Jon smuggled Mance's son away from the Wall in the care of [[Samwell Tarly]] because he knew that Stannis's sorceress [[Melisandre]] was looking to sacrifice a child of royal blood, and that Mance's title of "King-Beyond-the-Wall" could be construed as a royal lineage.
===''A Dance Dança dos Dragões''===Mance is supposedly burned alive by supostamente é queimado vivo por [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis with the wildlings]], members of the Night's Watchcom o testemunho de [[selvagens]], King's Menmembros da [[Patrulha da Noite]], and Queen's Men there to bare witnesshomens do [[Stannis Baratheon|Rei]] e da [[Selyse Baratheon|Rainha]]. [[Jon Snow]] orders him killed by archers of the Watch during the burning to give him ordena que arqueiros da [[Patrulha da Noite|Patrulha]] matem-no durante a quick deathqueima, para que ele tivesse uma morte rápida.
In actuality the man killed was Na realidade, o homem morto era [[RattleshirtCamisa de Chocalho]], who was glamored by enfeitiçado por [[Melisandre]]'s magic to appear like para parecer como Mance. MeanwhileEnquanto isso, the actual o real Mance is is glamored by a ruby worn at his wrist to appear as Rattleshirté enfeitiçado por um rubi que leva no pulso para parecer como [[Camisa de Chocalho]]. No one bar Ninguém além de Mance and e [[Melisandre knew the truth of the deception. Melisandre kept the secret from ]] sabiam da verdade, nem mesmo [[Stannis due to Baratheon|Stannis's strict code of following the law]], de quem [[Melisandre]] esconde o que fez devido ao rígido código sob o qual ele vive. "Rattleshirt[[Camisa de Chocalho]]" even sparred with chegou até mesmo a praticar com [[Jon Snow in the yard and ]] no pátio, e [[Jon was shocked by the man's speed and skillSnow|Jon]] ficou impressionado com suas habilidades, not knowing it was actually sem saber que na verdade era Mance.
Later when word reached the Posteriormente, quando chegam à [[Muralha]] that notícias de que [[Arya Stark]] (it was unknown the girl was actually não se sabia que a garota, em realidade, era [[Jeyne Poole]]) was to wed iria casar [[Ramsay Snow]], [[Melisandre offered to send Rattleshirt to retrieve her]] ofereceu enviar [[Camisa de Chocalho]] para resgatá-la, but mas [[Jon Snow|Jon refused]] recusa, not trusting Rattleshirtpor não confiar nele. ThereforeEntão, [[Melisandre revealed ]] revela o disfarce de Mance's disguise in order to make , para que [[Jon Snow|Jon reconsider the offer]] reconsidere a oferta. [[Jon Snow|Jon held ]] tinha o controle sobre o filho de Mance's son (it was unknown to both [[Melisandre and Mance that Jon had switched ]] ou Mance's baby with não sabiam que o bebê havia sido trocado pelo filho de [[CrasterGilly]]'s) so , portanto Mance would do everything in his power to rescue faria de tudo para recuperar a irmã de [[Jon Snow|Jon's sister for the sake of his son]], pelo bem de seu próprio filho.
Mance took six wildling spearwives with him - levou seis esposas de lança [[selvagens]] com ele: [[Rowan]], [[Holly]], [[SquirrelEsquilo]], [[Willow Witch-eyeOlho de Bruxa]], [[Frenya]] and e [[Myrtle]]. He arrived at Ele chegou em [[Winterfell]] as a bard under the assumed name como um bardo sob o nome de e "Abel" (an anagram for um anagrama de "Bael" from the , da lenda de "''[[Bael o Bardo]]''" legend) and claimed the women were camp followers and relatives to him. Mance performed songs throughout the wedding and subsequent feast at Winterfell, while during the night his wildling spearwives killed several [[Casa Bolton|Bolton]] men at arms (suspicion was cast on [[Theon Greyjoy]] at first, then [[Casa Manderly|Manderly]] knights) causing tension in the castle between the [[Casa Bolton|Bolton]], [[Casa Frey|Frey]] and northern houses. They also got the help of a reluctant and fearful Theon Greyjoy to help them free "Arya", even though he knew it was really [[Jeyne Poole]]. Tensions exploded in the castle when [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder Frey]] was murdered (though the spearwives claimed to [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] that his death was not their doing). Disguised as bedmaids bringing water for Arya's bath, the six women and [[Theon Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] entered her bedchamber and there Squirrel stripped out of her clothes and they disguised the terrified [[Jeyne Poole|Jeyne]] as a bedmaid to sneak her out (Squirrel would remain in the room and escape by climbing down the tower).
The ploy was O plano foi um sucesso até que [[Jeyne Poole|Jeyne]] revela a success until Jeyne gives their position away by screaminglocalização deles gritando, and e ela e [[Theon and Jeyne are forced to jump from Greyjoy|Theon]] são forçados a pular das muralhas de [[Winterfell's battlements to the snow below]] para a neve acumulada embaixo. It was reported in a Foi informado numa carta de [[Bastard LetterRamsay Snow|letterRamsay]] Ramsay Bolton sent a [[Jon that Snow]] que Mance has been captured and thrown in a cage which is exposed to the elements and that the six spearwives that came with him had been killed and skinnedhavia sido capturado e jogado numa jaula ao ar livre, e que as seis esposas de lança que estavam com ele haviam sido mortas e esfoladas. Mance is being forced to use their sewed-together skins in the cage, as it is his only source of warmthestava sendo forçado a usar uma capa feita das peles delas costuradas como única fonte de calor.
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