View source for A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 39

{{Infobox Chapter ADwD
| pov		= [[Jon Snow]]
| place         = [[Castle Black]]
| title		= Jon VIII
| page		= 514
| previous	= [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 38|The Watcher]]
| current	= Jon VIII
| next		= [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 40|Tyrion IX]]
| arc previous	= [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 35|Jon VII]]
| arc next	= [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 44|Jon IX]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Jon Snow|Jon]] sends [[Val]] to the north, to find [[Tormund Giantsbane]] and offer him and his followers shelter south of the [[Wall]]. [[Bowen Marsh]], [[Cellador|Septon Cellador]], and [[Othell Yarwyck]] talk to Jon with various complaints; they disapprove of [[Leathers]] as Castle Black's master-at-arms, [[Satin]] as Jon's steward and his decision to negotiate with Tormund and allow him and his men through the Wall. They are also nervous about the fact Jon is keeping two corpses in the ice cells, and react with outrage and horror when Jon reveals he is waiting for them to rise, ignoring Jon's argument that the Watch knows next to nothing about the wights or their masters, and need to learn more if they are to defeat them. Overlooking their protests, Jon tells them of a large group of [[wildlings]] making for [[Hardhome]] at the east coast north of the Wall, following the witch [[Mother Mole]] who claims they will find ships there to bring them across the [[Narrow Sea]].<ref>And it does happen, although not necessarily to the extent or in the way that Mother Mole hoped or meant, in [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 45|Chapter 45 (The Blind Girl)]]. Mother Mole's convocations may have been mentioned in the [[A Dance with Dragons-Prologue|Prologue]] as well</ref> Jon fears they will die there, but when he gets only indifference from the others at the prospect of thousands of dead wildlings, Jon finally loses patience. Angrily asking if they don't realise the truth or are just ignoring it, Jon points out that if they do nothing, the wildlings at Hardhome will die in their thousands, and when they are dead, in time they will rise up again with blue eyes and cold hands, and the [[Others]] will have thousands more [[wight]]s under their control to send at the Wall.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
* [[Jon Snow]]
* [[Val]]
* [[Samwell Tarly]]
* [[Mully]]
* [[Dolorous Edd | Dolorous Edd(aka Tollett)]]
* [[Jack Bulwer | Black Jack Bulwer]]
* [[Tormund Giantsbane]]
* [[Stannis]]
* [[Jarl]]
* [[Craster]]
* [[Melisandre]]
* [[Arya Stark]]
* [[Dalla]]
* [[Ghost]]
* [[Othell Yarwyck]]
* [[Bowen Marsh]]
* [[Cellador| Septon Cellador]]
* [[Axell Florent]]
* [[Selyse Florent| Queen Selsye]]
* [[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]]
* [[Leathers]]
* [[Old Nan]]
* [[Ygritte]]
* [[Hodor]]
* [[Iron Emmett]]
* [[Satin]]
* [[Jeor Mormont| Lord Mormont]]
* [[Maester Aemon]]
* [[Mance Rayder]]
* [[Mother Mole]]
* [[Cotter Pyke]]
}}

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
*[https://www.tor.com/2015/06/04/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-dance-with-dragons-part-23/ A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 23] Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Dance with Dragons 39]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Jon Snow]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Castle Black]]

[[es:Danza de Dragones-Capítulo 39]]
[[fr:A Dance with Dragons, Chapitre 40, Jon]]
[[pt:A Dança dos Dragões - Capítulo 39]]