House Mormont Jeor Mormont (Lord Commander of the Night's Watch) is introduced when Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow arrive at the Wall. Jeor Mormont chooses Jon as his steward and acts as a mentor to him. Jeor rewards Jon for saving his life from a White Walker by giving him Longclaw, a Valyrian Steel sword that belonged to House Mormont for generations. The exiled Ser Jorah Mormont attends Magister Illyrio Mopatis's party in Pentos, where he gets to know Prince Viserys Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen. Jorah was later asked to kill Daenerys and Viserys in exchange for a full pardon and an
Regal Cinemas offices were closed. Regal and United Artists had attempted to merge before in 1998, using a similar method. Investment firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst announced plans to acquire Regal, then merge it with UA (which would be bought by Hicks, Muse) and Act III (controlled by KKR), with the new company using the Regal Cinemas name. UA eventually dropped out of the merger, but the merger between Regal and Act III went through. As Regal consolidated the three chains, CineMedia began work on a new digital distribution system to provide a new "preshow", replacing the