The Night King is a fictional character appearing in the HBO high fantasy television series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire. He is depicted as the leader and the first of the White Walkers, having existed since the age of the First Men, and is the most dangerous and powerful of his race. The Night King is an original creation of the With Viserion as his mount, the Night King leads his army to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea and breaches the wall by having Viserion destroy a large section of it with fire, allowing his army to pass into the Seven Kingdoms. Game of Thrones: Season 8 [] Drogon and Rhaegal accompany their mother on their journey to Winterfell. Their presence both awe and The Game of Thrones swords give many clues as to the fates of their owners. Ned Stark’s sword, Ice, may hold a key to the importance of House Stark. Possibly they defended the Children of the Forest against other First Men, wielding Ice. And possibly they gave the Children refuge in their godswood and kept to the worship of the old gods to ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II. ↑ The Sworn Sword. ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Pentos. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 68, Sansa VI. ↑ 36.0 36.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 33, Eddard VIII. ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 42, Tyrion VI. Game of Thrones’ Night King. On the HBO series, the Night King has a completely different backstory from what you just read above. Fans bear witness to the origin of the Night King (and what a Bran’s eventual rise as king also gives new meaning to his long ago fall from the towers of Winterfell. He was shattered and crippled by Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), an agent of the As House of the Dragon nears its HBO premiere, its narrative will include an early version of the Game of Thrones Kingsguard, elite warriors assigned to protect the King/Queen of the Seven Kingdoms: the fabled Kingsguard is a fictional unit but its form and function parallels many historical regiments of royal bodyguards (When Cersei Lannister took the throne, the unit was renamed the While the family surname of Greyjoy isn’t given an in-universe explanation in Game Of Thrones, it likely originates with the historic Grey King, who began the family line. Theon’s first name A Game of Thrones: 297 AL (8297). This scenario is a joke scenario, nominally based on book 1 of the series. A Clash of Kings: 299 AL (8299). This scenario is based on book 2 of the series. A Feast for Crows: 300AL (8300). This scenario is set at the start of the book by the same name (book 4) and contains spoilers from all books. Part of Games of Thrones season 8. For years, many Game of Thrones fans have been clamoring to see Sandor Clegane, a.k.a. the Hound, and his brother Gregor Clegane, a.k.a. the Mountain, battle it lwIXH.