Game Of Thrones: 8 Things We Learned From "The Watchers On The Wall"

6. The Night€™s Watch Is Clearly Outnumbered

Okay, technically we already knew this, but as Mance Rayder€™s army charged towards the Wall, all we could think was, €œHoly cr*p!€ As a show of force, they set the northern forests aflame, and the amount of troops trudging forward is staggering, not to mention Ygritte, Tormund and the other wildlings troops that are attacking from the other side. As the Night€™s Watch men get their weaponry in order, Alliser Thorne admits to Jon that he should have taken his advice and plugged up the tunnel while he had the chance. However, he also tells Jon that a good leader can€™t second guess himself, otherwise he€™s doomed. He states that tonight won€™t be the end for them as long as the men do their jobs. Unfortunately, doing their job is part of the problem. Along with being outnumbered, most of the Night€™s Watch men have never seen combat. This is obvious by the way they respond to Thorne€™s orders. When he orders the archers to nock their arrows, they draw instead, and when he orders to haul the barrels, Grenn accidentally drops one of them. While they eventually get their act together, they€™re still disadvantaged. Attacked from both sides, they manage to kill a few wildlings, but the invaders from the south end breach the castle and begin slaughtering them. Oh, and by the way, the wildlings forces aren€™t just made up of humans. They€™ve also got giants and mammoths on their side! More on that later.