Three men of the Night's Watch ride out beyond the Wall after receiving reports that lawless tribes of wildings have been sighted near the border. One of them verifies this information when he finds the corpses of the group's men, women and children scattered in a frozen glade. He carries the news back to his comrades but before they can investigate further, the bodies disappear. As he searches the area, the forest fills with one of his comrades' screams and the gallop of the group's bolting horses. He then races through the trees and comes face to face with another surviving subordinate - moments before a shadowy creature with glowing blue eyes severs his friend's head and tosses it at Will's feet.
In the courtyard of Winterfell, the Stark family were enjoying themselves but their mirth is cut short, however, by news from the house's Master at Arms. They've captured a deserter from Night's Watch. Lord Ned Stark then brought all his sons to be present on the execution of the deserter. However, moments before he swing the sword, the deserter warns him about the White Walkers.
On their return to Winterfell, the party comes across a dead direwolf - a creature rarely seen south of the Wall. The wolf birthed a litter of pups before her death, and Jon Snow, bastard son to Ned, convinces his father that it's an omen: The direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, and Ned's five true-born children are meant to have the pups. As they walk away, Jon spies an albino runt cast to the side and takes it for himself.
In the throne room at King's Landing, the Silent Sisters perform death rights over the body of John Arryn, the Hand of the King. A message arrives at Winterfell saying that John Arryn is dead and King Robert is paying a visit. Ned knows this can mean that Robert plans to ask him to serve as the new Hand. The house is thrown into preparation, and when the king arrives he greets his old friend with a bear hug and immediately asks to visit the crypts of Winterfell. The Stark family throws a feast in Robert's honor, which the king thoroughly enjoys by getting drunk.
Jon Snow, on the other hand, is seated far from the royal table so as not to insult the queen with his low birth. He steps outside to talk with his uncle, Benjen Stark, who is a ranger in the Night's Watch. Jon begs Benjen to take him to the Wall when he returns, but his uncle knows that Jon is too young to make such a weighty decision. Inside, Benjen tells Ned that he's also heard reports of White Walkers, which must be untrue but even as a madman's raving is unwelcome. Ned then felt discomforted by the news. Far to the southeast of Winterfell, across the Narrow Sea, a young man, Viserys Targaryen, prepares his sister Daenerys to meet a possible husband. As the last heir in his line - a storied family of kings who Robert nearly wiped out when usurping the Iron Throne - Viserys hopes to wed his sister to a Dothraki horselord named Khal Drogo as a means of securing the khal's massive army to help reclaim rule over Westeros. Their wedding is performed in traditional Dothraki style, meaning that the crowd participates in sex and murder. As a gift, Daenarys receives a chest of dragon eggs from Illyrio and a knight named Ser Jorah Mormont gives her books containing the history of her homeland.
After the feast, Ned and Catelyn rest in bed when Maester Luwin arrives with a missive from Catelyn's sister Lysa, the widow of Jon Arryn. The message says that Arryn was murdered by the Lannisters and that the king is in danger. Catelyn begs her husband not go south to King's Landing, but he knows he has no other option. The next morning, after he accepts Roberts offer, the king thanks him and says he knows the sacrifice Ned is making - but there's no other man he can trust.
Ned leaves for a hunt with Robert, waving goodbye to his Bran. The young Stark spends the afternoon climbing the rocky walls of Winterfell, one of his favorite hobbies. At the pinnacle of an abandoned tower, he hears strange noises, and when he looks inside a window, he sees Jaime Lannister and his twin sister, Queen Cersei, having sex on the floor. Cersei notices Bran and screams. Jaime steps to the window frame and grabs the boy, holding him firmly. He looks to his sister and then to the ground before sending Bran helplessly to the rocky ground below.
i) Three new words:
1)Throne - Bran was expected by many to be the heir to the throne of Winterfell.
2)Raucous - The King eat raucously in front of his slaves.
3) Desert - He deserted his wife in order to go to be the Hand of the King.
ii) I liked this episode because it taught me a glimpse of how different it was back then. With no technology, how people used to enjoy themselves and what surprised me the most is how complex the system of ruling even though they were commonly known as uncivilized people.
No comments:
Post a Comment