Prologue - A Storm of Swords | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

Published: June 14, 2022, 4 a.m.

Chett\u2019s plan to murder the Night\u2019s Watch leadership is defeated by the arrival of the White Walkers. Simon and Mackelly check the temperature.

Chapter Review:
Chett is trying to convince his canine charges to follow some bear prints. The Night\u2019s Watch badly need some food. The dogs are not interested. Chett and his companions discuss the plan to murder Lord Commander Jeor Mormont and anyone who could track them. Chett\u2019s plan is well thought through, but he\u2019s worried about the reliability of the men he\u2019s conspiring with.

They give up the hunt and return to the Fist of the First Men, where Grenn and Edd are giving Samwell Tarly archery lessons. Chett sticks around to heckle Sam, who he blames for his woes. Sam took the job that Chett used to hold, a time he thinks of as the best of his life. Sam is on the list of who dies tonight, partially to prevent ravens being sent to the Wall with word of their treachery, but mostly out of spite.

Chett\u2019s plans crumble when snow falls. Even the least competent tracker can follow 14 traitors through fresh snow. Chett\u2019s distraught, but decides to vent that fury on Sam. He finds him sleeping by the ravens. He pulls a knife but just before he can act, three horn blasts sound - The White Walkers are coming.

Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Chett - Member of the Night\u2019s Watch, keeper of the hounds.
Sam Tarly - Member of the Night\u2019s Watch, assistant to Maester Aemon.
Grenn - Friend of Sam and Jon Snow.
Edd Tollard - laconic friend of Sam and Jon Snow.
Jeor Mormont - Lord Commander of the Night\u2019s Watch.
Fist of the First Men - Outcrop of rock north of the wall. In ancient times used a fort.
White Walkers - AKA The Others. Supernatural creatures of the far north, who can raise the dead to their aid.

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