The Cold Winds are Rising

Night gathers, and now my watch begins.

It shall not end until my death.

I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. 

I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. 

I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. 

I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn,

the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.

I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all nights to come.

- Oath of the Night's Watch

A Song of Ice and Fire

GRRM