When Jon Stark, the Third of His Name, the King of Winter and Lord Protector of the North, came to the Citadel to visit Sam Tarly, who would later become the fourth Grand Scholar of the North, the Conclave had decided to mock the Northern King for the Good Queen's intent to establish an institution of learning in Wintertown. That was not all; an attempt was made to discredit and dislodge Maester Wolkan, who had served House Stark loyally since Winterfell was retaken. The thinly veiled insults were met with a smile, but the King of Winter was not so easily mocked.