He declared himself "Night's King" and ruled over the Wall and the Gift as his own.
He brought her to the Nightfort and bound the brothers of the Night's Watch to his will through sorcery.
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However, the Night's King fell in love with a woman "with skin as white as the moon and eyes like blue stars" he loved her though "her skin was cold as ice", and when he gave his seed to her he gave her his soul as well. If he really did exist, it was almost eight thousand years ago - consider that while the Night's King was the thirteenth Lord Commander, at the time of the War of the Five Kings, Jeor Mormont is the 997th Lord Commander. He is considered a legendary, half-mythical figure, not far removed from Bran the Builder. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Night's King was a Lord Commander of the Night's Watch during its earliest years, not long after the Long Night ended and the Wall was completed.
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The Free Folk rallied under the banner of a King-Beyond-the-Wall and marched against the Nightfort, which the Night's King had taken as his seat, defeating him with the aid of House Stark. For thirteen years the two ruled over the brothers of the Night's Watch, performing human sacrifices. He took her to the other side of the Wall and declared himself the "Night's King". The Night's King and the Night's Queen enslaved the black brothers and performed human sacrifices.Īccording to legend, the Night's King was originally a Lord Commander of the Night's Watch who found in the Haunted Forest a cold woman with bright blue eyes, seemingly a female White Walker. The Night's King is a legendary figure known both in the Seven Kingdoms and among the Free Folk dwelling Beyond the Wall.
How he brought her home through your Wall and declared himself "Night's King."" ― Ygritte cold in the woods, with bright blue eyes. About how one of your King Crows found something.