As they talk, Jon kneels before the man, whom he assumes to be Mance Rayder, and calls him 'Your Grace' as he would a king south of the Wall. He says that he doesn't care, but his interest is piqued on hearing that Jon killed Qhorin. Jon is led into the tent of King-Beyond-the-Wall Mance Rayder, where the Lord of Bones explains that he is Eddard Stark's bastard son to a large man with a heavy beard who is eating chicken by the fire. Several young boys pelt Jon with ice and small stones, but Ygritte shoos them away. Many of the wildlings are surprised to see Jon in his all-black Night's Watch clothing and shout 'Crow!' at his approach. As they enter the camp, Jon is shocked to see a real-life giant walk past.

It is not simply an army camp - almost all of wildling society is on the move to escape the White Walkers, including women and children. Meanwhile, Jon Snow is led by Ygritte and the Lord of Bones into the main wildling camp in the Frostfangs mountains. Mormont announces that they must retreat back to the Wall, not simply to save their own lives but because Castle Black and the rest of Westeros must be warned of the coming threatвЂ•otherwise everyone they've ever known will die. Mormont is angry that Sam wasn't able to send off any messenger- ravens in the confusion of the attack. Mormont has managed to rally the few dozen survivors out of his original three hundred men at the Fist of the First Men. The wight suddenly burst into flame, destroyed by a torch wielded by Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, killing it. Ghost continues to tear at its legs as it pulls itself forward inch by inch towards Sam. Just then, a wight approaches Sam and is about to attack him with an axe when the direwolf Ghost knocks it down. He sees another man of the Night's Watch up ahead but soon finds that he has been decapitated and his head placed in his own hands. Samwell Tarly is then seen wandering through a blizzard in search of safety. In a prologue scene, shouts and sword clashes are heard in the darkness as the White Walkers and their army of undead wights attack the men of the Night's Watch off-screen in the Battle of the Fist of the First Men. In King's Landing, Tyrion asks for his reward, Littlefinger offers Sansa a way out, and Cersei hosts a dinner for the royal family. Jon is brought before Mance Rayder, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, while the Night's Watch survivors retreat south.

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