Cotter Highmore

Cotter Highmore is the son of Leudwick Highmore thus making him a member of House Highmore.

The Road

 * "A long boat ride followed saying goodbye to my family, and it was during that boat ride that I for the first time sat back and accepted that I was going down a possibly dangerous road I might not return from."


 * -Jon Snow

The trip to Storhold was completely uneventful but their arrival their was greeted by two men clothed in the armor of House Highmore, and one in the colors of House Martell or whom without saying a word passed a note to Jon Snow that said to meet them east of the town in the town of Stor. The town of Stor was the capital of the Kingdom of Stor, and thus was heavily populated by the Storr. Jon would follow the notes command and travelled east to Stor where two days from the town they were greeted at their camp by the two men of House Lovie. The men introduced themselves as Harven Moore, Cotter Highmore, and Othell Highmore of whom had been sent to Storhold to make Jon Snow more aware of the mission they were sent north to accomplish. Cotter Highmore told them that northward of them was the land of Frostfang which they knew but they didn't know that the land held a massive wall which was controlled by a group called the Thenn, and for centuries the Thenn had placed a toll on those wanting to travel south, and north but they had never chosen a side. He explained that things were changing and the Thenn were engaged in a massive civil conflict pitting the forces of Styr Thenn of whom wanted to side silently with Arnor but continue making the road neutral against the forces of Magmar Thenn who wanted to side with The Empire and allow them free reign into Westros. Jon Snow and the rest of his force wanted to know how they had come by this information and Cotter Highmore said that it had come from players inside the goverment of the Thenn who wanted to end the conflict that was destroying Thenn from the inside.


 * "We travelled northward our little band of soldiers bent on ending a civil war inside a kingdom that had known nothing of the outside world for centuries. It was said by the Thenn we met that those travelling the road south from the northern wall to the southern wall were escorted by the blinded ones, of whom were men and women fighters that had their ears and toungs cut off so that they could not hear or speak to outsiders. It was these blinded ones that kept the obsurity of the land."


 * -Othell Highmore

Travelling through the lands of the Storr was uneventfull until they arrived at the Long Lake where they were blocked on the road by a group of soldiers clothed in Black Robes. The soldiers said that they were men of the Nights Watch and that they were being lied to about what was happening on the other side of the Wall. When asked what was actually happening the men were evasive but said that they would only allow the Lucernians to enter if they wore the cloth of the Nights Watch and promised that whatever happened inside they would not bring the Thenn southward. Being surrounded by these dangerous men made him quickly agree to their proposal and thus the entire part would don the robes, and markings of the Nights Watch while still maintaining their own house colors. Now escorted by the Nights Watcht they entered what the Nights Watch called the Gift. The gift they said was land given to the NIghts Watch by the King of ancient Stor so that they could provide for their mission protecting the Storr against the dangers of the North.



Castle Black

 * "The Night's watch that escorted us to the castle had made the wall sound impressive but when you actually saw the wall it was breathtaking. Taller then most mountains the wall was something out of a dream. When my shock at seeing its size wore off I remember immediatly thinking what threat could possibly warrent building that kind of defence."


 * -Jon Snow

As they entered Castle Black they were met by the Nights Watch Commander in the form of Joer Mormont of whom told them more about the inner workings of the Night's watch but continued to be evasive about what the great danger north of the wall actually was. Joer did tell Jon that he was going to accompany him north as he understood that the mission Jon was on had a greater consequence then anything in the entire world. At this kind of statement Jon once again attempted to force Jeor to explain himself but all he said was that their were dangers in the cold of the north that noone should ever have to be afraid of.


 * "The world that exists beyond the walls is one of great danger, and darkness. The world was young once, and during this time a great evil was awoken, and the best the good of the world could do was hide them in the dark. Frostfang is one of these prisons."


 * -Jeor Mormont

The group would rest for a few days while the Nights Watch prepared a large force to accompany the Lucernians as they travelled north, and during this time Jon Snow came to understand that Jeor Mormont was once a great noble of Stor but had travelled north as punishment for the failure of his son. When the force travelled north through they headed towards the lands of Craster which from the power Jeor described this man having he assumed was a tiny little kingdom. When they arrived he discovered that it was nothing more then a wooden hovel controlled by an old man named Craster. The plan is to stay at Craster's keep for a day until it is more calm weather so that they can travel to the town of Hardhome where they would meet with the Thenn leadership. During their time there Jon's friend Sam would fall in love with a young Thenn girl of whom begin to unravel some of the mystery of the land for them when she told them that the Thenn were fleeing the lands they had always lived and were travelling to the capital and other hiding places to escape the White Walkers.