Is Gilly Craster's daughter?

A young wildling girl who lives north of the Wall, Gilly is one of many daughters of Craster, a wildling who takes all his daughters as wives once they grow up into women. She has a son with her father Craster. Samwell falls for her and becomes protective of her.
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Who is Craster's daughter in got?

Dyah was a daughter of Craster.
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Is Gilly pregnant with Sam's baby?

She is pregnant with Craster's child, and fears that if she gives birth to a son, Craster will sacrifice him to the Others. She beseeches Samwell to help her, and Samwell agrees, sending her to Jon Snow, to the annoyance of the latter.
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Who is the daughter wives of Craster's keep?

Ferny was an older daughter-wife and might have been Gilly's mother, given that she referred to Gilly as "my girl". Gilly, who escapes with Samwell Tarly during the brawl, is the only known survivor of Craster's wives.
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Is Gilly's baby a white walker?

Game of Thrones: Season 4

The baby becomes a White Walker.
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Is the Night King a stark?

According to Old Nan, the Night's King may in fact be (hold on to your small clothes) a Stark! If that isn't enough, legend has it that the Night's King was not just any Stark, he was King Brandon Stark's brother—or possibly Brandon Stark himself!
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Why do White Walkers ignore Sam?

Some fans have speculated that the reason for sparing him was twofold. Firstly, they needed a messenger, someone that would go and tell the living about the mighty army that had begun its march and instill fear in the hearts of any who heard about them. Secondly, Sam is cowering behind a rock and ready to die.
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Is Lady Mormont Jorah's sister?

While they're not a major noble house, they've been present throughout the series with various characters. Its surviving main players, Ser Jorah Mormont and Lady Lyanna Mormont, are even cousins. Yes, cousins!
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What happens to Gilly's baby?

However, Jon Snow, the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, has swapped Gilly's son with Dalla's. This is done to spare the innocent child from Melisandre's flames on account of his king's blood, leaving Gilly's son at the Wall.
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Are all the White Walkers Crasters children?

The Night King Turns Craster's Sons Into White Walkers

The conversion of Craster's sons into baby White Walkers is the only way the Night King and his brood can procreate. Indeed, even during the Age of Heroes, the Night's Queen bore no children for the mysterious 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
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What happens to Gilly and her son?

After Maester Aemon's death, during Jon's absence in Hardhome, she is almost sexually assaulted by two members of the Watch, but is saved by Sam and Ghost, after which she willingly makes love to him. She and her baby later leave Castle Black for Oldtown with Sam on Jon Snow's orders.
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Does Samwell Tarly marry Gilly?

And of course, Sam realizes that Jon is actually a Targaryen thanks to Gilly finding the information. After all this time together, it certainly seems like Sam and Gilly are already married, especially because we've seen a handful of other weddings on the show.
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Why did ygritte spare Gilly?

She spared her because Gilly had an infant and wasn't posing a direct threat to anyone else.
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Did Craster's babies become White Walkers?

In Game of Thrones, Craster's sons were given to the White Walkers, which is just one of the many things that led sworn brothers of the Night's Watch to detest the Wildling Craster, even though he was one of their few allies beyond the wall.
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What did the White Walkers do with the babies?

The White Walkers turned the babies into new White Walkers. We see in Game of Thrones season 4 that the White Walkers are taking Craster's male children deep into the Lands of Always Winter to an altar hidden in the mountains.
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Why do White Walkers turn babies?

What did the White Walkers do with the babies in the book? Well, according to the books, this is how "the others" procreate. Since they cannot make children of their own — being frozen zombies kind of makes that difficult — the walkers turn abandoned children into children of their own.
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Is Samwell Tarly a Targaryen?

According to a recent Game of Thrones fan theory, Samwell Tarly might be Jon Snow's brother and the last missing Targaryen with a claim to the Iron Throne.
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How many kids does Craster have?

In the TV series, Craster boasts that he has had 99 sons by his many daughter-wives, which could be an empty bragging; he has sacrificed all of them to the White Walkers.
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Is The Night King A targaryen?

No, the Night King is not a Targaryen.

The Night King isn't the leader of the White Walkers. Instead, he's a legendary historical figure who supposedly betrayed the Night's Watch to marry a “corpse queen” and then crowned himself a king.
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What is Ser Jorah's disease?

Greyscale causes the skin to become very thick and scaly (or hyperkeratotic), with rashes that spread over time and may eventually cover the entire body. As we have seen with Jorah, as the disease progresses, the thick scale can also become scabbed, with pus underneath.
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Who kills Lady Mormont?

Her final living breath was no different. In the brutal battle, she was gripped by a giant wight, who picked her up and crushed her small body to death.
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Why did the White Walkers want Bran?

In Season 8, Bran reveals that the Night King wants to destroy him because he holds all of the history of man.
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Why can't Uncle Benjen pass the wall?

When Benjen said his good-byes to Bran and Meera in season six, he explained that he wasn't able to pass beyond the Wall because “ancient spells” and “strong magic” prevent the dead from crossing. Nevertheless, he left them with a promise: “The great war is coming and I still fight for the living.
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Why did the Night King 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, "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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