Mithras Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 After the deal with Tormund, the giants were not able to pass through the gate at CB with their mammoths. So they decided to take a tour at the Eastwatch and pass south from there. While Jon was thinking about the Hardhome mission, he considered using the giants in Eastwatch. That means the giants are close to the Eastwatch to the end of ADwD. What can they do? I would love to see them destroy Dreadfort and rescue any survivors of Winterfell there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barty Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Given proper armor - heavy full plate and big castle forged axes/hammers/swords they will be a devastating force on any battlefield. Look at Gregor Clegane, double his size and imagine there are dozens(if not hundreds) of him running around - no conventional army is going to stand against that. A single Clegane can break battle lines with ease - Giants wouldn't even have to fight - just a single charge and most men would probably run.But its probably not such a good idea to give them weapons and armor unless you can be sure of their loyalty. The Starks had some dealings with giants long ago and the Giants might respect them(like most wildlings) but will it be enough to keep them loyal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofStannis Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Maybe being shock troops in the new northern army other than that I dont see them doing much because its been mentioned that they had no success fighting the Others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crow's Third Eye Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 After the deal with Tormund, the giants were not able to pass through the gate at CB with their mammoths. So they decided to take a tour at the Eastwatch and pass south from there. While Jon was thinking about the Hardhome mission, he considered using the giants in Eastwatch. That means the giants are close to the Eastwatch to the end of ADwD. What can they do? I would love to see them destroy Dreadfort and rescue any survivors of Winterfell there.Beth!I dont know whether its plausible that they would be used for the Hardhome rescue attempt 2, or whether the Wildlings will just be abandoned there. I also liked what you said on another thread about them joining up with Rickon and the Skagosi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joluoto2 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 They will be invited to every party so they can sing that song of theirs. Btw, where's the closest grassland. i guess one of their main priorities is to feed their mammoths right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagon Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Given proper armor - heavy full plate and big castle forged axes/hammers/swords they will be a devastating force on any battlefield. Look at Gregor Clegane, double his size and imagine there are dozens(if not hundreds) of him running around - no conventional army is going to stand against that. A single Clegane can break battle lines with ease - Giants wouldn't even have to fight - just a single charge and most men would probably run. But its probably not such a good idea to give them weapons and armor unless you can be sure of their loyalty. The Starks had some dealings with giants long ago and the Giants might respect them(like most wildlings) but will it be enough to keep them loyal?? Now I'd like to see a Giant hammer fist Gregor into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 The Umbers may welcome them as long lost relatives :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blutraven Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 One thing's for sure. They will fuck shit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Depending on how crap goes down with Jon, there could be a battle/fight at Eastwatch. I hope they'll have an impact on the story, I think they would be awesome to see fight if they were properly outfitted... But, be prepared for Giant-wights though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor de la Tormenta Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 A lot of Baby Hodors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Bastards Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 After the Ides of Marsh shit will go down at the Wall. If Jon is out of the game for now, there has to come the big clash between the wildlings and the NW led by Marsh or Thorne. they will try to get rid of them, but that's not possible anymore. So the giants won't be any help for Stannis or the NW, instead they will be source of carnage. It's even possible that the Others got them, because they were a smaller group than before. Now imagine an Other army full of dead giants and mammoths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blutraven Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Crackpot Alert: Jon comes south (for some reason) with an army of Wildlings, Skagosi, Giants and Mammoths, teams up with Nymeria's wolfpack (somehow) and wages war on the Lannister/Tyrell alliance. Exactly a 0% chance of this happening but it would be so fucking cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Eater Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Across the long lake, one of the mounds moved. He watched it more closely and saw that it was not dirt at all, but alive, a shaggy lumbering beast with a snake for a nose and tusks larger than those of the greatest boar that had ever lived. And the thing riding it was huge as well, and his shape was wrong, too thick in the leg and hips to be a man. In the Battle of Long Lake, Raymun Redbeard was headed south away from the Wall, and met with the Stark force marching north towards them. Lord William Stark was slain and decapitated, and William's brother, Artos, slew Raymun Redbeard in battle. The wildling army is crushed when they are taken in the rear by Lord Harmond Umber, the Drunken Giant, and Redbeard and all his sons are killed, and his line extinguished. Raymund's brother, the Red Raven, was the first to flee the battle. This is foreshadowing when it is inverted with the wildling force coming south fighting on the Stark side, and the force coming from WF being the Boltons. I think Jon will pick the site of his battle along the kingsroad, and pick the spot where there is Long Lake Robb Stark, who had a red beard, was slain by Roose Bolton, and decapitated. The Red Raven could refer to his "brother" Jon, only this time he avenges Robb. The giants on their mammoths from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea could take the Boltons in the rear, led by Wun Wun who had taken a liking to wine according to Jon, along with Davos with the Skagosi supporting Rickon who landed at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea where the giants are staying. After that, when Jon becomes king, I think Wun Wun may *crackpot* join Jon's KG, and Jon may allow the giants to live in the 7K with their own tract of land to sustain them, or allow them to live a semi-nomadic lifestyle in the North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roddy the Ruin Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Full Plate Armored Giant Vanguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitsOfBrains Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 What will the giants do? Eat now. Since they are near Eastwatch they are going to be sent to hardhome to rescue. The other slave ships going to Hardhome to snatch up the rest of the wildlings for slaves will know of The Yellow Whales standing offer of a sack of gold for anyone who can bring him a new giant. They will drunken/roofy the giants, chain them up, and drag them onto their slave ships and deliver them to slavers bay only to find that Yezzan Zo Qaggaz is dead. Without buyers they will just let the giants go and the giants will form their own community in the ruins of slavers bay, since Dany will have gone crazy(er) by the time they get there and have laid waste to the whole region and killed everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minstral Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 How about they just get left alone considering how few there are. Large scale conflicts of any kind, that we are bound to see very soon, risks driving them to extinction. IF they could ever be brought and settled in the North, then perhaps someone smart could use them to control Mammoth herds (if they were brought south too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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