琼恩正在北境寻找志同道合的盟军，野人部落是他最先考虑的地方。虽有托蒙德的支持，可其他部落仍未效忠。除非是与异鬼作战，否则他们都不愿参与到南方的家族战争之中。琼恩不得不指出他们的短视，北境三个最强家族波顿、卡史塔克、安柏都视野人为死敌。

Brother Ray recounts the War of the Ninepenny Kings from the perspective of a peasant who was recruited by his Lord as a soldier, with all the sufferings and tragedies that this meant for his life.