Free Northman Reborn Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 21 hours ago, Universal Sword Donor said: WF had a guard of 200, not 100. Ned took 50, which was noted as a quarter of the WF guard. Frankly 200 sounds about right. Your estimation of guards need to watch the walls is, tbh, insanely high. Even in war time, you would have patrols walking the walls at a certain interva, guarding whomever, and standing watch at critical points (eg the great hall). But those guards have to rotate, sleep, eat, take a dump, et al. Yes, we have taken this discussion much further in a seperate "Castle Garrison Size" thread I created for that purpose. Nittanian provided pretty much every quote in the books on various castles' garrison sizes, and it is clear that in peacetime a garrison of 100-200 seems quite large for almost every castle, while in wartime 300 seems to be about average for a large castle, with the Freys allocating 400 to the Twins during the War of the Five Kings and the Dreadfort being an extreme outlier with a 600 strong garrison during the War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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