One year after Neds return to Eeyrie, after Neds twelfth nameday Neds Father began reconstruction of Eeyrie, it will be a long term project due to slower rate of construction and whenever Winter comes to disrupt the work. Father estimated that it will take five years of work , the proposed new Moat Cailin will have eight, hundred and twenty feet tall towers with a stone keep in the center, surrounded by eighty feet curtain wall. First the moat needs to be drained so that ground can bear the burden on stone structures without leading to another Drunkards Tower, once construction site is judge to be hard and packed Drunkards Tower is to be torn down carefully, because basalt used in it's construction is still good as ever. Once that's done construction will begin in earnest, all of this takes time and gold, when Ned voiced his concerns about gold Father assured Ned that gold will not be an issue, apparently he has been putting aside twenty percent of profits made in Ironwood and Wintersteel venture for Ned. After learning that Ned insisted that after reconstruction of Moat Cailin half of his proceeds should be given to Lya and Ben. To that his Lord Father argued that he has been setting aside a percentage of Winterfells treasury since the day Lya was born for her Dowry and he can bear the costs of constructing a Castle for Ben, but Ned didn't budge on the issue after two months of back and forth his Lord Father relented and agreed to Neds wishes.
276 AC
A year and a half after bonding with his direwolf, Ironeyes who has grown tall enough to look Ned in the eye while standing on four feet, Berek has given permission to Warg in to his Familiar, stating that Ironeyes was mature enough that Ned didn't pose him any risk. After retiring to his rooms early stating that he was tired, Ned laid down in his bed in a comfortable position and calmed his mind in half a minute and felt the bond, Bereks instructions were clear, Ned will have to push himself through the bond, there will still be a tether to his body so he can return whenever he willed it. Berek said that having a mental image to represent the action will help make the Warging easier and faster in the long run, so after some mental gymnastics, Ned decided on the visual of drawing Wolf's Fang from its sheath with accompanying sound for Warging into his Familiar and resheathing of the sword for returning to himself. Berek also warned to not Warg consciously for more than ten minutes. After completing all the preparations, Ned imagined drawing of Fang and pushed himself and next instant he was Ironeyes, looking through his eyes, feeling through his skin, there was no sense of discomfort or resistance, sensing Ned, Ironeyes sent a feeling of happiness and excitement, they are in Mountains of Moon on the hunt for prey, and having Ned with him made Ironeyes inordinately happy, they caught a scent and Ironeyes identified it as deer for Ned, it probably came out for water in the nearby pond, so they were off to chase it down, they will have a feast tonight, the deer seemed to scent them too, because it bolted just as they saw it, but they weren't backing down though, after all of half a minute of chase Ironeyes tore it's throat open, with the taste of blood in his mouth Ned came back to himself, there was a tug on the bond and Ironeyes sent confusion through it and a question: why was Ned not partaking in the feast with him? Ned sent the feelings of assurance. Ironeyes sent mental equivalent of a shrug and went back to his kill.
Ned was still in daze, the power he felt in the rippling muscles, the freedom of running with wind in his fur, the vivid colors and myriad scents and the rush of the hunt. It was intoxicating. Ned wanted to feel it again, it was just at his mental fingertips, but Ned stopped himself. All of Bereks warnings about Wargs loosing themselves while mind sharing, warnings of how Warging for long stretches of time leads more and more bleed over of personalities and how Wargs with no control devolve into beasts themselves. So Ned stopped himself and tried to sleep. It was a long time coming.