Is Uncle Benjen a night walker?

You guessed it, Benjen is a White Walker...
As for what he is, that's a subject of some debate. Like a White Walker
White Walker
A White Walker is a humanoid creature from the HBO television series Game of Thrones, and the George R. R. Martin novel series A Song of Ice and Fire on which it is based. Primarily referred to as the Others in the novels, White Walkers are a supernatural threat to mankind who dwell north of The Wall in Westeros.
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, he was made by the Children with a shard of dragonglass through the heart.
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Is Uncle Benjen a Walker?

Benjen Stark was more of a mystery rather than an actual character on Game of Thrones. He was introduced in the very first episode as the younger brother of Ned Stark and First Ranger in the Night's Watch. He soon went missing beyond the Wall, only to reappear in Season 6 as a man who is half-human and half-Walker.
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Is Benjen the Night King?

In the books, most likely not. Benjen is missing, presumed dead, north of the Wall and has been since before Ned's execution. In the show, it's possible, though not probable. He's a wight who has retained his mind, but there is no mention of him knowing that Ned had died.
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Why did Uncle Benjen join the Night's Watch?

Benjen joined the night watch after Robb was born and the rebellion was over. He was a third son and no longer heir to Winterfell and had no keep of his own, making the Night's Watch a reasonable choice.
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Where was Uncle Benjen the whole time?

Benjen was the Stark in Winterfell during the entire time Robert's Rebellion raged, ruling as interim Lord of Winterfell while his older brother went to war, much like Bran did for Robb.
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Was 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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What did Lyanna whisper to Ned?

In her final moments, Lyanna whispers into Ned's ear: “If Robert finds out, he'll kill him. You know he will.” Lyanna is referring to her fiance and future king Robert Baratheon.
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Does Aemon know Jon is a Targaryen?

Aemon died not knowing that Jon was a Targaryen, so it would be a sweet tribute to his legacy for Jon to then be named after him. Aemon told Jon to “kill the boy, and let the man be born”, and it'd be fitting to think of the boy as being Jon Snow, and the man being Aemon Targaryen.
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Is Night King a Targaryen?

No, the Night King is not a Targaryen.

In the books, however, the story of the Night King is slightly different. 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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Is Hodor a Targaryen?

No, Hodor is not a Targaryen.

In the TV series, it's revealed that Hodor was originally a stable hand called Wylis who was essentially lobotomized when Bran attempted to warg into Wylis, connecting him with present-day Hodor who was holding back an army of wights.
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What did the Night King do with the babies?

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.
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Why did the Children of the forest create the Night King?

The White Walkers were created by the Children of the Forest thousands of years ago as a form of protection against the First Men who were cutting their sacred trees and slaughtering their tribe. (Rude).
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Do baby White Walkers grow up?

Semantics aside, I would say that yes, it takes 18 years for Craster's sons to become adult White Walkers. Since we know there are female White Walkers (although we don't see them in the TV series), it must fall to them to raise the White Boys.
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Is Bran the Night King?

Bran Became The Night King By Accident

People are always warning Bran about warging for too long, so the idea here is that he tries to warg into the captive First Man to help him escape, only his consciousness becomes trapped in his body and Bran has essentially been the Night King this entire time.
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How was the first White Walker created?

Based on what we've seen, the White Walkers are at least 8,000 years old: In season six, we learned that the Children of the Forest created the very first Walker as a weapon to combat the first men to arrive on Westeros. (They did so by plunging a piece of dragonglass into a man's heart.)
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How did Uncle Benjen survive so long?

In yet another parallel to Jon, Benjen was also resurrected. He told Bran that after being killed by wights he was brought back by the Children of the Forest, who pierced his heart with dragonglass (similar to how they created the first White Walker ever). This somehow kept him from turning into a mindless zombie.
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Is Daemon Targaryen fire proof?

"Targaryens are not immune to fire! The birth of Dany's dragons was unique, magical, wondrous, a miracle. She is called The Unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived. But her brother sure as hell wasn't immune to that molten gold."
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Why only Valyrians ride dragons?

With the help of magic, the Valyrians used dragons as a weapon of war and bonded with them. These bonds were maintained within the Valyrian bloodline by ensuring children were given a dragon egg upon birth, making the dragon imprint on the child as soon as it hatched.
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Is Jon Snow immune to fire?

So, when Jon saved Commander Jeor Mormont from a Wight, using his bare hand to throw a lantern across the room—he let out a scream. He was burned by the fire; he is not fireproof.
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Why did Aemon refuse the throne?

Aemon was the son of a king and despite becoming a maester could have had a claim to the Iron Throne when his older brothers died. But he turned it down and left King's Landing so his presence wouldn't undermine his younger brother King Aegon V's rule.
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Why did Aemon Targaryen say egg?

He was named after his great-great-uncle, Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, by his grandfather, Daeron II Targaryen. Aemon was a bookish boy. He and his younger brother, Prince Aegon, sometimes pretended that their dragon eggs would hatch so they could be dragonriders. Aemon gave Aegon the nickname of "Egg".
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Who is Jon Snow's sister?

With Valerie Targaryen who is still adjusting to finding out she is the twin sister to Jon Snow as well as the secret daughter of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. At the Dragonpit where the meeting of the most powerful people in Westeros gathers to meet.
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Why did Rhaegar run off with Lyanna?

Lyanna was the “Knight of the Laughing Tree,” a secret Rhaegar learned and kept for her safety. And he fell in love with her for it, as she fell in love with him. It's why she stole away with Rhaegar a short time later, and why he had the Kingsguard protect her during Robert's Rebellion.
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Why was Lyanna at the Tower of Joy?

Prelude. According to a semi-canon source, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen kept Lyanna Stark at the tower of joy after her abduction near Harrenhal. During Robert's Rebellion, King Aerys II Targaryen sent Gerold Hightower, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, to retrieve Rhaegar.
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