Spoilers ahead so be forewarned.
I did a search on the reddit and Westeros forums this morning and was surprised to find that no one is asking how the Nights King new that Dany would come to save Jon and his companions. I did see a few post wondering where he got the giant chains, but mostly these go no farther than explaining that the chains were seen on a ship in an earlier scene.
Well, what everyone seems to be missing is that there was no need to bring chains at all unless they were planning on hunting dragons.
John and the dream team find a white walker and his zombie minions all alone in a vulnerable spot. It may be true that this white walker has been on a recruiting expedition and was just returning to the arrowhead Mountain, and that's why he was so easily ambushed. But as the episode continues the Nights King's actions become increasingly hard to digest... unless he knew Dany was coming.
The white walkers have broughtexactly three nuclear powered throwing spears with them, for precisely three dragons, and could easily have used just one of the spears to annihilate Jon Snow and his companions on the island. Instead they waited. Why?
I don't think we can simply chalk this up to DandD's Hollywoodization of Martin's story. There is certainly some of that in this episode, with Crows and Dragons and Gendry moving faster than Mach 5 jets across Westeros. I think the journey beyond the wall we just saw in episode 6 will take 500 pages or more in the upcoming books. The dream team will likely be trapped in a cave or something instead of an island so that the Gendry/ Dany rescue sequence will have more time and be more believable. But I don't think the reason for the Night's King's uncanny knowledge is an oversight on the part of DandD - I think the implications are far greater, and they confirm a major fan theory.
I've been saying for two years now that most, if not all, of the Brendans and Brandon in the story are the same Bran and that he's been reincarnating himself over and over again since the Age of Heroes in order to accomplish a specific goal. The nights kiing is one incarnation of bran who decided mankind is a disease and must be wiped from the face of the Earth.
In previous videos I've offered proof that Geoffrey, Ramsey, and Euron have all been receiving visions from the Nights King. These visions have influenced their psychopathic actions. It surprises me that so many people believe that these three arch villains are simply douche bags that our characters met along the way and do not have a greater importance to the overall story. George RR Martin is a great writer and great writers don't do that sort of thing. They also don't wait until the last two books in a long series to start developing the antagonist's character – most literary agents and publishers are going to stop reading if the antagonist isn't being developed from chapter one. Since George writes masterpieces and not trash, the only explanation is that we've been getting to know the nights king all along through the development of our other major villains. If you'd like to see proof that Ramsey received visions that led him to seeking out Theon, you can get the facts in my last game of Thrones video, or on the Preston Jacobs video series The Dreams of Wolves and Robins.
It's even possible the Night's King and not the Lord of Light sent the vision to The Hound, in order to get the Dream Team in a place where they'll have to be rescued by a dragon.
I'm not even sure the Lord of light exists. He may just be a mental construct that helps people tap into their innate psychic abilities. In many of Martin's stories there is an unmanned terraforming spaceship in orbit around several solar systems. This seed ship leaks radiation which awakens psychic abilities in the denizens of nearby planets each time it passes by, and the Red Comet seen in the Westerosi sky a few books and seasons back seems to be this same catalyst.
Whether or not the nights king sent that vision, there's no doubt in my mind he knew the dream team was coming and that Dany would try to rescue the team. He let his lieutenant be captured, but has one of his own zombies in the lieutenants platoon so that he'll have eyes on the situation.
Then he traps the dream team on an island and waits for what must have been days if we're taking time and distance into consideration. His army can obviously swim, since they later try to drag both John and Tormund into the icy water and also somehow get to the bottom of the lake to attach chains to a dragon.
When Dany arrives anotherlieutenant immediately grabs the spear and hands it to his master as if the situation were planned.
I think the nights King considered a zombie for a dragon pretty fair trade. But why did he need the dragon?
Just to augment his army? I don't think so.
I was pretty certain a zombie Dragon would not one to be able to breathe fire, since fire is a zombie's only weakness. It would make more since that an undead dragon ressurrected by ice elves would breathe ice or frost. Since there have been several Easter eggs foreshadowing the Army of the dead by-passing the wall by going around East watch in the ocean, my brother suggested the journey could be expedited pretty quick if a zombie Dragon were to freeze the sea to enable the army's march.
However, I've been informed there's been a leak claiming undead Viserion will burn down the wall.
Either way, the Nights King needed the dragon and probably orchestrated its arrival in his domain.
Moving on to the Arya/ Sansa conflict.
Petyr advises Sansa to allow brienne of Tarth to mediate between her and Arya, but Sansa inexplicitly sends Brienne away right afterwards. Is this just because she's determined to do the exact opposite of whatever petyr says? Is it because she's planning on killing Arya, and it's a similar situation to when Stannis sent Davos away before the sacrifice of Shireen? I don't think either of these are correct.
Sansa's has finally leveled up beyond Petyr in the Game. She's going to make Petyr think she's having a trial for Arya, surround Arya with her banner-men, but the surprise will be that the trial is actually for Petyr Baelish. She's tricked him into thinking she'd bought into his elaborate plan and has turned against her own sister. In reality she knows, for her plan to work, brienne can't be around to try and stop it and Arya has to believe she's under suspicion too. Otherwise Petyr will realize he's being played and counter. Next episode will likely be Petyr's trial, and possibly his execution.
But there you have it. Next week Petyr will be put on trial, a temporary alliance will be formed between Dany and Cersei,and Euron will reveal a secret weapon (possibly the Horn of Dragon Calling from the books) and will subtly divulge his intent to sabotage the alliance. That's because he's already under the influence of the Night's King, and will eventually betray all of mankind.
If you'd like to see the full proof that Joffrey, Ramsay, and now Euron have been influenced by the Night's King, that the Night's King is an incarnation of Bran Stark, and that Brendyn Rivers AKA the Three Eyed Raven was actually one of many incarnations of Bran Stark too please check out my other videos. And if you enjoyed this, please like and subscribe! I can't tell you how much it helps the channel!
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