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| name = Whitetree
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| settlement_type = Village
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| image = [[File:Whitetree_by_dinodrawing.jpg|350px]]
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| image_caption = Whitetree. Illustrated by Sergey Glushakov © FFG
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| location = [[Beyond the Wall]], [[Westeros]]
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| population = abandoned
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| religion = [[Old gods]]
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| named_for = The [[heart tree]] in its midst
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{{Location map| North of the Wall
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| position = left
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| caption = [[Beyond the Wall]] and the location of Whitetree
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| alt = Beyond the Wall and the location of Whitetree
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'''Whitetree''' is a small [[free folk]] village located northwest of [[Castle Black]], [[beyond the Wall]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|Beyond the Wall}} Its name comes from the giant [[weirwood]] tree that is located in its midst. 
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==Layout==
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The village of Whitetree is named on one of [[Castle Black]]'s old maps. There are at least three other villages south of Whitetree. To the north lies water, possibly a lake, and to the west some small hills.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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The village consists of four tumbledown one-room houses, which surround a sheepfold and a well. The houses are constructed of unmortared stone and are roofed with sod. They have windows shuttered with pieces of hide, low doors, packed dirt floors, and a smoke hole in the roof.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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Above the village towers an enormous old [[weirwood]] tree. Its trunk is nearly eight feet wide and its branches shade the village. The jagged mouth of the [[heart tree]]'s carved face is a large enough to swallow a sheep.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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==History==
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[[Craster]] was born of a [[free folk]] woman from Whitetree and a [[ranger]] from the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|ASOS|26}}
  
| location = [[Westeros]], [[Beyond the Wall]]
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There were still wildlings living in Whitetree in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|ACOK|13}}
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| population = 0, currently abandoned
 
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[[File: Matt_Olson_Whitetree.jpg|The [[Night's Watch]] inspecting the [[weirwood]] of Whitetree. Art by Matt Olson ©|thumb|400px|right]]
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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When the [[Night's Watch]] comes to Whitetree during the [[great ranging]], they find the village abandoned by its inhabitants and the sheepfold empty. The men are unnerved by the size and appearance of the village's [[weirwood]] tree, which [[Jon Snow]] notes it is the biggest tree he has ever seen. Jon discovers burnt human bones in the hollow of the tree's mouth.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
  
'''Whitetree''' is a small [[free folk]] village [[beyond the Wall]]. Its name comes from the giant [[heart tree]] that is located in its midst.  The village is named on one of [[Castle Black]]'s old maps. There are other villages south of Whitetree, at least three of them. To the north lies water, possibly a lake, and to the west some small hills.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}  
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[[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], has [[Bedwyck]] climb the weirwood and sends men to search the village. Jon notes that except for the remaining ashes beneath the smoke hole, the houses show no sign of having been lived in for quite some time. All the furnishing is gone, and all that is left is dry straw bedding in a corner. Whitetree shows no signs of having been attacked.{{Ref|ACOK|13}}
  
The village consists of four tumbledown one-room houses surrounded by an empty sheepfold and a well. The houses are constructed of unmortared stone, roofed with sod and empty windows shuttered with pieces of hide.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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Jeor decides that the Night's Watch will not camp at Whitetree for the night, and will press on. Before they leave, he has [[Samwell Tarly]] send a [[raven]] back to [[Castle Black]], notifying Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] of their location, and that Whitetree is the fourth village the Night's Watch has passed, all empty.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
  
==Houses==
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
Though there were still wildlings living in Whitetree in {{Date|298}}, by {{Date|299}}, all the houses in Whitetree have been abandonded, as is discovered by the [[Night's Watch]] during [[the Great Ranging]]. During the ranging, several brothers of the Night's Watch are sent to search through the houses, [[Jon Snow]] amongst them. Snow notes that the door of the house he searches through is low, and that the floors are packed with dirt. All the furnishing is gone. Except for the remaining ashes, the houses show no sign of having been lived in for quite some time. All that is left is dry star bedding in a corner.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}  
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While fleeing south for the [[Wall]] after the [[mutiny at Craster's Keep]], Samwell and [[Gilly]] stop in a village which Sam hopes is Whitetree, although all wildling villages look alike to him. This village has a handful of one-room hovels with sod roofs, a log longhall overgrown with moss, a stone well, and an empty sheepfold. Sam thinks its weirwood is smaller than Whitetree's, however. While sleeping in the longhall, they are attacked by [[wights]] but saved by [[Coldhands]].{{Ref|ASOS|46}}
  
==The heart tree==
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: Matt_Olson_Whitetree.jpg|The [[Night's Watch]] inspecting the [[heart tree]] at the deserted wildling village Whitetree during [[The Great Ranging]] - by  Matt Olson ©|thumb|400px|right]]
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When thinking of the wight attack, Sam remembers it as having taken place at Whitetree.{{Ref|AFFC|15}}{{Ref|AFFC|45}}
Above all of those buildings towers an old, enormous heart tree, its limbs pale and its face having a hole large enough to place a sheep within for a mouth.  [[Jon Snow]] notes it is the biggest tree he has ever seen.  The trunk is nearly eight feet wide, the branches spreading so far that the entire village is shaded beneath their canopy. 
 
  
The face of the tree is a rather disturbing sight. The mouth of the heart tree face is a jagged hollow, large enough to swallow a sheep. The inside of the hollow of the heart tree is coloured red with dried sap, and blackened by fire. There are bones of deceased wildlings inside the mouth.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|Look at that face. Small wonder men feared them, when they first came to Westeros. I'd like to take an axe to the bloody thing myself.{{Ref|ACOK|13}}|[[Thoren Smallwood]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}
  
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{{Quote|The [[wildlings]] burn their dead. We've always known that. Now I wished I'd asked them why, when there were still a few around to ask. Would that bones could talk. This fellow could tell us much. How he died. Who burned him, and why. Where the wildlings have gone.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}
  
{{Quote|The wildlings burn their dead. We’ve always known that. Now I wished I’d asked them why, when there were still a few to around to ask.}}
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{{Quote|'''Jon''': What a dismal place to live.<br>
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'''Edd''': I was born in a house much like this. Those were my enchanted years. Later I fell on hard times.{{Ref|ACOK|13}}|[[Jon Snow]] and [[Eddison Tollett]]}}
  
==Recent Events==
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==Chapters that take place at Whitetree==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
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*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 13|''A Clash of Kings'': 13. Jon II]]
During [[the great ranging]] the [[Night's Watch]] men find the village abandoned by its inhabitants. Whitetree is the fourth village the Night's Watch has passed in total. Whitetree shows no signs of having been attacked.{{Ref|aCoK|13}}
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*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|''A Storm of Swords'': 46. Samwell III]]
  
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 1 July 2022

Whitetree
Village
Whitetree by dinodrawing.jpg
Whitetree. Illustrated by Sergey Glushakov © FFG
Location Beyond the Wall, Westeros
Population abandoned
Religion Old gods
Named for The heart tree in its midst
Beyond the Wall and the location of Whitetree
Beyond the Wall and the location of Whitetree
Whitetree
Beyond the Wall and the location of Whitetree

Whitetree is a small free folk village located northwest of Castle Black, beyond the Wall.[1] Its name comes from the giant weirwood tree that is located in its midst.

Layout

The village of Whitetree is named on one of Castle Black's old maps. There are at least three other villages south of Whitetree. To the north lies water, possibly a lake, and to the west some small hills.[2]

The village consists of four tumbledown one-room houses, which surround a sheepfold and a well. The houses are constructed of unmortared stone and are roofed with sod. They have windows shuttered with pieces of hide, low doors, packed dirt floors, and a smoke hole in the roof.[2]

Above the village towers an enormous old weirwood tree. Its trunk is nearly eight feet wide and its branches shade the village. The jagged mouth of the heart tree's carved face is a large enough to swallow a sheep.[2]

History

Craster was born of a free folk woman from Whitetree and a ranger from the Night's Watch.[3]

There were still wildlings living in Whitetree in 298 AC.[2]

Recent Events

The Night's Watch inspecting the weirwood of Whitetree. Art by Matt Olson ©

A Clash of Kings

When the Night's Watch comes to Whitetree during the great ranging, they find the village abandoned by its inhabitants and the sheepfold empty. The men are unnerved by the size and appearance of the village's weirwood tree, which Jon Snow notes it is the biggest tree he has ever seen. Jon discovers burnt human bones in the hollow of the tree's mouth.[2]

Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, has Bedwyck climb the weirwood and sends men to search the village. Jon notes that except for the remaining ashes beneath the smoke hole, the houses show no sign of having been lived in for quite some time. All the furnishing is gone, and all that is left is dry straw bedding in a corner. Whitetree shows no signs of having been attacked.[2]

Jeor decides that the Night's Watch will not camp at Whitetree for the night, and will press on. Before they leave, he has Samwell Tarly send a raven back to Castle Black, notifying Maester Aemon of their location, and that Whitetree is the fourth village the Night's Watch has passed, all empty.[2]

A Storm of Swords

While fleeing south for the Wall after the mutiny at Craster's Keep, Samwell and Gilly stop in a village which Sam hopes is Whitetree, although all wildling villages look alike to him. This village has a handful of one-room hovels with sod roofs, a log longhall overgrown with moss, a stone well, and an empty sheepfold. Sam thinks its weirwood is smaller than Whitetree's, however. While sleeping in the longhall, they are attacked by wights but saved by Coldhands.[4]

A Feast for Crows

When thinking of the wight attack, Sam remembers it as having taken place at Whitetree.[5][6]

Quotes

Look at that face. Small wonder men feared them, when they first came to Westeros. I'd like to take an axe to the bloody thing myself.[2]

The wildlings burn their dead. We've always known that. Now I wished I'd asked them why, when there were still a few around to ask. Would that bones could talk. This fellow could tell us much. How he died. Who burned him, and why. Where the wildlings have gone.[2]

Jon: What a dismal place to live.
Edd: I was born in a house much like this. Those were my enchanted years. Later I fell on hard times.[2]

Chapters that take place at Whitetree

References