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The '''Battle of the Fist of the First Men''' is a battle during the [[Conflict Beyond the Wall]]. It is the first open confrontation between men and [[White Walkers]] since [[the Long Night]]. |
The '''Battle of the Fist of the First Men''' is a battle during the [[Conflict Beyond the Wall]]. It is the first open confrontation between men and [[White Walkers]] since [[the Long Night]]. |
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Revision as of 19:44, 21 April 2013
Template:Battle The Battle of the Fist of the First Men is a battle during the Conflict Beyond the Wall. It is the first open confrontation between men and White Walkers since the Long Night.
Battle
The camp of the Night's Watch established atop the Fist of the First Men is overrun by a horde of Wights led by White Walkers. Only a handful of black brothers survive the attack and, led by Lord Commander Mormont, begin their way back to the Wall to warn of the coming danger.[1]
Aftermath
The wildling Orell scouts the Fist of the First Men by warging into his eagle. He discovers the Fist is filled with dead "crows".[2]
Mance Rayder, along with Jon Snow, Tormund Giantsbane, Orell, and Ygritte, inspects the Fist, finding only the mutilated remains of the horses arranged in a spiral pattern. All the corpses of the black brothers Orell had discovered are gone. Jon says that about three hundred men were camped at the Fist. Mance warns him that they have now been raised as undead wights.[3]
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire books, while waiting for the last of the search parties to return to decide on a plan of action regarding the wildlings, the Watch is attacked by a horde of wights, among them reanimated corpses of animals (most notably a bear). Since their arrows have no effect against the undead attackers, Mormont orders his archers to use fire arrows, slowing the wights but not stopping them. The Watch is quickly overrun. Most of the force of 300 men is killed. Only sixty-one men manage to cut their way free out of the Fist, part of those are killed by the pursuing wights during the retreat. Of the forty-four survivors, twelve are critically injured and are put on horses while the able men hold torches to guard the flanks and rear. Only the stragglers are attacked by the Wights. The defeat costs the Watch of about third of its whole manpower, and strongly demoralized the survivors.
The battle plays out different in the novel than in the TV series. Much of the battle is actually described, albeit in flashback, but due to budget restraints it happens "off screen" in the TV series, like the Battle of Oxcross and the Battle of the Green Fork. Also, during the battle Samwell Tarly manages to send many ravens, but just two of them - one to Castle Black and one to the Shadow Tower - have messages about the impending attack. Terrified of the battle, Samwell forgets to send any other messages off before setting the rest of the ravens free when the battle is lost. The message to Castle Black reaches its destination, but there is nothing those who remained there can do to help Mormont and his troops, except sending distress messages to the five kings, pleading for them to send reinforcements. Neither do Ghost nor Rast take part in the battle, as the direwolf had accompanied Jon Snow while the ranger had remained at Castle Black.
See also
- Battle of the Fist of the First Men at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)