Gerold leads The Northerners further into the wildling lands, without any direction the Northerners worry about the war and what they're even doing here. Gerold's men are captured by wildlings, and Gerold spots Samalah in their group but she ignores him. Gerold discovers that they are searching for something, so The Northerners have Gerold find out what it is. Byorwynd takes Gerold by his side and he introduces Gerold to some other wildlings at a feast. They introduce themselves and question Gerold on why he's in their lands - he explains his situation and asks why there are so many wildlings that are coming down south. They explain their situation about The Others. After Gerold eats he goes to find Samalah and interrogates her on why she was ignoring him. Samalah ridicules him but the two enjoy their conversation about their history, at the end of it the two engage in a snowball fight and Samalah leaves to sleep.

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Byorwynd and Samalah ask Gerold the real reason why he came to their home, and he explains to Samalah that he needs the wildling army to go and take back his home. Gerold also argues with his mother, who has seen him talk to Samalah and has seen the way he looks at her. When Gerold sleeps, he dreams again for the first time in months. He sees the green women again and sees a dragon in a cave; the following day he leads some of the wildlings to a cave system and a Mythood tree. 

Gerold  Allerax Blackfyre's tomb with her sword Wintersbane; however he and Samalah reject the tomb for a while and swim in a pool in the cave, professing their love. The wildlings make it to Drymund's Lair and seek some shelter in his shacks and stables, the Northerners formulate plans to escape his lair, despite Gerold not being on board with escaping they do - although Samalah spots them and shoots at them, indeed hitting Gerold. After their escape The Northerners find out Edwin Corbray knows about the war down south and he finally confesses to Gerold that his brother and sister died in the war. At the Fist of the First Men, The Northerners are ambushed by the wildlings who have caught up to them and are captured again. A wild direwolf emerges from the mist and defends Gerold from Ravven but is subdued when the attacks are stopped. Ravven orders an insurrection against Byorwynd and has wildlings by his side, they attack Byorwynd's loyal group and Ravven attacks Gerold. However they all flee in terror when The Others attack with their undead army. In the escape, Ravven kills Sara Forrester and Stanford Cassel and Gerold revenge kills him. 

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The group make it to WhiteHaven. Gerold tells The Northerners he has given up, but they clap back at him. Gerold meets Karlon Greykon and is surprised to learn that his father was a Northern lord. When Karlon learns that The Others attacked he quickly evacuates the city but The Others attack. Gerold has decided to go in search of the green women so he goes to recruit Byorwynd and a few others but then The Others attack. Gerold fights in WhiteHaven and flees to safety, but not before killing an Other with Wintersbane. He sends Samalah down south to ensure that she rescues his brother and sister, and Gerold leave WhiteHaven in search of the green women - with Silas, Edwin and Cloud by his side.