Why do the wildlings go back north?

Originally Answered: Why are Jon and Wildlings going north of the wall where as Mance Rayder wanted them to settle south of the wall? Mance only wanted to get everyone south of the Wall to escape the Others. Now that the Others are gone (for now…), the wildlings are free to go home again.

What happened to the Wildling?

Aftermath. The Night King raises the dead at Hardhome. The wildlings were ultimately successful in evacuating around 5,000 people, but at least as many were killed and revived.

How many wildlings are there in got?

Mance Rayder and Jon Snow repeatedly said that in the present day there are about 90 different wildlings clans, but each large region has multiple clans in it (i.e. there may be over a dozen clans of “Hornfoots”).

Why does Mance Rayder want to move the Wilding population South?

Mance Rayder in intending to move the entire Wilding population south to avoid the oncoming winter, which is presumed by many to be likely to be long, and accompanied by the reappearance of ‘the others’. He has an army estimated as 100,000 strong.

What would Daenerys expect from the north side of the wall?

He would expect to have all the Brothers of the Night’s Watch fighting him at the North side of the Wall. While he and his army were attacking from the North, his team of scouts would attack from the South (in Castle Black) in order to break their defenses and raise the gate that would allow them to pass through to the South.

What was Mance’s original plan for fighting the wall?

This is better explained in the books. Mance original plan was to attack the Wall at the same time from two sides. He would first attack from the North. He would expect to have all the Brothers of the Night’s Watch fighting him at the North side of the Wall.

How would Mance’s invasion of the north work?

For Mance’s invasion of the north to work, he either needs to tunnel through the wall or capture one of the occupied forts. He knows that the force of Crows is historically light in numbers, even if he doesn’t know their true weakness – and that his army will also have to face the army of the Warden of the North at least, if not the Seven Kingdoms.