KINGS OF WINTER – ORIGINS OF THE OTHERS?
"The Others are not dead. They are strange, beautiful… think, oh… the Sidhe made of ice, something like that… a different sort of life… inhuman, elegant, dangerous" GRRM
"tall it was, and gaunt and hard as old bones, with fleash pale as milk. its armor seemed to change color as it moved, here it was white as new fallen snow, there black as shadow, everywhere dappled with the deep grey-green of the trees. The patterns ran like moonlight on water with every step it took." GOT pg 8-9
" The other slid forward on silent feet. In it's hand was a longsword like none that will had ever seen.... It was alive with moonlight translucent" GOT pg 8-9
" Its eyes were blue, deeper and bluer then any human eyes a blue that burned like ice." GOT pg 9
" The other said somthing, in a language that will did not know, his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake."
According to the legend the Others first appeared approximately 8,000 years before the War of Conquest, during a winter that lasted a generation in a period of darkness known as the Long Night. A great hero, known in the eastern religion as Azor Ahai, led the war against the Others wielding his sword of fire Lightbringer, driving the Others away. Eventually they were defeated and Bran Stark, known also as Bran the builder, probably as a defense against them, built The Wall. The Night’s Watch was established around the same time to stand guard and protect the people of Westeros. In the Westerosi tradition it is believed that Azor Ahai may be the last hero who would be reborn when the White Walkers wake up from their thousand years of long sleep. Melisandre believes Stannis Baratheon is the reincarnation of Azor Ahai, something that is yet to be confirmed. Also, there is another similar prophecy about "The Prince that was Promised." It is not clear whether or not this is one and the same person (for the sake of this theory I believe they are the separate entities). Melisandre also believes that the Others answer to the Great Other, the God of darkness, cold and death. He is considered the enemy and the opposite of R’hllor, the Lord of Light. Followers of R’hllor believe, unlike many Westerosi, that there are only two gods, R’hllor and the Great Other who wage an eternal war over the fate of the world.
In the last battle for the dawn, Azor Ahai pushed the White Walkers back, which lead us to the sequence of the events we know now. However, the possible misconception is the purpose of The Wall and the purpose of the Starks, Bran the Builder included. If you have read my previous theory you know that I believe how The Wall is forged as a potential weapon, which will aid the White Walkers in their cause, same as the weapon in the form of dragon eggs awaited for the R’hllor’s champion to be reborn. Needless to say, The Wall is, as we know it, alive, therefore, it stands to reason to believe that the magic of the North (similar to the magic that took place in the Valyrian Freehold) played a huge role in its creation. Therefore, the focal point of this theory is set on the true nature of the White Walkers, whom I always believed to be ambiguous rather than pure evil as presented in both the books and the show due to the lack of relevant POV’s; the Starks, as the magic bearers of the North; and two of the most mysterious buildings in Westeros, allegedly built by one and the same man – Bran the Builder – the Wall and Winterfell, the House Stark residence. But first, what do we know about the Others?
Very interesting and well thought out can't wait to read more
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