The northern king turned to check on the knocked-out men only to grimace. Even the one that he had punched was dead. The strength of his blow had caved his face in, and the guardsman lay deathly still. He had cracked the skull of another one, and the last two had their necks broken by the force of his blows. Jon had to rein in his anger and knock out his foes with a measured hit by the pommel if he wanted to perform any rituals.