A Storm of Swords – Flashback

A Storm of Swords – Flashback

Jon has a flashback of a memory of growing up in Winterfell while sparring. Because of this, he has to be pulled away from his opponent.

This picture was another example of why you can’t afford to scan through the quiet pits. I had originally picked the sentence right before this. Which was exclusively the flashback. I hadn’t been looking forward to doing it because I’d already drawn Jon sparring in his last chapter. At the same time, because I was just doing a quick scan I caught myself mixing him thinking about Catelyn from two pages later with this scene.

I had a great idea for her to be standing in the foreground reacting to the “I’m the lord of Winterfell” line as much as Robb did. It came as quite a surprise when Mr. Martin immediately flashes back to Jon going postal on Iron Emmett.

Fortunately, this challenge is only limited to choosing the chapter so it was easy to move to that scene.

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In the end Halder and Horse had to pull him away from Iron Emmett, one man on either arm. The ranger sat on the ground dazed, his shield half in splinters, the visor of his helm knocked askew, and his sword six yards away. “Jon, enough,” Halder was shouting, “he’s down, you disarmed him. Enough!”
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