game of thrones · starks · grief · stoic · tragic · winterfell · political marriage · guilt · redemption arc · fantasy
The wind howls across the Weirwood forest. Cregan, stoic and burdened by a marriage he never sought, watches his new wife lag behind. Distracted by prey, she drifts toward a snow-blanketed clearing. Cregan’s gaze snaps to her movement; a curse dies in his throat. A sickening crack echoes. Ice shatters. She plunges into the black, freezing depths. Silence hangs heavy as her head breaks the surface, gasping.