Recaps

Lynn warned Lord Commander Mormont that Othell and Jaffar might rise as dead creatures because the White Walkers had awakened. Mormont ordered precautions rather than burning the bodies, and Lynn prepared his guards for the night.

• Alliser Thorne and other Night's Watch men protested Lynn's suggestion to burn Othell and Jaffar's bodies.
• Lynn told Lord Commander Mormont that White Walkers could raise the dead and that the bodies' ice-blue eyes matched those he had seen at a Wildling settlement.
• Ghost and Nymeria growled at the bodies, while Maester Aemon urged Mormont to bind them and act cautiously.
• Mormont ordered Othell taken to his room and Jaffar brought to Maester Aemon, and he doubled patrols and told everyone to keep their weapons close.
• Lynn warned Jon and Arya to stay with their direwolves, then went to prepare his hundred guards.

Lynn prepared his Northmen for the possibility that the two corpses would rise as wights, assigning guards to protect Maester Aemon and Lord Commander Mormont. He concealed Ned's Valyrian steel dagger and took up a hidden position near Mormont's tower, waiting for the corpses to move.

• Lynn told his guards that the bodies were dangerous and might rise during the night.
• Lynn ordered Torrhen to guard Maester Aemon and Harvey to guard Lord Commander Mormont.
• Lynn warned the guards that fire was the only way to kill the creatures and told them to prepare oil and torches.
• Lynn took Ned's Valyrian steel dagger and checked that Torrhen's men were waiting outside Maester Aemon's quarters.
• Lynn climbed onto a windowsill near Mormont's tower, saw Harvey's men waiting by the stairs, and settled in to watch.

Lynn waited at Castle Black for the dead to rise, hoping to save Jeor Mormont and earn Longclaw. As the corpses began to stir, Jon Snow joined Lynn’s preparations, and Mormont heard a bone-cracking sound in the dark.

• Lynn explained to himself that saving Mormont would help him inherit Longclaw, and waited outside the Lord Commander’s room.
• Jon Snow arrived with Ghost, and Lynn told him to join Harvey’s squad and protect himself and Arya.
• Maester Aemon listened as strange cracking sounds came from the corpse in his room while Torrhen and thirty Northern soldiers guarded the infirmary.
• Jeor Mormont examined Othell’s corpse, dismissed Lynn’s warnings, and went to bed.
• A faint crack sounded in the darkness, and Mormont’s eyes snapped open.

Othell rose as a wight and attacked Mormont, but Lynn, Jon Snow, and Ghost burst in before it could kill him. As Jon prepared to use fire, Lynn drew a Valyrian steel dagger and faced the wight.

• Mormont heard a noise from Othell’s body and watched the corpse rise after its bindings broke.
• The wight attacked Mormont and strangled him while the fallen lamp set papers alight.
• Lynn, Jon Snow, and Ghost rushed into the room, and Ghost bit the wight’s arm, forcing it to release Mormont.
• Lynn ordered Jon to burn the wight, then drew his Valyrian steel dagger as the creature turned toward him.

Lynn killed the wight with the Valyrian Steel Dagger, saving Jeor Mormont and proving that the dead creatures could be slain. As the Night's Watch men arrived, Lynn looked toward Maester Aemon's room, where another threat awaited.

• Lynn stabbed the wight through the skull with the Valyrian Steel Dagger, extinguishing the blue flames in its eyes.
• The system awarded Lynn 10 experience for killing the wight.
• Jon Snow and Jeor Mormont reacted with shock and gratitude after witnessing Lynn defeat the wight.
• Lynn retrieved and cleaned the dagger as the Night's Watch men rushed into the room.
• Alliser Thorne and the other men found the damaged room, the shaken Lord Commander, Jon Snow, and Othell's corpse.
• Lynn looked toward Maester Aemon's room, where another surprise awaited.

Alliser Thorne accused Lynn of staging Othell’s attack, but Jeor Mormont confirmed that Othell had risen from the dead and tried to kill him. When another corpse attacked Maester Aemon, the Night’s Watch saw that Lynn’s warnings about the returned monsters were true.

• Alliser Thorne drew his sword and accused Lynn of trying to murder Jeor Mormont, but Mormont ordered him and the other men to sheathe their weapons.
• Mormont told the Night’s Watch that Othell had come back to life and that Lynn and Jon Snow had saved him.
• Thorne blamed Lynn for using witchcraft, but Lynn challenged his accusation and Mormont threatened Thorne for slandering him.
• A scream from Maester Aemon’s room sent Mormont and the Night’s Watch rushing across the castle.
• They found Jaffer Flowers’s reanimated corpse burning while Torrhen and his soldiers protected Aemon.
• Seeing the wight and Lynn’s calm response, Thorne realized Lynn’s warnings about the monsters beyond the Wall were true.

After the Night's Watch burned Jaffer Flowers, Jeor Mormont admitted Lynn had been right and thanked him for saving Castle Black. The men accepted Lynn as a leader against the undead, while an emergency meeting was called to prepare for the coming Long Night.

• The Night's Watch praised Lynn's preparations after fire destroyed Jaffer Flowers, and Alliser Thorne was left unable to defend his earlier doubts.
• Jeor Mormont thanked Lynn for saving his life and Castle Black, acknowledged that he had been wrong to ignore Lynn's warning, and ordered an emergency meeting after daybreak.
• Jon Snow thanked Lynn, accepted that the White Walkers and undead were real, and apologized for his father's treatment of him.
• Lynn reflected that Jon could help him at Castle Black while he pursued other ambitions, then turned to his hundred Northern soldiers.
• Torrhen called Lynn a messenger of the Old Gods, and Lynn welcomed the prestige this belief gave him among his loyal men.

After Wights attacked Castle Black, Lynn urged the Night’s Watch to prepare to fight the White Walkers by exploiting their weaknesses and searching beyond the Wall for allies and Old Gods’ gifts. He revealed a skin map marking a possible source of powerful plants and secured his guards first use of any they found.

• Jeor Mormont told the officers that Othell and Jaffer Flowers had become Wights, and Bowen Marsh reported that fewer than a thousand Night’s Watchmen could fight.
• Alliser Thorne doubted the southern lords would believe reports of White Walkers, but Lynn argued that the Watch could fight them with fire, dragonglass, and Valyrian steel.
• Lynn called for ranger squads to search beyond the Wall for the White Walkers, useful resources, Old Gods’ gifts, and possible Wildling allies, though Mormont postponed the alliance idea.
• Lynn offered to lead a search for blessed medicinal plants on the condition that his men use them first, and Mormont accepted.
• Lynn showed the officers a map taken from a Wildlings Chieftain’s tent and said its marked location might be where frostheart grass grew.

Mormont appointed Lynn to lead an expeditionary force to find the place marked on the map and ordered the Night's Watch to prepare for the White Walkers. He decided that Longclaw, the ancestral sword Jorah had left behind, should belong to Lynn.

• Mormont ordered Bowen to reinforce Castle Black and alert Eastwatch-by-the-Sea and the Shadow Tower, while Thorne was told to double recruit training.
• Mormont appointed Lynn commander of the first expeditionary force, assigning him his hundred North guards and fifty rangers to search for the map's marked location.
• After the meeting, Mormont considered the danger posed by the White Walkers and the need to break with old rules.
• Mormont opened the chest holding Longclaw and recalled how his son Jorah had fled into exile after selling slaves.
• Mormont decided Longclaw should go to Lynn and carried the chest out of the council chamber.

Lynn studied the mysterious map and considered the dangers of the expedition beyond the Wall before Jeor Mormont visited him with a wooden box containing Longclaw. Mormont recounted his painful history with Jorah and praised Lynn, leaving the sword’s fate poised for a decision.

• Lynn examined the blood-red eye symbol on the human-skin map and prepared for the dangerous expedition beyond the Wall.
• Lynn inspected his Valyrian Steel Dagger and thought about obtaining a longer weapon, knowing Longclaw was in Mormont’s possession.
• Jeor Mormont arrived carrying a wooden box and admitted that his decisions had nearly gotten him killed and exposed the Night’s Watch to danger.
• Mormont told Lynn about Bear Island, Jorah’s betrayal, and how Longclaw had been left behind and locked away.
• Mormont praised Lynn for saving his life and showing the Night’s Watch a way forward, then declared that Longclaw should no longer gather dust.

Mormont gave Lynn the Valyrian steel longsword and a carved direwolf pommel, entrusting him with the hopes of the Night's Watch and the North. The next day, Lynn entered the dining hall as the men hailed him as a hero, while Alliser Thorne faced their growing disdain.

• Mormont insisted that Lynn accept the Valyrian steel sword as thanks for saving his life and as a sign of his faith in Lynn.
• Mormont gave Lynn a carved weirwood direwolf head to replace the Mormont bear emblem on the sword.
• Lynn accepted the sword, thanked Mormont, and vowed to bring dawn to the Night's Watch and the North.
• The Night's Watchmen discussed Lynn's role in defeating the reanimated corpses and treated him as a legendary hero.
• Alliser Thorne sat apart as the men regarded him with distance and disdain, and the dining hall fell silent when Lynn entered.

Lynn joined Jon Snow and the other recruits for lunch, where Alliser Thorne accused him of stealing Longclaw. Jeor Mormont revealed he had given Lynn the sword and publicly affirmed his loyalty, and Lynn later went to select fifty Rangers for his expedition.

• Lynn sat with Jon Snow, Grenn, Pyp, and Sam, drawing the recruits’ attention to Longclaw at his waist.
• Alliser Thorne accused Lynn of stealing House Mormont’s Valyrian steel sword.
• Jeor Mormont declared that he had given Longclaw to Lynn because Lynn had saved his life and Castle Black.
• The Night’s Watch ate lunch in silence as Thorne slumped back, while Lynn left without reacting to the attention.
• Lynn went to the training grounds to choose fifty of the Night’s Watch’s finest Rangers for his expedition.

Lynn asserted his authority as commander of the Night's Watch rangers by challenging them to fight him, then defeated Carter with a single swift move. With the rangers offering no further objections, Lynn ordered them to pack for the expedition and assemble at the North Gate in one hour.

• Lynn addressed the rangers' doubts and declared that anyone who defeated him could take command, but the rest would have to obey his orders.
• Carter challenged Lynn and charged him with a battle-axe.
• Lynn dodged Carter's attack and held Longclaw to his throat, winning Carter's respect.
• The stunned rangers made no further challenges, and Lynn established himself as their commander.
• Lynn ordered the rangers to pack their gear and meet at the North Gate in one hour.

Lynn led an expedition beyond the Wall to investigate the mysterious markings on his Skin Map. After using the maps to identify a likely destination, his scouts returned with news of matching symbols carved into stone.

• Lynn set out from Castle Black with 150 men, including Arya, while Jeor Mormont wished him a safe return.
• Lynn compared the Skin Map with Castle Black’s map and identified a hidden river valley as the likely location of the blood-red eye symbol.
• Lynn ordered Jason and ten Rangers to scout the valley, then waited with the main force at a temporary camp.
• Jason returned and reported that the scouts had found strange stone carvings bearing the same symbols as Lynn’s Skin Map.

Lynn led a party into a remote river valley, where they found a White Walker warning, an enormous dragonglass altar, and a wounded Benjen Stark. After learning that Mance Rayder's men had destroyed Benjen's squad, Lynn uncovered a sealed niche in the altar and opened it, then entered the dark passage first.

• Lynn took a hundred elite warriors through the Haunted Forest toward the river valley, leaving fifty men to guard their camp.
• The party found human bones arranged in spiral patterns, which Lynn recognized as the White Walkers' mark.
• At the end of the valley, Lynn discovered an enormous dragonglass rock carved with a blood-red eye and found Benjen Stark nearby, wounded but not transformed into a White Walker.
• Benjen told Lynn that Mance Rayder's men had wiped out his squad and that he had stumbled upon the altar while heading back to Castle Black.
• Lynn found a concealed niche sealed by a rune-carved stone slab and ordered Torrhen and Harvey to pry it open.
• After the slab came free and revealed a pitch-black opening, Lynn raised his torch and entered first.

Lynn discovered a petrified dragon egg in the cave and touched it despite his companions’ warnings. The egg began to crack and revealed a pulse of life, just as a terrifying will invaded Lynn’s mind.

• Lynn and the Northmen examined murals depicting the Long Night, the Children of the Forest, and the army of the dead.
• Lynn found an icy-blue stone egg on a platform and recognized it as a petrified dragon egg.
• Torrhen, Jason, and the others warned Lynn not to touch the strange egg, but Lynn reached for it, trusting his beginner protection.
• The egg’s scales lit up, cracks spread across its shell, and Lynn felt a pulse of life inside it.
• A terrifying will surged up Lynn’s arm and into his mind.

Lynn touched the stone egg and was nearly assimilated by a cold will that showed him a vision of Westeros frozen in eternal night. As frost spread across his body, Nymeria drew Longclaw, whose ancient, life-filled power struck back at the cold presence.

• A cold will invaded Lynn's consciousness and showed him visions of the dead conquering Westeros.
• Lynn nearly surrendered to the cold will before memories of his life and loved ones reignited his will to survive.
• The cold will turned to destruction and began overwhelming Lynn's consciousness.
• In the cave, frost spread from the stone egg across Lynn's body as Torrhen and Jason failed to reach him.
• Nymeria pulled Longclaw partly from its sheath, awakening a red glow and a powerful force that struck the cold will.

Lynn survived the icy will’s attack when Longclaw’s dragonfire and the system’s protection protocol intervened, and he acquired Ice Magic. He tested his new power in the cave and began wondering what it could do as his gaze returned to the Dragon Egg.

• Longclaw’s dragonfire and magic clashed with the icy will inside Lynn, while Torrhen, Jason, and the others were thrown down by the shock wave.
• As Lynn’s consciousness neared collapse, the system activated its protection protocol, forcibly extracted data from the icy will, and drove it away.
• The system granted Lynn Ice Magic and infused his body with controllable icy energy.
• Torrhen rushed to Lynn, and Arya embraced him as the frost receded and he regained consciousness.
• Lynn summoned a wisp of pale blue chill, resolved to keep his power secret, and wondered whether he could create wights or White Walkers.
• After calming Arya and his men, Lynn looked back at the Dragon Egg on the ice-crystal platform.

Lynn revived the petrified Dragon Egg by channeling ice magic and dragonfire into it, then revealed it to his company as a weapon against the Long Night. After his men swore loyalty, he ordered the cavern altar burned, drawing the Night's King's hostile attention as they prepared to leave.

• Lynn touched the Dragon Egg with his Valyrian steel sword and poured ice magic and dragonfire aura into it, awakening the life within.
• The Dragon Egg began to beat with life and warm, and Lynn realized it had become attached to him, though he still needed to find the blood required to hatch it.
• Lynn showed the living Dragon Egg to Torrhen and the others, who swore to follow him, while Arya watched with pride.
• Lynn wrapped the Dragon Egg in animal hide and ordered Torrhen's men to burn the cavern and its altar.
• As Lynn turned to leave, the Night's King's malice focused on him and the Dragon Egg, but Lynn faced the threat defiantly.

Lynn led the expedition to a defensible mountain hollow, where a White Walker attacked and destroyed their defenses. After the Walker killed a guard, Lynn faced it alone with Longclaw while Arya guarded the Dragon Egg.

• Lynn ordered the expedition to hurry, build a fortified camp, and keep its fires burning as scouts reported a mysterious follower.
• The White Walker emerged from the darkness, extinguished the flaming arrows, and shattered the camp's barricades and traps with cold.
• A bearded guard charged the White Walker, whose Ice Spear froze and destroyed the man's axe and arm before piercing his body.
• Lynn stopped his men from attacking and gave the Dragon Egg to Arya to protect.
• Lynn drew Longclaw and challenged the White Walker, which paused and showed revulsion at the Valyrian steel blade.

Lynn fought the White Walker in the mountain hollow and used Ice Magic to create an opening for Longclaw. He killed the White Walker, whose body shattered into ice, and stood gasping in the silence.

• The White Walker charged Lynn, and their first clash cracked the tip of the Walker’s spear while leaving Longclaw unscathed.
• The White Walker unleashed a relentless barrage that forced Lynn to block and dodge as his strength faded.
• When the White Walker swept his spear, Lynn used Ice Magic to make the snow beneath the Walker’s foot slippery.
• Lynn slipped past the spear and slashed upward with Longclaw, cutting through the White Walker’s armor and chest.
• The White Walker’s body cracked apart and burst into ice shards as Lynn leaned on his sword and caught his breath.

Lynn returned to Castle Black after killing a White Walker, carrying the warm Dragon Egg and earning the admiration of his men. When Alliser Thorne accused him of coming back empty-handed, Lynn began to reveal what he had brought back.

• Lynn’s men celebrated his victory over the White Walker, and he ordered them to burn their fallen brother’s body and return to Castle Black.
• On the journey back, Lynn studied the Dragon Egg, sensed it growing stronger, and considered how to find it a safe place to hatch and enough food.
• Lynn and his force returned to Castle Black, where Lord Commander Mormont, Maester Aemon, and Jon Snow awaited them.
• Alliser Thorne accused Lynn of finding nothing and wasting the lives of the men he had led beyond the Wall.
• Lynn stopped his angry men and began unwrapping the object Arya had carried in animal hides.

Lynn revealed a living ice-blue dragon egg at Castle Black, and Maester Aemon confirmed its life with a faint pulse of magic. Jeor Mormont declared Lynn the Night’s Watch’s hope against the Long Night and pledged its people and resources to him.

• Lynn unveiled the dragon egg, and the Night’s Watch crowded forward as Torrhen and the Northern Guards held them back.
• Jon Snow lifted Tyrion so he could see the egg, and Tyrion decided not to inform his father until Lynn revealed the truth.
• Alliser Thorne called the egg a fake, but Maester Aemon touched it and felt its living warmth as it briefly glowed and hummed.
• Maester Aemon wept and wondered whether Lynn could be the Prince That Was Promised, while Alliser Thorne realized his authority was finished.
• Jeor Mormont bowed to Lynn, named him the Night’s Watch’s future and hope, and pledged every resource and man to his commands.

After Lynn revealed a Dragon Egg, Mormont made him equal in standing to the Lord Commander, and the Night’s Watch rallied behind him. Lynn confronted Ser Thorne over his long-running hostility and accused him of arranging an assassination, setting up a reckoning.

• Mormont declared that Lynn’s standing was equal to his own and warned that anyone who objected would be treated as a traitor.
• Most of the Night’s Watch welcomed Mormont’s decision and roared their support for Lynn.
• Lynn confronted Ser Thorne about insulting him, questioning his loyalty, and allegedly sending an assassin after him.
• Lynn presented the bloodstained dagger found on the assassin and pointed to Grenn, Pyp, and the other recruits as people who might recognize it.

Lynn questioned the recruits about the assassination attempt, and Pyp and Grenn accused Alliser Thorne of arranging it. Lynn produced silver taken from the dead assassin and asked Bowen Marsh whether anyone had recently withdrawn that amount, leaving Thorne's guilt under investigation.

• Lynn asked Grenn and Pyp whether they recognized the dagger, and Pyp knelt and blamed Ser Thorne for the plot.
• Torrhen and Jason drew their swords to stop Thorne from attacking Pyp.
• Pyp and Grenn testified that Thorne had recruited them to kill Lynn and promised them Night's Watch positions and rewards.
• Jeor Mormont confronted Thorne, who denied the accusations and claimed the recruits had conspired with Lynn.
• Lynn showed the silver stags found on the dead assassin and asked Bowen Marsh whether anyone had withdrawn that amount.