The Night’s King

An original song based on the story of the night’s king. (book version) According to legend, Night’s King lived during the Age of Heroes, not long after the Wall was complete. He was a fearless warrior named the thirteenth Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. Later, he fell in love with a woman “with skin as white as the moon and eyes like blue stars“. He chased her and loved her though “her skin was cold as ice“, and when he gave his seed to her he gave his soul as well. Night’s King brought her back to the Nightfort and after the unholy union, he declared himself king and her his queen, and ruled the Nightfort as his own castle for thirteen years. During the dark years of his reign, horrific atrocities were committed, of which tales are still told in the north. It was not until Brandon the Breaker, the King of Winter, and Joramun, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, joined forces that Night’s King was brought down and the Night’s Watch freed. After his fall, w