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Princess Lena Ross prays in the Grand Daias Temple for her ailing mother, Queen Alissa Pansymon, who has been unconscious and feverish for weeks on her deathbed. After her prayers, she returns to Deepwater Castle with her retinue, only to find Ganna Lyngrave, whom she discovers solemnly praying over her mother when she enters her chamber.

Synopsis

File:Neds justice by abepapakhian.jpg

Ned's justice, by Abe Papakhian ©

Princess Lena Ross, in the presence of High Priest Aharran at the Grand Daias Temple, offers prayers to the gods for her mother, Queen Alissa Pansymon, who lies unconscious and feverish. During the prayer, Lena mistakenly recites some passages from the Holy Teachings of Daias, and High Priest Aharran corrects her. Lena confides that her mother’s condition has not improved, and Aharran reminds her that their only duty is to pray. Afterward, Aharran, citing his old age and fatigue, dismisses Lena.

Outside the Grand Daias Temple, Lena rejoins her ladies-in-waiting and sworn knights, who have been waiting to escort her back to Deepwater Castle. She greets her long-waiting ladies-in-waiting, Anrella Huffle and Sarah, along with her sworn knights, members of the Falcons, Darren Barrow, Ardor Barrow, and Othor Brock. During their journey home, Sarah and Anrella attempt to persuade Lena to spend time at the Bright Eye in the castle’s garden with friends Cassa Hemdall and Lieara Borrand. Lena, distressed by the absence of her other ladies during such trying times, declines.

On the return to Deepwater Castle, Lena observes Aston City through the window of her palanquin. Upon arriving at Crownhill, the isle that hosts the castle, Lena and her attendants alight. Sending her knights to rest, Lena proceeds to her mother’s chamber, where she finds 'The Tomb Witch' Ganna Lyngrave conducting a ritual and praying to foreign gods at Queen Alissa's side. Despite the royal healer's advice that the queen needs to stay warm, Ganna has opened the window, dismissing the healer’s concerns and claiming it to be a 'malady' rather than a simple illness. Despite Lena’s protests, Ganna insists on keeping the window open, explaining that her prayer is for a merciful death from all gods, and claims that the queen will surely die that night. Outraged, Lena drives Ganna from the room and begins to discuss her and her husband with her maids. Ganna’s husband, Ser Arryn Stout, has been dispatched to Old Watch in the Marches to accompany Prince Rhael Ross, the exiled prince, back to the capital. As Lena contemplates her brother's presence before their mother's demise, a crow enters through the window, blood dripping from its wing as it lands on the sill, screaming angrily as it spreads its wings.

Character List

Appearing: Bran Stark Desmond Eddard Stark Gared Ghost Grey Wind Harwin Hullen Jon Snow Jory Cassel Lady Nymeria Robb Stark Rodrik Cassel Shaggydog Summer Theon Greyjoy	Mentioned: Arya Stark Catelyn Stark Mance Rayder Old Nan Sansa Stark Rickon Stark Robert I Baratheon

Mentions

Events: Long Night	Houses: House Baratheon House Cassel House Greyjoy House Stark House Targaryen House Tully	Places: Riverrun Seven Kingdoms Valyria Wall Winterfell	Terms: Andal Bannerman Bastardy Direwolf First Men Greatsword Guards Horse Ice Ironwood King-Beyond-the-Wall King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men Lord of the Seven Kingdoms Lord of Winterfell Night's Watch Others Protector of the Realm Rhoynar Summerwine Valyrian steel Warden of the North Wildling

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-Lord [[Eddard Stark]] dispenses justice to a [[Night's Watch]] deserter. When they are on their way back to [[Winterfell]], and [[Jon Snow]] and [[Robb Stark]] find six orphaned [[direwolf]] pups.
+Princess Lena Ross prays in the Grand Daias Temple for her ailing mother, Queen Alissa Pansymon, who has been unconscious and feverish for weeks on her deathbed. After her prayers, she returns to Deepwater Castle with her retinue, only to find Ganna Lyngrave, whom she discovers solemnly praying over her mother when she enters her chamber.
 ==Synopsis==
 [[File:Neds justice by abepapakhian.jpg|thumb|left|Ned's justice, by Abe Papakhian ©]]
-It is the ninth year of summer. Seven-year-old [[Bran Stark]] is traveling with a party of twenty men, including his father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], to see the king's justice done at a [[holdfast]] in the [[northern mountains|hills]]. This is the first time that he is allowed to join. Bran's older brother, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], thinks the man to be executed must be a [[wildling]] sworn to [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], which makes Bran think of the tales [[Old Nan]] has told him about wildlings.
+Princess Lena Ross, in the presence of High Priest Aharran at the Grand Daias Temple, offers prayers to the gods for her mother, Queen Alissa Pansymon, who lies unconscious and feverish. During the prayer, Lena mistakenly recites some passages from the Holy Teachings of Daias, and High Priest Aharran corrects her. Lena confides that her mother’s condition has not improved, and Aharran reminds her that their only duty is to pray. Afterward, Aharran, citing his old age and fatigue, dismisses Lena.
-[[Gared|The offender]] turns out to be an old man dressed in the ragged blacks of the [[Night's Watch]] who has lost his ears and a finger to frostbite. Lord Eddard questions the man briefly. Then two guardsmen drag the man to the stump of a tree and [[Theon Greyjoy]], Eddard's ward, brings Eddard his [[Valyrian steel]] sword, [[Ice]]. Eddard sentences him to death for desertion from the Night's Watch and raises the blade. [[Jon Snow]], Bran's [[bastardy|bastard]] brother, reminds Bran not look away and so Bran watches as his father strikes off the man's head with a single stroke. The head lands near Theon, who laughs and kicks it away. Jon calls Theon an ass under his breath and compliments Bran on his poise during the execution.
+Outside the Grand Daias Temple, Lena rejoins her ladies-in-waiting and sworn knights, who have been waiting to escort her back to Deepwater Castle. She greets her long-waiting ladies-in-waiting, Anrella Huffle and Sarah, along with her sworn knights, members of the Falcons, Darren Barrow, Ardor Barrow, and Othor Brock. During their journey home, Sarah and Anrella attempt to persuade Lena to spend time at the Bright Eye in the castle’s garden with friends Cassa Hemdall and Lieara Borrand. Lena, distressed by the absence of her other ladies during such trying times, declines.
-On the way back to [[Winterfell]], Robb and Jon argue about whether or not the deserter died bravely before racing their horses to the bridge, leaving Bran and his pony behind. Eddard rides up and asks if Bran knows why he executed the man himself. Bran replies that the man was a wildling. Eddard corrects that the man was a deserter, then explains that the [[First Men]]—from whom the [[House Stark|Starks]] descend—believed that the man who passes the sentence should perform the execution himself, lest he become too comfortable with ordering deaths; the Starks still hold to that principle.
+On the return to Deepwater Castle, Lena observes Aston City through the window of her palanquin. Upon arriving at Crownhill, the isle that hosts the castle, Lena and her attendants alight. Sending her knights to rest, Lena proceeds to her mother’s chamber, where she finds 'The Tomb Witch' Ganna Lyngrave conducting a ritual and praying to foreign gods at Queen Alissa's side. Despite the royal healer's advice that the queen needs to stay warm, Ganna has opened the window, dismissing the healer’s concerns and claiming it to be a 'malady' rather than a simple illness. Despite Lena’s protests, Ganna insists on keeping the window open, explaining that her prayer is for a merciful death from all gods, and claims that the queen will surely die that night. Outraged, Lena drives Ganna from the room and begins to discuss her and her husband with her maids. Ganna’s husband, Ser Arryn Stout, has been dispatched to Old Watch in the Marches to accompany Prince Rhael Ross, the exiled prince, back to the capital. As Lena contemplates her brother's presence before their mother's demise, a crow enters through the window, blood dripping from its wing as it lands on the sill, screaming angrily as it spreads its wings.
-[[File:Mark Evans direwolf pups.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jon Snow]] and [[Robb Stark]] find the corpse of a direwolf, by Mark Evans © Fantasy Flight Games]]
-Jon calls from up ahead for them to come see what he and Robb have found. They find Robb holding something in his arms next to the corpse of a wolf larger than Bran's pony. Jon correctly identifies the corpse as a [[direwolf]]. Theon comments that direwolves have not been seen south of the [[Wall]] for two hundred years. Bran then notices that Robb is cradling a small pup, and gives it a stroke after Robb reassures him. Then Jon gives him another pup.
-When they inspect the mother's corpse, they find a large piece of shattered antler lodged in her throat. The soldiers in the company feel this to be a bad omen. Theon offers to kill the pups but Bran protests. Eddard initially states killing them would be best but changes his mind when Jon points out that there are five pups, one for each of Eddard's legitimate children; since the direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, they must be meant to have the wolves. Bran immediately realizes, along with everyone else, that the comparison only works because Jon is not claiming a pup for himself.
-Robb and Bran both declare that they are willing to nurse their pups by hand themselves. Eddard stresses that the children must feed and raise the pups themselves, not pass them off to the servants, and must treat them well lest they become dangerous. Both Robb and Bran state they will not allow the pups to die. As they begin to ride away, Jon hears a noise and goes back to discover [[Ghost|a sixth pup]], an albino with red eyes, that had crawled away from its mother. Bran finds it curious that it is the only pup that has opened its eyes. Theon claims that the albino will die quicker than the others, but Jon disagrees, claiming it for himself.
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-*[http://blogoficeandfire.blogspot.com/2009/05/prologue-bran.html Humorous review of the chapter]
+*Published on RoyalRoad
-*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/03/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-game-of-thrones-part-1 Summary and analyses of the chapter] by Leigh Butler.
+*Published on ForsakenSaga.com
-*[http://towerofthehand.com/books/101/002/index.html Summary of the chapter] on Tower of the Hand.
+*Published on Wattpad
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