
Others wish to influence the Iron Throne and bring more support to the Night’s Watch, the better to defend Westeros against wildlings and the Others. Some would use the Night’s Watch to claim personal power. The vows of the Night’s Watch forbid them from taking wives or holding lands, but that does not mean they have abandoned the game of thrones. Bastards, fallen men, criminals, and knights come together as sworn brothers of the Night’s Watch, and together they hold the Wall – a massive barrier of solid ice that stretches across Westeros. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children.”įounded in the aftermath of the Long Night, the Night’s Watch has guarded Westeros against the nameless threats beyond for centuries.
