The long night is coming and the dead come with it
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Hi everyone, in this video we are going to focus on a very important question that will
be key in the coming seasons of Game of Thrones...
How To Defeat The White Walkers?
I want to share a theory based on what has happened on the tv show so far that is going
to answer this question but before I jump into it, let’s establish a couple of things
first.
Number 1. How Can you Kill A White walker?
There are two known ways to kill a White Walker:
Way Number 1 - Dragonglass
Dragonglass is a form of volcanic glass known to be able to kill White Walkers, as demonstrated
by Sam in Season 3 Episode 8 “Second Sons”, in which he stabs a White Walker in the shoulder
which causes it to freeze and shatter in multiple pieces.
Way Number 2 - Valyrian steel:
A rare metal really sharp and strong which only a few swords are made of. When the metal
comes in contact with White Walkers, it works like Dragonglass, by shattering the White
Walkers in multiple pieces, as seen in “Hardhome” (season 5 episode 8 ) when Jon Snow takes
down a White Walker with his sword Longclaw.
We also learned from that same scene that Valyrian steel can block a White Walker sword
which would typically shatter normal iron.
Now, before I move on, I also wanted to mention that there is a theory that fire from a real
Dragon might be also be able to take the White Walkers down, but to this stage, that has
not been proven. So I’ll just set that aside for now.
So in order to win against the White Walkers, we know for sure that you either need Dragonglass
or Valyrian steel. So what’s the problem?
Problem #1: Where the Steel At?
Valyrian Steel is SUPER rare and only a few swords in the world are known to be made of
it. The ones we know of so far are:
▪ Heartsbane, that belongs to House Tarly, “Borrowed" by Samwell Tarly
▪ Longclaw, the sword of House Mormont, given by Jeor Mormont to Jon Snow.
▪ Oathkeeper, Given by Jaime Lannister to Brienne of Tarth
▪ Widow's Wail, Given to Joffrey Baratheon as a wedding gift, now laying with
his corpse
So even if one army had all four of those weapons, it’s hard to imagine them taking
on an entire white walker army. Even if there were more we could find, I doubt there would
be enough to make a difference.
Problem #2: Can I Get Some Glass with That Spear?
No army so far has been equipped with enough Dragonglass to take on the White Walker army
either because they don’t believe in it or they just have been busy doing other
things.
So what’s the solution, you ask:
In Season 5 episode 5 “Kill the Boy”, when Sam meets Stannis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uo7dwbteFE),
Sam doing some research and trying to find out from the old manuscripts at Castle Black
why Dragonglass can kill White Walkers. That’s when Stannis tells him that they have Dragonglass
on Dragonstone and encourages him to keep reading.
Now from Stannis’ tone it sounds like Dragonglass might be something pretty common or at least
easy to find on Dragonstone.
And that’s the key!
Dragonstone.
The Same Dragonstone on which Daenerys was born.
The same Dragonstone which was left abandoned by Stannis and right now is probably either
unguarded or poorly guarded.
Yes, that Dragonstone.
So basically my theory is that the most important place in the Kingdom to is indeed Dragonstone.
Because when the long night comes, the army that occupies Dragonstone will be the army
that will be able to defeat the White Walkers. And that’s because that army will be able
to craft a ton of weapons made of Dragonglass (remember, the thing that kills White Walkers!).
The White Walkers would be properly matched as they could now be taken down like any other
army.
The next the question is: Who will take over Dragonstone?
Dragonstone is a volcanic island at the mouth of Blackwater Bay. With that in mind, my theory
is that it would have to be someone with a pretty strong naval force or at least the
ability to fly there.
Jon Snow is shit out of luck cause he has none of those things so it would have to either
be Daenerys who has ships and dragons
or
Euron who is in the process of building a lot of ships and has a grudge to settle.
Personally, I think Euron is going to end up taking over Dragonstone because that would
give him some leverage in the upcoming battle. Also it would make for an interesting story
obstacle as other characters would have to ally with him in order to survive the battle
with the White Walkers.
But I am curious to hear what you think about this Dragonstone Theory? Is Dragonstone going
to be as important as I think it will be?
And if so, who do you think is going to take it over? Dany or Euron? Comment below and
let me know.
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