Besides this shared ethnic heritage, their common descent means that there are also many cultural similarities between the wildlings and the Northerners. They were, essentially, the people unlucky enough to be living north of the Wall when it was constructed eight thousand years ago. The Free Folk are descended from the First Men, as are the inhabitants of the North. Periodically throughout history, the Free Folk have been united under a King-Beyond-the-Wall. " They're not your lands! We've been here the whole time! You lot came along and just put up a big Wall and said it was yours!" ― Ygritte
The term "wildlings" is sometimes also employed to refer to other "savages," such as the members of the hill tribes of the Vale that defy the rule of House Arryn, but out of context, the term is usually understood to refer to the peoples living beyond the Wall. The Free Folk are now allies of House Stark after many of their people were saved by Jon Snow. Normally the wildlings are divided into many different rival clans, but occasionally, they unite behind a single over-chieftain known as a King-Beyond-the-Wall, as they were under Mance Rayder. The people of the Seven Kingdoms refer to the Free Folk derogatorily as " wildlings," while the Free Folk refer to those south of the Wall as " kneelers." The name they employ makes reference to their society, which recognizes no inherent or hereditary political authority, except for leaders whom they choose to follow.
The Free Folk is the self-given name for the people who live in the lands beyond the Wall, still on the continent of Westeros but beyond the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms. " We don't kneel for anyone beyond the Wall." ― Mance Rayder
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