Editing Varamyr (section)

==History==
[[File:Elena-maria-vacas-varamyrsixskins.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Varamyr Sixskins and his animals, by [https://www.artstation.com/artist/ab3nd Elena María Vacas]]]
The man who would eventually call himself Varamyr was born the second child of a [[wildling]] family [[beyond the Wall]], and nicknamed "Lump" by his older sister [[Meha]] per [[Free folk#Naming|wildling tradition]]. As he was born a month premature, and often ill, his mother waited until he was four to name him properly, by which time it was too late and everyone in his village only called him Lump. When Lump was six, he was jealous of his two-year-old brother [[Bump]], who was much more vigorous and healthy, and [[skinchanger|skinchanged]] into one of his family's dogs ([[Loptail]], [[Sniff]], or [[Growler]]) to kill him. When Lump's father came upon Bump's body, the dogs were sniffing around it. Not knowing which dog had killed his son, he put down all three, killing them with an axe. Right before he split Loptail's skull, Lump slipped inside the dog's skin and felt his death. His reaction, a scream, informed Lump's parents that he was a [[warg]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} 

Lump's father dragged him through the woods until he came to [[Haggon]], an elderly warg who informed Lump that he belonged with his own kind. Haggon taught him how to skinchange properly and the rules of the ability, and introduced him to other skinchangers. He also instructed him on the strengths and weaknesses of different animals, and gave him rudimentary survival skills. Haggon often traded with the [[Night's Watch]], and it was on one of those trips where Lump began to dream of living south of the [[Wall]]. He named himself Varamyr when he was ten years old.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} 

When Haggon lay dying, Varamyr, resentful, stole his wolf, [[Greyskin]], who Haggon had intended as his second life. At that point Varamyr was calling himself Varamyr Threeskins, and then Fourskins after taking Greyskin. Over the years, Varamyr died eight more times while wearing the skins of other creatures. However, his power grew and he was known to ride into battle on the back of a 13-foot tall female [[snow bear]]. He had a hall of moss, mud, and hewn logs, which had been Haggon's before he died. He became a lord, with a dozen villages paying him homage. When he wanted to have sex with a woman from the villages, he would send his [[shadowcat]] to stalk her until she came to him, whether she wanted to or not. A few of the women had relatives who would try to save them by slaying the warg; Varamyr killed them, but claimed not to harm the women, only taking a hank of hair from each. Some of the women became pregnant, but all of Varamyr's children were small and weak, and none had the ability to skinchange. Eventually [[Mance Rayder]] sought an alliance with Varamyr. Varamyr agreed and was a part of Mance's host beneath the [[Wall]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}