Wandering Crows is the nickname received by sworn brothers of the Night's Watch who travel through the Seven Kingdoms recruiting new members for the order. Usually, these recruits are lowly criminals - rapers, thieves or murderers - that have chosen to take the black to avoid execution or mutilation. Thus, the few Wandering Crows typically scour the dungeons of the five major cities of the Seven Kingdoms (such as King's Landing itself) and several of the larger towns. But there are also volunteers, for example poor boys and men, searching for a opportunity of regular food and shelter, and also highborn sons on the search for glory and honor.