Mance Rayder

Mance Rayder is a Wildling born in the Frostfang Valley where he was sent to the Night's Watch but abandoned them to rejoin the Wildlings.

Mance Rayder was a wildling child taken by the Night's Watch and raised as one of them. He was a loyal member of the Night's Watch for most of his life until he suffered an injury while ranging, and was healed by a wildling woman. While he recuperated, she mended his torn cloak with swatches of red fabric. Upon returning to the Wall, the Night's Watch commanders required him to replace his mended cloak with one of uniform black. This infringement of freedom caused him to abandon the Night's Watch and live with the wildlings in the way he wished. Mance Rayder would take control of Clan Thenn following his return, and would lead them in attempting to unite the clans of Frostfang so that they could escape Frostfang by crossing the southern wall. His plans failed when the White Walkers annihilated the city of Hardholme and sent the slowly uniting forces of the Wildlings into the wind. Now leader of a fleeing Clan Thenn he would lead them northward where they hid themselves in the mountains of the north, and he attempted to find the other clans that had survived the fall of Hardholme.

Appearance
Mance is a big man, long legged and lean, broad in the chest and shoulders. His once long brown hair is now gone mostly grey, laughter lines appear at the corner of his mouth. He has a sharp face and shrewd brown eyes. He is an unremarkable-looking man in his middle years, with a fondness for music.

Early History
Mance Rayder was a wildling child taken by the Night's Watch and raised as one of them. He was a loyal member of the Night's Watch for most of his life until he suffered an injury while ranging, and was healed by a wildling woman. While he recuperated, she mended his torn cloak with swatches of red fabric. Upon returning to the Wall, the Night's Watch commanders required him to replace his mended cloak with one of uniform black. This infringement of freedom caused him to abandon the Night's Watch and live with the wildlings in the way he wished.

Clann Thenn
Mance Rayder would take control of Clan Thenn following his return, and would lead them in attempting to unite the clans of Frostfang so that they could escape Frostfang by crossing the southern wall. His plans failed when the White Walkers annihilated the city of Hardholme and sent the slowly uniting forces of the Wildlings into the wind. Now leader of a fleeing Clan Thenn he would lead them northward where they hid themselves in the mountains of the north, and he attempted to find the other clans that had survived the fall of Hardholme.