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== Bear Island == | == Bear Island == | ||
[[File:Bear Island.jpg|thumb|Isolated and wild, Bear Island is a hardy place for a hardy people, where the bears are said to outnumber men.]] | |||
The Island that sits in the Bay of Ice might have been considered no more than an extension of the Clans of the Wood or the Mountain Clans, were it not for the unique people that have grown up under its dense pines or single jagged peak. The Bearmen, like the men of the Stony Shore, have been shaped by the threats that come to their shores, both from Ironmen Reavers, and Wildling Raiders that dare to cross the Bay of Ice from Beyond the Wall. The Bearmen believe that every man and woman must be able to toil and fight, in order for their people to survive. This has led to a unique perception of succession and a woman's role in war and peacetime. By the time of the Coming of the Andals, Bear Island was ruled by the Woodfoots, and their most significant vassal was House Mormont of Bearstone. | The Island that sits in the Bay of Ice might have been considered no more than an extension of the Clans of the Wood or the Mountain Clans, were it not for the unique people that have grown up under its dense pines or single jagged peak. The Bearmen, like the men of the Stony Shore, have been shaped by the threats that come to their shores, both from Ironmen Reavers, and Wildling Raiders that dare to cross the Bay of Ice from Beyond the Wall. The Bearmen believe that every man and woman must be able to toil and fight, in order for their people to survive. This has led to a unique perception of succession and a woman's role in war and peacetime. By the time of the Coming of the Andals, Bear Island was ruled by the Woodfoots, and their most significant vassal was House Mormont of Bearstone. | ||