White Walkers - the characters of the legendary series "Games of Thrones"

White Walkers - a separate race, invented by George RR Martin in his book "The Song of Ice and Flame". They lived in the north of Västerås behind the Great Wall. Until a certain time people thought that they were revived dead, and in fact they are fictional fairy-tale characters.

Who is it?

White walkers, whose photo confirms some resemblance to a person, are a separate likeness of the human race. The race refers to the humanoid, which is repeatedly confirmed in the book and in its screen version of the series.

The resemblance is only superficial. In fact, they are slightly higher than their prototypes (people), the skin on the face and whole body is very light with a bluish tint, and the hair is white. Separately, it should be said about the eyes - in the dark they glow blue.

Separately, it should be said about the magical abilities that white walkers possessed. The ability to make warriors out of dead people allowed them to quickly increase their ranks. That's why people had a custom to burn dead bodies.

"Winter is near," - such a phrase was often exchanged between the heroes of the book, without even thinking about its true meaning. "Dead" can only appear with the arrival of cold weather and in the dark, and the winter in the kingdom lasts a very long time.

Origin (according to the author)

George Martin explained their origins in this way: "White walkers are sidi. According to the mythology of the Celts, it is a rational race that lived on Earth before the appearance of a man who eventually supplanted them. Gradually almost forgotten, but mythology told of their inhuman abilities. The life of a white walker (sid) is 1.5-2 thousand years, which strikingly distinguishes it from a person. Thus, according to legends and legends, they were presented as a deity. "

It is from this image that the author wrote about his "evil spirits", which for several thousand years has not been seen by any living person living within the wall. And all references were reduced to intimidation of small children.

Hierarchy

The race of the ghouls has its master, who unquestioningly obeys. This is clearly seen during the eighth episode of the fifth season of the series, in which there is an attack of others on the Harsh House. At the time when John Snow came to convince the wild to move beyond the Wall, but he had to repel an attack by the army of others. Some time after the start of the battle, he sees a group of dead children converted into others and fighting against people. This makes a huge impression on him.

Human legends talked about the fact that the leader of the white walkers is the Great Other, his name was forbidden to be pronounced aloud, so in time it was forgotten. Some simply called him Lord of Darkness, Frozen Soul, God of Night and Terror. It is he who reanimates dead people, turning them into whirlwinds, ready to serve the darkness and to fulfill the will of the white walkers.

Thus, we can divide the race into three categories:

• Leader.
• White Walkers.
• Waters (ghouls).

Children

Many people are wondering why the white walkers are infants, whom Craster constantly sacrificed to the Lord of Darkness? Since neither the author nor the writers answered this question, two separate versions can be distinguished:

• It was in this way that the replenishment of the composition of the real white walkers, faithful to their ruler, turned them into similar ones.
• The walker who carried away the human baby did this to perform the sacrifice. And the goal is not the body of the baby, but the fact that this creature is alive, it breathes, and his heart beats.

History

On the pages of the book about how white walkers appeared, Martin tells the words of the old Nan: "This is the thirteenth lord commander of the Night Watch. He was not afraid of anything and that was his fault. Once, from the Wall, the Lord saw a beautiful girl with white skin, blue eyes and an icy body. He immediately fell in love with her and brought him to the Stronghold of the Night, making his queen. Over time, the Lord transformed, began to make sacrifices different and changed his appearance with the advent of twilight. This continued until one of the Stark and Jaromun of the wild did not overthrow his rule. Then he left the wall and disappeared in the vast expanses of the north, vowing to take revenge. "

That's how old Nan told a fairy tale to a little Bran, calling the thirteenth Lord Stark of Winterfell.

Deviations from the book

According to the scenario written by David Benioff and DB Wisse, there are several significant deviations in regard to walkers, not related to the plot of Martin's books. Here are some of them:

• In the film, Sem meets a group of dead horsemen on horseback. The book says that the watches are black, and the walkers are white. In addition, the former do not have the intellect and are not able to reflect, only implicitly execute commands. At the end of the first season, they spread from the dead bodies of the wild a circle (by the way, the meaning of this and remains uncovered).
• The hunks are slow and slow - the footage from the film completely refutes what was written. Ghouls are very fast, have a melee technique and are sensible.
• Walkers appear only in the book "Dance with the Dragons", before this mention of them almost was not. In the series, the viewer can first see them at the end of the first season.
• White walkers, whose photo is made under daylight, refute what Martin wrote in the book. He specifically said that they only appear with the arrival of the night and disappear with dawn.

In subsequent seasons and books, we expect the following development of the plot associated with the ghouls: a huge army of white walkers will soon reach the inhabitants of the Seven Kingdoms, moving across the Wall. Then the great battle will begin. And all the pluses on the side of others, since most people have never even heard of their existence and can not stand up for themselves.