Chapter 1: Winter Is Coming!

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(I'm so excited for this that I'm starting it way sooner then I said. Everybody ready!? Okay then, let's do this!)

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Three members of the Nightswatch wait for the gate to open whilst saddled on three horses, once the gate is sufficiently opened they all ride down a long dark tunnel whilst holding torches in their hands.

Eventually the tunnel comes to and end and they wait for another gate to open, No one spoke a word as the gratefully opened and they ride through, once out the tunnel the  two holding torches throw them into a nearby fire pit as they made their way towards  the forest whilst getting a good look at the giant  structure separating the North from beyond the wall.

The three scouts continued their way into the forest as one broke off from the other two and started to make his way in to a different direction to them, he continued to ride solo as the woods spoke to him, wind blowing, snow falling and wolves howling  in the distance.

But this didn't faze the rider as he kept his eyes open on the woods around him, but he came to a halt when he spotted nearby smoke raising to the sky above.

The rider dismounted his horse and took the reins leading the horse towards the smoke while  on foot.

The rider dropped the reins and decided to crawl towards the signal, he continued to crawl unaware of what he is about to find till he peaks over a small amount of snow and sees the massacre in front of him.

The rider looked to see limbs lying around the place with heads on pikes and torso's completely sliced off, the rider went to run away but instead ran straight into the cold dead eyes of a young wildling girl, the rider stared in fear for a few moments till he took off running towards his horse not really knowing a destination to run off to he just took off  towards the other two riders here in the woods.

Rider #1: What do you expect? They're savages.

The main rider says to the other two as the rider finally found them both.

Rider #1: One lot steals a goat from another lot, before you know it they're ripping  each other  to pieces.

Rider #2: I've never  seen wildlings do a thing like this.

The rider defends what he saw with all the body limbs put in place as some kind of message.

Rider #2: I never seen a thing like this, not ever in my life.

The main rider this whole time was getting his horse ready for more riding as the third just listened in nearby.

Rider #1: How close did you get?

Rider #2: Close as any man would.

Rider#3: We should head back to the wall.

The third says finally speaking for the first time, the second nods to his words whilst the first looked fearless.

Rider #1: Do the dead frighten you?

Rider #3: Our orders were to track the wildlings. We tracked them. They won't trouble us no more.

Rider #1: You don't think he'll ask us how they died? Get back on your horse.

Rider three does as told whilst the second is still rattled by the scene he saw.

Rider #2: Whatever did it to them could do it to us. They even killed the children.

Rider #1: It's a good thing we're not children. You want to run away South, run away. Of course, they will behead you as a deserter. If I don't catch you first.

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