Monday 29 April 2019

No, the Night King is not a Targaryen

Spoiler alert: Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones season 8, episode 3, “The Long Night.”

Game of Thrones’ most recent episode, “The Long Night,” was probably the final showcase for the Night King, the enigmatic progenitor of the White Walkers. But he went out in style, riding his undead dragon into one-on-two aerial combat, raising a whole new army of the dead to replace the army he lost, and shrugging off a blast of dragon fire to the face before Arya Stark finally took him down.

His ability to control and ride a dragon has been inspiring theories since season 7. For some, his use of a particular symbol confirmed those theories. And the “ignores dragon fire” thing set off further speculation, because that combination of abilities seems...

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