Hornfoot Tribes
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The Hornfoot are one of the free folk tribes living beyond the Wall, near the Frostfangs. Their name comes from a habit that sets them apart: they go barefoot even in the snow, until the soles of their feet harden and blacken like horn.
Before Mance Rayder brought them under his rule, they fought the Night Runners; afterward they were part of the free folk who came down to the Haunted Forest and eventually crossed the Wall.
Before the War
Rivalry with the Nightrunners
Before Mance Rayder forced peace among the free folk's scattered tribes, the Hornfoot fought the Night Runners. They live near the Frostfangs, and their name comes from going barefoot until the soles harden and darken like horn; they carry long spears and dress in furs.
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March to the Wall
When the free folk left the mountains and followed the Milkwater down toward the heart of the Haunted Forest, the Hornfoot were among them, part of the great mass moving toward the Wall.
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At the Wall
Submission to Stannis
After Stannis Baratheon's victory at the Battle of Castle Black and Mance Rayder's death at Melisandre's hands, the king ordered the Wall's gates opened so the wildlings could cross and join him. Among the minor chiefs who knelt before him were two Hornfoot leaders, dressed in furs, fierce and gaunt, barefoot even in the snow.
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Joining the Night's Watch
Three Hornfoot men returned with Jon Snow from Mole's Town and agreed to join the Night's Watch. They joined the wildlings who swore their oath before the weirwood grove in the Haunted Forest, where among the survivors was another of their own, his feet so frostbitten he would never walk again; to bring him to Castle Black they had to strap him to a horse's back like a sack of grain.
Jon sent the rest to be treated for the cold, hoping warm food and heavier clothing would be enough for most of them.
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The physical world
Visten pieles y empuñan lanzas largas.
Culture · Tormenta de Espadas, Capítulo 15, Jon.
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On the map
On the map
What we are not sure about
PositionWe worked it out
The position was inferred from the label on the base map rather than from a symbol of its own: it marks the area, not the point.
Books and show
Where it appears
In the books (2)
- A Storm of Swords
- A Dance with Dragons
By work
| Work | Format | Where it is told |
|---|---|---|
| A Storm of Swords | Book | March to the Wall |
| A Dance with Dragons | Book | Submission to Stannis, Joining the Night's Watch |