What If Jeor Mormont woke up before the great ranging with future memories

Now on Spotify too, listen on the go or with the screen off: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dWqPSm... On the morning he was meant to lead three hundred brothers out through Castle Black's gate, Lord Commander Jeor Mormont wakes gasping in the dark, hands clutched to his neck where Dirk's dagger has not yet cut. The memories hit him all at once: the slaughter at the Fist of the First Men, and the bloody mutiny in Craster's hall. The Old Bear will not lead his men out to die. Instead, he keeps the gate barred and sets the Watch to hauling stone and stockpiling timber before the dead march south. With the Great Ranging halted, Jon Snow heads north with a handful of scouts to dig up the dragonglass buried at the Fist. Ravens fly south to Dragonstone and Riverrun carrying blunt warnings of wights and cold shadows to Stannis Baratheon and Robb Stark, while Jeor considers an offer of peace to Mance Rayder. Yet inside Castle Black, Bowen Marsh and Alliser Thorne already whisper of treason. From his drafty solar, an old commander prepares for a war nobody south of the Neck believes is coming, bracing the ice with black glass and cold discipline before winter shuts the world down. CHAPTERS 0:00 Iron Destiny Scrolls 0:10 In Another Life 1:14 The Unbroken Throat 11:54 The Cache on the Fist 28:54 Judgment of the Wild 39:38 The Smoke of Dragonstone 52:26 The Wolf and the Flayed Skin 1:02:40 Gold and Black Glass 1:13:11 Parley in the Pass 1:22:24 The Opening of the Gate 1:31:38 Whispers of Harrenhal 1:43:44 The Untouched Hearth 1:52:51 The Glass Fleet 2:03:23 Iron in the Hall 2:14:43 The First Wave 2:25:15 The Watch Upon the Wall New Game of Thrones What If stories every week. Subscribe to Iron Destiny Scrolls and tell us your own What If in the comments. This is a fan-made alternate history. Game of Thrones and its characters belong to HBO and George R. R. Martin. Narration uses an AI-assisted voice. #GameOfThrones #WhatIf #NightsWatch