Night gathers, and now my watch begins

"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." (The Night's Watch Words, George R. R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire)

Picture taken during a medieval fair in Hamlin / Hameln (Germany) called "Mystica Hamelon", 2013.