Chapter Summaries

Jon and the Wildlings suffered heavy losses attacking the Bolton shield wall until a giant smashed a breach in its ranks. Jon planned a strike with the Thenns’ elite warriors to cut down Ramsay Bolton’s banner and kill the commander.

• The Wildlings charged the Bolton shield wall, but their crude weapons and animal skins could not withstand its iron defenses.
• Jon fought at the front until a Bolton soldier nearly killed him, and Ygritte shot the attacker while Tormund pulled Jon back.
• Jon warned Tormund that the Wildlings could not keep fighting through bloodlust alone as their casualties mounted.
• A giant struck the Bolton formation with a massive log, breaking open its shield wall.
• Jon ordered Tormund to find the Magnar of the Thenns and bring the elite warriors to join a charge against Ramsay Bolton.

Jon Snow and the wildlings broke through the Bolton shield wall, and Jon fought Ramsay as the battle became a bloody melee. Bolton cavalry thundered toward the battlefield, but their three-skull banner left Ramsay stunned as the chapter ended.

• Ramsay ordered Bolton archers to fire into the breach, killing wildlings and Bolton soldiers and bringing the giant down.
• Jon Snow, Tormund, Ygritte, and the Thenns widened the breach and clashed with the Bolton forces.
• Ramsay fought in the melee, then faced Jon in a sword duel and wounded his left arm.
• Jon shifted Longclaw to his left hand as the sound of approaching cavalry shook the battlefield.
• Ramsay celebrated the cavalry’s arrival until he saw its golden-armored riders and banner bearing three golden skulls.