The Nights Watch Oath



 When a recruit within the Nights Watch is ready to take the oath, they travel through the wall to a sept or heart tree to take there vows.

 " 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."

 After spoken vows are usually expected to end with the words "And now his watch is ended"

