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[ It's a private call, Jon! ]
Lord Commander. [ It should be a familiar voice, though Aragorn has only spoken to his fellow Ranger only once. A pause. ] May I ask a boon of you?
Lord Commander. [ It should be a familiar voice, though Aragorn has only spoken to his fellow Ranger only once. A pause. ] May I ask a boon of you?
[It takes him a moment to place it]
Strider.
Yes, of course.
Strider.
Yes, of course.
There are many here who are missing, and I wish to know if 'tis possible to find their tracks. [ A beat. ]
Will you accompany me?
Will you accompany me?
Ranging?
Yes, of course.
[There is a note of brightness in his voice. This is the perfect distraction]
Yes, of course.
[There is a note of brightness in his voice. This is the perfect distraction]
A Ranger's work, aye.
[ A beat. ] Will tomorrow's morn do you well?
[ A beat. ] Will tomorrow's morn do you well?
Ghost, my lord? [ He has never met Jon's direwolf :| ]
He is my direwolf.
You are not afraid of wolves, I hope.
You are not afraid of wolves, I hope.
Nay. [ Softly, then- ]
You keep a direwolf like Lady Alayne and Lord Bran, then? [ Pause. ] Or 'tis it an insult to say that you keep him as one would a pet, and he is your friend instead?
You keep a direwolf like Lady Alayne and Lord Bran, then? [ Pause. ] Or 'tis it an insult to say that you keep him as one would a pet, and he is your friend instead?
Lord Bran is my brother. Our direwolves are also brothers.
[Pause]
But I would say he is more my brother than my family
[Pause]
But I would say he is more my brother than my family
You are fortunate, my Lord. A wolf's loyalty is difficult to earn. [ He has only known bears - the Beorn. And the wargs, but they are rare wolf-like. ]
[ A pause. He's putting two and two together- ]
Your name- your situation is like Lady Alayne's, then?
[ A pause. He's putting two and two together- ]
Your name- your situation is like Lady Alayne's, then?
I am the Lord Commander, but Jon suffices, please.
[Jon is a warg, but he doesn't know that.]
Yes. The baseborn children of the North are known as Snow.
[Jon is a warg, but he doesn't know that.]
Yes. The baseborn children of the North are known as Snow.
Jon, then.
[ ... Different wargs. Tolkien wargs carries the Nazguls upon their backs, and look like fierce, long-nosed hyenas. ]
The blood of Lord Stark flows in you still, does it not? [ Pauses, a sigh. ] I do not understand this law of your land.
[ ... Different wargs. Tolkien wargs carries the Nazguls upon their backs, and look like fierce, long-nosed hyenas. ]
The blood of Lord Stark flows in you still, does it not? [ Pauses, a sigh. ] I do not understand this law of your land.
Yes, I'm the blood of the First Men.
[A pause]
Alayne and I may not inherit name or rank or title, but may inherit wealth, if our fathers-
[There's a blip when he says the 's']
choose it.
[A pause]
Alayne and I may not inherit name or rank or title, but may inherit wealth, if our fathers-
[There's a blip when he says the 's']
choose it.
[ He hears it, the blip, and it puzzles him. Is Alayne not claimed by Petyr Baelish, who resides on the ship also? He claims her to be his daughter, and Aragorn has little reason to disbelieve him.
Then- ]
Thus one of the blood of the First Men is resigned to only rise as high as a merchant or a trader. [ There's irony in his voice. ] Names mean little; 'tis blood that carries a heavier weight.
[ Except- except for his father, named after the first Arathorn- and who died just as early. So early that Aragorn had never known him. ]
Then- ]
Thus one of the blood of the First Men is resigned to only rise as high as a merchant or a trader. [ There's irony in his voice. ] Names mean little; 'tis blood that carries a heavier weight.
[ Except- except for his father, named after the first Arathorn- and who died just as early. So early that Aragorn had never known him. ]
My title is the only in the land that a bastard may hold. The Lord Commanders are chosen by the Night's Watch, not by the king.
[He's quiet for a moment]
Once, I think, names meant less. North of the Wall it means nothing.
[He's quiet for a moment]
Once, I think, names meant less. North of the Wall it means nothing.
A Captain might have been chosen by a King, but if he is incompetent 'tis his soldiers who will have to choose who to truly follow.
Do those of the further North carry their father's name alongside their own?
[ ... He means surnames. ]
Do those of the further North carry their father's name alongside their own?
[ ... He means surnames. ]
Some do. Others prefer not to. Or they take names that are purely their own.
[ A low chuckle. ]
A culture of wild men indeed.
A culture of wild men indeed.
Those of the South care very little for the North, Strider.
Strange, that has not changed between worlds.
'Tis the cold that keeps them away?
'Tis the cold that keeps them away?
And the wildness, but the cold is a large part of it. Even in the late summer, snows are not uncommon.
Yet 'tis here that the Rangers cose to make their homes and their duties.
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