#Mormont's raven

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Jeor Mormont's raven the 10th time it says " King! Snow!" but Jon Snow doesn't take the hint:

[docpiplup]

✨Jon Snow Pelo Pantene Edition✨ Based on this.

Credits for @buildoblivionthenwewilltalk for the Jon art.

[asoiafcanonjonsnow]

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"From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

[jackoshadows]

Night's Watch by Stefan Kopinski

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[goodqueenaly]

Is there any significance to the words mormonts/jons Raven says or is it just simply a clever bird

Oh, I very much believe that Mormont's raven is specifically being skinchanged into by Bloodraven. I won't claim that everything the raven says is meaningful (because I don't think it is), or that I can even necessarily always tell when the raven's words are indicative of Bloodraven voicing a specific opinion versus are used by the author to make a narrative or thematic point in the scene, but I do believe that Bloodraven left himself a way to spy, so to speak, inside the Night's Watch even after he "disappeared". After all, Bloodraven in his political life was well known, and widely feared, for his rumored (at least to some extent accurately) intelligence network: "how many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have" went the familiar contemporary phrase, and he was certainly not above using supernatural means, such as glamours, to obtain information (as demonstrated in "The Mystery Knight"). If we suppose that at some point around or after 252 AC, Bloodraven realized that his mission was to prepare the world for the coming of the Others and find and train the greenseer champion of humanity, which I think is generally right, then why should we suppose that Bloodraven would have forgotten all his strategies and lessons as the all-seeing Hand, and left the Watch and the Wall - the key line of defense against the Others - out of his supervision once he was no longer Lord Commander? Familiar as he clearly is with skinchanging into ravens, Bloodraven I think decided that the best way to keep an eye (pun fully intended) on the Watch was to plant his agent there, one he could slip into whenever he chose to observe the actions of the Lord Commander, and one which, if a great need arose, he could use to deliver information without a "that talking coyote was really just a talking dog" type of reaction (since ravens can talk, in a very limited extent, in this universe)

Of course, sometimes I think Bloodraven-as-the-raven is just having some fun with his unsuspecting listeners, too:

Winter is coming. The Stark words had never sounded so grim or ominous to Jon as they did now. "My lord," he asked hesitantly, "it's said there was a bird last night …" "There was. What of it?" "I had hoped for some word of my father." "Father," taunted the old raven, bobbing its head as it walked across Mormont's shoulders. "Father."

Again, this is the same guy who, while guised as "Maynard Plumm" quipped that they might all be Aegon IV's bastards. It's the same wry sense of humor here - he knows, and he knows that Mormont and Jon don't, that Jon's biological father is not Eddard Stark.

[satinoflowers]

Jon Snow Fortnight day 5: Mystical Bonds

"Jon chewed his lip. The raven flapped its wings at him. “War, war, war, war,” it sang."

[thaliajoy-blog]

Not sure why I gave the first Jon Snow I drew brown eyes but I needed to make a second just to fix that, even if the first one was cute. Eyes are worse (though right color + some icy blue) but hair are better.

"A blue flower grew from a chink in a wall of ice, and filled the air with sweetness. . . ."

[wpmorse]

Paul's hands were coal, his face was milk, his eyes shone a bitter blue. Hoarfrost whitened his beard, and on one shoulder hunched a raven, pecking at his cheek, eating the dead white flesh.

Samwell III - 644

Sam and Gilly’s short night of safety ends with A ZOMBIFIED Small Paul breaking down the longhouse door. I was looking forward to the scene. It's a nice mixture of comedy and terror. The terror being the last person you would ever want to be turned into a wight Is Small Paul. (OK, maybe the Mountain, but you he's already a nightmare) the humor comes in that, despite how terrifying this is, Mormont's Raven is still happily having a little snack. It was fun just leaning back and doing this picture. Perhaps it might’ve worked better as a portrait, but I like the context.

Beyond that, the two things wrong with it are, first, it’s hard to do a good Raven in this black-and-white format, and, second, I only realized Paul wasn't wearing gloves until after I finished this.

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Tyrion III

Lord Mormont moved to the window and stared out into the night.

“These are old bones, Lannister, but they have never felt a chill like this.

“Tell the king what I say, I pray you.

“Winter is coming, and when the Long Night falls, only the Night’s Watch will stand between the realm and the darkness that sweeps from the north.

“The gods help us all if we are not ready.”

“The gods help me if I do not get some sleep tonight. Yoren is determined to ride at first light.”

Tyrion got to his feet, sleepy from wine and tired of doom.

“I thank you for all the courtesies you have done me, Lord Mormont.”

“Tell them, Tyrion. Tell them and make them believe. That is all the thanks I need.”

He whistled, and his raven flew to him and perched on his shoulder. Mormont smiled and gave the bird some corn from his pocket, and that was how Tyrion left him.

[sare11aa11eras]

You walk into the Night’s Watch in 300 AC and THIS is the first thing you see, wyd?

[thewatcher0nthewall]

Lord Commander

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Jon Snow is one minute before he fist fights Mormont's raven, who might or might not be one of his ancestors, and I think that's so teen of him.

[buildoblivion]

lord snow

[asoiafcanonjonsnow]

JON AND MORMONT'S RAVEN

Mormont's raven watched with shrewd black eyes, then fluttered to the window. - Jon I, ADWD

Perched above the window, the Old Bear's raven peered down at him with shrewd black eyes. My last friend, Jon thought ruefully. - Jon III, ADWD

[shripscapi]

Could you draw Patchface please? Your art is incredible and I think he’s the scariest character in asoiaf 😵‍💫

SUCH an excellent suggestion.. drawing patchface hadn’t even crossed my mind but this was a really fun challenge :)

[frogcat7]

Lord Commander of Night's Watch Jeor Mormont and his pet raven who is demanding corn.