"Duty is sacrifice. It eclipses all things, even blood. All men of honor must pay it's price. The NOrth owes a great dutyu to de Seven Kingdoms. One older than any oath. Since the days of the first men, we have stood as guardians against the cold and the dark. Through its long tradition, the NIght's Watch cultivated its strength from doomed men who had their life as their only possession. But my ancestor, Torrhen Stark, began a tradition by making an offering at the onset of winter: one in ten men from our household was to be chosen to fortify the Watch. This is not a sentence but an honor. A duty embraced by all who serve the North. Even by my own kin. The North must stand ready. WINTER IS COMING." - Cregan Stark in House of the Dragon.
I kind of wish that we could have had more of the evil sorcerer Euron from the books. Ah well, the music is good. Here's to the eventual Eldritch Apocalypse!
