Shirou
Shirou and Saber had taken to reading in his short time at Winterfell. With Saber gone, he scarcely had anyone to talk to. Jon seemed perpetually in a bad mood, and was therefore not much company. The other children were too young. Robb was okay, but he had gone on the hunt. The king wanted boar for the feast tonight, and so had put together a hunting party. He had invited Saber and Shirou to come. Saber had graciously accepted the invitation, while Shirou had insisted he knew nothing about hunting.
So, he sat reading up on the history and culture of the Seven Kingdoms. They had some interesting legends here. Saber liked the warrior queen Arya had named her direwolf after. Shirou liked that one too, but he didn't have a favorite. He finished the book he was reading and shelved it.
Then, he decided to go for a walk. As he walked around the castle, he came upon Jon.
"Hi," Shiro said politely. "How are you?"
"Not too bad," Jon said.
"Jon, I'm going to tell you something important: don't give up on your ideals. I wanted to be a hero of justice growing up." Jon laughed slightly at that. "I know, it sounds silly. I inherited that dream from my dad and everyone else told me it was foolish. But I didn't listen. And because I didn't listen, I got to save the world from two psychopaths."
"What's the point of this story?"
"Don't give up on your goal in life, or your ideals."
"Got it."
Shirou left after that. Then, he heard a sudden scream. He and Jon raced towards the source, and came upon Bran lying in the snow, unconscious.
"What happened?" Shirou exclaimed.
"He must have fallen while climbing," Jon said.
"Get away from him, you bastard!" came a shout from Catelyn, running up to Bran. Jon quickly ran away.
Shirou cursed internally. If Saber was here, they could heal Bran with Avalon. He could hear the cawing of crows in the distance. Shirou looked up and realized whose room Bran had fallen from. He opened his mouth to voice his thoughts, but then thought of what Saber would say and stopped.
"Saber, it was the queen, I tell you," Shirou whispered to Saber.
"Even so, if we come forward with that knowledge it will be our word against the queen's. Who do you think they will choose to believe?"
"The queen's."
"Exactly, and then we will have the whole of this continent against us. Even if we could win such a battle, what would be left for us in the aftermath? Our best course of action is to keep our silence on this matter."
"Can we at least use Avalon to heal him?"
Saber shook her head. "He will only confirm what we know and start a civil war."
"I feel so helpless."
"Such is politics," Saber replied with a sigh. "I can hardly say I missed this aspect of kingship."