Mystery of the Night Watchers

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Griffiths, Paul (2010). Lost Londons Change, Crime, and Control in the Capital City, 1550–1660. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp.354–355. ISBN 978-0-521-17411-4. Ignored Expert: Their alarming concerns are dismissed as antiquated fairy tales at first and diluted by the Westerosi civil war later. Eventually Gondor Calls for Aid, and Stannis answers. While Thorne is still a nasty piece of work and a sadistic bully to boot, he does show more restraint when he becomes Acting Lord Commander. He doesn't outright insult Jon the way Janos Slynt does at the hearing, and mostly just acts coldly toward him while actually listening to him about the wildlings and White Walkers. Janos: I was charged with the defense of King's Landing when you were soiling your swaddling clothes.

Heroic Sacrifice: Grenn knew that when Jon tasked him and a few of the Night's Watch to hold the Wall's inner gate it was likely he wasn't going to make it out alive. Nevertheless, he assures Jon he'll get the job done and he and the other brothers die keeping the Wall's gates from being breached. The Only One I Trust: Jon sends Grenn to hold the gate because if the gate is taken, everyone dies. Kit Harington suggested in an interview that Jon sends Grenn down to hold the gate against Mag the Mighty, despite knowing he was probably sending one of his closest buddies to his death, because Grenn was the only one who Jon trusted could actually do it. He was probably right. Hate Sink: Even worse than Thorne. Both Thorne and Slynt are arrogant and abrasive, but at least Thorne can compensate by being an effective battle commander and fighter, while Slynt expects respect without doing anything to deserve it. Griffiths, Paul (2010). Lost Londons Change, Crime, and Control in the Capital City, 1550–1660. Cambridge University Press. p.333. ISBN 978-0-521-17411-4.

Qhorin "Halfhand"

It is 1910, and the forthcoming arrival of Halley's Comet is causing excitement and fear around the world. 12-year-old Nancy and her younger sister Violet have their lives suddenly turned upside down when their mother takes them off to Suffolk to visit a grandfather they had always thought was dead. Mother tells them that Grandfather is a keen astronomer and, because he is unwell, needs their help to view the comet. Irony: Alliser Thorne was sent to the Wall for being a Targaryen supporter and a staunch follower of Rhaegar Targaryen. He ends up leading a mutiny, and personally kills Jon, who is revealed to the audience at the end of Season 6 as Rheagar's son with Lyanna Stark, and ends up being executed by his leader's son for this mutiny. No Party Like a Donner Party: Being stranded beyond the Wall during the last winter left its mark on Ser Alliser. The Usurper: He usurps the leadership of the Watch from the duly elected Lord Commander Jon Snow in The Coup and asserts dominance over the rest of the Watch. It doesn't last long however. Arbitrary Skepticism: When he's on the Wall, about to fight giants and seeing two of them from his position, he still refuses to believe such a creature could exist. The unspoken reactions of everyone present says it all. This also makes him an Agent Scully.

The Sociopath: Karl is an unfeeling, impulsive psychotic. In terms of pure evil, he shares company with the illustrious likes of the Mountain, Polliver, Ramsay Bolton, and Styr. Ungrateful Bastard: How the Night's Watch regard the rest of Westeros, they are protecting them from wildling invasions and are the ones who are standing on guard in-case the White Walkers return, but everyone thinks they are a joke and use them as a penal colony.Explain that everyone else will be escapees who’ll need to retrieve the keys from the guard to get away. Taking You with Me: He attempts this on Rast and nearly succeeds, but succumbs to his severe wounds before he can finish the job. Jerkass: He's pretty abrasive towards both Will and Gared, despite him being both younger and more junior than either of them. Punishment Detail: Subverted to humorous effect. After Jon Snow defeats Thorne in the election for Lord Commander, the Watch has a meeting where Jon assigns new tasks to everyone. One of these is the job of digging a new set of latrines, and after Jon announces this must be done he gives a significant look at Thorne, who fully expects to be given this terrible duty. Instead, Jon assigns the latrine duty to some random Watchman named Brian, and promotes Thorne to First Ranger.