Knights may keep their truces when dealing with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor… — George RR Martin
Knights may keep their truces when dealing with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor when dealing with those whom they deem outlaw.
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If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live?
"Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe. Are you a man of the Night's Watch?"
"Yes, but–"
"There is no but. You are, or you are not."
