“No, we aren’t going to Castle Black. I’m tired of running to other people, asking them to save me.

“We’re going to rally the Mormonts, the Umbers and the Manderly’s and the other great houses of the North and we’re going to turn the Flayed Man into a dead banner with no family left to fly it. And after that, we’re looking south towards the Frey’s. And after we have their castle at the crossing, we’ll start thinking about King’s Landing.

“I can tell you one thing, I’m going to look each one of those bastards in the eyes when Brienne ties them down and takes their heads – just like dad taught me.

“And if you don’t like it, Theon or Reek or whoever-the-fuck, go back to the Iron Islands or if you have the stones, go take the Black.”