorities. Now to see how you make use of it."
Jon nodded his head and said "He beleived it would be easy for them to trust me a newcomer of the nights watch than someone like him who is a known menace to the free folks."
"We must do bad things sometimes for the greater good" Lyanna said. "Qhorin trusted you with this task. You only played the part he wanted you to. It's not your fault."
She wasn't sure if it got through to Jon, as his expression has remained passive.
[QARTH]
[XARO sleeps with DOREAH next to him.]
"Traitor!" Daenerys screeched. After everything she'd done for her, this is how she repays her!
[A curved sword hooks his amulet and steals it away. XARO awakes startled and sits up. JORAH, DAENERYS, KOVARRO, and the Dothraki have entered his bedroom. DOREAH sits up next to XARO]
"Khaleesi, please. He said you'd never leave Qarth alive."
"Gives you every right to betray me then!" Daenerys snarled.
Elia rubbed the girl's back gently.
[DAENERYS turns and walks. XARO makes a sudden move, but JORAH draws his sword and keeps him motionless.]
[XARO'S SAFE]
[KOVARRO uses the amulet to open the vault's door. JORAH helps him to open the door. DAENERYS enters first. The vault is empty.]
"It's empty" Oberyn muttered. "The man was playing a long game all along."
"Thank you, Xaro Xhoan Daxos. Thank you for teaching me this lesson."
[The Dothraki push XARO and DOREAH forward into the vault.]
"I am king of Qarth. I can help you now, truly help you. We can take the Iron Throne. I'll bring you a thousand ships."
Daenerys laughed at the desperation in the man's voice.
"Please, Khaleesi, I beg you."
"All that you have dreamed is within your reach!"
[The Dothraki close the vault door behind the pair. JORAH shuts the door and locks it. He hands the amulet key to DAENERYS.]
"Good. Serves them right for trying to use me and betraying me" Daenerys said remorselessly.
[THE NORTH]
[GRENN, "DOLOROUS" EDDISON TOLLETT, and SAMWELL TARLY continue to labour in the cold and snow. GRENN finds a piece of dung. DOLOROUS EDD takes it, placing it in his basket. They continue to dig.]
"If you step back and think about it, the thing about Gilly that's so interesting is"
"Oh my god" Robert groaned. He has had it with pampered princes and sick dogs in love!
"Just bloody kill me."
"No, truly. The thing about her that I find so interesting is that after all that Craster's done to her, she's still got hope that life might get better."
"I guess that's interesting," Margaery said unsurely.
"It's foolishness and naivety" Olenna snorted.
"The thing about Gilly that you find so interesting is that she said six words to you."
"And the thing about you that I find so interesting is absolutely nothing."
[A horn blows in the distance.]
"It's Jon and the Halfhand. They're back."
"That can't be. Must be another black brother" Brandon the Elder muttered.
[The horn blows again]
"Two blasts is wildlings. You're not fighting them alone."
[The horn blows a third time.]
"White Walkers" the hall was stunned to silence.
"Three blasts?"
"Run!"
[GRENN and DOLOROUS EDD flee. SAM is slower to follow. SAM falls, landing next to the basket. GRENN and DOLOROUS EDD are running further away, not waiting or helping. SAM stands. There is a high-pitched squeal. SAM sees figures coming towards him. He hides behind a large boulder. The figures comes closer, walking slowly. They are undead and decaying with blue eyes. An undead horse stops next to Sam. A White Walker rides it, and he notices SAM. SAM begins to sob. The White Walker shrieks and orders his undead followers forward. There are scores of them, a seemingly endless onslaught. Another White Walker is mounted behind. He also gives the order forward.]
"Even the White Walker didn't find him interesting enough to kill" Robert snorted, trying to lift the tension in the hall.
It worked to a degree.
[THE GODSWOOD OF WINTERFELL]
[MAESTER LUWIN lays by the godswood, dying. HODOR, BRAN, OSHA, and RICKON walk toward him.]
The sight of Maester Luwin threw the Starks from fear to sadness.
"He won't die alone" Rickard murmured softly. Luwin may not have been Maester while he was still alive, but he could see how much his son, his son's wife and his grandchildren loved him. It told him enough that Luwin was a good man.
[Rickon starts to run and OSHA cannot catch him. LUWIN reaches out, happy to see him and BRAN. RICKON notices the great bloodstain on LUWIN's shirt.]
"Tell us what medicine to get from your chambers."
"We'll make you better."
"I feel just fine."
"They burned it down. They burned everything."
The present Starks hold each other's hands tightly. The children especially were distraught. They knew the man their whole lives.
"Not everything. Not you. But they may come back. You have to go. Put on your warmest clothes. Pack as much food as you can carry and go north."
"North's the wrong way. And mother and brother are south. We don't know where."
"There are too many enemies in the south. Go to the Wall, to Jon. He'll look after you and let your mother know you're safe."
Robb nodded. He would do exactly that.
"But Jon's not there now" Robb muttered.
Robb remembered it then as well, that Jon was beyond the wall. He gripped Arya's hands tightly.
"I don't want to leave you."
"No more than I want to leave you. I pulled you into the world. Both of you. I've seen both your faces almost every day since. And for that, I consider myself very, very lucky."
Bran let out a soft sob.
"Go now with Hodor. Go on. I'll be right here."
[The four of them get up to leave, but OSHA steps back.]
"Osha. You must protect them. You're the only one who can. You may have to protect them against your own kind."
"I've got no great love for my own kind. I'll get you milk of the poppy. Tell me where to find it."
"I don't want milk of the poppy."
[OSHA shows LUWIN her knife, and he nods his assent.]
"Do it quickly."
[OSHA draws her blade while looking LUWIN in the eyes.]
As the scene fades to black the Starks hold each other and let their tears fall. They had lost one from their family again.