Are White Walkers immune to fire?

White Walkers are invulnerable against even highly concentrated dragonfire. It is unknown if they are also immune to wildfire.
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Can fire kill White Walkers?

They can be killed by being set on fire or stabbed with either dragonglass or Valyrian steel. But the easiest way to wipe out huge swaths of wights is to kill the White Walker that created them in the first place so they'll all drop dead (or re-dead) immediately.
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Is the Night King immune to fire?

Later in the episode, Daenerys rains down dragon fire on the Night King, but it doesn't even melt one of his little icicle horns. Some viewers have taken it to mean that he is one of the original Targaryens, and is therefore immune to dragon fire just like Daenerys.
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Why didnt fire kill the wight bear?

This now makes Viserion immune to fire, but not to Dragonglass or Valyrian steel. Reason why the Snow Bear is a White Walker: The bear was very immune to fire, as is the case when it wasn't backing away from Thoros' flaming sword when trying to bite down on him.
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Why was the Night King immune to fire?

They're [the Night King's ice power and Dany's fire] two polar opposites, so they can't really be killed by each other.” This posit calls to mind Harry Potter and Voldemort's battles in the film series where their powers basically cancel each other out.
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The Untold Truth Of The Night King



Was Benjen a White Walker?

You guessed it, Benjen is a White Walker...

They shoved a piece of dragonglass in his chest, which stopped him from falling to the control of the unfriendly White Walkers. That's why he was able to maintain loyalty to his family and help Bran and Meera.
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Is the Ice King a Targaryen?

Simply put: no, the Night King is not a Targaryen, as poetic as it would have been for Jon / Aegon and Daenerys to have to face off against their many-greats-grandfather.
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Why can't the White Walkers cross water?

White Walkers are allergic to salt.

This theory not only covers the idea of the Night King's army swimming across, but also why they don't use their magical winter abilities to freeze the water and walk across. And it's simple, really: White Walkers are allergic to salt.
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Could the Night King have gotten past the wall without a dragon?

Long story short, the NK could always get pass the Wall, otherwise it makes no sense for him to have been building an army, unless we are to assume that he just "knew" a dragon would fall in his lap.
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Did the dragon become a White Walker?

In the final scene of the epic, nearly 90-minute-long "Game of Thrones" season finale, we finally see what has become of Viserion. The Night King killed Viserion in last week's episode of "Game of Thrones" and turned the dragon into a White Walker or wight.
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Is Jon Snow immune to fire?

No, Jon is not immune to fire. Remember in the first season, when a wight attacks Castle Black and tries to kill Lord Commander Mormont. Jon throws a lantern at it, and burns his hand in the process. Jon tried to shout, but his voice was gone.
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Can Jon Snow Burn?

Jon Snow was revealed in Season 6 to be a Targaryen. Daenerys, throughout the show, has shown an immunity to fire. This power has varied from books to TV series, and from character to character.
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Is rhaegar Targaryen a White Walker?

Considering he was the first White Walker, he now leads an army of similar walkers like a wintry edition of The Walking Dead.
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Why can Valyrian steel kill White Walkers?

We know what won't work: Regular steel swords won't kill either White Walkers or Wights. Fire does work on wights, who are very flammable. But White Walkers seem to be able to walk through it unscathed. Swords made of Valyrian steel (which are forged with dragon fire, according to legend) can kill them.
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Why did the White Walkers not kill Sam?

Speculations On Why The White Walkers Let Sam Live

Since Sam saw firsthand the enormity of the White Walkers and their army, he could spread the truth which would result in more fear. Essentially, the White Walkers could have wanted Sam to travel back to the Wall and inform the Night's Watch of what was coming.
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Why did White Walkers want bran?

Exactly why The Night King insists on killing Bran is later summed up by the Three-Eyed Raven himself in season 8 episode 2's "A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms" by stating “He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory.” Since the Three-Eyed Raven is basically a living record of mankind within the world of Game Of ...
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Did the Night King know dragons were coming?

He came prepared. He held the wights back waiting for the dragons to arrive. He could have just made them form some kind of skeletal body bridge if he truly wanted to kill Jon and Co., but he didn't.
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Was the Night King a Warg?

Like Bran, the Night King is also a super warg. Some think he can warg into his entire wight army, and he definitely uses his powers to control them.
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Can the White Walkers cross the wall?

It got there because someone dragged it through the gate believing it was dead only to have it come back to life. The White Walkers might not be able to cross the wall on their own volition, but they can cross the wall with someone's help. That means if someone allows them in they could essentially get past the wall.
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Why do White Walkers take babies?

Back in Season 2, we learned that Craster had been leaving his newborn sons — products of his incestuous coupling with his daughters — out in the woods after they were born for the White Walkers to take, presumably in exchange for the creatures allowing him and his daughters to live, well, not exactly in peace, but ...
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What woke the White Walkers?

'This happens after Benjen goes to the Wall and Ned's brother and father die… He goes to war with Robert…and leaves Winterfell without a blood Stark. Ned Stark is the reason the white walkers woke up.
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Why didn't the White Walkers go around the wall?

Wights did not cross the wall on their own. They waited as corpses until rangers took them in. It appears, if a NW man accompanies them, the wall's magic won't stop them.
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Who was the 1st White Walker?

The Night King was the first of the White Walkers. He was one of the First Men before he was turned into something else by the Children of the Forest.
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How come the Night King can ride a dragon?

The Night King uses his power to raise Viserion from the dead, the same way he's raised wights from the dead. That means Viserion is filled with the Night King's magic, which is why his fire is blue and why the Night King is able to use him as a mount.
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Is the Night King's dragon fire or ice?

It's certainly still fire — it has the ability to burn the Wall and melt snow. But it's going to have a different kind of magical quality to it, because it's coming from an undead dragon" ” Podeswa said.
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