Faster without his hammer, Gendry reluctantly leaves it behind and sprints south. Jon instructs Gendry to run back to Eastwatch and send a raven to Daenerys. The group rush to bind their captive wight, placing a sack over its head. The sound of the massive army on the move is heard in the distance. The Hound grabs the last remaining wight, but not before it lets out a high-pitched scream. Once the White Walker shatters, several of the wights accompanying him drop as well. Jon and the rest of the men spring into action Jon takes down the Walker with Longclaw. The team lights a fire near the mouth of the pass to draw the attention of a White Walker. Tormund halts the march the Army of the Dead moves through a canyon below. Thoros refuses to return to Eastwatch so Beric cauterizes the wound with his fiery blade. The bear targets the Red Priest, sinking its jaws into Thoros' shoulder just before Jorah vanquishes it with a dragonglass dagger into its neck. He stands frozen in terror, until Thoros intercedes. Beric attacks, sword ablaze, but the burning bear continues to charge, and turns on the Hound. Tormund glimpses something through the snow, and the men ready themselves for what emerges: a bear with blue eyes. The small band runs into a heavy blizzard. Daenerys refuses to discuss the line of succession until after the crown is hers. They discuss Cersei, and Tyrion uses the moment to remind Dany that fear alone is not the right weapon the world she wants to build will take longer than a single lifetime to construct. Tyrion points out all these men fell in love with the Mother of Dragons, but Daenerys denies Jon has any affection for her. She tells her Hand she's glad he's not a hero, as heroes - Drogo, Jorah, Daario, Jon Snow - do stupid things. The group stops as the Hound takes in a distinctive mountaintop: the one he saw in the flames.ĭaenerys studies a map of the north as Tyrion sits nearby. Jon repeats his old Night's Watch vow, 'I am the shield that guards the realms of men' and the two men agree, maybe that's enough. Jon is frustrated he doesn't know why he was brought back, but Beric posits what matters is knowing what they're fighting for.

While the Hound and Tormund share their different perspectives on Brienne of Tarth, Beric catches up to Jon to discuss his resurrection.

Jon connects with Jorah, relieved when the older man refuses to take back Longclaw. Gendry's description of his experience - stripped naked, strapped to a bed, leeches placed on him - wins him no sympathy. Sensing Gendry's resentment, Thoros of Myr and Beric Dondarrion rationalize their past decision to sell the boy to Melisandre: Wars cost money. Tormund, remembering Mance Rayder's stubbornness, asks, 'How many of his people died for his pride?' Jon explains to Tormund that Daenerys won't help unless he bends the knee. Jon Snow and the others trudge through the snowy landscape beyond the Wall.

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