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| '''White Walker''' in the ] referred to as the '''Others''' in ]'s novel '']'' are mysterious creatures which dwell in the northern regions of ].<ref name="hitf_Whoi">{{Cite web| title = Who is the King of the White Walkers on ‘Game Of Thrones’?| last = Dickens | first = Donna| work = HitFix| date = 2015-06-01| accessdate = 2015-06-01| url = http://www.hitfix.com/harpy/who-is-the-king-of-the-white-walkers-on-game-of-thrones}}</ref><ref name="Landau2013">{{cite book|author=Neil Landau|title=The TV Showrunner's Roadmap: 21 Navigational Tips for Screenwriters to Create and Sustain a Hit TV Series|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-U1KAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA229|date=4 December 2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-134-62132-3|pages=229–}}</ref><ref name="arts_On'G">{{Cite web| title = On 'Game of Thrones,' an Awkward Dinner and a Stony Encounter| last = Egner | first = Jeremy| work = New York Times| date = 11 May 2015| accessdate = 2015-06-01| url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/game-of-thrones-season-5-stone-men-kill-the-boy/?_r=0}}</ref><ref name="arts_'Gam">{{Cite web| title = 'Game of Thrones' Q. and A.: Birgitte Hjort Sorensen on Playing a Wildling Mother| last = Egner | first = Jeremy| work = New York Times| date = 1 June 2015| accessdate = 2015-06-01| url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/game-of-thrones-white-walkers-battle-interview-birgitte-hjort-sorensen/}}</ref> | |||
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| == Description == | |||
| The Pact between the Children of the Forest and the First Men was weakened by the emergence of the Others (sometimes called 'white walkers'), an enigmatic and malevolent nonhuman species who previously inflicted a night that lasted a generation and a winter that lasted decades. In the War for the Dawn, the Others were vanquished by the combined use of dragonglass (]), fire, and the magic of the old gods. The Children and the First Men then raised a vast Wall of stone, ice, and magic from one coast of Northern Westeros to the other to bar their passage south. | |||
| The Others re-appear at the beginning of ''A Game of Thrones'' and have since only been seen at night, and are always accompanied by intense cold. The Others appear as tall, gaunt, graceful ]s with glowing blue eyes. They wear armor that shifts in color with every step, and wield thin crystal swords capable of shattering ]. Others move silently, but their voices sound like cracking ice. Creatures killed by the Others soon reanimate as ]s: undead ]s with similarly glowing eyes. The Others exhibit a weakness to weapons made of dragonglass, which can pierce their armor easily. According to records, they are also vulnerable to "dragonsteel", which may be identified with ]. In death, they dissolve into a pool of extremely cold liquid. Wights do not exhibit the same weakness to obsidian, but are vulnerable to fire. Martin said that readers will see more of the Others in '']'',<ref name=smartertravel/> in which their history is explored, although he stated that he did not know if they have a culture.<ref> {{deadlink|date=May 2015}}</ref> | |||
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White Walker in the television series referred to as the Others in George R. R. Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire are mysterious creatures which dwell in the northern regions of Westeros.
Description
The Pact between the Children of the Forest and the First Men was weakened by the emergence of the Others (sometimes called 'white walkers'), an enigmatic and malevolent nonhuman species who previously inflicted a night that lasted a generation and a winter that lasted decades. In the War for the Dawn, the Others were vanquished by the combined use of dragonglass (obsidian), fire, and the magic of the old gods. The Children and the First Men then raised a vast Wall of stone, ice, and magic from one coast of Northern Westeros to the other to bar their passage south.
The Others re-appear at the beginning of A Game of Thrones and have since only been seen at night, and are always accompanied by intense cold. The Others appear as tall, gaunt, graceful humanoids with glowing blue eyes. They wear armor that shifts in color with every step, and wield thin crystal swords capable of shattering steel. Others move silently, but their voices sound like cracking ice. Creatures killed by the Others soon reanimate as wights: undead zombies with similarly glowing eyes. The Others exhibit a weakness to weapons made of dragonglass, which can pierce their armor easily. According to records, they are also vulnerable to "dragonsteel", which may be identified with Valyrian steel. In death, they dissolve into a pool of extremely cold liquid. Wights do not exhibit the same weakness to obsidian, but are vulnerable to fire. Martin said that readers will see more of the Others in The Winds of Winter, in which their history is explored, although he stated that he did not know if they have a culture.
References
- Dickens, Donna (2015-06-01). "Who is the King of the White Walkers on 'Game Of Thrones'?". HitFix. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- Neil Landau (4 December 2013). The TV Showrunner's Roadmap: 21 Navigational Tips for Screenwriters to Create and Sustain a Hit TV Series. CRC Press. pp. 229–. ISBN 978-1-134-62132-3.
- Egner, Jeremy (11 May 2015). "On 'Game of Thrones,' an Awkward Dinner and a Stony Encounter". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- Egner, Jeremy (1 June 2015). "'Game of Thrones' Q. and A.: Birgitte Hjort Sorensen on Playing a Wildling Mother". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- Cite error: The named reference
smartertravelwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).