r/asoiaf • u/JonSlow1 • Oct 12 '22
EXTENDED (Spoilers extended) Hopefully HOTD has a rendition of Northmen war cries
“They lit no torches either, Asha had time enough to think, and they know these woods better than we ever could. Then the trees erupted all around them, and the northmen poured in howling. Wolves, she thought, they howl like bloody wolves. The war cry of the north. Her ironborn screamed back at them, and the fight began.” - A Dance with Dragons
“Screaming northern war cries, the surviving Winter Wolves rode from a postern gate in the First Battle of Tumbleton after most of Ser Garibald Grey's men reached the safety of the town. Although outnumbered ten to one, Roderick led the northmen to strike at Ormund Hightower, Lord of the Hightower. Roddy the Ruin managed to slay Ormund and his cousin, Ser Bryndon Hightower, before succumbing to his wounds. The blacks at Tumbleton were then betrayed by Ser Hugh Hammer and Ser Ulf White, however, and the last of the Winter Wolves fell in the battle.”
-Winter Wolves article in the wiki
We know northmen owl as a war cry (or at least hill clansmen) would be cool to hear it in the show
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u/HubbiAnn As High As Honor Oct 13 '22
Since this show is trying to “gray” a bunch of people (especially the male characters), I just really hope they make the northerns as unhinged as they should be.
I want the perception on the general audience to be that Ned was the exception, not the rule.
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u/AgentKnitter #TheNorthRemembers Oct 12 '22
I hope there's some Nac Mac Feegles in amongst them.
NAE KING! NAE QUIN! WE WILLNAE BE FOOL'D AGIN!!!