Westeros has already experienced more than ten consecutive summers, and it is unknown how long the coming long night will last.
In Varys' last letter, he said that after the Red Wedding at the Twins failed and Roose, the father of Ramsay, was killed, other nobles in the North organized the remaining Northern troops to go to Winterfell to capture Ramsay in order to avenge Roose.
Unexpectedly, Little Flay got the news and evacuated Winterfell in advance.
Now that he didn't know who was in charge here, Drogon planned to go over and take a look.
Looking at the X-shaped skinning flag hanging on the top of Winterfell from afar, Drogon secretly exclaimed in his heart: "How is it possible?"
Varys's information couldn't be wrong, but what about the flayed banner of House Bolton from the Dreadfort flying on the city wall?
After approaching Winterfell, Drogon lowered his altitude and sneaked into the city to see what was going on inside.
Hiding behind a broken wall of the castle, he had a general view of the entire city. Not only was the skinning flag hung on the top of the city wall, but the same flag was also flying on scattered flagpoles in the castle.
Drogon turned around and looked carefully at the entire Winterfell. It was very different from the last time he arrived.
The last time that Darth Vader occupied Winterfell, he asked the craftsmen to repair the city walls. But now Winterfell is even more dilapidated than the last time it was repaired, and even a large section of the main north wall has collapsed.
Apparently, for some unknown reason, they experienced another siege.
Thinking of Varys' previous intelligence, Drogon guessed that Ramsay the Flayed must have made a surprise attack for some unknown reason and recaptured Winterfell. And judging from the bloodstains on the ground in the city that had not been thoroughly cleaned, there must have been many casualties in the battle.
After confirming that Winterfell was indeed occupied by the Flayed Crone again, Drogon decided not to stay any longer. No matter how badly the fight between the North and the Flayed Crone was, it had nothing to do with him for the time being.
He was about to take off to the Wall when the wooden door beside him suddenly creaked open. A young man wearing thin, rough clothes, with tangled hair and messy beard, and with a straight look in his eyes, limped out with a chamber pot in his hand, muttering mechanically, "Reek, I am Reek..."
Looking at the young man's dazed look and listening to his mumbling, Drogon quickly realized that he might be Theon who betrayed Robb and burned down Winterfell, and whose personality became Reek after being castrated and tortured by Robb the Flayer.
Holding the chamber pot in his hand, Theon mechanically turned his neck, looking for the wooden stairs to go downstairs. As soon as he turned his head to the city wall, he saw Drogon staring at him.
When their eyes met, Theon, who had a dull look in his eyes, was obviously stunned for a moment, and then frowned, as if he was wondering what kind of creature Drogon was.
Seeing that Theon saw him, Drogon did not dodge. In Theon's current state, he would not scream even if he saw him.
After staring at Drogon for a few seconds with a frown on his face, Theon's dull eyes suddenly brightened up. He ran towards Drogon with his legs tilted, not noticing that the chamber pot in his hand had spilled, and he was still muttering to himself, "Dragon... Dragon!"
"Damn! You can still recognize me after this?" Seeing the excitement flashing in Theon's still somewhat dull eyes, Drogon hurriedly flew up, as if he was afraid that Theon would catch him like a bird.
After flying into the air, Drogon looked back again. Theon was still looking up in his direction, seeming a little unwilling.
Drogon did not have much sympathy for Theon's experience, but he was deeply moved.
Theon was sent to Winterfell as an adopted son by his father, Balon, lord of the Iron Islands, when he was ten years old. Although Wolf Dad Eddard fought fiercely with the Iron Islands, he treated Balon's son very well. Although he did not raise him as his own son, he did not treat him as an outsider at all.
Eddard's eldest son Robb treated him like a brother and released him back to his father in the Iron Islands during the confrontation with Tywin.
Unexpectedly, because of the temporary stimulation and rejection by his father, he not only did not continue to complete the task assigned to him by Robb, but also led the Iron Men to occupy Winterfell guarded by Bran and other widows.
Because the people of Winterfell were unwilling to submit to him, their former adopted son, he not only killed his instructor, Ser Rodrick, who had taught him since childhood, but also stabbed to death Master Luwin, who had always been kind to others.
If the wildling Osha hadn't used her beauty to rescue Bran and Rickon, he might have killed the two wolf boys as well.
After experiencing the torture of Tyrannosaurus Reed, Theon rescued Sansa, who was raped by Tyrannosaurus Reed every night, and has been following his sister Yara, the Iron Lady.
Until the battle between the united armies and the Night King, Theon took the initiative to ask to protect Bran, and finally died at the hands of the Night King. It can be said that he got what he asked for.
With emotion about Theon's experience in his heart, Drogon gradually approached the Wall. At this time, the air at the Wall was colder than before, and even snowflakes were falling south of the Wall.
This time, Drogon did not stay away from the Black Castle on the Wall. Instead, he flew over the castle under the cover of wind and snow to observe the situation inside.
At this time, more people were added to the Black Castle both inside the castle and on the Wall.
Although the Night's Watchmen on the Great Wall were still huddled in the corners to avoid the wind and snow, they would stand up from time to time to observe whether there were any wildling armies outside the wall.
Although Alliser, the acting commander of the Night's Watch, hated Jon very much, he knew that the news Jon brought about the wildling king's siege was not false.
Once those hungry savages were allowed to cross the Great Wall, these black crows in their eyes would have little chance of survival.
Drogon flew over Castle Black and observed the guards in black. He had no confidence in the Night's Watch.
It is simply impossible for them to hold off an army of 100,000 wildlings with such a small number of people. I wonder how many Night's Watch men will be left after the wildling siege.
After circling around, Drogon did not rush to leave, but hovered over the Black Castle and waited quietly.
The fierce snowstorm in the sky had no effect on him at all. The snowflakes that blew on his body quickly melted into water droplets. Before they could drip, they turned into steam and were carried away by the cold wind again.
Hard work pays off. After waiting in the cold wind for nearly an hour, drogon finally saw the familiar fat figure.
He had a tall and fat body with a round fat head. He was pushing open the door and walking out. After coming out, he did not rush to close the door. Instead, he used his large body to block the doorway, waiting for the person behind him to come out before slowly closing the door. He continued to face the cold wind to block the wind and snow for the person behind him.
As the two moved, drogon could see clearly that there was a woman behind the fat body. The woman seemed to be holding a child in her arms, wrapped tightly.
When he saw the woman and the child, Drogon was completely sure of the fat man's identity, and it was undoubtedly Samwell, the scapegoat.
That woman should be the daughter and wife of the perverted Craster, who was rescued by Sam and brought to the Black Castle.
Seeing that Sam was safe and sound, Drogon gradually felt relieved. That was the hope for healing the scar on Shireen's face in the future, and he couldn't afford to lose it.
Sam led the woman across the castle grounds and into another room and never came out again. Drogon waited for more than half an hour but didn't see Jon.
He guessed that he should not be in Castle Black, otherwise, given his relationship with Sam, they might have had some contact. He planned to go to Castle Black after returning from a trip to see if he could see Jon.