Some time later, Will has fled south of the Wall in fear, instead of coming back to warn Castle Black of the danger of White Walkers. He is caught by outriders faithful to House Stark, the wardens of the North, and is taken to Lord Eddard Stark. Lord Eddard is in the yard watching his son, Bran Stark trying to learn archery. Ser Rodrik Cassel informed Lord Stark that the guardsmen captured a deserter from the Night's Watch. Lord Stark said that as a defector from the Night's Watch, Will is an oathbreaker and must be beheaded. He also told Ser Rodrik to bring Bran, but Lady Catelyn said that Bran is too young to see such things. Lord Stark said that Bran will not be a boy forever and Winter is coming. In the execution site, Will accepted his destiny, however enlightens Eddard regarding the White Walkers first and asks that word be sent back to his mother. Eddard completes the execution himself, using Ice, the ancestral Valyrian Sword of House Stark. Two of Eddard's trueborn children, 17-year-old Robb and 10-year-old Bran, accompany with him to the execution alongside his bastard son Jon Snow, his ward, Theon Greyjoy, Ser Rodrik Cassel and his leading guard Jory Cassel. Bran Stark witnesses an execution for the first time without flinching, earning praise from Jon. Eddard discloses to Bran that the reason he was made to execute Will was because the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. At the point when Bran gets some information about Will's talk of White Walkers, Eddard rejects it as a crazy person's ramblings, saying that the Walkers have been gone for thousands of years. The group embarks to come back to Winterfell.
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