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Game of Thrones

Was Jon Snow truly free after returning beyond the Wall?

In HBO's Game of Thrones, Jon was probably free in the practical and thematic sense, but not definitively free in the legal sense. He was sentenced to the Night's Watch, yet the final scene shows him heading beyond the Wall with the Free Folk, apparently without supervision and i…

Game of Thrones

What happened to the remaining White Walkers after the Night King was defeated?

In HBO's Game of Thrones, the White Walkers present with the Night King shattered and died the instant Arya Stark killed him. Their wight army also collapsed, and the series treats the White Walker threat as ended.

Game of Thrones

How did the Night King survive being stabbed by dragonglass before the final battle?

He did not survive a normal dragonglass attack. In Game of Thrones, Leaf stabbed a living human with dragonglass as part of a deliberate Children of the Forest magic ritual that created the Night King. The show establishes that dragonglass kills existing White Walkers, but it nev…

Game of Thrones

Why did the Valyrian steel dagger kill the Night King?

Because, in HBO's Game of Thrones, Valyrian steel is established as lethal to White Walkers, and the Night King is one of them. Arya's dagger was Valyrian steel, and she landed a fatal stab before he could stop her.

Game of Thrones

Who originally owned the Valyrian steel dagger used against Bran?

It depends on the continuity: in Game of Thrones, Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger) is presented as the person who supplied the dagger for the attempt on Bran; in the novels, the dagger belonged to King Robert Baratheon; and House of the Dragon identifies Aegon I Targaryen as its earl…

Game of Thrones

What was the true meaning of the phrase 'Hold the door' in Game of Thrones?

In HBO's Game of Thrones, “Hold the door” is both Meera Reed’s literal command to Hodor and the traumatic phrase that created his name. Young Wylis hears the future command through Bran’s accidental cross-time connection, repeats it until it becomes “Hodor,” and ultimately dies c…