Game of Thrones King of the White Walkers
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Even after contempo events on the show, the ending of Game of Thrones season 7 is still pretty badass, right? The Night King, a being of immence power and malevolence has taken poor Valerion and turned the cream colored dragon into a blue-eyed devil. And this frosty flyer brought downwardly Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. The only harbor for the Night's Watch lies in ruins and the regular army of the expressionless marches toward Winterfell. It is a grim cliffhanger, with the Night King all but cackling as he rides off into the horizon.
And information technology was one of those rare moments that made both book and Tv fans poop their pants, mainly because this leader of the White Walkers hasn't fifty-fifty appeared in the novels as of yet, but he is now embracing his destiny as the most chilling fiend on boob tube. Withal where did this guy come up from, exactly?
A Song of Ice and Fire's Night's King
The first time Game of Thrones fans saw this beingness was in flavour iv as it turned a Wildling baby into a White Walker (or White Crawler?). While never encountered in the books, this fearsome foe has been alluded to there as well, often under the nom de guerre of the Night's King. To be clear, his literary origin and backstory are likely quite dissimilar from what is occurring on Game of Thrones since season half dozen revealed him existence cursed by the Children of the Forest. However, there is probable withal some basis in his evil from Martin's original vision of his icy touch, which from the bits and pieces dropped in the novels, it appears the Night'southward King lived in the Westerosi Historic period of Heroes. To give you an idea of how long ago this was, the Nighttime's King lived in the period just later the Wall was completed, most eight thousand years before the events of A Game of Thrones . The Nighttime's King was also the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Scout. Think virtually that: ol' ice horns was the 13th Lord Commander, and Jon Snow is the 998th!
Every bit legend has it, when the Lord Commander ventured beyond the Wall, he met a cute adult female with white skin whose affect could freeze the living. She was besides said to have eyes "like blue stars."
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So as the Nighttime's Rex consummated his love with this mysterious woman, he lost his soul. The Rex and his ice bride took up residence in the Nightfort (call up that place where Bran and company met Samwell Tarly?). The Night's Male monarch ruled there for 13 horrible years and performed all manner of black magic and unnatural atrocities, including sacrifices in the dark to the White Walkers. The horrors of this era came to their end when the Rex Beyond the Wall (a forerunner to Mance Rayder) teamed with the Rex Brandon Stark (back when the Starks ruled the Due north) to defeat the erstwhile leader of the Nighttime'southward Sentinel.
After the defeat of the Dark's King and his enslaved Night'south Sentinel, the Wildlings and the Starks fabricated certain that all records of this wicked entity were stricken from history, including his proper name. Every bit a result Brandon became known every bit both Brandon the Breaker, and the King of Winter.
Now nearly of those stories came from One-time Nan and were told to Bran Stark in happier times. All of these legends were related to readers through Bran's memories, and so this information all comes from the recollections of a male child remembering stories told to him when he was little older than a toddler. From these memories, fans can slice together somewhat of a clearer picture regarding the history of this trigger-happy foe. For example, Nan mentioned to Bran that the Night's Rex has been rumored to be a member of the family Umber or the family unit Bolton. Afterwards the acts the Dark's King committed in the past two seasons, we can believe the Bolton rumor, just the truth may even be more disturbing.
According to One-time Nan, the Night's King may in fact exist (hold on to your small clothes) a Stark! If that isn't enough, legend has information technology that the Night's Male monarch was not merely any Stark, he was King Brandon Stark'south brother—or possibly Brandon Stark himself! Could Brandon have possibly been rehabilitated in history books as a heroic "King of Winter" past the Stark family? At present how that connects to the crippled immature lord of mod mean solar day Winterfell is anyone's guess, but these whispers of the past are intriguing, and could give readers and viewers a hint on what role this awesome new villain could play in the time to come.
Game of Thrones' Night Male monarch
On the HBO series, the Nighttime King has a completely dissimilar backstory from what y'all simply read above. Fans behave witness to the origin of the Night Rex (and what a thrill that was after years of fan whispers and speculation) in i of Bran Stark'southward visions. Through Bran's eyes, fans lookout man the Children of the Forest (an ancient sprite/ fairy similar race that existed before the First Men came to Westeros) pressing a Dragonglass dagger into the middle of one of the Kickoff Men. The man's optics turn an water ice bluish as he transforms into the first White Walker—the Night King. In the ultimate bit of irony, the Children of the Forest created the White Walkers and their icy crowned monarch in club to protect themselves from the destructive ways of the First Men. Equally we know, the Children will subsequently form an alliance with the First Men to boxing the White Walkers that the Children foolishly created. Intending for them to be a barrier against the world of man, they instead created a monstrosity that will destroy u.s.a. all.
So yes, the Dark Rex was once one of the First Men forced to endure a horrific transformation at the hands of the Children of the Forest. Now every bit we race toward the end of the serial, the Children's mistake has go the mistake of man and the heroes, dragons, and even the villains of Westeros will presently face the Dark Male monarch in all his terrible glory.
Game of Thrones King of the White Walkers
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