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Some wildlings are little more than savage and primitive raiders, but other groups live in small settled communities and villages. Due to the impracticality of agriculture in the far north, many of them are hunters.
 
Some wildlings are little more than savage and primitive raiders, but other groups live in small settled communities and villages. Due to the impracticality of agriculture in the far north, many of them are hunters.
 
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{{Quote|Beyond the [[Wall]] the monsters live, the [[giants]] and the ghouls, the [[Others|stalking shadows]] and the [[wights|dead that walk]] . . . but they cannot pass so long as the [[Wall]] stands strong and the men of the [[Night's Watch]] are true.  {{Ref|aDwD|4}}}} - [[Old Nan]]
  
 
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{{Region Beyond the Wall}}

Revision as of 02:33, 24 February 2013

Lands Beyond the Wall and its major locations (click to zoom)

Beyond the Wall is a generic term referring to the northernmost area of Westeros, that cover the lands north of the Wall.

Geography

The lands Beyond the Wall are primarily wild, untamed and uncharted. The climate is harsh and bitter, especially in the far north in the Lands of Always Winter. The region immediately north of the Wall includes the Haunted Forest, a vast taiga-forest which covers most of the area, extending from the Wall to the furthest lands of the Thenn. While no true roads exist, numerous game trails, paths, and old streambeds, called "ranger roads" are used by the Night’s Watch and wildlings alike.[1]

The forest extends from the eastern coast to a large mountain chain in the west known as the Frostfangs. The Frostfangs extend an unknown distance to the north and are quite inhospitable. However, there are rumors that even the northern Frostfangs contain hidden valleys, heated by volcanic activity, which are actually the most hospitable regions north of the Wall, and heavily settled by the Free Folk.

Southwest of the Frostfangs there is a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea known as the Frozen Shore, and the ruins of the only free fold city Hardhome.Beyond all of these areas, in the furthest north are the Lands of Always Winter. The forest ends and gives way to these truly polar regions, which are unexplored. The Others are rumored to originate in the depths of the Lands of Always Winter.

People

The people inhabiting the land refer to themselves as the "Free Folk", known by the people of the Seven Kingdoms as wildlings. The Lands Beyond the Wall are all bitterly cold year round, and it is somewhat surprising the number of wildlings that reside there. These are spread out in small villages, and congregate in tribes throughout the northern lands Beyond the Wall, from the furthest reaches of the Haunted Forest to the hidden valleys of the Frostfangs and the land of the Thenn.[2]

Some wildlings are little more than savage and primitive raiders, but other groups live in small settled communities and villages. Due to the impracticality of agriculture in the far north, many of them are hunters.

Quotes

Beyond the Wall the monsters live, the giants and the ghouls, the stalking shadows and the dead that walk . . . but they cannot pass so long as the Wall stands strong and the men of the Night's Watch are true. [3]

- Old Nan

References and Notes