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who: mance rayder & benjen stark
when: bout the same time robert & ned are at winterfell for year's end!
where: the wolfswood, winterfell
what: there may or may not be some recruiting to the watch...

( Butcher? Baker? Candlestick maker? )

who: benjen & ned stark
where: the godswood, winterfell
when: during ned's flying visit home
what: ned and benjen have a brotherly chat!

( O may my heart's truth / Still be sung / On this high hill in a year's turning. )

who: benjen & brandon stark.
where: the stables, winterfell.
when: the morning brandon leaves for riverrun.
what: it appears brandon doesn't like the idea of any stark on the wall. ever. nope!

( and leave you, not quite belonging to either / not quite so dark as the house cloaked in silence / not quite so surely pledging the eternal / as that which becomes star each night and climbs--  )

who. lyanna stark, brandon stark, benjen stark & an appearance by lord rickard stark
where. winterfell & the border of the wolfswood beyond
when. a few years ago. lyanna is approximately 14, brandon 17.
what. lyanna experiences a victory, brandon gives himself over to defeat.

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( And on the hill where I was born, / There is no rose but just a thorn; / They cut it off each year and give it away. )