Why do the 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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Why is Bran so important to the Night King?

His importance is such that the Night King raised an entire army of the dead in his efforts to vanquish him — to erase him would be to erase the world's memory. But instead of fighting back on a supernatural level, Bran sat back during the battle, as part of a strategy to lure the Night King into a vulnerable position.
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What is the connection between Bran and 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.
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Why is Bran the true villain?

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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Why did the White Walkers want?

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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Bran Reveals what the Night King Wants (Game of Thrones S8x02)



Is 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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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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Did Bran cause Hodor as Hodor?

In the book, Hodor has stolen one of the old swords from the crypt. Bran has been warging into Hodor and practicing with his body, because Bran had been trained in swordplay. So telling Hodor to “hold the door” is more like “hold this pass” – defend it when enemies are coming – and Hodor is fighting and killing them.
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Why did Bran become the Three-Eyed Raven?

Then he was violently defenestrated for the crime of witnessing some brotherly-sisterly love. The path that Bran took since that moment took him North of the Wall and gave him the job of the Three-Eyed Raven.
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Why did Bran say why do you think I came here?

That's when Bran tells Tyrion, "Why do you think I came all this way?" He had traveled to King's Landing from Winterfell, and so the moment seems to play for a laugh. But it's actually incredibly consequential because it implies that Bran can see into the future.
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Why did the Night King turn evil?

In the end, the Children were responsible for creating the Night King when they took one of the First Men hostage and plunged dragonglass into his heart, inadvertently creating ultimate evil by making the first ever White Walker as a means of defending themselves against men.
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Why can't the Night King be burned?

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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Did Bran manipulate everyone becomes king?

Bran played the Game of Thrones, manipulated everyone, and made himself king | PhillyVoice.
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Is Brandon a White Walker?

Leaf and the Children do not recognize Bran, of course — they haven't met him. So, they capture him and use his body to create the first White Walker. As this scene is filmed in Game of Thrones, there are many parallels between the first White Walker and Bran's seating patterns.
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What was Uncle Benjen doing beyond the wall?

We only see him once more when Jon takes a group of men beyond the Wall to capture one of the dead soldiers for proof. After Jon is left behind, Benjen shows up to save Jon, giving him his horse and staying behind to fight the dead army.
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Why can Bran be king but not Lord of Winterfell?

Bran says at one point that he can "never be lord of anything" because he's the Three-Eyed Raven. This is in reference to how he's no longer technically a Stark, so he can't be lord of Winterfell.
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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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Is Jon Snow a Targaryen?

In season 8 Jon Snow (Kit Harington) finds out what the rest of us have known since the Game Of Thrones' season 6 finale “The Winds of Winter:” Jon is a Targaryen. And, not only that, but he is the legitimate heir to the Iron Throne with a fancy new name to boot — Aegon Targaryen, Sixth Of His Name.
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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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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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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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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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