What do you think is the long-term fate of the wildlings? Extermination, return to Beyond the Wall, or absorbed by the Northmen?

Absorbed by the Northmen. Honestly, there’s not a whole lot of difference between them, the hill clans, and the Skagosi, so they could potentially fit in. The main thing is going to be getting them to accept property rights, otherwise their neighbors are going to kill them.