It is the day Jon lets the wildlings through the wall. In the morning, Mormont's Raven says "Jon Snow" instead of "Snow". Is that Bran at work again?
The whole transfer is fraught with the worry that everyone will start fighting. In the end it goes off without a hitch. Boys to be used as hostages including sons of important people, warriors, Men of the Frozen Shore, Spearwives, you name it.
At one point Jon goes into the tunnel to see to a stuck cart. What's the matter with him? Shouldn't he try a bit harder to subvert Melisandre's prophecy of daggers in icy tunnels? He gets away with it, though.
Tormund tells him that Mance Rayder's big wall-destroying horn was a fake. I'm pretty sure Mance used that as the bargaining chip to get himself south of the wall. Until now I'd been buying the whole working together to fight the common enemy line. But could Mance really be up to something more clever?
Jon wonders if his Valyrian steel sword longclaw will be good at slaying Others. He's looking more and more like Azor Ahai The Chosen One every chapter.
Borroq the skin-changer seems to be interested in Jon. Can he tell that Jon has been warging with Ghost?
And we get a letter from Cotter Pyke who went to Hardhome with 11 ships and has 6 left. Things are not going well with the rescue of wildlings and he's begging for help via land. Does Jon have the ability to do anything? He seems to see it as the start of his war.
