Game of Thrones: The Legend of Jon Arctic - ASOIAF/GOT [Book - 1]

Chapter 37 - Journey Beyond the Wall 4!

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Eddard Stark POV

Winterfell, 290 AC, a few days later.

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It's been few moons since Jon went to the Wall. A week after parting from the boy, news of the battles Jon fought had already reached all of the North, earning him even more fame.

Once again, a ballad was created about little Jon, who commanded a group of giants, direwolves, bears, and shadow cats in deadly armors, rescuing women and a girl from wildlings, helping his own father in the battle of the siege. This caused a new stir in the North, with giants and animals never seen before, and this time there were thousands of witnesses.

All of the North spoke of Ned's son, and the lord of Winterfell did not doubt that his bastard son now had more loyalty from the North than his own heir. The lords sent ravens one after another, every day, many upset after learning that Jon had brought a new metal, magically light, and distributed it to the lords and soldiers of the siege at the time. There were even marriage proposals asking to legitimize Jon and give him a castle and his own name to build his own family.

On the day Ned finally returned from the siege journey, he arrived at Winterfell at dawn and found none of his children awake, but did not sleep without discussing with Catelyn about the rumors of Jon that had already reached the castle. Now, after telling and confirming everything, she was about to explode, because the bastard son had caused more chaos in the North and overshadowed Robb's image, leaving a bad image of her and her heir.

The next morning, his children, especially the younger ones, bombarded the father with questions. Ned told his children that Jon had given gifts to all the siblings, which made the younger ones excitedly happy. Sansa showed interest, but Robb was still brooding. Catelyn protested about how Jon was influencing the children and screamed upon seeing the weapons. There was a dagger and a pointed sword for Sansa and Arya, but Ned argued that he would let the girls keep the weapons, which were of valuable metal and could stay as ornaments without the need to use them.

Ned was angry when Robb refused to accept the gift and openly insulted his brother. Ned immediately put him in punishment. A few days later, in Wintertown, they even began to receive visitors from all over the world, who had heard the news from two weeks ago. They were more interested in knowing about the boy and his whereabouts, but Ned refused to say anything, Jon should be on the Wall now.

Ned could only sigh at all this. His younger children were thrilled when Ned mentioned that Jon had arrived at the battle and saved the youngest daughter of Lord Glover. Even Sansa was surprised, and the three wanted to hear the story more than once. Bran began to enact in the courtyard that he was Jon, commanding giants and mounted on a direwolf, fighting against wildlings and slave traders.

But Ned felt a weight in his heart seeing Robb brooding and clearly jealous of his younger brother who was gaining much attention from the kingdom. Jon always tried to get along with his brother and always wished him well, but Robb began to distance himself from Jon due to Theon's and his mother's influence, even though Ned asked him to reconcile, he refused. Now, this barrier he created generated rumors that Robb was inferior to Jon as a bad and jealous brother.

One day Ned was having breakfast with his family when Luwin entered, not wanting to wait to give the news in his solar. He handed over a scroll that made everyone curious, and Ned's face paled upon finishing reading. It was a message saying that Jon had crossed the Wall and gone alone with his group beyond it without anyone accompanying him. Ned, without answering the worried questions, thought furiously: "Where the hell does Jon intend to go? One thing is the Wall, but going further north of it? I would never allow that!"