History Characters / GameOfThronesWildlings

* HateSink: As a {{Jerkass}} DomesticAbuser and incestuous rapist who regularly practices HumanSacrifice, 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.

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* AbusiveParent: His daughters are his wives, and he beats and verbally abuses them freely; he's not a very good father or husband. And that's without going into what he does with his sons...

* AbusiveParents: A given, since Craster was her father and husband.

* YouNoTakeCandle: According to a [[http://www.dothraki.com/2015/06/new-bit-of-a-language/ lengthy post]] on his blog, the TV series's staff linguist David J. Peterson explained that this is how giants talk ''within'' the Old Tongue itself (Wun Wun is the first giant to have any speaking line, in Season 5's "Hardhome"). Peterson was worried that he'd never have the opportunity to fully develop the Old Tongue in the TV series, but then he realized that George R.R. Martin himself said that the giants don't have the intellectual capacity of the average human; Martin even said that they only speak the Old Tongue "after a fashion". With this in mind, Peterson then thought out that the giants in the TV series speak a sort of pidgin of "real" Old Tongue, with all of the linguistic rules dropped (no definite articles, no verb tenses, no noun agreement, nothing). Wun Wun literally says something like "What fuck you look him/it?" This way, Peterson is able to include the "Old Tongue" -- of a sort -- into the TV series, without having to make up a bunch of rules for it now like he did for Dothraki and Valyrian (so if he does later develop it years from now for a prequel project, he won't be beholden to work from years ago).

* VillainousIncest: More or less his primary trait. Though incest is a core theme in both the books and the show, Craster takes it UpToEleven as he marries and rapes his daughters on a routine basis.

* AdultFear: Knowing you'll have your soon-to-be child taken away from you by an abusive caretaker if it's a boy, or eventually seeing it grow up to endure the same abuse from him you did if it is a girl. Cue frantic third option time.

* AdaptationNameChange / NamedByTheAdaptation: Wildlings don't name their children until they're at least two in the books. Gilly names him Sam in the show. However, in the books she'd planned to name Mance's son (swapped for her own) Aemon, in honor of the maester of Castle Black, when he turns two.

* IncestIsRelative: His father is also his grandfather to one degree or another.

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%%%%* FingerlessGloves: Craster is usually seen wearing these, which is odd because he lives in a cold place.

* BadassBeard: To match his badass credentials, Tormund sports perhaps the most impressive beard on the show.

** He becomes this with Doloros Edd as well, even embracing him after reuniting [[spoiler:following the Breaching of the Wall.]]

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* NotSoDifferent: Like many Northerners, they are descendants of the First Men and so share blood and cultural traits. They follow the same religion by worshiping the Old Gods of the Forest, 'look after their own' as Jon Snow notes, and remember the legends of the White Walkers. The only reason their cultures divided was due to their differing placements on either side of the Wall, a fact emphasised by Wildlings and Jon Snow.
** They also have similarities with the Iron Born. Their sentiment that you can only keep what you can take and defend? Not too different from paying the Iron Price. Both people were more or less secluded descendants of the First Men, but the Iron Born lived on tree-less islands and turned to a religion based around the sea, while the Wildlings had weirwood trees and thus kept to the Old Gods of the Forest. They are also similar to the Dothraki, both are moneyless raiding based societies with leadership that is entirely merit based.
** Tyrion tells Benjen he believes the only difference between them and the Free Folk is that the Free Folk's ancestors were on the wrong side when the Wall was built. Benjen agrees and is impressed that Tyrion is less prejudiced than most of his Watch brothers.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Deconstructed and Subverted. They are not inherently bad peopke but they are seen as such by the people of Westeros, but it is made clear that this is just a bigoted view made by a long-time conflict between them. Only from the Night's Watch point of view are they antagonistic, but they are only interested in their survival and the Night's Watch prejudice is keeping them from it thus instigating conflicts between the groups.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. They are not inherently bad peopke but they are seen as such by the people of Westeros, but it is made clear that this is just a bigoted view made by a long-time conflict between them. Only from the Night's Watch point of view are they antagonistic, but they are only interested in their survival and the Night's Watch prejudice is keeping them from it thus instigating conflicts between the groups.

* Jerkass: Taunts Ygritte about her not being over Jon Snow.

* ButtMonkey: He gets no respect for his nagging suspicion of Jon, despite being completely right the whole time.

%%* BodySurf

%%* GoodScarsEvilScars

%%* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

* TheBrute: Of the Wildling leadership and a less competent fighter than Tormund.

* Token Non-Human: He is the only giant in Jon Snow's army.

* InvadingRefugees: Wildings have raided the Seven Kingdoms as long as anyone can remember but at the start of the series, they have amassed together into a single horde that is intent on smashing their way through the Wall so they can flee the oncoming armies of [[OurWightsAreDifferent wights]] and White Walkers.

* BornLucky: Tormund has been involved in more battles than the majority of the characters (Castle Black, Hardhome, the battle of the Bastards, the journey beyond the Wall and the battle against the Night King's armies in Winterfell), and survived all of them. While this is mostly due to his ''tremendous'' fighting ability, a lot of the time it can be chalked up to him being extremely lucky.

* HornyVikings: Although the Wildlings at large are essentially a FantasyCounterpartCulture to far northern Native Americans and indigenous Scandinavians, Tormund evokes the more traditional image of a viking: Scandinavian accent, fiery red hair like Thor, colossal beard, and incredible combat prowess. Also, [[LovableSexManiac he's horny]].

* GiantMook: Serves the Wilding's war effort in this capacity.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: He's something of having the mind of a child in the books, though definitely a power to fear if angered, and is a bit goofy at times. His show counterpart is TheQuietOne, with hints of TranquilFury, and his opinion seems to hold sway with the Wilding elders.

A unsavory ally of the Night's Watch, Craster is a Wildling who lives north of the Wall. He lives in a fortified homestead, grandly called Craster's Keep, along with his [[ParentalIncest daughter-wives]]. When his daughters are old enough, he marries them and impregnates them with new children. At the time of the War of the Five Kings, Craster has nineteen wives.

* BastardBastard: He's the bastard son of a Night's Watch ranger and a Wildling woman in the novels. It's not stated if it's the same here, but it's implied to be the case, given that being called "bastard" is his BerserkButton. He's also incestuous, rapes, beats and abuses his daughters, and offers his sons up as {{Human Sacrifice}}s.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: How the Night's Watch view Craster; he might be a lecherous and repulsive old wildling who weds his daughters and sacrifices his sons to the White Walkers, but the information and safety he's provided to the Watch over the years are too valuable to lose.

-->'''Jeor Mormont''': Aye and many's the time that monster's been the difference between life and death for our rangers - your uncle among them. We have other wars to fight out there! Like it or not, we ''need'' men like Craster!

%%%%* FingerlessGloves: Craster is usually seen wearing these, which is odd because he lives in a cold pleace.

* TheOneGuy: If he had a male child, he will have them killed. If he had female, the fucker will keep hoarding them to continue his sick routine of ParentalIncest WifeHusbandry.

* TooDumbToLive: It's not a good idea to take people under your roof, insult them, give them as little food as possible, and threaten to kill them for a joke, especially when they might not have the same morals and honor their leader has. There's also the fact that Craster pulled a hatchet at Karl, while being ''surrounded'' on all sides. SacredHospitality includes the host as much as the guest, and he attacked first. Not to mention that the Night's Watch mostly consists of outcasts and convicted criminals -- in other words, the last people you want to insult and provoke into a confrontation. Though of course, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Craster was fairly drunk at the time]].

* VillainousIncest: More or less his primary trait. Though incest is a core theme in both the books and the show, Craster takes it UpToEleven as he marries and rapes his daughters on a routinely basis.

* ActionSurvivor: {{Lampshaded}} by Edd, who tells Sam, following the Wildling raid on Mole's Town, that since she was able to survive not only years living under Craster, the long march to the Wall, and not to mention a ''White Walker''; that she probably survived the aforementioned raid (which she did, unbeknownst to them, thanks to Ygritte of all people). Also, during the attack on the Wall she grabs a lump of meat to beat off any possible attackers, while Janos Slynt pathetically hides in the same room.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:After surviving the Battle of Winterfell, Jon find that she is expecting with Sam and if it's a son, they plan to name him "Jon."]]

* {{Determinator}}: She will deal with strangers, go to strange places and do strange things no matter how hard or weird... all for her child. And, later: just try keeping her away, Sam. Good luck.
* EyesAlwaysAverted: As something of a leftover from being abused by Craster all her life, whenever she's being harassed, she averts her gaze and tries to get on with what she's doing. When housed at Molestown, one of the sex workers harasses her for ''not'' being a whore (under the logic that she thinks she's better than them), and later when at Castle Black, she's harassed by two rapist Night's Watch brothers. Both times her reaction is to keep her eyes glued to the floor and try her best to avoid giving them ammo to pester her with. Unfortunately its not a very effective strategy; both times its seen as weakness and so the harassment continues.
* FishOutOfWater: Life in Craster's Keep is all she's ever known. Places like the Night Fort, Castle Black and Mole Town are ''well'' outside her comfort zone. She's doing her best to adapt, though. At breakneck speed.

* AdaptationNameChange / NamedByTheAdaptation: Wildings don't name their children until they're at least two in the books. Gilly names him Sam in the show. However, in the books she'd planned to name Mance's son (swapped for her own) Aemon, in honor of the maester of Castle Black, when he turns two.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: By the end of season 7 he's somehow still a baby, although three or four years have passed. He does look his age in season 8.

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

* NonIndicativeName: "Loboda" is the name of a plant called saltbush in Bugarian, which is his actor's native language, as well as other Slavic languages. In Bulgarian folklore, saltbush is only present in a song where someone complains to it about men being clueless about women. Loboda's gruff character betrays nothing of the sort about him.

* SenselessSacrifice: He goes up against a White Walker so Jon can get a bag of dragonglass daggers, but the Walker makes short work of Laboda and ends up preventing Jon from recovering the bag.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the Wildling Elders. Still, he's not as outrageously evil as Styr.

* CanonForigner: He doesn't appear in the books.

* ButtMonkey: Everybody fucking hates the Thenns.

* ButtMonkey: Everybody hates the Cave People.

* DyingRace: After the White Walker attack at their last place of refuge Hardhome, the entire Wildling population beyond the Wall has been reduced to a few thousand at most and the survivors have still not found safety. As of the destruction of Eastwatch-By-The-Sea and the Night King's invasion of the North, it's overwhelmingly likely that there's no human alive north of Winterfell.