History Characters / GameOfThronesWildlings

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: During the attack on Castle Black, Tormund demonstrates why he was chosen as Mance Rayder's second in command; Tormund is unstoppable in one-on-one combat (besting even Ser Alliser). In the end, it takes three arrows, Jon Snow, and ten other members of the Night's Watch to subdue him.

* TheArcher: Wields a large bow relative to his height, and an arrow from him is able to reach the top of the Wall, hit a target, and send them flying the rest of the way to the Castle Black courtyard.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Jon Snow certainly does.

* DropTheHammer: Jon drives a smithing hammer into his skull during the Battle of Castle Black, killing him almost instantly.

* GutturalGrowler: Tormund has a deep, growling, rumbling voice.

* GutturalGrowler: An absolutely terrifying man who, in his first scene, never speaks in anything above a low growl.

* GutturalGrowler: Rattleshirt speaks in a rather low, harsh tone.

* InsistentTerminology: Everyone south of the Wall is a 'southerner' to him, period. Which is a common quirk of Wildlings. He's also insistent on calling himself a "godly man", which he is, FromACertainPointOfView.

* DeathByAdaptation: Mance is still alive in the novels. He dies in the Season 5 premiere for refusing to bend the knee to Stannis.[[labelnote:From the books...]] Mance is presumed dead when he's burned, but it's later revealed he was alive and glamoured by Melisandre to look like the Lord of Bones, who was likewise glamoured to look like Mance and then burned in Mance's place. It remains to be seen if the show will pull the same trick, or truly kill off Mance. However, given the Lord of Bones' death, it seems unlikely he's coming back.[[/labelnote]]

* BadassBaritone: Has a low, husky voice that makes him even more intimidating.

* BadassBaritone: Has a deep voice whenever he does speak and is single-handedly the best defender at Hardhome as well as the 'Battle of the Bastards'.

* BadassInCharge: Unites every single Wildling clan, no mean feat by a long shot.

* BadassInCharge: You don't become leader of the Thenns by being a wimp. He absolutely destroys his foes in battle and gives Jon Snow a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* BadassInCharge: Loboda didn't become the leader of the Thenns through his skills as a public speaker.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Free Folk only bow down to strength, and only figuratively. Their social order is based on fighting prowess.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How the Wildlings chose him as their King.

* AnAxeToGrind: Trades his signature machete for a massive greataxe with dragonglass blades going into Jon's expedition north of the Wall.

* AnAxeToGrind: A rather huge one.

* AnAxeToGrind: He wields an absolutely massive axe as a weapon. It doesn't do much good against a White Walker.

* AnAxeToGrind: Likes using a small axe as his main weapon. It doesn't help him against Karl Tanner.

* AnAxeToGrind: Used an axe primarily.

* AnAxeToGrind: Likes using a small one as his main weapon. It doesn't help him against [[KnifeNut Karl Tanner]].

* HateSink: As a {{Jerkass}} DomesticAbuser and [[ParentalIncest incestuous]] rapist who regularly practices HumanSacrifice on his own children, Craster is one of the most despicable characters in the series, to the point that Jon Snow is deeply troubled by the Night's Watch tolerating his vile behavior.