Timeline for Why is The Wall still manned?
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| S Sep 5, 2017 at 15:57 | comment | added | Null♦ | Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 15:00 | history | edited | TheLethalCarrot♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:55 | comment | added | Flater | @D.O.B.Y2.0: Also note that second sons and bastards voluntarily take up the black. They're not forced to, it's a tradition that they choose to uphold. Sam is forced by his father, but not from a legal perspective. His father simply threatens to kill him if he doesn't, and Sam then makes the choice himself. Randyll could not have relied on any public support to force Sam to go. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:48 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | @D.O.B.Y2.0 The NW is seen as punishment in their society - To go to the bleakest place to defend against a low threat and not carry on your family anymore. That's why the cultural aspect carries on. If you send someone on community service they might be comfortable and still be able to carry on their family name, the NW is worse in that aspect. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:47 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | This search finds a couple more quotes | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:42 | history | edited | Flater | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:41 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ |
A Clash of Kings - Jon VIII: ...They wore only what bits of armor they had looted from dead rangers or stolen during raids. Wildlings did not mine or smelt, and there were few smiths and fewer forges north of the Wall.
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:39 | comment | added | user68762 | -1. Cultural habit? If they had no purpose, the disruptive elements / second sons / bastards they wanted to get rid of would've been sent somewhere else 2b productive. No monarch would send & supply them just for them to stand on the wall and look pretty. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:38 | history | edited | Flater | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:36 | comment | added | Flater | @TheLethalCoder: I have been looking for quotes for a while now, and have discounted Old Nan as her stories are not necessarily factually correct. Though I am struggling to find decent quotes, I can argue that the usage of "wildling raider" inherently proves that they go south of the wall (or at the very least raid the Night's watch), as anyone taking up residence beyond the wall is considered a Wildling anyway. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:35 | history | edited | Flater | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:32 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot♦ | I can't find a quote yet but I'm sure there are others, like Old Nan I believe, that also still believe in the others/White Walkers. They might be regarded as daft/crazy by the majority but it could also be a reason. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 14:28 | history | answered | Flater | CC BY-SA 3.0 |