Ortinbras Scouting Watch

The Ortinbras Scouting Watch is a military order dedicated to holding the Great Wall, the immense fortification on the border of Ortinbras, defending the realm from any southerner who may pose threat. The men of Watch wear only black.

Structure

 * Scouts: Although all brothers of the Watch stand watch on the Wall, the scouts are the main fighting force, adept at surviving in the wilderness and tasked with ranging and patrolling beyond the Wall. They actively defend the Wall and ride out to face the Watch's enemies, including the lawless tribesmen.
 * Purveyors: The purveyors are the largest of the three orders. The purveyors are responsible for an assortment of critical functions, providing vital day-to-day services. They hunt and farm, tend horses, gather firewood, cook meals, make clothing, maintain weapons, and conduct trade with the south, bringing back to the Wall all of the supplies needed by the Watch. Like other members of the Watch, the purveyors must be ready to fight at a moment’s notice, and all have received at least basic combat training.
 * Constructors: The constructors are responsible for maintaining the Wall, the gates, and the equipment. They provide masons, carpenters, miners, and woodsmen.

Recruitment
Once, serving on the Wall was honor and a sign of selfless devotion to duty, with many knights, honorable men, and nobles taking the black voluntarily. Today, the Scouting Watch is beginning to be seen as only a way to avoid punishment; suitable less for knights now than for the dregs of Trost, salvaged from dungeons by traveling recruiters. Disgraced nobles, bastards, and even the unwanted legitimate offspring of nobles are “encouraged” to take the black, making many of today’s Watch a surly and dissatisfied lot.

Those who come voluntarily are free to leave during any time of their training, but no man may leave after he has said vows. Any deserters are sentenced to death. After taking the vows, the men of the Watch cannot own any land, marry, or father children. Men are also encouraged to sever any ties left with their families, if they're lucky enough to have one.

Men of the Scouting Watch are garbed all in black, a tradition.