EVERYTHING you know about Mance Rayder is WRONG (Essay)

A video essay explaining why everything the fandom believes about Mance Rayder is actually false, using a deep analysis of the books of ASOAIF. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 03:44 1. MANCE IS A LIAR 05:41 2. KNOWLEDGE OF JON 09:21 3. MANCE WASN'T AT WINTERFELL 10:28 Bag of silver 13:21 Qorgyle 16:25 Evidence law 19:36 Premise for going south 21:08 Robert's feast 22:25 Direwolves 23:17 Benches 24:10 Singer 26:46 Meat and mead 28:45 Argument from silence 30:03 Take it all together 30:38 Crypts 32:05 tldr 34:37 4. ABSURD LOGISTICS 38:22 Story came from Benjen 41:36 5. MANCE KILLED BEN 44:29 Ringmail 48:34 What happened to Ben 51:14 When did Ben die 54:58 Ben was sacrificed 01:00:59 6. MANCE'S ORIGIN IS A LIE 01:02:10 Shadowcats 01:05:03 Where were his friends 01:06:52 7. DALLA IS WHY HE LEFT 01:07:34 Bad logistics 01:09:46 Sorcery 01:13:13 COTF? 01:14:07 Elk 01:15:53 Healing 01:17:28 Oatmeal 01:20:00 Bloodraven 01:22:12 8. MANCE'S CLOAK 01:23:35 CONCLUSION