Supernatural Introductions

A few minutes after that proclamation, Jon Snow and Wun Wun had entered the tallest hut of the village that served as the meeting point between the leaders of the North Grove. In the center of the building, a fiery hearth blazed in an effort to keep the occupants warm. Not that it was as necessary as one might think, however, since Jon realized the old magic in this forest must also be responsible for keeping the climate quite comfortable, despite being in the lands beyond the Wall, with Winter closer than ever in a decade.

"Still, if waves of wights keep assaulting this place, it makes tactical sense to keep fires constantly burning," He thought silently.

Once inside, Jon looked around and saw the rest of the leaders standing around the fire, some with their arms crossed while staring at him but all clearly curious. Gared Tuttle, the promising former squire Jon had befriending shortly after escaping Mance's army, who had deserted the Night's Watch after his self-defense pleas were ignored by Lord Commander Thorne and sentenced to ****, took a step forward and began the introductions.

"Everyone," He began. "This is Jon Snow. I met him while still serving at Castle Black and he is one of the best men I ever met. Definitely the most reasonable and capable member of the Night's Watch too," The young man added. "He is here as the Three-eyed Raven foresaw."

Then he started gesturing at the figures within the hut, starting with a wary-looking grown man that had the lower jaw of a bear hanging around his neck.

"This is Josera Snow," Gared explained. "He is our resident warg and for years, he has been one of the primary guardians of the North Grove, before we joined forces with the Giants and gave them sanctuary. Along with his sister Elsara Snow, that is," He added as he nodded in her direction.

"She a powerful blood magic sorceress," The former squire assured him. "Without her ability to channel the ancient power of the North Grove to sever the unnatural bonds the White Walkers have **** on the dead in other to reanimate them as their thralls, making them fall fully dead several dozen at a time, it's possible that just half of us or less would have survived by now."

Jon raised an eyebrow, impressed at their powers and feats, and noting their Snow surname must imply at least one of their parents was probably a Northern noble. Then it hit him.

"So that is what Gared had meant when he told me back at Castle Black that he wanted to still serve House Forrester," Jon thought silently, his eyed slightly widened. "They must be the late Lord Gregor Forrester's bastards, in which case, he probably told his squire to protect his children before he died at the Red Wedding."

Still, he decided to keep that theory to himself for the time being and just nodded in respect as he greeted them. After that, Gared continued with the introductions.

"You already met Spring," Gared noted as they looked at the female Child of the Forest. "She hasn't been here long but her powers have been vital to accelerate the growth of the vegetation in the North Grove, ensuring the mammoths and horses won't go hungry. Or us by that matter, with all the fruit," He added.

Then, Gared directed Jon's attention to the most intimidating figure in the room, a 12 feet tall woman clad in armor made of thick, hardened fur and the bones of beasts she had probably hunted herself. The new god examined her, impressed at the unusual level of detail in her armor for giant standards and the enormous femur she carved into an ax; thinking the late Lord of Bones would get jealous at the sight. Besides, she was the first female giant he had seen up close and also the first redhead he had noticed among them. Nearby, Wun Wun pounded his chest once before bowing his head towards her with respect.

"That," Gared said slowly, "Is Magash Char, the first cousin of Mag the Mighty and his only remaining relative. After the **** of the first king to unify the giants in a long time along with Mance Rayder, she has become something of a Chieftain to the remaining giants that sought sanctuary at the North Grove along with their elderly and youths when Stannis' army attacked."

Staring at the imposing sight that was her gigantic, armored figure along with the intense determination that emanated from her body language, Jon could certainly see why. Finally, Tuttle turned to look towards a newcomer to the hut that had just arrived. And Jon had to admit, she was certainly one of the most beautiful Free Folk women he had ever seen.

Jon stared for a moment, well aware that it had been a long time since he had seen a sight so lovely in the lands beyond the Wall.

"And last but not least," The former squire remarked. "Is Val, the sister of Mance Rayder's deceased wife. She led the large **** of skilled spearwife guards that Mance had kept in reserve all the way to the North Grove once it was clear the sudden attack from Stannis calvary was going to overwhelm his army. Before long they followed the Giants all the way to this sanctuary from their old stories and her loyal guards have taken to call her their Princess, for what it's worth."

The leaders took a moment to stare at the former Lord Commander as he took their names and faces to memory. Before long, he broke the silence.

"It is an honor to meet you all," The ascended human said sincerely. "And as you said, we have much to discuss. Starting with how we are going to endure the oncoming storm."

A/N: Since the book character that is known as Val ultimately didn't show up on the TV show, I took the liberty of choosing an actress that fit most of her physical description, which happened to be quite lovely in the books. I ended up picking Katheryn Winnick, especially due to her amazing role in the R-rated show known as Vikings. And since the timeline of the show is an alternate universe to the books for all intents and purposes, there were some changes in this reality that lead to her traveling to the North Grove after Stannis' attack. Only that before the point of divergence where Jon gained his godly powers, he had no means to find out about the Grove, nor the opportunity to travel there once he realized preventing the rest of the giants from becoming wights by letting them go south of the Wall was a good idea/strategy.

So, if you must ratialize it through this line of thoughts, assume that without Jon's new god intervention she would have been overwhelmed along with her forces and the remaining Giants by episode 7x05 at the latest, shortly before the Wight hunt in 7x06 since the North Grove would have been the last major stronghold beyond the Wall for the Night King to conquer by that point.

As for the cousin of Mag the Mighty, I ended up making her up as I needed a giant leader for what came next and since the so-called Giant King was said to be the last direct descendant from his legendary line that dated back from before the First Men arrived in Westeros, I had to at least interpret any potential relative as a cousin at most instead of a sibling or son, and from the female line at that in order to justify Mance's previous comment that Mag was the last of his specific line (read, male giant line). And aside from her, Spring is my only other OC, with the magic-wielding bastards being from the Telltale Game of Thrones storyline.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it and if you did, please leave your impressions in the comments down below. Until next time.