A Game of Thrones

===On the Wall===

===On the Wall===

The [[prologue]] of the novel introduces the [[the Wall (A Song of Ice and Fire)|Wall]]: an magical wall of ice, hundreds of feet high and hundreds of miles long. The Wall is defended by the [[Night's Watch]]: an order of warriors sworn to serve there for life, defending the realm from the [[White Walker|Others]], an ancient and hostile inhuman race, as well as from the human "[[wildlings]]" who live north of the Wall.

The [[prologue]] of the novel introduces the [[the Wall (A Song of Ice and Fire)|Wall]]: an magical wall of ice, hundreds of feet high and hundreds of miles long, at the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. The Wall is defended by the [[Night's Watch]]: an order of warriors sworn to serve there for life, defending the realm from the [[White Walker|Others]], an ancient and hostile inhuman race, as well as from the human "[[wildlings]]" who live north of the Wall.

[[Jon Snow (character)|Jon Snow]], Ned's bastard son, is inspired by his uncle, [[Benjen Stark]], to join the Night's Watch, but becomes disillusioned when he discovers that its primary function is as a [[penal colony]]. Jon unites his fellow recruits against their harsh instructor and protects the cowardly but good-natured and intelligent [[Samwell Tarly]]. Jon is appointed steward to the leader of the Watch, Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], making him a potential successor to Mormont. Benjen fails to return from an expedition north of the Wall. Six months later, the dead bodies of two men from his party are recovered; these re-animate as undead [[wight]]s before being dispatched by Jon.

[[Jon Snow (character)|Jon Snow]], Ned's bastard son, is inspired by his uncle, [[Benjen Stark]], to join the Night's Watch, but becomes disillusioned when he discovers that its primary function is as a [[penal colony]]. Jon unites his fellow recruits against their harsh instructor and protects the cowardly but good-natured and intelligent [[Samwell Tarly]]. Jon is appointed steward to the leader of the Watch, Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], making him a potential successor to Mormont. Benjen fails to return from an expedition north of the Wall. Six months later, the dead bodies of two men from his party are recovered; these re-animate as undead [[wight]]s before being dispatched by Jon.