"I wouldn't put much stock in their loyalty to House Stark. Our House is considered vanquished, dead. Even we at the Night's Watch begged the whole North for help when the Free Folk were about to attack, yet very few sent any men at all. They all boasted about the Wall and House Stark during those harvest feasts.. But when things got hard here at the Wall, those who did come barely sent half a dozen with them. Only Stannis came in force. Looking back, he came because the North was his only option for turning over the war with the Lannisters. Not to mention that I'll surely be viewed as a bastard oathbreaker that let the Free Folk past the Wall, and you'd be seen as the woman who married the enemies of the North, namely Houses Lannister and Bolton." Jon explained without mincing his words. Sansa blinked at his harsh words. As they began to sink in, he saw her mask beginning to crack at the realisation. He patted his cousin's shoulder gently. "We should still write to every House in the North, to see who is still truly loyal. "