Was Bran the Night King?

The Night King is a show-only character, he doesn't exist in the books (at least not yet). Bran being the Night King would be a gigantic step away from the source material. Like, so big it changes the entire story.
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Why did the Night King just stare at Bran?

While Hempstead Wright acknowledged that the Night King did have it out for the Three-Eyed Raven, he offered another explanation as to why he stopped to look at Bran with that haunting look on this face: "The reason the Night King takes so long is that he's been programmed to destroy the Three-Eyed Raven from the ...
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Is the Night King Bran the Builder?

King Brandon Stark, also known as Bran the Builder or Brandon the Builder, was a legendary member of the First Men from the Age of Heroes. He went on to found House Stark and reign as the first King in the North and the first Lord of Winterfell.
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Is Bran The Night Walker?

Long story short: He's not changing the past — he's creating present reality. Bran may have accidentally became the Night King in an effort to save Westeros from White Walkers.
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Why the Night King is a Stark?

The idea that the Night King was a Stark stems from the origins of both. The Starks are descendants of the First Men. We also know that the White Walkers were created when the Children of the Forest stabbed one of the First Men with dragon glass, which crated the Night King.
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Is the Night King Targaryen?

This has a huge subsection of the Game of Thrones fandom thinking the Night King is a Targaryen. They're essentially using the transitive property of equality as a simple way of explaining what might be happening: if dragon-riders are Targaryens and the Night King is a dragon-rider, then the Night King is a Targaryen.
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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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How did Hodor become Hodor?

Born Wylis, the servant to House Stark only became 'Hodor' after suffering a life-changing seizure in his youth. That event damaged his brain and took away his power of speech, leaving him only able to say the one word that would become his name.
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Is Bran Stark the Ice King?

According the Night King theorists, Bran actually skinchanged into this man in an attempt to prevent the Children of the Forest from turning him, but his plan failed and Bran gets stuck. And thus, Bran became the Night King.
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Is Bran the Three-Eyed Raven?

Brandon Stark a.k.a. The Three-Eyed Raven is simply a living, breathing history book. That's why Bran has gone from energetic little boy to an emotionless, seemingly omniscient being. He's just there to watch. And that's why The Night King has decided that he has to go.
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How could the Night King touch Bran?

Remember in Season 6, Episode 5 (“The Door”), the Night King intercepts Bran in a vision and touches him, leaving a mark on his right arm. It's kind of like a GPS track that tells him where Bran is.
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Why did the 3 eyed raven choose Bran?

While not confirmed, it appears the reason Bran was chosen to become the Three-Eyed Raven over someone like Jojen was to directly appeal to Jon Snow.
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Why did the White Walkers turn evil?

Eventually, the White Walkers rebelled, Cylon-style, from their lives of forced war-making and decided to make war on their own terms, attacking the living indiscriminately and becoming the most feared creatures in all of Westeros.
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Did Bran manipulate everyone becomes king?

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Is rhaegar targaryen the Night King?

[and the Night King] is a crazed combination of two minds — the ancient Stark, and Rhaegar Targaryen — both alive in the same body.”
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Who was the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch?

The Night's King was also the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Think about that: ol' ice horns was the 13th Lord Commander, and Jon Snow is the 998th! As legend has it, when the Lord Commander ventured beyond the Wall, he met a beautiful woman with white skin whose touch could freeze the living.
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Why did Bran exile Jon?

Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was “banished” to The Wall where he would live his days as a lonely man with fellow bastards for murdering Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).
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Why did Benjen join the Night's Watch?

The official, canon reason that Benjen Stark went to the Wall and said his vows as a man of the Night's Watch is that he was inspired to do so for many months, as long back as the Harrenhal tourney.
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Is Hodor bigger than the mountain?

One of the few characters who could match them inch for inch was Hodor (Kristian Nairn), the lovable man servant of House Stark. (At 7'0”, actor Kristian Nairn is actually taller than both McCann and Björnsson (the Mountain).)
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Did Bran make the mad king mad?

One of the most popular Game of Thrones fan theories about the Mad King is that his madness was a result of Bran Stark warging into him, since Bran had a vision of Aerys and had already affected Hodor. However, that ignores all of the events in the Targaryen King's life that drove him to insanity.
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Why did the Night King not burn?

So, it shouldn't be a shock to anyone that he was able to withstand the direct blaze from Drogon's fire. And his immunity to fire doesn't have anything to do with a possible Targaryen lineage but rather everything to do with his magic. The only way to defeat him is with Valyrian steel, and that's just what Arya does.
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Can Bran see the future?

As a greenseer and the Three-Eyed Raven, it's understood that Bran has the supernatural abilities of warging into people and animals, seeing the past, seeing any moment in the present around the world, and seeing glimpses of the future through visions.
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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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