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{{Infobox Chapter ADwD
| title = Prologue
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| pov = [[Varamyr Sixskins]]
| pov pagename = Varamyr Sixskins
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| place        = Beyond the Wall, in the [[haunted forest]]
| next = Tyrion I
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| title = Prologue
| bantam hc page = 3
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| page = 3
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| previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Appendix|Appendix]]
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| current = Prologue
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| next = [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 1|Tyrion I]]
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| arc previous =
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| arc next =  
 
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The [[skinchanger]] [[Varamyr]], who has been injured during his flight from the [[battle beneath the Wall]], is plotting to take over another body as he is dying.
  
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
The chapter begins from the perspective of a man warged into a wolf. The [[warg]] leads a small pack on a hunt. They hunt wildling fugitives and kill them.  
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The chapter begins from the perspective of a [[skinchanger]] in the body of a wolf. The [[warg]] leads a small pack on a hunt. They hunt [[free folk]] fugitives and kill them.  
  
After the kill the warg who returns to his human body. He is [[Varamyr]] Sixskins and seriously wounded. Like other wildlings he had fled after [[Battle of Castle Black|their defeat]]. Varamyr burned when [[Orell|his eagle]] was killed and he lost his cloaks and rings. After he robbed a dead woman of her cloak her son stabbed him. His companion, Thistle, has sawn the wound together but it is too serious and Varamyr knows he is dying.  
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After the kill the warg returns to his human body. He is [[Varamyr]] Sixskins and is seriously wounded. Like other free folk, he had fled after [[battle beneath the Wall|their defeat]] at Castle Black. Varamyr burned when [[Orell|his eagle]] was killed and he lost his cloaks and rings. After he robbed a dead woman of her cloak, her son stabbed him. His companion, Thistle, has sewn the wound together but it is too serious and Varamyr knows he is dying.  
  
He thinks back over his youth when he was still called Lump. As a youth he had warged into one of this father's dogs. The dogs killed [[Bump]], his little brother and Varamyr remembers his brother looking at him and knowing ...
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He thinks back over his youth when he was still called Lump. As a youth he had slipped into one of his father's dogs. The dogs killed [[Bump]], his little brother, and Varamyr remembers his brother looking at him and knowing. Because his father did not know which dog had killed Bump, he killed them all. When the last dog was killed, Lump - who was in him - screamed, which made his father understand his son's ability. His parents then brought Lump to [[Haggon]], another skinchanger. Haggon raised Lump and taught him about skinchangers, although Lump did not adopt his morals, particularly regarding what Haggon describes as abominations: eating the flesh of man while inside an animal, mating with a beast while inside one, and seizing the body of a human. When Haggon died, Varamyr drove him out of his wolf [[Greyskin]] to claim the wolf for himself.  
Because his father did not know which dog was the killed he killed them all. The last dog was Loptail and when he was killed Varamyr who was warging in him screamed. Because of this his parents delivered him to Haggon, another skin-changer. Haggon raised him and taught him a lot about skin-changers although Lump did not take over his morals.  
 
When Haggon died Varamyr drove him out of the Greyskin to claim the wolf for himself and deny Haggon a life in the wolf.  
 
  
Later Varamyr more animals to became Varamys Sixskins. He established himself as a kind of lord with villagers who brought him food and whom he forced to give him their women for his pleasure.  
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Later Varamyr adopted more animals and became Varamyr Sixskins. He established himself as a kind of lord, taking tribute in food and using his animals to bring him women from nearby villages.  
  
Varamyr wakes up from his memories when Thistle returns. As he knows that his body is dying he turns on his companion to take over her body. She struggles and eventually manages to escape. Varamyr falls unconscious. As he passes from live he half regrets trying to take over Thistles body (an abomination). And with the other half regrets failing at it. He sees the world, he sees his wolf she sees Thistle. Frozen blood clings to her her and her eyes are blue. See has become a [[Wight]] and she sees him...  
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Varamyr wakes up from his memories when Thistle returns. As he knows that his body is dying, he turns on his companion to take over her body. She struggles and eventually manages to escape his control. As he dies, he half regrets trying to take over Thistle's body, but also half regrets failing at that. He awakens in the body of one of his wolves. Later his pack discovers Thistle. Frozen blood clings to her - she has become a [[wight]]. As her blue eyes stare into his wolf eyes he knows she sees him ...
  
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==Character List Appearing==
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{{columns|4|
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* [[Stalker]]
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* [[One Eye]]
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* [[Sly]]
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* [[Varamyr|Lump]]
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* [[Thistle]]
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}}
  
==Character List==
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==Character List Mentioned==
{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
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{{columns|4|
|- valign="top"
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* [[Haggon]]
| style="width:25%;" |
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* [[Harma Dogshead]]
'''Appearing:'''
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* [[Mance Rayder]]
*[[Thistle]]
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* [[Tormund]]
*[[Haggon]]
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* The [[Weeper]]
*[[Mance Rayder]]
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* [[Mother Mole]]
*[[Tormund]]
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* [[Hornfoot|Hornfoot men]]
*The [[Weeper]]
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* [[Bump]]
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* [[Borroq]]
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* [[Orell]]
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* [[Briar]]
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* [[Grisella]]
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* [[Greyskin]]
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* [[Jon Snow]]
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* [[Ghost]]
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* [[Meha]]
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* [[Woods witch]]
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* [[Loptail]]
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* [[Sniff]]
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* The [[Growler]]
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}}
  
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==Places and terms mentioned==
'''Appearing:'''
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{{columns|4|
*[[Mother Mole]]
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* [[Milkwater]]
*[[Hornfoot|Hornfoot men]]
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* [[Hardhome]]
*[[One Eye]]
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* [[Gorge#Bridge of Skulls|Bridge of Skulls]]
*[[Stalker]]
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* [[Shadow Tower]]
*[[Sly]]
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* [[Thenn (valley)|Valley of the Thenns]]
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}}
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==References and Notes==
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*[https://www.tor.com/2014/11/20/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-dance-with-dragons-part-1/ A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 1] Analyses and summary by Leigh Butler.
  
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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Dance with Dragons 00]] <!-- why the "00" ?-->
'''Appearing:'''
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[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV miscellaneous]]
*[[Borroq]]
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[[Category:Chapters which take place Beyond the Wall]]
*[[Orell]]
 
*[[Briar]]
 
*[[Grisella]]
 
*[[Greyskin]]
 
*[[Varamyr|Lump]]
 
  
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[[es:Danza de Dragones-Prólogo]]
'''Appearing:'''
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[[fr:A Dance with Dragons, Chapitre 01, Prologue]]
*[[Jon Snow]]
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[[pt:A Dança dos Dragões - Prólogo]]
*[[Meha]]
 
*[[Bump]]
 
*[[Loptail]]
 
*[[Sniff]]
 
*the [[Growler]]
 
|}
 
==Places and terms mentioned==
 
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
 
|- valign="top"
 
| style="width:20%;" |
 
'''Places:'''
 
*[[Milkwater]]
 
| style="width:20%;" |
 
'''Places:'''
 
*[[Hardhome]]
 
| style="width:20%;" |
 
'''Places:'''
 
*[[Gorge#Bridge of Skulls|Bridge of Skulls]]
 
| style="width:20%;" |
 
'''Places:'''
 
*[[Shadow Tower]]
 
| style="width:20%;" |
 
'''Places:'''
 
*[[Thenn]]
 
|}
 
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Dance with Dragons 00]]
 
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV miscellaneous]]
 

Revision as of 01:27, 6 June 2021

Prologue
A Dance with Dragons chapter
ADanceWithDragons.jpg
POV Varamyr Sixskins
Place Beyond the Wall, in the haunted forest
Page 3 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Appendix  ← Prologue →  Tyrion I

The skinchanger Varamyr, who has been injured during his flight from the battle beneath the Wall, is plotting to take over another body as he is dying.

Synopsis

The chapter begins from the perspective of a skinchanger in the body of a wolf. The warg leads a small pack on a hunt. They hunt free folk fugitives and kill them.

After the kill the warg returns to his human body. He is Varamyr Sixskins and is seriously wounded. Like other free folk, he had fled after their defeat at Castle Black. Varamyr burned when his eagle was killed and he lost his cloaks and rings. After he robbed a dead woman of her cloak, her son stabbed him. His companion, Thistle, has sewn the wound together but it is too serious and Varamyr knows he is dying.

He thinks back over his youth when he was still called Lump. As a youth he had slipped into one of his father's dogs. The dogs killed Bump, his little brother, and Varamyr remembers his brother looking at him and knowing. Because his father did not know which dog had killed Bump, he killed them all. When the last dog was killed, Lump - who was in him - screamed, which made his father understand his son's ability. His parents then brought Lump to Haggon, another skinchanger. Haggon raised Lump and taught him about skinchangers, although Lump did not adopt his morals, particularly regarding what Haggon describes as abominations: eating the flesh of man while inside an animal, mating with a beast while inside one, and seizing the body of a human. When Haggon died, Varamyr drove him out of his wolf Greyskin to claim the wolf for himself.

Later Varamyr adopted more animals and became Varamyr Sixskins. He established himself as a kind of lord, taking tribute in food and using his animals to bring him women from nearby villages.

Varamyr wakes up from his memories when Thistle returns. As he knows that his body is dying, he turns on his companion to take over her body. She struggles and eventually manages to escape his control. As he dies, he half regrets trying to take over Thistle's body, but also half regrets failing at that. He awakens in the body of one of his wolves. Later his pack discovers Thistle. Frozen blood clings to her - she has become a wight. As her blue eyes stare into his wolf eyes he knows she sees him ...

Character List Appearing

Character List Mentioned

Places and terms mentioned

References and Notes