When Jon brings wildlings south of the Wall, he offers willing warriors the opportunity to garrison the Watch's towers, including female warriors known as spearwives. However, Jon is concerned some of the brothers will harass or harm the wildling women who are now being sheltered at the Wall. To help keep the women and girls safe at the Wall, Jon gives the women, girls, and spearwives their own castle (Long Barrow). As a result, the spearwives are able protect themselves and non-warrior females from the unwanted attentions of those men who may harm them. The only men around are two trusted Night's Watch members to oversee the castle's Night's Watch operations.

Jon: "Did Mance ever sing of Brave Danny Flint?"

Tormund: "Not as I recall. Who was he?"

Jon: "A girl who dressed up like a boy to take the black. Her song is sad and pretty. What happened to her wasnt." In some versions of the song, her ghost still walked the Nightfort. "I'll send the girls to Long Barrow." The only men there were Iron Emmett and Dolorous Edd, both of whom he trusted. That was not something he could say of all his brothers.