Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 129 The Savage Threat

Skinchangers can combine with animals to gain the animal's body and sense of sight, hearing, smell, etc.

Shapechangers appear more often in Beyond the Great Wall and the Northern Territory, where the old gods are powerful. Because the shapechangers combined with wolves are more common, the shapechangers are also called "wolf spirits". However, many shapechangers can also control snow bears. , shadow lynx, eagle, goat, wild boar, etc.

The most powerful skinchangers were the Greenseers, the last of whom now live beyond the Wall.

There are also legends of skinchangers in other parts of the Seven Kingdoms.

In the Iron Islands, the Farwin family of Lone Light Castle and their people live in the westernmost part of the world known to mankind. Since ancient times, countless brave sailors and captains have set out from Lone Light Castle in search of the fabled continent westward, but there is no people return.

Legend has it that the members of the Farwin family and their people living in Lone Light Castle can use the talent of the skinchanger to transform themselves into walruses, seals, and even spotted whales in the sea amidst the sound of the waves.

There are also legends of skinchangers in the Reach, the most famous being Rose of the Red Lake.Rose is the daughter of the High King of the First Men "Green Hand" Garth. She can be transformed into a crane and an old woman at will. Rose's descendants are the Crane family of Red Lake in the Reach today. It is said that some women of the Crane family Inherited Rose's skinchanger talent.

Outside the Great Wall, there are more skinchangers among the wildlings, the most famous of which is Varamyr the "Six Shaped Man", who controls beasts such as wolves, shadow lynxes, and bears; A shapechanger, controlling an eagle; a skinchanger named Polo, controlling a ferocious boar.
Even among wildlings, being able to control wild beasts is a fearsome ability. Many skinchangers have borrowed the power of wild beasts to become toubob. Their status and reputation among the wildlings beyond the Great Wall is no less than that of the King of Bones, "Husband of the Snow Bear" Tormund, The Weeper, Afin the Raven Hunter, Harma the Doghead and other famous raider leaders.

Now that Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, was raising an army of wildlings from Beyond the Wall, Eddard had no doubt that many wildling skinchangers would fight alongside the King Beyond the Wall.

Skinchangers are irreplaceable in scouting and deterring the enemy.Ed showed his talent as a skinchanger, and Ye Xing grew bigger and bigger, and he could easily cull war horses. Once Ed can control the direwolf freely, the direwolf will become Ed's trump card on the battlefield.

Ed believes that Jon Snow, Arya, Robb, Bran, Sansa, and Rickon all have the talent of being a skinchanger, and Bran even has the potential to become a green prophet.Later, when Ye Xing and Sunshine gave birth to little wolf cubs, and the children had wolves, Ed even had the opportunity to form a "Wolf Squad".

The animal trainer, Fran, told Ed that the direwolf matured in less than a year and entered the estrus period. It seemed that the time when Sunshine and Nightwalk would give birth to offspring was not far away.

In the next few days, Ed would have wolf dreams every night. In the wolf dream, Ed's soul was possessed by Nightwalker, wandering around in Winterfell at night. He could smell the fear of war horses in the stables, smell The smell of unicorns in the animal pen, the fragrance of winter snow roses, and the fragrance of various flowers from the alchemist's laboratory can be felt.

In the past few days, Ed and the alchemist Ginter used plant flowers and leaves to refine various dyes.Ice and snow roses can extract blue, the heart of Zhe tree can extract Zhe yellow, animal grass can extract purple, and cinnabar stone can easily extract red.
The flowers, plants and cinnabar stones in the Glass Garden provide the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue. Ed and Gentle can mix in black to make dyes of various colors.These dyes are sent to woolen mills to color wool and linen and make money for Winterfell.

One day, Ed was stroking the heads of the male wolf Nightwalk and the she-wolf Sunshine, and Maester Luwin sent a letter.

"Lord Ed, Mormont, the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, has received a letter. Mance Rayder has taken action. The army of wildlings outside the Great Wall has frequently approached the Great Wall for reconnaissance."

The King of Beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder, has been gathering the army of wildlings outside the Wall. However, due to the vast territory outside the Wall, the wildlings are very independent. They are divided into large and small settlements, scattered in Frostfang, the Grand Canyon, and along the banks of the Milk River. , Frozen Coast and other places.It will take a long time for Mance Rayder to complete the assembly of the army.

The only purpose of the savage army's assembly is to attack the Great Wall of Desperation. For this, Ed has long been mentally prepared.

Ed received the letter from Maester Luwin, "Winterfell is in the Greenguard of the Great Wall, Westbridge Watch, and the Long Night Fort garrisons. The wildlings have already received the news. The defense of the Great Wall is getting stronger. Strong, the possibility of wildlings breaking through the Great Wall is even lower, and Mance Rayder, the king beyond the wall, must have felt the threat of Winterfell and the Night Watchman Legion."

Maester Luwin sighed: "Lord Eddard, Old Bear Mormont said in his heart, weeping and leading dozens of wildling cavalry, appeared near the Bridge of Skull, Tormund the Trumpeter and his raiding party , appeared outside Castle Black, and Harmo the Doghead appeared by the sea beyond Eastwatch."

"As soon as the night watchman rangers attacked, these raider cavalry fled on horseback. Whether it was the old bear, Bunyan, or Maester Aemon, they all thought it was very strange for the wildlings to go so close to the Impassable Wall to investigate. Ordinary."

"Elder Xiong stated in his letter that he wanted to organize an expedition for the Night Watchmen to wipe out the threat of the wildlings to the budding stage before Mance had assembled the army of wildlings. Elder Xiong asked the nobles in Winterfell and the northern border, Are you interested in participating in this expedition?"

Ed finished reading the letter, "You write a letter to Elder Xiong, Bunyan, and Maester Aemon each, admonishing the night watchmen not to act rashly and stop the ranger patrols. They just need to stay at the Great Wall and don't send a soldier One pawn goes beyond the Great Wall."

Maester Luwin's forehead showed dimples, "But, Lord Ed, as time goes by, Mance Rayder will recruit more wildling settlements. According to Old Xiong's letter, Then's horse Gnar has joined the army of wildlings, and the Thenns have bronze scale armor and bronze weapons, and their discipline is stronger than ordinary wildlings."

"The strength of the savage army will become stronger and stronger. The sooner the Night Watchmen attack, the more chance they have to eliminate the threat of the savages in its infancy. Lord Ed, although the population in the north of the Impassable Great Wall is sparse, but no one knows what is happening outside the Great Wall. How big is it? Even if the land beyond the Great Wall is sparsely populated, if Mance Rayder is allowed to recruit wildlings outside the Great Wall, the number of wildlings will come with their families is astonishing. If you let the Night Watch Legion wait at the Great Wall of Impossibility, wouldn't it be Do you want to wait until the wildlings approach the city?"

Ed smiled and said, "The more wildlings Mance Rayder gathers, the better it will be for us."

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