Will

From Asoiaf

Will was a poacher caught red-handed by Mallister's freeriders. He chose to become a Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch rather than losing a hand. He spent four years in the Watch to become a veteran of a hundred rangings.

He went out on a ranging riding together with Gared and Ser Waymar Royce. They rode north from the Wall for nine days on the track of a band of wildling raiders. Will scouted ahead and found their camp with all the wildlings apparently dead. Gared and Ser Waymar quarreled about what to do next, Gared wanting to return and Waymar wanting check out the wildlings more closely. Gared claimed the wildlings froze to death, but since the Wall had been weeping lately Waymar claimed this was not possible. Waymar ordered Will to show them the camp. Leaving Gared to guard the horses Will and Waymar walked the last stretch to find the camp empty. While Will was in a tree scouting when the Others came. After a swordfight the Others slew Ser Waymar Royce and disappeared. Will climbed down to survey the scene when Ser Waymar came back to life and strangled him.