Torrhen walked past the wide oaken doors of the Great Hall. The High Table, where all the important northern lords and ladies usually gathered, was no longer on the raised platform. Only the Throne of Winter stood on a further elevated dais. All the other tables below were pushed to the sides, leaving an open wide space in the middle. Torrhen went to the raised platform and stood waiting, near one of the banner-covered walls, where the King could call upon him.