| The Night's Watch | |
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Seat |
Various castles along the Wall (primarily Castle Black) |
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Current Lord Commander |
Alliser Thorne (acting commander) |
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Status |
Active |
- "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."
- ―The Night's Watch oath
The Night's Watch is a military organisation which holds and guards the Wall. It is composed mainly of criminals who are exiled there to live out the rest of their lives defending all lands south from the Wildlings and Others. It is one of the oldest known organisations in Westeros. The Night's Watch is organized in three departments: the Rangers, who fight, defend the Wall and patrol the Haunted Forest; the Builders, who maintain the Wall and the castles; and the Stewards, who support and feed the members of the Watch.
Organization[]
Structure[]
Men of the Night's Watch are divided between three different orders: the Rangers, the Builders, and the Stewards. Each order is led by its own officer, each appointed by the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
- Rangers - the warriors of the Night's Watch. While all black brothers are expected to have some basic arms training and to take up a sword in defense of the Wall itself, the Rangers are the ones who are sent on dangerous scouting expeditions beyond the Wall, to track wildlings movements.
- Builders - who physically maintain the structures of the Night's Watch, and repair the Wall itself.
- Stewards - who provide for the day-to-day needs of the Watch: gathering, cooking, and serving food, repairing clothes and equipment, tending to the horses and messenger-ravens, and gathering firewood. By far the largest of the three orders.
Each castle of the Night's Watch also has a maester assigned to it. These maesters take the oath of the Night's Watch and are considered full black brothers, but are not considered part of the three orders.
Leadership[]
The leader of the Night's Watch is the Lord Commander. Each Lord Commander serves for life, and a new Lord Commander is democratically elected by other members of the Night's Watch in a Choosing.
Members[]
Current[]
- Jeor Mormont - 997th Lord Commander
- Alliser Thorne - Acting Lord Commander
- Jon Snow - Stark Bastard, assigned as Steward.
- Denner "Frostfinger" - Veteran, in charge of new recruits.
- Finn - Murderer, assigned as Ranger. (determinant)
- Erik - Thief, assigned as Steward. (determinant)
- Casper - assigned as Builder.
- Hugh - assigned as Ranger.
- Lobor - assigned as Steward.
- Errold Holt - new recruit.
- Corlys Wells - new recruit.
- Wendel - new recruit.
- Duff - new recruit.
Former[]
- Gared Tuttle - Murderer, assigned as Ranger. Escaped incarceration following the murder of one of his brothers and deserted.
- Cotter - Thief, assigned as Builder. Deserted with Gared Tuttle.
- Finn - Murderer, assigned as Ranger. Deserted with Gared Tuttle. (determinant)
- Britt Warrick - Killed by Gared Tuttle either in self defence or as revenge for the murder of his family
References[]
| Game Of Thrones Houses | ||
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| The North | House Forrester • House Whitehill • House Glenmore • House Bolton • House Brownbarrow • House Degore • House Elliver • House Glover • House Grayson • House Holt • House Warrick • House Wells | |
| The Riverlands | House Frey | |
| The Reach | House Tyrell • House Durwell | |
| The Westerlands | House Lannister | |
| The South | House Branfield • House Tarwick | |
| Active Houses appear in green, extinct/dispersed Houses appear in red. Houses of an unknown status appear in blue. | ||