Jul 26, 2017 · 1 min read
Honestly, wouldn’t it make more sense to send a fully-trained maester to Castle Black in Aemon’s stead, rather than wait years for Sam to train, leaving the Night’s Watch without a maester for all that time? I guess it‘s in keeping with the theme of no one in Westeros giving a shit about keeping the Wall properly defended. And, of course, it needs to happen for story reasons.
