What a rip-roaring adventure tale this chapter was. No complicated plot developments, no politics, no war strategy, just Bran, Jojen, Meera and Hodor, like hobbits on a journey. They cross the wasteland of The Gift of land to the watch, find an abandoned village and a holdfast on an island. Bran remembers old Nan telling him about a causeway to access it, and sure enough they cross and hold up in the tower. How did Nan know about the causeway? I bet there are some good stories about her to be told...
A storm comes. Hodor gets scared but Bran discovers he can calm him by reaching out with his powers. That will be useful. Then Jojen sees men in the village. Will they try to get in the tower? Will Bran and company be able to escape in the morning? Bran becomes Summer and it turns out that whoever the men are, they are afraid.
