[ Far north, indeed, and not very well-bred at all if she's never heard the name Lannister before. Perhaps, she's even from beyond the wall. People are said to live out there somehow, though the idea of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch consorting with one would be especially shocking. ]

Oh, deeds matter in the south. For example, I stabbed a king in the back once, and no one has ever let me forget it. [ His smile is thin. ]

But yes, a war. Lord Snow's brother rode south to try to teach my family a lesson and for all the vaunted neutrality of the Night's Watch, Lord Snow seems to have taken it rather personally.