Why is Bran the Night King?

Bran Became The Night King By Accident
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ing 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 did Night King come for 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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Why is Bran King and not Jon?

When Tyrion announced his support of Bran being made king, he said Bran had the best stories. The world at large took that literally, and started listing every character that had better stories than Bran.

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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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Is the Night King a Stark or Targaryen?

However, she identifies Night's King as a Stark of Winterfell and brother to the King of Winter and suggests his name was Brandon.

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Who turned the Night King?

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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Does Bran know Jon is a Targaryen?

The road to Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) begins at the Tower of Joy. Although Bran won't learn the full extent of Jon Snow's (Kit Harington) parentage for another season, his flashback to the last battle of Robert's Rebellion is the first indication that not everything Ned told his children was true.

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Is Jon also a dragon?

Jon Snow is actually half Targaryen, the oldest son of Daenerys's oldest brother. And in Game of Thrones' season eight premiere, “Winterfell,” the show capitalized on this family history with a scene in which Jon Snow rides one of Dany's two remaining dragons.

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Was Bran the villain?

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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Are the Starks related to the Night King?

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 did 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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Is Bran controlling the Night 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.

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Who is the main villain of Game of Thrones?

Easily the most callous, dastardly, and self-destructive villain in HBO's Game of Thrones universe, Cersei Lannister was, at points, television's most despised character, as her thirst for power and hatred of her brother, fan-favorite Tyrion Lannister, put her at direct odds with the heroes of our story.

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Who sent the killer after Bran?

Ser Jaime Lannister later realizes that Joffrey sent the assassin in an attempt to impress his father, after overhearing a drunken King Robert I Baratheon say it would be kinder to put the crippled Bran out of his misery.

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Who is the true villain of Game of Thrones?

Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish

Littlefinger is arguably the most diabolical character in Game of Thrones. His cunning and deceit were so subtle that viewers of the show didn't know whether to love him or hate him.

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Why did Drogon take Daenerys body?

He didn't eat her. According to the Game of Thrones showrunners speaking on the Season 8 finale disc commentary, Drogon did not tenderly pick up Dany's corpse and fly away with it so he could – as some fans have theorised – tuck in to a tasty snack en route to Volantis.

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Why did Drogon let Jon live?

Game of Thrones' Drogon chose not to kill Jon Snow because of his Targaryen blood, his love for Daenerys, and Drogon's possible understanding that while Jon committed the act, he wasn't the reason for Daenerys' death at the end of Game of Thrones'.

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Why was Drogon staring at Jon?

Weiss said, “Seeing Jon and Dany on the dragons together is a Jon and Dany moment, but it also seeds in the idea these creatures will accept Jon Snow as one of their riders.” So when Rhaegal and Drogon stare at Jon, it's not anything malicious. It's pure respect.

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Is Jon Snow immune to fire?

So, when Jon saved Commander Jeor Mormont from a Wight, using his bare hand to throw a lantern across the room—he let out a scream. He was burned by the fire; he is not fireproof.

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Why does Jon Snow have black hair if he's a Targaryen?

Why does Jon Snow have black hair? Because he isn't a “pure-blood” Targaryen: his mother, Lyanna Stark, has the same dark auburn, almost pure black hair as his, thus explaining, more or less, why his hair isn't Targaryen silver.

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Who was the night king before he was turned?

Biography. The Night's King and the Night's Queen enslaved the black brothers and performed human sacrifices. According to legend, the Night's King was originally a Lord Commander of the Night's Watch who found in the Haunted Forest a cold woman with bright blue eyes, seemingly a female White Walker.

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What did the Night King do with the babies?

The Night King Turns Craster's Sons Into White Walkers

As for why babies, and not adults, are candidates for transformation into White Walkers, this is likely because infants are easier to mold into whatever the Night King wishes.

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What did the Night King do to the baby?

Game of Thrones: Season 4

After being left at an icy altar, the Night King takes the boy and puts a finger to his face. The baby's eyes quickly turn the color of those of the White Walkers.

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Does the Night King turn one of the dragons?

Besides his endlessly-multiplying bloodthirsty wights, one of the Night King's most powerful weapons was Daenerys' old dragon Viserion, who was turned into an ice zombie at the end of season 7.

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

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