Ned had last seen the king nine years before during Balon Greyjoy's rebellion, when the stag and the direwolf had joined to end the pretensions of the self-proclaimed King of the Iron Islands. If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. They said that storm was terrible. Lord Eddard has three sons.
Lord Commander Mormont has requested you for his personal steward, Jon. I am well past marching myself, Lady Catelyn. A cold hand clutched at Catelyn's heart. Yet when he came closer, Catelyn saw that his mailed glove and the sleeve of his surcoat were black with blood.
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