Rhapsodies

Another iconic scene with Ned and Catelyn in the godswood. This one I found elusive and it took me a few false tries before I got a good composition. I still think I flubbed the perspective a little bit.

I found myself focusing on the weirwood itself, just what it looks like and just how the carved face would look. (I’ve seen everything from a fully carved face to simply two holes for eyes and a slash) I assume that the Winterfell godswood is one of the older ones and would have one of the more detailed faces. Also based on some of the fan sites I’ve been following, I’m not quite sure that weirwood is even a plant anymore and because of this, they stick out in the forest for reasons beyond their lack of color and red leaves. I’m almost imagining their “bark” to almost seem like a hard smooth skin.

Cateyln found her husband beneath the weir wood, seated on a moss-covered stone. The greatsword Ice was across his lap, and he was cleaning the blade in those waters black as night. A thousand years of humus lay thick upon the godswood floor, swallowing the sound of her feet, but the red eyes of the weirwood seemed to fallow her as she came. “Ned”, she called softly.