Is Bran Stark the Night King?

Is Bran Stark the Night King?

According the Night King theorists, Bran actually skinchanged into this man in an attempt to prevent the Children of the Forest from turning him, but his plan failed and Bran gets stuck. And thus, Bran became the Night King.

Why did the Night King come for Bran?

His short-term goal is getting to Bran. ... His long-term goal is "an endless night," Bran says. "He wants to erase this world and I am its memory," he explains. As the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran has the ability of greensight, which means he can see events in the past, present, and future through visions.

Who is the Night King supposed to be?

The "Night King", as presented in the show, has not appeared in A Song of Ice and Fire. In the novels, the title "Night's King" is given to the long-ago legendary 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who supposedly married a female White Walker and led the Night's Watch to commit atrocities.

What happens when the Night King touches Bran?

The Night King was able to touch and interact with Bran through Bran's greensight. He touched Bran and marked him. Some theorized this would allow the Nightking to go through the wall, but this wasn't the case. The Night King used an undead Viserion to go through the Wall and break it apart.

What was the point of the Night King?

In order to accomplish his goal, the Night King needs to kill Bran - the Three-Eyed Raven - because he's essentially a human encyclopedia of everything that has happened in Westeros. As Sam points out, true death is only achieved when people are completely forgotten by the living.

Why is the Night King so powerful?

As the first White Walker, the Night King possesses all of the abilities that the other of his kind do: this includes superhuman strength, and powers relating to ice, such as freezing things at a touch, and bringing with him frost and snow.

Why is the Night King evil?

In the end, the Children were responsible for creating the Night King when they took one of the First Men hostage and plunged dragonglass into his heart, inadvertently creating ultimate evil by making the first ever White Walker as a means of defending themselves against men.

Why does the Night King want to kill Bran?

• If the Night King has any inkling that Bran is the reason for the Wall, the Night King has very good reason to want Bran dead. If Bran dies before he goes back in time to have the Wall built, then the Wall will cease to exist giving the Night King free access to the humans , which is what he has wanted all along.

Why did the Night King Mark Bran?

• Out of all the White Walkers and wights, only the Night King knew that Bran was spying on them. And his touch was incredibly painful when he marked Bran. Now we know another reason why the Night King marked Bran. According to Bran, it was so he can track Bran and always know exactly where he is.

Who tried to kill Bran?

• An unnamed catspaw or footpad is an assassin who tries to kill Bran Stark. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones he is portrayed by Lalor Roddy .

Did Bran know he would become king?

• While Bran may not have known he would be King of Westeros in the end, he clearly had a suspicion that he needed to stick around to perform some important duties - but it seems the show ended before viewers got to see just what those duties would entail.