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'''Gendel''' was a former [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], a title he shared with his brother, [[Gorne]]. He led an invasion into the [[North]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 23|Chapter 23]], Jon</ref>
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'''Gendel''' was a former [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], a title he shared with his brother, [[Gorne]]. He led an invasion into the [[North]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 23|Chapter 23]], Jon</ref> He lived three thousand years before the [[War of the Five Kings]].<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Chapter 26]], Jon</ref>
  
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Three thousand years before the War of the Five Kings, Gendel and his brother Gorne ruled as King-Beyond-the-Wall. They gathered the [[wildlings|free folk]] to them and marched them through [[Gorne's Way]], a path through caves beneath [[the Wall]]. They evaded the [[Night's Watch]], but when they emerged on the far side, the [[King In The North]] was waiting for them and attacked them. Gorne slew the King, but his son took up his crown and killed Gorne in turn. While the battle raged, the Night's Watch, made aware of the battle, sortied from their castles and took the wildlings in the rear. Gendel was also killed in the battle according to the traditions in the North.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Chapter 26]], Jon</ref>
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According to the wildlings however, Gendel survived. He was now the sole King-Beyond-the-Wall and  cutting his way through the Night's Watch he attempted to return beyond the Wall via the same route the wildlings had come. However, Gendel did not know the way as well as Gorne and supposedly got lost forever trying to find his way out.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 26|Chapter 26]], Jon</ref>
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Revision as of 23:14, 27 June 2010

Gendel
Title King-Beyond-the-Wall
Culture wildling
Books

Gendel was a former King-Beyond-the-Wall, a title he shared with his brother, Gorne. He led an invasion into the North.[1] He lived three thousand years before the War of the Five Kings.[2]

History

Three thousand years before the War of the Five Kings, Gendel and his brother Gorne ruled as King-Beyond-the-Wall. They gathered the free folk to them and marched them through Gorne's Way, a path through caves beneath the Wall. They evaded the Night's Watch, but when they emerged on the far side, the King In The North was waiting for them and attacked them. Gorne slew the King, but his son took up his crown and killed Gorne in turn. While the battle raged, the Night's Watch, made aware of the battle, sortied from their castles and took the wildlings in the rear. Gendel was also killed in the battle according to the traditions in the North.[3]

According to the wildlings however, Gendel survived. He was now the sole King-Beyond-the-Wall and cutting his way through the Night's Watch he attempted to return beyond the Wall via the same route the wildlings had come. However, Gendel did not know the way as well as Gorne and supposedly got lost forever trying to find his way out.[4]

References and Notes