The experience of directly changing from a Earl to a Night's Watch Rangers was not easy, but Beric rarely mentioned everything about Blackhaven in front of others, including his fellow Black Brotherss who were born into civilians or criminals.
During these days of Wall, Rangers's Beyond the Wall life taught him the need to remain silent and obedient at all times, and also made him more aware of the dangers outside Wall than many other nobles who only know how to shout.
Jeor Lord Commander took a fancy to Beric's composure, as well as his strength and identity, so he decided to give First Ranger's position to him. Everyone in Council Chamber was holding their breath, waiting for Viserys's words.
If Viserys remembers correctly, Beric should be engaged to Little Sister and Allyria Dayne, Arthur, Dayne and Ashara. Dayne.
Moreover, the current Starfall Earl, Edric and Dayne, who are only eleven years old, were also his knight attendants before, but I don't know if Edric is also at Wall now, or has already left Blackhaven and returned to Starfall to inherit the title.
However, these thoughts only stayed in Viserys's mind for a moment before he withdrew his sight and pushed back the old things about House Dayne into his heart.
Arthur can arrange these things by themselves. If they need his help, they will definitely tell him. He doesn't need to pay too much attention now.
Viserys pulled Daenerys straight towards the main seat. As they sat down, Great Hall, who was still whispering, instantly fell into deathly silence, and even his breathing was deliberately suppressed.
Jeor. Mormont stood beside the map table, holding a slender wooden stick, pointing to the area marked red on the map to the north of Wall.
"Your Majesty."
The voice of Jeor Lord Commander broke the silence and said, "As I said before, the frequency of Others outside Wall has increased three times in the past month. Previously, the Rangers team led by Beric Ser discovered a large number of fresh Free Folk corpse remains near an abandoned Free Folk camp, as well as... some kind of bloody runes that had never been seen before."
"Blood Rune?"
Viserys frowned slightly, his eyes moved away from the dazzling red area on the map, fell on Beric Dondarrion, and said, "Describe it in detail, Beric Ser, and what do those runes look like? Have you written them down? Where are the corpses that appeared? Are there any other abnormalities around?"
Beric Dondarrion did not show excessive humility towards Viserys like the others. He just bowed slightly, pressed his right hand on his left chest, and performed a standard noble etiquette.
His eyes met Viserys's, with a hint of calmness and sharpness, which was caused by all the factors he encountered during this period.
"Your Majesty." Beric's voice sounded deep as he said, "I am Beric Dondarrion, the current Night's Watch First Ranger. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to atone for my family's sins in Wall, and for allowing me to report to you at this moment."
Viserys's eyes were fixed on Beric, with a faint smile on his lips, he said, "House Dondarrion, I still have some impressions. It is said that you performed very bravely in Battle of Blackhaven, but you became a prisoner because of bad luck, Jeor Lord Commander promoted you, it seems, not just because of your identity."
"Luck is also a part of strength, Your Majesty, in Wall, bad luck often means death."
Beric answered with a respectful tone, then immediately turned to the huge map hanging on the wall and said, "Your Majesty, those bloody runes are not carved on rocks or trees, but are directly imprinted on the stumps of those Free Folk."
"They arranged the corpses into a twisted circle. The lines of each rune were extremely complex and had a sickening feeling. We were dizzy just looking at it and couldn't record it at all."
Beric tapped the small wooden stick in his hand on the map, pointed to a valley about thirty leagues north of Frostfangs, and said, "However, the place where we found the body is right here, which is a small temporary camp of the Free Folk tribe. Judging from their route of action, they should have originally wanted to go south to Wall."
"It's just that when we arrived, there were no living creatures there. The strangest thing was that the expressions on those Free Folk who died tragically were not fear, but one of enthusiasm and satisfaction, as if they had obtained some kind of relief in the sacrifice."
He paused, glanced at everyone present, and finally stopped at Viserys, his tone became more solemn, and he said
"Furthermore, Your Majesty, my Deputy, an experienced old Rangers, only stayed at the edge of the rune for a moment. After returning, he kept having a high fever and kept muttering 'Winter Is Coming, only death is eternal'."
"When I tried to touch one of the runes with the tip of the sword, an icy chill ran down the sword. At that moment, some broken pictures flashed in my mind, endless darkness, cold gazes, and some Others that were constantly waking up."
Great Hall fell into a dead silence again, and Mace. Tyrell's face also became paler. He subconsciously wrapped himself in black clothes, but the coldness seemed to have penetrated the thick surrounding walls and reached his bones.
Several other southern nobles also showed horrified looks. They had never thought that the so-called Others threat would appear in front of them in such a strange and evil way.
They originally didn't believe much in Viserys's words, and even scorned the Others threats that they had never seen with their own eyes. But now they heard Blackhaven Earl's colleagues who had arrived at Wall say this, they already believed in the existence of Others in their hearts.
Blood runes, fanatical sacrifice...
All this points to the fact that the Night King is not only instructing his men to create corpses, he is also using the lives of living people as sacrifices to try to awaken more White Walkers, those who may have been buried for thousands of years and who once obeyed the orders of the previous Night King.
"It seems that our enemy is more cunning than we thought."
Viserys finally spoke and said in a calm tone, "Night's King is no longer satisfied with making those brainless puppets. What those runes want to awaken should be Other Army who truly possesses wisdom and strength."