Why are White Walkers afraid of water?

They can't swim, but they can't drown either

Bits of rotting flesh on bone probably aren't too buoyant in real life, either, so it's no surprise that every wight

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A wight (Old English: wiht) is a mythical sentient being, often undead. In its original use the word wight described a living human being, but has come to be used in fictional works in the fantasy genre to describe certain immortal beings.

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that set foot in water sank like a stone. But with no need for life-giving oxygen, you can just walk around down there!

Can White Walker swim?

We also know they can't swim. The Night King, however, appears to be immune to fire, as in the season 7 finale, we watch him walk through the flames unharmed. We've also seen previously that killing the White Walker simultaneously wipes out all the Wights that Walker created.

What are White Walkers weaknesses?

Yeah, it's not easy, as Sam discovered the terrifying way. White Walkers are vulnerable to blades made from dragonglass or Valyrian steel. Jon Snow uses his Valyrian steel sword Longclaw to take out a White Walker at the battle of Hardhome in Season 5.

How did the White Walkers cross the water?

The White Walkers and the army of the dead finally reach the Wall where Eastwatch-by-the-Sea stands. The Night King uses Viserion to burn the Wall, nullifying its magic and allowing the White Walkers and their wights to cross into the Seven Kingdoms.

Why can't the White Walkers build ships?

Building ships is a skill that takes more than 20 or 30 sentient creatures, assuming you are building a fleet that will carry and army of undead. The undead are not sentient. They are mindless killing machines that only have to modes: kill everything and stand-still-and-wait.

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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.

Do the babies grow up to be White Walkers?

Game of Thrones fans will recall that episode four of season four ended with the reveal that the Night King has been converting the infant sons of Craster's Keep into White Walkers.

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!

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!

Why do the White Walkers want Bran?

All of that changed when Bran entered the picture as the Three-Eyed Raven. This introduction gave the Night King a true motive outside the typical megalomania of Big Bads. By wiping out the Three-Eyed Raven, he would be wiping out all memories of the previous world and fully ushering in his new era.

Why do White Walkers have blue eyes?

The collagen spacing of their “winter eyes” reflects blue light, making them appear an eerie blue.

What kills a White Walker?

Valyrian steel is one of the few things that can kill a White Walker, and when Arya stabbed the Night King with it — after Bran first conveniently lured him into a weirwood forest similar to the one where the Night King was created centuries earlier — he immediately shattered into pieces.

Are White Walkers immortal?

We know that the White Walkers and even the army of wights are nearly indestructible, except for fire and dragonglass, so they're pretty much immortal until someone uses either of those to kill them.

How were White Walkers born?

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.)

Are White Walkers weak to fire?

Wights are vulnerable to normal fire, but White Walkers have previously been shown to be impervious to it.

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.

What were the White Walkers doing for 1000 years?

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The White Walkers were created thousands of years prior to the events we see in Game of Thrones. They were created as a weapon, a tool to be used against the First Men by the Children of the Forest during a time of war.

Why didn't the wall stop the White Walkers?

Despite the fact that the White Walkers can't go south of the wall. Benjen told Bran and Meera last season it's because ancient spells were carved into its foundation so the dead can't pass. As the podcasters point out though we've already seen wights beyond the wall in Season 1.

Can Night King speak?

He could raise the dead. He had strange, devilish horns on his head. But a lot of the fear he inspired came simply from what we didn't know about him. He didn't speak, save in the form of horrific corpse-art installations that were rather hard to decipher.

Why Bran is not the Night 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.

Is Night Bran a 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.

Why did Night King want babies?

As well as an army of infants to survive his loyal guard, perhaps the Night King wants the ultimate heir apparent to succeed him.

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.

Why do the White Walkers want to go south?

After several millennia of dead silence, they've returned to march south again out of fear and anger that the humans have broken the ancient pact that actually ended the first Long Night.