Chapter 0056: Alyssa Thorne: Non-negotiable
The Great Wall of Desperation.
The main building of the castle, the hall.
At the head of the long dark wooden table in the chamber sat the bear old Jeo Mormont, his beard carefully groomed to give his grim face a hint of the sour taste of hypocrisy. On his shoulder stood a raven, its small eyes dark red, like two faint sparks.
The raven eats only meat, and its two dark red eyes confirm its bloodthirstiness and aggressiveness from the side.
There are more snow eagles, forest sword eagles, and scavenging eagles in the sky of the Great Wall, and these eagles are the natural enemies of the crows, so the crows of the men in black are also different, and they are ravens with more ferocious combat effectiveness.
Strictly speaking, this raven is not a raven, although it is customary to classify a raven as a species. Their diet consists mainly of all kinds of raw flesh with blood, and in terms of quality of life, ravens eat better than men in black.
If you provoke the raven with a small stick, it will pounce on you and crack the iron cage. Other small birds are the target of their bullying and abuse, and when they encounter the aerial overlords such as the Snow Eagle Sword Eagle and the Scavenger Eagle in the wild, although they will not be the hard opponents of the Eagle Overlord, it is very difficult for these eagles to kill them.
Basically, ravens targeted by eagles will eventually come back covered in injuries and deliver the letter to Maester Ammon before receiving treatment from Maester Emon.
Commander-in-Chief Geo Mormont's raven not only has the above raven qualities, but it also has another ability that other ravens do not have: talking. If you dare to scold it, your life will be very bad in the future, because as soon as it sees you, it will chase you and scold you, and the scolding is extremely ugly.
Basically, cursed, vicious, bitter language it does.
This can also prove that the people in black at the Great Wall of Desperation are generally not of high quality and like to use foul language. They taught this clever raven how to hurt your mind with words.
A blind old man sitting next to the bear elder Jeo Mormont is the most respected Aemon Bachelor in the Desperate Wall, a noble Targaryen royal blood, who voluntarily gave up the throne to the Great Wall to become a bachelor of the man in black in order not to fight with his brother. He has been a commander for many generations, and he is the poorest, most knowledgeable, senior, and oldest man in black here, and he is 100 years old this year.
Maester Aemon doesn't see people and things with his eyes, he uses his heart, so his blind eyes don't hinder his scrutiny of the world and his insight into people's hearts, he is a wise old man.
On the other side of the bear sat the chief of general affairs of the man in black, Bowen Marcy, whose face had been a sickly red color, probably because of the freezing cold, and his body was very fat, like a round pomegranate.
Powen Marthy sits beside the arrogant Sir Alyssa Thorne, the head of the men of the Men in Black, who sneers at all of them, and tries to torment them physically and mentally, and derives a malicious pleasure from them.
Alyssa Thorne was one of the few knights to have been officially canonized since the inauguration of Commander-in-Chief Mormont, with a pair of dark onyx-like eyes, and the right corner of his mouth was habitually slightly curled upward, with contempt and disdain for all matters. Knight status is rare and noble here, at least Alyssa Thorne has always been proud of being a knight.
In front of them, under the high table, stood Will the Man in Black and Sir Jeremy Lake, the Ranger who had brought him back. In the absence of Chief Ranger Bunyan Stark, Jeremy Lake was acting Chief Ranger.
Commander-in-Chief Mormont's expression was very serious, he looked at Master Aemon, although Commander Aemon's eyes looked at Will the man in black, but Commander-in-Chief Mormont knew that Master Aemon understood who his eyes were looking at: "Master Aemon, what do you think of the Wolf Forest tribe that Will brought back?"
Commander Mormont used the term Wolf Forest Tribe to refer to Will's legion instead of the usual name of brother, which shows that he is unwilling to accept these savage-like tribal warriors in his heart, perhaps this is his subconscious thinking, because Mormont is the Count of Bear Island
Before Maester Aemon could speak, Alyssa Thorne said, "Maester Aemon, Commander Mormont, I firmly oppose it. ”
"Oh, why?" said Maester Aemon's hand trembling as he fumbled for the Maester's necklace around his neck. Necklaces are made of a variety of metals, each representing a kind of knowledge. The more metal pieces you wear, the more knowledge you know, and of course, it may be more of a symbolic meaning.
"They are pariahs, robbers, thieves and murderers, they will not be disciplined, they will not be our loyal brothers in black, they will come and consume the food we have saved up for the winter, and when winter and the long night come, they will cut our necks in the light of the fire, and then take everything we have and run away. I bet you, in the honor of knighthood, that in less than three days these wild men will be fighting with our brothers, and will be wielding knives, and maybe a few lives. I know these mountain guys, they are beasts in human skin. Wild beasts cannot coexist peacefully with humans, and that is the will of the old and new gods. ”
Maester Aemon smiled, "Chief of General Affairs, Bowen Marcy, what do you think?"
"I agree with Sir Alyssa Thorne, these people cannot be our brothers in black, they have no loyalty or honor, we have to let them go, of course, we need not provoke them, you have seen the big man of the Ash Tribe, and without looking at him twice, he glared at me, and showed his fangs, and I suspected that he would come and break my neck at night. Pomegranate General Affairs Minister said. He also touched his reddened neck with his hand, as if to confirm something.
This fat, round guy was covered in an abnormal redness, and I don't know if it was caused by the cold or if he had a skin disease.
"So, Your Excellency, what do you think?" the smile on Maester Aemon seemed to deepen.
"I, Maester Aemon, I want to hear your opinion?"
"I want to hear your opinion, I want to hear your opinion?" the crow, which had been drowsy on the Commander-in-Chief's shoulder, began to croak, as if he had woken up.
"Go!" Mormont chirped.
"Go, go, go!" said the crow, tilting his head to look at Commander Mormont, "I want to hear your opinion?"
Commander-in-Chief Mormont raised his hand, and the crow flew away with a whirl, landed on the opposite window, tilted his head and said, "Stinky crow, I'm going to roast you, roast, roast." ”
Maester Aemon said, "Anyway, we'll have to let Will's brothers stay for the time being, and before we make a decision, I'd like to talk to Will first." ”
"As you wish, Bachelor. Mormont said.
"It's all about talking, and in short, my brothers and I are firmly against it. It's non-negotiable, non-negotiable, Bachelor. General Secretary Bowen Marcy, let's go. Alyssa Thorne stood up, thumped, pushed away from the chair beneath her, and strode away.
Pomegranate stood up and trotted all the way to Alyssa Thorne.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go!" said the crow.