Bael the Bard

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Bael the Bard is a fomer King-Beyond-the-Wall. According to the legend, he was one of the greatest wildling warrior of his time and a bard who wrote songs about his own life.

Legend of Bael the Bard

The lord of the North at this time, lord Brandon Stark once called Bael a coward. To take revenge of this affront and prove his courage, Bael climbed the Wall, took the Royal Road and entered Winterfell under the name of Sygerrik, that means deceitful in the old language of Skagos, a singer. There, he sang until midnight for the lord. Impressed by his skills of singer, he asked him what he wanted as a reward, and Bael only asked for the most beautiful flower blooming in Winterfell's gardens. As the [ blue winter rose]] were just blooming, Brandon Stark accepted to offer him one. But the following morning, the only and virgin daughter of the lord had disappeared, and in her bed was the blue winter rose.

Lord Brandon sent the members of the Night's Watch looking for them beyond the Wall, but they never found nether Bael nor the girl. The Stark line was on the verge of extinction, when one day the girl was back in her room, holding in her hand an infant: they had actually never left Winterfell, staying hidden in the crypts.Bael's bastard and the daughter of the lord Stark became the new lord Stark.

When years later Bael became King-Beyond-the-Wall and lead the wildling's army south, he ahd to fight his own son at the Frozen Ford, there, incapable to spread his blood he let himself get killed by the lord Stark. His son brought back Bael's head to Winterfell, and his mother who had loved the bard, seeing the trophy, killed herself from the top of a tower.