The Night's Watch is probably the oldest organization in the history of the Seven Kingdoms.

It experienced the fall of the kingdom of the First Men, and the subsequent invasion and conquest wars of the Andals.

Since the historical period known as the Long Night, the Night's Watch has a history of more than 8,000 years.

Under the cover of a century-long endless night, the White Walkers came from the land of eternal winter, and most of Westeros was reduced to ruins until the Night's Watch finally defeated it in the War of the Dawn.
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After the crisis was resolved, in order to prevent the White Walkers from invading again, Brandon the Builder built the Great Wall to protect the Seven Kingdoms.

Some records of the Night's Watch during the Age of Heroes also mentioned that the Children of the Forest would give the Night's Watch one hundred obsidian daggers every year.

But except for the corruption of the thirteenth commander-in-chief known as the Night King, the White Walker invasion never happened again.

Instead, the savages attacked, led by their king.

Gradually, the Night's Watch began to forget about their real enemies, the White Walkers, and focused on guarding against the wildlings.

As time went by, the purpose of establishing the Night's Watch gradually faded, and due to the Seven Kingdoms' neglect of the Great Wall, the manpower of the Night's Watch became less and less.

Only the North, or rather the Stark family, still retains the memory of the old days.

But even they think the legend of the White Walkers is just a legend used to scare children.

At its peak, the Night's Watch Legion garrisoned nineteen castles on the Great Wall that stretched hundreds of miles, and the number of soldiers in the legion reached tens of thousands.

There are five thousand soldiers stationed at Castle Black alone, as well as their horses, servants and equipment.

The tradition of northern nobles also regards serving on the Great Wall as an honor.

Many sons who are relatively low in the line of succession in northern families are willing to wear black.

The heraldic shields of the nobles hang proudly in the Shield Hall of Castle Black.

Three hundred years after Aegon's landing, only three castles are still garrisoned, and the number of Night's Watch is less than a thousand.

The members of the Night's Watch are also a mixture of all kinds of people from the Seven Kingdoms: farmers, people who cannot repay their debts, poachers, rapists, thieves and illegitimate children.

Only a few members come from nobles or families with titles, and most of them join the Night's Watch as a last resort because they have lost in political struggles within the kingdom.

The Night's Watch consists of three parts: rangers, craftsmen and stewards.

Everyone obeys the command of the Commander-in-Chief, and these three groups have their own officers, who are called Chief Ranger, Chief Craftsman and Chief Affairs Officer respectively. These officers are appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.

Rangers are the main force in combat. They are good at surviving in the wilderness and are responsible for the reconnaissance and patrol work in the ghost forest north of the Great Wall.

They not only defend the Great Wall, but also go to the north of the Great Wall to fight the enemy.

In addition to the wildlings, their enemies also include mysterious non-human ghosts.

Craftsmen are responsible for maintaining the Great Wall, castles and equipment.

They are further divided into masons, carpenters, miners and lumberjacks.

Affairs Officer. The Affairs Officer is the largest among the three groups. They are responsible for daily work and play a very important role.

Their responsibilities include hunting, planting, tending horses, collecting firewood, cooking, making clothes, maintaining weapons, and trading with the south in exchange for supplies needed by the Night's Watch.

Like other members, stewards must be ready for battle at any time, and everyone has received basic combat training.

Those who knew arithmetic or could read and write were often assigned specific tasks.

There were very few literate people, so the night watchman assigned clear tasks to each member.

Stewards sometimes serve as servants or attendants to senior officials (such as the commander-in-chief).

In short, all management work of the Night's Watch Legion will go through the hands of the steward.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch has the highest authority, and any member of the Night's Watch is eligible to be nominated as Commander-in-Chief.

When a new commander-in-chief is elected, his term of office will last until the day of his death.

Commander-in-chief is usually a ranger, but there are exceptions. There is a description like this in "Game of Thrones":

Jon Snow, who wanted to become a ranger, was disappointed to be appointed as a steward, and was assigned to the then Lord Commander as a personal steward.

His partners believe that the purpose of this is to support him as a commander.

Combining these two theories, it can be seen that sometimes when selecting a new commander-in-chief, some "fast tracks" are used, that is, some suitable candidates are allowed to experience in these three organizations, regardless of which organization they initially belong to.

But just like what is described in the novel, no matter what, to finally become the commander-in-chief, you have to go through the final election.

Therefore, the "fast track" does not 100% guarantee that a person will become the Commander-in-Chief.

Most of the officers and leaders of the Night's Watch come from the upper classes of Westeros.

Almost all noble children and knights will become officers after joining the legion, but some civilians but outstanding or influential Night's Watch brothers can also become officers, such as the senior rangers Colin "Halfhand", Bane and the bastards.

The pirates eventually called Carter Pike, Commander of Eastwatch.

In the strict hierarchical continent of Westeros, the Night's Watch is one of the few places where ordinary people can obtain higher positions than knights and lords, and can even become the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch.

In the past, serving on the Great Wall was regarded as a symbol of honor and a manifestation of selfless dedication to duty. Many knights, distinguished people and nobles voluntarily put on black clothes.

In the eyes of today's people, most of the members of the Night's Watch are recruited from the dungeons by the Night's Watch recruiter, the Wandering Crow. Joining the Night's Watch has gradually become a way to escape punishment, which is more suitable for the scum of Westeros.

Not a knight.

Demoted, disgraced nobles and illegitimate children will be "encouraged" to wear black clothes. This is how many people in black today came to be. In fact, they are unwilling to do so.

Those who voluntarily join are free to leave during the training period, but no one can leave after taking the oath, and defectors will be sentenced to death.

After taking the oath, the night watchman cannot own land, marry or have children.

For them, every sworn Night's Watchman should be regarded as his brother.

They can maintain appropriate contact with their blood relatives and can even visit relatives occasionally, but they must never abandon their oaths and responsibilities for the sake of family ties.

However, most of the night watchmen no longer have families when they take the oath.

The night watchman wore black clothes, so he was nicknamed "The Crow", and this name was widely spread among the savages.

Most Night Watchmen accept this title, although some use it in a derogatory way.

They also call themselves the "Brothers in Black", and in some songs they are also called the "Black Knights on the Great Wall".

As for Mance Rayder, who summoned the wildling army, he was actually a wildling child who was taken away and raised by the Night Watch.

Mance was a loyal member of the Night's Watch until he was wounded during a patrol and rescued by a wildling woman.

While he was recovering, the female wildling mended Mance's torn cloak with red cloth.

After returning to the Great Wall, the commander of the Night Watch asked Mance to put on a uniform black cloak.

This trivial infringement of personal freedom caused Mance to abandon the Night's Watch and follow his heart's desire to live among the wildlings.

He should have abandoned his duties a few years after the Usurper's War, because he accompanied Lord Commander Kogle to Winterfell to visit Lord Eddard Stark, where Mance met the young Robb and

Jon Snow.

Although Gao Bin did not pay too much attention north of the Great Wall, he kept Ned paying close attention.

Unfortunately, he was unable to grasp the movements of the savages in time. It seemed that the Night Watchmen's defeat was inevitable.

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At this time, the northern army was approaching the west side of King's Landing. The first person to get the news was Varys. His intelligence system was really powerful. When King's Landing was surrounded by everyone and not a single fly could fly out, he was still able to do it.

It is not easy to know the trends in the north.

In King's Landing, a riot is forming.

The riot was caused by a lack of food.

Stannis led the army to approach King's Landing, and the supply lines in the Reach were cut off. The war in the River Land was raging, and King's Landing could only rely on the Rosbys and Stokeworths, who had not been affected by the war, to provide supplies.

The severe food shortage caused panic in King's Landing. When the noble lords and ladies rode on horseback to the dock to see off Princess Myrcella, the whole city had fallen into a depressive and gloomy atmosphere.

When King Joffrey's team returned from the dock and reached the foot of Aegon's Hill, a woman held up a dead baby and squeezed through the crowd, blocking the direction of the team's progress.

At the reminder of the servant, the king threw a silver coin to the woman in an attempt to appease her.

The crowd scrambled for coins, but the woman still turned a blind eye and refused to step back while holding up the dead baby.

Queen Cersei shouted to the king: "Come on, Your Majesty. Poor thing, we can't help her."

When the mother heard this, she immediately began to curse Cersei for being a promiscuous cousin, and threw the dead baby at Cersei like a sack of flour.

At this time, someone threw a piece of feces and hit the king in the face.

Joffrey was furious and ordered Sandor Clegane to go into the crowd and catch the offender.

This sparked public outrage, and curses poured in from the crowd, making the situation even worse.

The crowd began to push, and the king's team was soon surrounded and had to fight with force to get out.

However, not everyone is lucky enough to escape.

Ser Alan Sontagal, Ser Preston Greenfield and the Archbishop were all killed in the chaos.

Loris Stokeworth was fucked by a strong woman, Tirek Lannister disappeared, and many civilians died at the hands of the gold cloaks and the Kingsguard.

The riots continued until the king and his party safely returned to the Red Fort.
To be continued...