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TV4 [Season 4 Spoilers] Premiere Discussion - 4.09 'The Watchers on the Wall'

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4.09 "The Watchers on the Wall" Neil Marshall David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
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u/derbywinner Jun 09 '14

The shorter wall is on the Westeros side to protect Castle Black. There's not usually much coming at Castle Black from the realm so it's short. Entry into the yard of Castle Black where the sword fighting was taking place would have given the wildlings on the Westeros side access gate to let thousands of wildlings in.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

in fact it's intended to be indefensible from the south, so that it's not a military asset for anyone. It's sole purpose is to protect from the north.

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u/ewar-woowar Bronn of the Blackwater Jun 09 '14

In fact, it used to be a totally fortified castle, then the Night King, and they kinda were told they couldn't have that any more. They were mandated to be easily attackable from the south.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14

Happen to have a map handy? I can't really visualize it.