As people have gradually forgotten the legend of the Long Night over the past eight thousand years, the meaning of the Great Wall and the Night Watch in people's hearts has also changed from defending against the invasion of the White Walkers to defending against the southward movement of wild people from the north of the Great Wall.
The attention paid to the Night Watchmen has also been greatly reduced, and the number of troops has been severely reduced, which has restricted the daily maintenance of the Great Wall. When the story of "A Song of Ice and Fire" begins, only three of the 19 fortresses built along the Great Wall still have Night Watch teams stationed there.
The Night Watch Corps is stationed in 19 castles at the base of the southern wall of the Great Wall. Rangers patrol the castles regularly, while sentries are stationed on the walls in shifts to watch. Craftsmen stationed in the castle will regularly inspect the freezing conditions of the city walls and strengthen the walls by adding water and ice.
There are winch lifts and huge plank stairs on the side of the Great Wall where each castle is located, so that people and materials can be transported to the wall at any time.
In addition to the sentry watchtower, the top of the Great Wall is also equipped with the Eye of Myr (telescope), trebuchets, ballistae and cranes. However, because most of them are fixed on non-rotating chassis, the savages have begun to learn to avoid the landing area of the flying arrows. .
In addition, the Night Watchmen were seriously short of supplies and manpower. Many slinging instruments were disassembled and repaired, but were never reassembled because the parts were frozen.
In the past, the Night Watch would never let the forest in Saibei extend within half a mile of the Great Wall. They would regularly send craftsmen out of the city to cut down the trees to prevent the enemy from using the cover of the trees to approach and sneak attack the Great Wall.
However, as the power of the Night Watch weakens year by year, where the abandoned castle stands, wild woods have quietly grown under the city, and ancient dangers have quietly arrived.
The Great Wall stretches for 300 miles, is about 700 feet high, and is made of solid ice and boulders. Depending on weather conditions, its gray or blue color can be seen from miles away.
The top of the wall was wide enough for twelve armored knights to ride side by side, and the bottom was even wider.
According to mythology, ancient spells were woven into the walls of the Wall to fortify it against mysterious species such as White Walkers and wights. The Great Wall is as straight as a sword from Castle Black to the east to Eastwatch by the Sea, and curves like a snake to the west as far as the Shadow Tower. Under the summer sun, a small amount of ice and snow sometimes melts on the sides of the Great Wall, making it look like the Great Wall is crying from a distance.
The Great Wall of Despair has no real gates, only some tunnels excavated through the wall. Several of these tunnels were blocked by iron bars locked with heavy chains, and shooting holes and killing holes were built into the side walls of the tunnels for defense.
If the castle needs to be abandoned, or if the castle is in danger, the tunnel will be permanently sealed by craftsmen with ice, snow, sand and gravel.
In the book "Man-Made Wonders" written by the famous traveler Lomas "Longlegs", the Great Wall, the High Road of Valyria, the Titans of Braavos, the Long Bridge of Volantis, and the Triple Wall of Qarth Famous buildings such as the Three Bells of Novos and the Palace of Thousand Chambers of Shanas were listed among the "Nine Man-made Wonders".
Looking at the tall Great Wall and the jungle he was in, if Ye Siyu guessed correctly, his current location was outside the Great Wall outside the northern border, and it was also where the magnificent plot of Song of Ice and Fire began.
While Ye Siyu was thinking about the information on the Great Wall of Despair, his plane watch vibrated slightly, and the mission light screen appeared in front of him.
Quest World: A Song of Ice and Fire
Main mission one (unfinished): Winterfell, go to Winterfell, score 20.
Main mission 2 (unfinished): Trust, gain the trust of a member of the Stark family, 20 points.
Main mission three (unfinished): Lord of the Iron Throne, help a member of the Stark family sit on the Iron Throne and become the Lord of the Iron Throne, with a score of 50.
Looking at the three missions on the light screen, Ye Siyu squinted his eyes and turned off the light screen. When he knew that the mission this time was Song of Ice and Fire, he had already anticipated the mission in this world. As expected, it was similar to the mission he guessed, so he didn't pay much attention.
"Crack!"
Suddenly, the sound of stepping on the snow came from a distance.
Hearing the sound, Ye Siyu shrank towards the tall tree next to him and shrank directly behind, hiding his figure.
Through the gaps between the branches, a tall horse wearing black clothes with feathers can be seen. Seeing this person, Ye Siyu knew that this was one of the members of the Night Watch team who were killed by the White Walkers at the beginning of the plot.
The Night's Watch is dedicated to defending the territory of Westeros. It is the garrison on the Great Wall in the North. It exists to stop the wildlings and legendary creatures north of the Great Wall. In ancient times, it was a noble legion known as the "Black Knights". Now it is The asylum for the exiles and criminals of the Seven Kingdoms still guards the north.
The gloomy north wind blew the shadows of the trees, like ferocious living creatures.
Will, who was riding a horse and walking slowly, kept looking around. He knew that the snowy jungle was full of all kinds of dangers, ferocious and cruel beasts, and dangerous and cunning wild people outside the Great Wall. If he was not careful, he might be killed. Lost his life here.
"Don't be afraid, kid." Will whispered to the horse on his crotch, but only he knew that this was just to give himself some courage.
Although he has patrolled this jungle countless times, Will has nothing but fear in his heart for this snowy jungle. He knows very well how dangerous this jungle is.
"Shh!" Suddenly, Will patted the horse's head under his crotch to make it quiet, and got off the horse, because he saw a line of smoke rising from the snowdrift not far away.
He knew very well what the smoke meant, and he immediately held the reins and walked cautiously toward the place where the smoke was rising, not even daring to take a breath.
When he was about to reach the smoke, he lay down on the ground and crawled forward bit by bit.
Before becoming a night watchman, Will had made a living by hunting. His sneaking skills were first-rate. No one could match his silent stealth in the forest. It was because of this that the brothers of the night watchman discovered his advantage. Let him be a ranger on patrol.
Slowly he climbed to the place where the smoke was rising. When he poked his head out, an extremely terrifying scene came into his eyes.
The moonlight fell on the clearing, illuminating the embers of the campfire, the snow-covered rocks, the half-frozen creek, and the countless dismembered body parts, especially those nailed to the ground, which frightened him even more.
He had never seen such a horrific scene, and he immediately got up in a hurry. He wanted to tell his companions the news, but when he just got up and turned around, he saw a little girl being nailed to death by a savage behind her back. On the big tree.
Especially when he saw the little girl's dull eyes, a bone-chilling chill rushed from his tailbone to his forehead, chilling his whole body.
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