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Matthew MG
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Regarding Mance's plan, I thought the horse head scene from a few weeks ago laid it out fairly clearly;  From Mance's perspective Mormont and most of his men are either dead or north of The Wall fighting White Walkers, which means Castle Black is relatively undefended. The Wall makes a frontal assault on Castle Black