The Night King of the show is the first White Walker, created by the Children of the Forest - the original inhabitants of Westeros, who lived there before the First Men came over and settled the land - out of a captive First Man. The Night King of the show is the first White Walker
For the sake of avoiding confusion, we’ll mostly be focusing on the show character, but I’ve included a brief note on the literary version as well for those interested. To clarify: the Night King as we see him in the show Game of Thrones is seemingly a different character than the “Night’s King” from the books. That makes sense, given that the Night King was essentially created as the ultimate weapon to destroy mankind. It’s clear that Jon, Daenerys, and Tyrion will need to seriously up their tactical game to have any hope of defeating him. Here’s what he gets done in this episode alone: lures Jon Snow into a trap with a small scouting party that almost results in the King in the North joining the undead army, succeeds where Qyburn’s scorpion ballista failed by taking down the dragon Viserion with a single javelin throw, and manages to turn said dragon into his own undead asset. The Night King is outplaying everyone right now, and after this episode, it’s not even clear that Daenerys and her seemingly invincible dragons are going to be able to force a victory here. Now that we’re below the spoiler warning, I can stop being vague and address things head-on. Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones season 7, episode 6, “Beyond the Wall” The Night King is not messing around anymore The real threat is in the North, so it’s time to talk about the show’s big boss: the Night King. But the action-packed events of this week’s episode, “Beyond the Wall,” demonstrate that the squabbling over who sits on the throne in King’s Landing has only been a petty sideshow. The first few seasons of Game of Thrones focused on the intricate web of politics in the battle for the Iron Throne, to the point where it gave the show its name. Whether you’re basically a Game of Thrones maester or you need a little reminder about previous events, we’ll try to help you keep your history straight. So every week, The Verge will be diving into a scene or event from the latest installment of the series and explain how we got here. HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story, so in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation.
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