Who created the White Walkers?

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.
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Who became the first White Walker?

The Night King appears in a vision being observed by Bran and the Three-eyed Raven, where they witness him as a human being forcibly transformed into the first White Walker by the Children of the Forest by impaling him with a dragonglass dagger.
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Is the White Walker 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.
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Why did the Children create the White Walkers?

The White Walkers were thousands of years old, coming from the time preceding the Age of Heroes. Born of powerful and untested magic, they were created to protect the Children of the Forest from the First Men, who had waged war on them ever since they had arrived from Essos.
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Was the first White Walker a stark?

1. The Night King is the first White Walker to be created by the Children of the Forest and is over 8,000 years old. The most overwhelmingly popular fan theory is that the Night King is actually Bran Stark.
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Is the Night King Bran Stark?

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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Why do 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 are White Walkers afraid of water?

In addition to the Night King's legions of White Walkers, a good portion of his forces are the skeletal wights. And according to Reddit user NyanBull, the reason you don't see the Night King lead his forces into water -- for battle or travel -- is because skeletons simply can't swim.
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Who was the Night King as a human?

At this time thousands of years ago, the Children of the Forest were at war with the First Men. They were losing, and needed a secret weapon, so Leaf plunged a dragonglass dagger into a man's chest, causing his eyes to turn blue and turning him into the first White Walker. And so the Night King was born.
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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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Why can White Walker ride 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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What does Night King want?

The show gives the explanation that the Night King wants to erase the world and all memory of it. Sam theorizes that Bran carries all the memories with him so he is the obvious target.
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Was Arya Stark a White Walker?

How did Arya disguise herself as a White Walker? The writers don't lay out the process that lets Arya sneak past the other White Walkers to make her way to the Night King, but it's possible that she used her Faceless Men magic to disguise herself as a White Walker, the way she assumed Frey's face.
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Why do the White Walkers not talk?

But if you've ever wondered why the hell the Night King never ever talks even though he did back when he was human, these guys have the answer. Basically, it's because he's an expert at being a badass. David asked, “But what's he going to say? Anything the Night King says diminishes him.” Just something to think about!
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Who killed the main White Walker?

It wasn't Jon. Nor Daenerys. Instead, Arya got the hero's moment at the end of the Battle of Winterfell. After thousands fell during the fight in “The Long Night,” Arya managed to kill the Night King — and destroy every single White Walker and wight in the process.
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Why does 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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What do White Walkers do with babies?

What do the White Walkers do with the babies that Craster gives them? They turn them into more White Walkers.
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Where did Drogon take Daenerys?

As theorised by Samwell Tarly in the finale, the dragon flew her to Volantis, where she'd grown up in exile after the death of her father, and cremated her body in line with family tradition.
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Can White Walkers speak?

What are White Walkers? Long story short, they used to be humans and now they're ice monsters. They don't appear to speak to one another, but they do use some sort of nonverbal communication.
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What can defeat White Walkers?

But there are two known substances that can kill White Walkers: Dragonglass and Valyrian steel. The latter is forged into a handful of swords that are scattered among the Great Houses of Westeros.
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What can hurt White Walkers?

If facing a White Walker, obtain a dragonglass dagger. Deposits of dragonglass (also known as obsidian) can be found on the island of Dragonstone or the port city of Asshai. If no dragonglass is available, Valyrian steel will do in a pinch.
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Is Bran good or evil?

But not Bran. He cares for no one at all. If someone does not benefit him or is incapable of serving his ends, they are dispensable. This relentlessness - and unwillingness to prevent the tragedy that forges his path to royalty - is what makes Bran the true villain on Game of Thrones.
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Who was the Night King when he was alive?

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 is Bran so important?

Namely, Bran is essentially the keeper of all memory, which is why the Night King was after him. Bran also had another clear purpose: making sure Jon Snow knew his true parentage. Bran pushed Sam to reveal the secret to Jon, a sequence of events that may have pushed Daenerys off the deep.
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