<P> Tycho Nestoris, a representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos, arrives at the Wall seeking Stannis, who has already marched south with his army . The Iron Bank now supports Stannis' claim to the Iron Throne since the regent Cersei Lannister has refused to repay the crown's debts . Jon negotiates a loan with which the Night's Watch can buy food to survive the winter . After recurring visions, Melisandre warns Jon that he is in danger from enemies within the Watch, and that a Northern girl is in trouble . Mance is revealed to be alive thanks to Melisandre's magical trickery, and he is sent to Winterfell to rescue the girl, who Jon believes is his half - sister, Arya Stark . However, the girl in Melisandre's visions, fleeing to the Wall, turns out to be Alys Karstark, daughter of the deceased Lord Rickard Karstark . She reveals Rickard's uncle Arnolf Karstark, Castellan of Karhold, declared for Stannis in the hope her last surviving brother Harrion Karstark, a hostage of the Lannisters, would be executed . Arnolf intends to force Alys to marry his son Cregan so his branch of the family can take control of Karhold, and also plans to betray Stannis to the Boltons . When Cregan arrives at the Wall, Jon imprisons him and arranges Alys' marriage to a Wildling leader Sigorn, the Magnar of Thenn, partially to aid the Wildlings' integration into the North . </P> <P> Jon receives a taunting letter from Ramsay Bolton, who claims to have crushed Stannis' army at Winterfell . Ramsay demands that Jon hand over to him Stannis' wife and daughter or be killed, and Ramsay also insists that he deliver Theon Greyjoy and Arya, neither of whom Jon has seen in years . Jon instead decides that he will seek out and kill Ramsay himself, asking for volunteers from the Watch to accompany him . Melisandre's prediction comes true as Jon is stabbed by Bowen Marsh and several of his own men . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Bran Stark's search for the "Three - Eyed Crow" beyond the Wall leads him to the last surviving Children of the Forest, the non-human natives of Westeros . In the Children's cave, Bran and his companions meet the Three - Eyed Crow--the last "greenseer"--an ancient man intertwined with the roots of a weirwood tree . Using greensight, Bran witnesses his father Ned Stark at Winterfell's godswood in the past, and communicates with Theon Greyjoy at the same location in the present . </P> <P> Having killed his father Tywin, Tyrion Lannister is smuggled to Pentos by Varys, where he is sheltered by Illyrio Mopatis . Tyrion is sent south with a party to aid Daenerys Targaryen in claiming the Iron Throne; on the journey, it is revealed that Varys and Illyrio have hidden the presumed dead Aegon Targaryen, son of the late Prince Rhaegar, to eventually install him as king of Westeros . In the intervening years, they have made a contract with the Golden Company, the largest and most skilled mercenary army in the Free Cities . Tyrion advises young Aegon that Daenerys will not respect him unless he has made his conquests first, and persuades Aegon to launch an early invasion of the Seven Kingdoms, without the aid of Daenerys and her dragons . After traveling with Aegon across Essos, Tyrion is kidnapped by Jorah Mormont, who intends to deliver him to Daenerys as a means to get back into her favor . Jorah, Tyrion, and a female dwarf named Penny are shipwrecked and sold by slavers to a Yunkish merchant . At Meereen, Tyrion escapes in the mass confusion of the plague ravaging the Yunkish army, joins the Second Sons mercenary group, and secures their support for Daenerys . </P>

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