Benjen takes a deep breath as he has a lot to say. "The free folk are a race of people who live beyond the Wall. They consist of many oft savage tribes and village-dwellers. Some are not so savage, but most are hostile. They spend much of their time fighting one another, aside from the times when they are unified by a King-beyond-the-Wall. They have one now named Mance Rayder." He gazes into the forest. "There are also the Others."