What did night king do with babies?

According to legend, the Night's King also sacrificed children to the undead in order to keep them at bay, and that's why his triumphs were stripped from the history books.
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Why did the Night King take babies?

The White Walkers were often portrayed as a shadowy threat during earlier seasons, and season 2 revealed that the Wilding Craster gave up his male children – born of incestuous relationships with his own daughters – as sacrifices to the Walkers in exchange relative peace in the Haunted Forest.
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How does the Night King turn babies into White Walkers?

The Night King could turn male human babies into White Walkers by pressing the tip of his finger to the baby's cheek. The child's skin would begin to pale and its eyes would turn the same blue as the other White Walkers. The Night King could raise and reanimate unburnt corpses as wights.
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What do White Walkers do with babies?

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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Do White Walker babies Grow Up?

As we know, White Walkers are a magical humanoid, so it seems likely that they would grow up like normal humans. But that would mean that the baby from season four probably isn't a grown-up White Walker yet, which would indicate he isn't ready to join any invading armies.
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Is Benjen Stark 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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Why do White Walkers ignore Sam?

One popular belief was that Sam was spared to serve as a messenger to the living. Since Sam saw firsthand the enormity of the White Walkers and their army, he could spread the truth which would result in more fear.
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How did Uncle Benjen survive?

Instead, he and his men were ambushed by White Walkers and one of them stabbed Benjen in the gut with a sword made out of ice. He was left to die but our favorite little mythical beings, the children of the forest came and saved him.
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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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What happens to Craster's babies?

In the novels as of A Dance with Dragons, there has been no evidence so far on what actually happens to the babies, though Craster's wives believe that the baby boys given by Craster to the Others are, in turn, transformed into new Others. Old Nan's tale's simply state that the Others feed human children to the wights.
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What happened to Gilly's baby?

A Feast For Crows

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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What do the night walkers want?

The ultimate goal of the legendary White Walkers was the end of every living thing in existence, which they planned to achieve by killing the Three-Eyed Raven and creating an endless winter to eclipse the known world.
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Do Craster's sons grow up?

Since many of Craster's daughters did grow up in his life time and he did marry them, it is implied that many of his sons must have grown up as well, albeit as the Others, not as humans. One of Craster's wives confirmed this to Sam after mutiny at Craster's keep: The boy's bothers…
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Why did the White Walkers turn on their creators?

White Walker Glossary

White Walkers: Those selected and turned by the Night King's touch to help lead his army, presumably largely made up of Craster's children. Wight: The reanimated corpses that comprise the Army of the Dead.
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Was craster a Targaryen?

Unfortunately, it neglects to mention that Crasters father is Maester Aemon, and that Craster is a secret targaryen. He is the prince that was promised!
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Why did craster give babies to White Walkers?

Craster gives his sons to the White Walkers in exchange for the safety of his keep, the security of his life and of his daughter-wives.
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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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Why did the Night King expose himself?

The all-seeing Stark goes on to explain that the Night King "will" expose himself, for one specific reason: "He'll come for me. He's tried before, many times, with many Three-Eyed Ravens. [He wants] an endless night. He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory."
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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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Why didn't Benjen become a White Walker?

9 Why Didn't He Become A White Walker? Benjen also explains that he would have been turned into a Walker, but the magic was stopped by the Children of the Forest and their own magic. They shoved a dragonglass dagger into his chest which stopped his transformation.
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What did Lyanna whisper to Ned?

He watches as his father, Ned Stark, enters Lyanna's chamber to find her bleeding out, having just given birth to the baby we will come to know as Jon Snow. As Lyanna dies, she whispers this to Ned: "If Robert finds out, he'll kill him, you know he will. You have to protect him.
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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 was Sam sent to the wall?

Samwell is assigned watches with Jon. He tells Jon that he is craven and that his father forced him to come to the Wall or face a 'hunting accident' that would result in his death. Jon convinces the other recruits to go easy on Sam, even using Ghost to intimidate Rast into doing so.
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Does Sam marry Gilly?

Defeated, Sam goes to Gilly and tells her he would like to marry her, would prefer her for any princess or highborn lady, but is bound by his vows.
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Are White Walkers zombies?

True to form, the White Walkers—or wights, as they are sometimes called—are resurrected bodies. Technically, by that definition alone, they are ghouls, not “zombies,” but there is, of course, way more to the Game of Thrones convention.
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