Ahh...a relaxing trip to the Godswood is exactly the thing to release all that built up stress. Watch the icicles grow. Watch the snow fall. Watch the birds fly. Watch the undead or roaming wildings stab you in the eyeball. Ahhh.
So, Jon is taking the new brothers-to-be out to the Godswood to say their woods the way he and Sam did. That feels like such a long time ago. It's only been a few years story-wise, but it feels like an eon. His men try to talk him out of it because of the many threats out there. I can see their point and I wouldn't want Jon to go. I also get that this is something that must happen. The Night's Watch can't hide from their enemies. So, he takes the men and they do their business.
As they arrive, they encounter a rather pathetic group of Wildlings including a giant. A battle almost takes place, but Jon talks them down. Afterwards, Jon takes many of them back wtih him which creates many new mouths to feed. The giant goes as well. It'd be pretty cool if the giant were to eventually join the Night's Watch and take the black. That'd be pretty awesome.
Once they have returned a letter arrives from Stannis discussing the marriage of Ramsey and Fakarya. It also sounds like Asha was caught at the end of her chapter. This has all the makings of a good trap and I have a feeling that Stannis is going to walk right into it. I'm pretty sure that Roose Bolton outright said that he's holding the marriage at Winterfell in order to draw his enemies out. I think the battle will happen closer to the end of this book. If Stannis is smart and as good of a strategist as he used to be then he'll do the smart thing and take Winterfell quickly and wait for the Boltons. It will also be interesting if Stannis manages to save Fakarya. Then everyone will know that she is, in fact, fake. It'll play into the Manderley plan to find Rickon quite nicely.
Stannis' hold on the throne will ultimately come down to this final. It should be a good one.
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