With the higher tendency for Wildlings to be warriors, even removing the noncombatants from this figure still presents a formidable army- especially in Westeros, where a Great House often considers 10,000 men a considerable force.Thus, because the Others appear to lack anything approaching numerical superiority, they needed to attack isolated Wildlings at first, to develop a Wight force. I disagree.When combined under Mance, the Wildlings are noted as somewhere near 100,000 strong. This way, the wildlings can get south of the wall without taking additional causalities. Who would stop that? The night's watch.The purpose of this battle might have been to weaken the night's watch so that the wildlings would be able to overpower them at the wall. What would the walkers want the wildlings to do in the south? Probably go across the wall. So I just reread the post on the true nature of the white walkers (here: ), and was thinking of the battle of the fist of the first men.White walkers haven't attacked the wildings in force, and haven't fought the night's watch in 6000 years.Ĭforresterthorne notes that the white walkers seem to be herding the wildings south. Eastwatch in the Sidebar-Removes Unofficial Game of Thrones S8 Spoilers -No Spoilers: No Spoilers allowed. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' novels, his Westeros-based short stories, 'Game of Thrones' and all things ASOIAF - but with particular emphasis on the written series. Welcome to!News and discussions relating to George R.

Then there was an amazing battle, where the army of the dead scaled the sheer sides of the Fist of the First Men, butchering the Night’s Watch brothers and sending them fleeing back towards the Wall. It is the first open confrontation between men and White Walkers since the Long Night, over eight thousand years ago. The Battle of the Fist of the First Men is a battle during the Conflict Beyond the Wall.

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