What is the Night's Watch
the wildlings and White Walkers from crossing into the Seven Kingdoms.
the Night's Watch was founded 8,000 years ago.They now protect the
Seven Kingdoms from threats beyond their northern border, such as
White Walkers, wildlings and giants. They man a vast structure known
as the Wall, a 700 foot tall and 300-mile long barrier which separates
the Seven Kingdoms from the lands to the north. It is formed mostly from ice
with small trenches and wooden fortifications covering the top.
The Watch have built nineteen castles along the southern edge of the Wall
to house their men, however, over the years many were abandoned.
They also control a region south of the Wall known as the Gift, from which
they obtain supplies and provisions. The region was donated to them by
House Stark, the Kings in the North, at the
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.