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Catelyn

           Shecouldseetheripplingdeepwithinthesteel,wherethemetalhadbeenfoldedbackonitselfahundredtimesintheforging. Catelynhadnoloveforswords,butshecouldnotdenythatIcehaditsownbeauty. IthadbeenforgedinValyria,beforetheDoomhadcometotheoldFreehold,whentheironsmithshadworkedtheirmetalwithspellsaswellashammers. Fourhundredyearsolditwas,andassharpasthedayitwasforged. Thenameitborewasolderstill,alegacyfromtheageofheroes,whentheStarkswereKingsintheNorth. 

           "Hewasthefourththisyear,"Nedsaidgrimly. "Thepoormanwashalf-mad.Somethinghadputafearinhimsodeepthatmywordscouldnotreachhim. "Hesighed. "BenwritesthatthestrengthoftheNight’sWatchisdownbelowathousand. It’snotonlydesertions. Theyarelosingmenonrangingsaswell." 

           "Isitthewildlings?"sheasked. 

           "Whoelse? "NedliftedIce,lookeddownthecoolsteellengthofit. "Anditwillonlygrowworse. ThedaymaycomewhenIwillhavenochoicebuttocallthebannersandridenorthtodealwiththisKing-beyond-the-Wallforgoodandall." 

           "BeyondtheWall? "ThethoughtmadeCatelynshudder. 

           Nedsawthedreadonherface. "ManceRayderisnothingforustofear." 

           "TherearedarkerthingsbeyondtheWall. "Sheglancedbehindheratthehearttree,thepalebarkandredeyes,watching,listening,thinkingitslongslowthoughts. 

           Hissmilewasgentle."YoulistentotoomanyofOldNan’sstories. TheOthersareasdeadasthechildrenoftheforest,goneeightthousandyears. 

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