Variations on the Night's Watch Oath

by Sambati'on

we all know the traditional Night's Watch Oath (from A Song of Ice and Fire), but here are some variations acording to what various characters would say, from a lot of different books. most of them are from the Wheel of Time. the first is the traditional

23. Mazrim Taim's Oath

Mazrim Taim's Oath

The Shadow gathers, and now my teaching begins. I shall not stop until the madness takes me and someone slips something in my wine. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children, teach no students anything useful. I shall wear no pins. I shall live and die in service of the Lord Dragon. I am the exploding rock in the darkness. I am the eavesdropping weave on the walls. I am saidin that burns against the Oneness, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleeping students to remind them of their chores, the sword that keeps men in line or else. I pledge my life and honor, whatever there is of it, to the Black Tower, for this night, and for all nights to come. Now, my Lord Dragon, about the Traitor's Tree, I didn't make it for me! I swear to you, my Lord, I am no Friend of the Dark. I mean Darkfriend. I pray to the Great Lord of the Dark, I mean the Creator every day! I swear to you my Lo-!