Every clan in the Mountains of the Moon feared the Burned Men, who mortified their flesh with fire to prove their courage and (the others said) roasted babies at their feasts. He is not to engage the northerners until we arrive, but I want him to harass their flanks and draw them farther south. I killed him, Ned, I drove the spike right through that black armor into his black heart, and he died at my feet. In the name of the king and council.
So was the Kingslayer when he killed the old king, Arya said. You knew of this plot, and yet you did nothing. Who are you? he asked quietly, almost in dread. I don't know.
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