Beyond the Wall

Beyond the Wall and north of the Wall are generic terms employed by the people of the Six Kingdoms and the Kingdom of the North to refer to the large area of Westeros that lies north of the Wall. It is the only part of the continent that is not part of a realm, and thus the only place where particular attention is given to the difference between "Westeros" (the continent), and "the Six Kingdoms" and the Kingdom of the North (the two realms to the south of the Wall).
It is inhabited by tribes that refer to themselves as the "Free Folk", known by the people of the Six Kingdoms as wildlings. The wildlings themselves are not politically unified but consist of numerous and diverse groups. Many are semi-nomadic hunters, due to the impracticality of agriculture in the far north. Some wildlings are little more than savage and primitive raiders, but other groups live in small settled communities and villages.
The Free Folk sometimes refer to these lands as "the real North", because they are actually located north of the northernmost kingdom of Westeros, which is named simply "the North" - and they think it odd to say that "the north" is south of where they live.
==Geography==
thumb|right|200px|A map showing the territories north of the Wall.
The lands beyond the Wall are mostly uncharted. 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 uncharted north.
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 wildlings.
Southwest of the Frostfangs there is a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea known as the Frozen Shore, a harsh area inhabited by fierce and primitive warriors who frequently cross the Bay of Ice to raid the lands in the North sworn to House Stark. This small area is totally enclosed by the Frostfangs, which run southeast to northwest, and the ocean.
Beyond all of these areas, in the furthest north are the Land of Always Winter. The forest ends and gives way to these truly polar regions, which are unexplored. The White Walkers are rumored to originate in the depths of the Land of Always Winter.
==Economy==
The Free Folk living north of the Wall have a hardscrabble, survival-based economy, with little settled agriculture. Most of their economic activity is fixated on hunting and gathering: they live to catch what they can eat, and they eat whatever they can catch. They use no official currency, as they are more interested in obtaining things that are directly useful to them, and thus function on the barter system."The North Remembers"
However, the wildlings do engage in at least some long-distance trade: the heavy furs of local animals adapted to the harsh cold of the extreme north are fairly valuable, and they often trade them to passing smuggler ships in exchange for iron weapons, which they cannot forge on their own. In past centuries the Night's Watch tried to stop the fur-for-iron trade along the coasts, but in recent centuries as their numbers dwindled they abandoned any attempts to prevent passage around the Wall by sea.
== Notable locations ==
*Haunted Forest
** Craster's Keep
** White Tree
* The Fist of the First Men
* The Frostfangs
** Skirling Pass
* The Milkwater River
* Land of Always Winter
* Frozen Shore
* Storrold's Point
* The Valley of Thenn
* The cave of the Three-Eyed Raven
* Hardhome
==Notable inhabitants==
* {Mance Rayder}, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, leader of the Free Folk and feared opponent of the Night's Watch. Sentenced to death by fire by Stannis Baratheon, but shot with an arrow as mercy by Jon Snow.
* Tormund, called Tormund Giantsbane, a wildling leader and one of Mance Rayder's most trusted lieutenants. After the battle for the Wall, was once a prisoner of the Night's Watch, now living freely.
* The {Lord of Bones}, a wildling leader and a fearsome raider. Killed by Tormund in Hardhome.
* {Styr}, Magnar of Thenn, a notorious and brutal wildling leader. Killed by Jon Snow during the battle for the Wall.
* {Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg}, called Mag the Mighty, king of the Giants, killed by Grenn and five other members of the Night's Watch during the battle for the Wall.
* {Orell}, a wildling raider and a Warg, killed by Jon Snow.
* {Ygritte}, a Free Folk spear wife and lover of Jon Snow. Killed by Olly during the battle for the Wall.
* Jon Snow, Lord commander of the Night's Watch who was seen traveling north with Tormund and his company.
At Craster's Keep:
* {Craster}, an unsavory ally of the Night's Watch, killed by Karl Tanner during a mutiny.
** Gilly, his wife and daughter.
*** Sam, their son. Named after Samwell Tarly.
At Hardhome:
* {Karsi}, a female wildling, killed by wights.
* {Loboda}, a Thenn, killed by a White Walker
* Dim Dalba, a wildling chieftain
In a hidden cave:
* The {Three-Eyed Raven}, a greenseer. Killed by the Night King.
* {Leaf}, a child of the forest. Sacrificed herself to wights so Bran Stark, Meera Reed and Hodor could escape the cave.
==In the books==
Author George R.R. Martin has stated that the land-area inhabited by the Free Folk beyond the Wall is vast, roughly the size of Canada: "There's actually quite a lot of Westeros north of the Wall, it's a large expanse of land, probably as large as Canada."HBO Behind-the-scenes featurette, Game of Thrones Season 3: Inside the Wildlings"
The World of Ice and Fire companion book features a map of Westeros and western Essos that shows a significant amount of land north of the Wall, possibly extending further east and west as well, backing up the suggestion that the lands beyond the Wall are vast.The World of Ice and Fire preview
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