Editing North (section)

==Military strength==
[[File:T Jedruszek NorthernInfantry.jpg|thumb|350px|Northern Infantry by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The north's exact [[military strength]] has not yet been revealed. According to a semi-canon source from 2005, the north can perhaps raise forty-five thousand soldiers,{{Ref|RPG|guardiansorder}} although it takes a long time for armies to be gathered from such a large region.{{Ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}<ref name=strength>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Strength_of_the_Regions Strength of the Regions], February 28, 2002</ref> According to [[George R.R. Martin]], the north's [[military strength]] is about equal to that of the [[Vale of Arryn]], and [[Dorne]].<ref name=strength/> During [[Aegon's Conquest]], King [[Torrhen Stark]] raised an army of thirty thousand men.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Nearly twenty thousand can be raised on short notice{{Ref|AGOT|55}} near the start of autumn,{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} while thousands more might be raised from more distant houses, such as the [[northern mountain clans|mountain clans]], if more time is allowed.{{Ref|ADWD|17}}

A semi-canon source from 2005 places the infantry-to-cavalry ratio at four to one.{{Ref|RPG|guardiansorder}} House Manderly, of [[southron]] origins, is known to command the most heavy horse north of the [[Neck]].{{Ref|ADWD|29}} Mail is the most common armor found in the north.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Yet_More_Questions Yet More Questions], July 22, 2001</ref> As knighthood is associated with the [[Faith of the Seven]], and the majority of the northmen holds to the [[old gods]], knighthood is rare in the north.{{Ref|AGOT|53}}

The north has had no strength at sea since [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]] set fire to the remaining fleet of his father, [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}