Snow was still flying heavily outside the house, the sky and the earth were covered in silver, and a group of black crows fell from the sky.
flutter
He landed on the eaves of the room, his scarlet eyes flashing brightly, he turned his head slightly to the left and right, and then pecked the feathers on his body.
I don’t know if the crow is looking at the three little ghosts below, or the tired woman in the room who has just given birth.
Eddard Stark's back was gone, so he naturally knew the news that the White Walkers had reappeared earlier than Viserys.
In fact, he had already received the news when his brother Benyan led the rangers to retreat from the Haunted Forest.
This is the first time in human history that a White Walker has been confirmed, thousands of years after the last White Walker resurgence.
Although there were reports of sightings of White Walkers every few years in the past, most of these were classified as rumors, and the root causes were some rare animals that had never been seen before, etc.
Therefore, people gradually stopped believing in the stories of the White Walkers.
However, this time Benyan reported to the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont, as soon as he returned to the Wall, but the Lord Commander was dubious.
Benjen then wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to Winterfell.
The old bear head didn't believe what he said, but Ed Stark believed that his brother would not act without aim.
Therefore, Winterfell has been actively making preparations from a long time ago, hoarding food and grass and stepping up training of soldiers.
Then came the expedition of the Night's Watch, which was attacked by the White Walkers and returned with a great defeat, confirming the existence of the White Walkers.
Eddard received the terrible news all night long and stayed up all night. After careful consideration, he wrote another letter asking for help and sent it to King's Landing.
When his good brother Robert received a request for help from the North, he naturally believed Ed's words unconditionally and prepared to organize soldiers to support the North.
However, his decision was jointly rejected by the remaining nobles of the Seven Kingdoms. Of course, they did not openly violate the king's call, but found various reasons to shirk it.
Even the Tyrell family, which had just entered into a marriage contract with the royal family, politely expressed their rejection. Only the two brothers of the Baratheon family were clearly willing to support their elder brother.
Although the other families found various reasons, their ultimate reasons and ideas were also very simple, all for self-protection.
For eight thousand years, news of the resurrection of the White Walkers have been popping up, but the White Walkers have never really recovered.
Moreover, this cold winter is not going well in other places except Dorne, and no one has the energy to accompany the North to play the game "The White Walkers Are Coming".
Even if the Dornish people are not affected by the winter, the Dornish people who are accustomed to living in a sweltering environment cannot go to support the North, otherwise half of them will freeze to death on the way, and the other half will take the opportunity to slip away.
However, when King Robert was disgraced and was troubled by the nobles who secretly sent people to test his words and persuaded him not to listen to the lies of the northerners.
A letter of help from Mormont, Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, was once again sent to all parts of the country. This time, the old Mormont conclusively confirmed in the letter that the White Walkers had indeed reappeared.
If the other families still don't believe it, they are willing to capture a White Walker and bring him to King's Landing, and his letter for help has been endorsed by the Citadel.
A group of doctors from the academy are preparing to head to the Great Wall to witness the existence of the White Walkers with their own eyes.
With a series of affirmations from the Stark family, King Robert, the Night's Watch, etc., this time the major families in the Seven Kingdoms were a little hesitant.
So each of them dispatched some troops and gathered in King's Landing, but the number of this coalition was still not very large.
When there is no real life-and-death crisis, major families still have the idea of preserving their strength.
After all, fighting costs money. Soldiers' lives, food, armaments, and even a trip to the north all cost a lot of money.
However, although the number of people was not very large, it was still better than nothing. King Robert actually had this idea himself and did not bring out too many royal soldiers.
The crisis of the White Walkers happened eight thousand years ago, and people have long forgotten the threat of the White Walkers.
Even if the White Walkers really come back, the Seven Kingdoms don't take him too seriously, believing that the Great Wall can stop him.
Later.
Robert Baratheon personally led the coalition forces and marched north to support the Northern Territory, while his adoptive father Jon Arryn stayed behind in King's Landing to take charge of the overall situation.
Now the mighty army stretched out for several kilometers. It seemed that they had just reached the Neck along the King's Road. They were still very far away from Winterfell. There were also armies from the West joining along the way.
The army held high the flags of each family in the alliance, among which was the crowned stag symbol of the Baratheon family.
As the royal family, the Baratheon family spent the most money this time to support their good brother.
The Duke of Winterfell, Eddard Stark, has also been seizing the time to train his troops during this period. He didn't even have time to accompany his wife when she gave birth. When he saw that his wife was safe and sound, he immediately lost no time.
Because according to the reports of the night watchmen, more and more savages have been driven out of the Great Wall during this period.
Some savages even tried to cross the Great Wall, but were pushed back by the Night's Watch with additional manpower. Several fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides here.
But this is not the main force of the Savage Legion, just some wandering Savage tribes.
Hundreds of thousands of free people gathered in the true savage kingdom outside the Great Wall. They were divided into hundreds of different cultures, clans, and villages. They once fought against each other and fell into internecine wars.
However, now these hundreds of thousands of free people and hundreds of different tribes have all united under the command of a king beyond the wall.
Mance Rayder.
He united all the savage tribes and single-handedly created a magnificent kingdom of free people.
The wildlings discovered the traces of the White Walkers earlier than the Night's Watch troops hiding behind the Great Wall, so they were driven towards the Great Wall.
The real large force, hundreds of thousands of savages from the Kingdom of Free People, is on the way in an aggressive manner.
The front line of the Night's Watch was under great pressure, and the clouds of war were almost imminent.
Therefore, Ed Stark had to order the recruitment. Now there are two northern armies stationed on the Great Wall, which has greatly supplemented the Night's Watch Legion, which is severely under-rationed.
In an instant, soldiers could be seen everywhere on the 700-foot-tall, 300-mile-long Great Wall of Impasse.
Although this was still not enough to stop a small group of wildlings from sneaking over, more people fell to death than were killed by the Night Watch.
But in the future, it will be able to prevent large forces of savages from attacking.
"Keep all the savages out of the Great Wall!"
The White Walkers haven't appeared too much yet, but the war clouds between the Savage Kingdom and the Seven Kingdoms have already enveloped this land.