The wait for the final season of game of thrones is almost over. We want to help you get through
the anticipation with an interesting fan theory. While numerous people and channels are still
trying to figure out who will make it through the show alive we really wanna focus on one
if not the biggest mystery oft he show: the night king and his white walkers. Could these
guys end up winning the game of thrones? And what exactly is their endgame? We want to
try to offer an answer to these questions by looking at a very interesting fan theory.
But please be aware that from here on out we will enter the spoiler territory. You have
been warned. Up until now we have always regarded the night
king as a villain, a coldblooded monster. He always used his army of white walkers to
reek havoc beyond the wall until he managed to tear it down in order to conquer westeros.
But let me ask you this – do we really know the intentions of the ice cold would be king?
George R R Martin stated over and over again that he does not like stories with clearly
defined good and evil characters. And a song of ice and fire is proof of that. I mean let’s
take Jaime Lannister for example. Back in season 1 who would have thought that that
he would become a likeable fan favorite? Now he is adored by numerous fans across the globe.
The only two villains that were nothin but pure evil were Jeoffrey and Ramsay Bolton.
But what about the night king? In the show we learn that he was originally created by
the children of the forest in order to defend them against mankind. But the humans and the
children of the forest came to a truce and established peace. Unfortunately though the
children oft he forest lost control over the night king and his white walkers who became
a menace to every single living creature. Many fans assume that the nightking simply
wants revenge and strives to become a human being again. But one theory goes even one
step further. risk Let’s look back at the tale of the long
night for a second… the white walkers became a threat to everyone men and children fo a
forest alike and covered the land in a dark wintert hat lasted for one generation. In
a desperate fight against these armies the children of the forest and the humans formed
a pact. According to the legend the last champion of the human race managed to successfully
beat the white walkers who were had to retreat to the north. Bran the builder then build
the big wall in order to continue to keep them out while night watch was put in charge
of monitoring any activities that occured beyond the wall.
But what if this legend wasn't true at all. How could one single man be possibly able
to defeat all of the white walkers on his own. Well according to the theory – the
champion didn't use force to defeat the white walkers but diplomacy. Similar to the pact
between the children of the forest and mankind - the hero came to an agreement with the former
enemy. The pact allowed the white walkers to claim the icy land beyond the wall for
themselves without the interference of mankind who would no longer be allowed to enter their
territory. This is why the white walkers themselves build the wall in order to keep the humans
out – while the night watch was put in charge to monitor any activities at the border – thus
upholding the agreement. Apparently this pact was sealed with a wedding.
And this is where the theory relies on the other nightking – the night’s king an
error that the show itself created. The recording of a wedding between a human being and a white
walker is part oft he legend oft he 13th lord commander of the nightwatch. The latter fell
in love with a female white walker and took her to be his whife. He then called himself
the nightking and she became his queen. For 13 years the two ruled together and resided
ind their nightfort – the oldest fortress beyond the wall. During their reign the most
gruesome acts of violence were commited – even human sacrifices. It all stopped after the
king and his queen were brutally murdered. But what if the deeds of the nightking were
all part of the pact between mankind and the white walkers? Did the truce demand human
sacrifices? After all it does seem like the White Walkers
would let themselves influence by that…i mean let’s look back at the old craster
who lived north of the wall with multiple wifes. He sacrificed his infant sons to the
white walkers. And as we all saw in season 4 The night king uses these babies in order
create more white walkers. But if there was a pact why did the night
king tear down the wall? This is where the song of ice and fire comes
to play – a possible agreement that demanded a decrease of fire magic. Season 2 however
states that the red meteor announced the return of the fire magic thanks to Daenerys Targaryan.
Dragons were born again and the fire (figuretively speaking) starts to spread again in the world.
To make matters worse - a Stark was brutally murdered and according to the theory the starks
played a pivotal role when it came to the pact between mankind and white walkers. Was
the old lord commander a Stark? Are the offspring of the starks linked to the white walkers?
Could this be the answer to the weird connection between Bran and the nightking?
More on that in a minute. Let us first focus on the important bit – the impending danger
through dragon fire. In addition to that the line between the human world was crossed over
and over again by men. So it seems like the land of the white walkers is in danger. There
goal could be to reestablish the balance of things. Most importantly by containing the
threat of fire - the threat that comes form Daenerys.
That would mean that the white walkers aren’t just generic evildoers. They simply act upon
their right. The right of a long forgotten pact. This could mean that the nightking is
coming for Daenerys and intends to kill her. Some fans take this theory even one step further.
They believe in a pivotal connection between the starks and the white walkers. If the 13th
Lord commander was in fact a stark his decendants would all share this special connection. This
could explain the fact that most oft he stark children have the ability to warg. This would
also make Jon Snow the ultimate embodiement of the song of ice and fire. His father was
a Targaryan, his mother a Stark. According to the theory Jon will end up killing the
nightking only to take his place as his successor – thus reestablishing the balance between
ice and fire. This would definitely be in line with the
bittersweet ending that George R R Martin always refered to.
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