![]() ![]() Bran the Builder - in order to keep the White Walkers from returning south. Afterward, the Wall was built by the founder of House Stark - a man named Brandon Stark, a.k.a. It eventually led to a massive war between the Walkers and the First Men, which ended with the defeat of the Walkers at the Battle for the Dawn. (They did so by plunging a piece of dragonglass into a man’s heart.) That Walker eventually turned on them, but we don’t know why. Old Nan describes them to Bran in chilling tales about the first Long Night that took place millennia ago, in which “kings froze in their castles” and “mothers smothered their babies to keep them from starving.” Unfortunately, few of Old Nan’s contemporaries believed that the stories have any basis in reality.īased 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. Though the Walkers weren’t seen for centuries, they have been a part of Westerosi lore for just as long. (Remember how Ned beheaded a guy in front of his children? That was the same guy.) Two of them were ripped to shreds by the Walkers, and the third fled south to desert the Watch. We first met the Walkers in the opening scene of the series, when three Night’s Watch rangers discovered a bevy of dead wildlings in the woods beyond the Wall. thesis on this topic right now - that’s how much information we have on the White Walkers. ![]() They may age and grow up - either as wights or White Walkers, we can’t say for sure - or they may be in an elaborate undead nanny share. They aren’t indiscriminate, though: The Walkers created some sort of truce with Craster the wildling, who gave them his baby boys in return for being left in peace. They’re been marching south under the orders of the Night King (we’ll get to him later), and they’re willing to destroy anyone who gets in their way. They’re pretty ragtag on the show, although some wear leather armor. Martin’s books, they’re a much more reputable-looking bunch with chameleon-like armor that perfectly reflects their surroundings. They don’t appear to speak to one another, but they do use some sort of nonverbal communication. Long story short, they used to be humans and now they’re ice monsters. ![]()
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