Rangers

The Rangers is one of the three orders that comprise the Night's Watch. Their main duty is to defend and protect the Wall and the castles of the Night's Watch.

About

The order of rangers carries out duties that are centered around patrolling for wildlings beyond the Wall and preventing threats against the Wall.

The rangers of the Night's Watch have by far the most dangerous and demanding job, as their life is on the line constantly and often they are away from the Wall for extended periods of time. Generally recruits who are seen to be good fighters are generally raised to this order. Fighting is a part of their job, but tracking and information gathering on the wildlings is also a critical part of their mission. It is incredibly important for the Night's Watch to know of wildlings movements and just news about them and this is gathered by the rangers chiefly, though some wildlings are known to help. In order to gather this information, some rangers will develop peaceful relationships with certain wildlings, such as Craster, in order to learn information about the happenings beyond the Wall. Survival is another key to their success and rangers are expected to be able to survive for days at a time beyond the wall off the land. It should be noted that by far the rangers are the most hated of the orders of the Night's Watch by the wildlings because they are their most common hindrance and are known to be quite efficient at them killing while remaining unseen, causing fear among the free folk.

A senior member of the order, known as the First Ranger, leads the rangers.

Information gathering on the wildlings is among their chief tasks, as a result they are the most often in combat situations, because of this it is the most prestigious of the orders and is often desired by those who join the Night's Watch.

Known Rangers

The following members of the Night's Watch, are known to belong to the order of the rangers:

• First Ranger Stane, a ranger of House Stane who held the position of First Ranger a thousand years ago.
• Benjen Stark, the First Ranger of the Night's Watch while Lord Commander Jeor Mormont was alive, he went missing and is thought to be dead.
• Mance Rayder, an ex-ranger, and now "King-Beyond-the-Wall".
• Jack Bulwer, the First Ranger under Lord Commander Jon Snow until being killed by the Weeper.
• Thoren Smallwood, a senior ranger who claims to be First Ranger after Benjen goes missing, he never truly receives the title, and is killed during fight at the Fist.
• Qhorin Halfhand, a senior ranger at the Shadow Tower who is killed by Jon in order to let him be seen as a deserter to the wildlings.
• Jaremy Rykker, a knight and temporary First Ranger after the initial days of Benjen being missing, he is killed by the wight of Jafer Flowers shortly after.
• Alliser Thorne, a senior ranger, who acts as the master-at-arms of Castle Black and acts as the trainer of all its new recruits.
• Jarmen Buckwell, a senior ranger, who may have been killed at the Battle of the Bridge of Skulls.
• Stonesnake, a veteran ranger, known to be one of the best climbers of the Night's Watch.
• Dalbridge, a veteran ranger, known as "Squire Dalbridge" because he had squired for one of the Targaryen kings, he supposedly has the keenest eyes on the wall and is a fantastic archer.
• Ebben, a veteran ranger, known to be an expert at interrogating wildlings.
• Grenn, a friend of Jon Snow, also known as Aurochs.
• Pypar, a friend of Jon Snow, also known as Pyp.
• Waymar Royce, a knight and the third-born son of Lord Bronze Yohn Royce, he is killed by an Other in the prologue.
• Will, a brother who accompanied Waymar and was killed by Royce's wighted body.
• Gared, a brother who accompanied Waymar and deserted as a result of the encounter, he is executed by Lord Eddard Stark.
• Jafer Flowers, a brother who accompanies Benjen Stark beyond the wall, who is found dead, and comes back as a Wight.
• Othor, a brother who accompanies Benjen Stark beyond the wall, who is found dead, and comes back as a Wight.
• Emmett, known as Iron Emmett, he is an incredible swordsman, and takes Alliser Thorne's position of master-at-arms at Castle Black.
• Dick Follard, known as Deaf Dick Follard.
• Duncan Liddle, known as Big Liddle, is the eldest son of Lord Torren Liddle.
• Ottyn Wythers, a knight.
• Aladale Wynch, a knight.
• Wynton Stout, a knight who has lots his wits.
• Tim Stone
• Ronnel Harclay
• Bannen, a good tracker.
• Aethan
• Alan of Rosby
• Tom Barleycorn
• Bedwyck
• Bearded Ben
• Black Bernarr
• Brown Bernarr
• Dirk
• Dywen
• Elron
• Emrick
• Fornio
• Fulk
• Garrett Greenspear
• Garth Greyfeather
• Garth of Greenaway
• Garth of Oldtown
• Geoff
• Goady
• Grubbs
• Hairy Hal
• Jax, a wildling turned crow.
• Kedge Whiteye, he is blind in one eye.
• Lark
• Leathers, a wildling turned crow.
• Luke of Longtown
• Matthar
• Mawney
• Ollo Lophand
• Redwyn
• Rory
• Ryles
• Softfoot, a proud rapist.
• Todder
• Tumberjon
• Ulmer
• Mors Westford, a knight, veteran ranger, known as "the Butcher", he hunts down deserters in the ASOIAF Game by Cyanide studios.

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