Skip to main content
added 633 characters in body
Source Link
TheLethalCarrot
  • 144.3k
  • 65
  • 813
  • 880

It would appear it does not but this is only sourced from me not having been able to any mention of them through my searches at: westeros, A Wiki of Ice and Fire, Google and reddit. I have also tweeted Elio and Linda, the co-authors of The World of Ice and Fire, and they have yet hadstated no responsenets.

Tweet

@westerosorg Hello! I've found some people claiming that the 581st Lord Commander installed suicide nets on the Wall, though I haven't found any sources backing this up. Do you know if this is the case and if so was it the result of the 581st LC?
@westerosorg It seems I've found the answer to this (they don't) but I'd still appreciate some feedback if I'm wrong in my assessment. Thanks :)
You are quite right. That person claiming the 581st Lord Commander had them installed must have been very confused or was trolling.
Twitter, westerosorg

It would appear it does not but this is only sourced from me not having been able to any mention of them through my searches at: westeros, A Wiki of Ice and Fire, Google and reddit. I have also tweeted Elio and Linda, the co-authors of The World of Ice and Fire, and have yet had no response.

I have tweeted Elio and Linda, the co-authors of The World of Ice and Fire, and they have stated no nets.

Tweet

@westerosorg Hello! I've found some people claiming that the 581st Lord Commander installed suicide nets on the Wall, though I haven't found any sources backing this up. Do you know if this is the case and if so was it the result of the 581st LC?
@westerosorg It seems I've found the answer to this (they don't) but I'd still appreciate some feedback if I'm wrong in my assessment. Thanks :)
You are quite right. That person claiming the 581st Lord Commander had them installed must have been very confused or was trolling.
Twitter, westerosorg

added 284 characters in body
Source Link
TheLethalCarrot
  • 144.3k
  • 65
  • 813
  • 880
  • It's 700 ft high to successfully stop a suicide it would need more than one row of nets and each would be further out than the last
  • Suicide = desertion and desertion is punishable by death (though the watch is undermanned now so there's some leniency e.g. Jon)
  • The Wall is 300 miles long so that's a lot of nets to keep and maintain
  • The watch is severely undermanned and can't even maintain the trees growing near the Wall or all their castles, the nets are secondary compared to this
  • Don't want to protect the wildling climbers

There are also some reasons as to why it would have them:

  • Someone falling off accidentally or regretting the jump but unable to stop it
  • Someone being pushed off
  • They're short on men so someone saved is better than lost
  • It's 700 ft high to successfully stop a suicide it would need more than one row of nets and each would be further out than the last
  • Suicide = desertion and desertion is punishable by death (though the watch is undermanned now so there's some leniency e.g. Jon)
  • The Wall is 300 miles long so that's a lot of nets to keep and maintain
  • The watch is severely undermanned and can't even maintain the trees growing near the Wall or all their castles, the nets are secondary compared to this
  • It's 700 ft high to successfully stop a suicide it would need more than one row of nets and each would be further out than the last
  • Suicide = desertion and desertion is punishable by death (though the watch is undermanned now so there's some leniency e.g. Jon)
  • The Wall is 300 miles long so that's a lot of nets to keep and maintain
  • The watch is severely undermanned and can't even maintain the trees growing near the Wall or all their castles, the nets are secondary compared to this
  • Don't want to protect the wildling climbers

There are also some reasons as to why it would have them:

  • Someone falling off accidentally or regretting the jump but unable to stop it
  • Someone being pushed off
  • They're short on men so someone saved is better than lost
added 160 characters in body
Source Link
TheLethalCarrot
  • 144.3k
  • 65
  • 813
  • 880

However, there are several reasons as to why the Wall won't have nets:

  • It's 700 ft high to successfully stop a suicide it would need more than one row of nets and each would be further out than the last
  • Suicide = desertion and desertion is punishable by death (though the watch is undermanned now so there's some leniency e.g. Jon)
  • The Wall is 300 miles long so that's a lot of nets to keep and maintain
  • The watch is severely undermanned and can't even maintain the trees growing near the Wall or all their castles, the nets are secondary compared to this

However, there are several reasons as to why the Wall won't have nets:

  • It's 700 ft high to successfully stop a suicide it would need more than one row of nets and each would be further out than the last
  • Suicide = desertion and desertion is punishable by death (though the watch is undermanned now so there's some leniency e.g. Jon)
  • The Wall is 300 miles long so that's a lot of nets to keep and maintain
  • The watch is severely undermanned and can't even maintain the trees growing near the Wall or all their castles, the nets are secondary compared to this
added 160 characters in body
Source Link
TheLethalCarrot
  • 144.3k
  • 65
  • 813
  • 880
Loading
Source Link
TheLethalCarrot
  • 144.3k
  • 65
  • 813
  • 880
Loading