Editing Others (section)

===Later History===
In his ''[[Lies of the Ancients]]'', Archmaester [[Fomas]] speculates that the Others were a tribe of the [[First Men]] who had been living in the far north. Fomas suggests that the Long Night pressured these men, the ancestors of the current [[free folk|wildlings]], to migrate south. Over the years, they became more and more monstrous in the telling of the tales about them, because the Night's Watch and the [[House Stark|Starks]] wanted to seem heroic. However, ''Lies of the Ancients'' is little regarded nowadays, as it contains erroneous claims about [[Valyria]], the [[Reach]], and the [[westerlands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Long Night}}

The Others have not been seen since the Long Night ended, and are now regarded as nothing more than fairy tales to frighten the little children.{{ref|ASOS|18}} Some people believe they never existed at all.{{ref|AGOT|2}}