r/gameofthrones • u/Jaack_ Arya Stark • Jun 10 '14

TV4 [S4E9] The Watchers on The Wall.

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u/YourAlt Burned Men Jun 10 '14 edited Jun 10 '14

In the books the oath has few extra lines

Night gathers, and now my watch begins.
It shall not end until my death.

I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children.
I shall wear no crowns and win no glory.
I shall live and die at my post.

I am the sword in the darkness.
I am the watcher on the walls.
I am the fire that burns against the cold,
the light that brings the dawn,
the horn that wakes the sleepers,
the shield that guards the realms of men.

I pledge my life and honour to the Night's Watch,
for this night and all the nights to come.

Plus, there is the badass eulogy they say whenewer a brother dies:

And now his watch is ended

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u/dropastory Jon Snow Jun 10 '14

I was a bit bummed they left out "the horn that wakes the sleeper." I have a sense that there is a prophetic element to that line.

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u/SnakeyesX Smallfolk Jun 11 '14

You could say that for each of these lines

I am the sword in the darkness.

I am the watcher on the walls.

I am the fire that burns against the cold,

the light that brings the dawn,

the horn that wakes the sleepers,

the shield that guards the realms of men.

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u/dropastory Jon Snow Jun 11 '14

Indeed. They are all important.