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Originally Posted by Teger The Night's Watch swears to abstinence as well as not holding any lands and not marrying. | Quote: |
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
| Nothing about abstinence in there, sorry. Sex might be discouraged because it can lead to fathering children, but that is the only reason. Their vows do not specifically prohibit sex.
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