Game Of Thrones Prequel: 10 Legendary Characters We Hope To See

2. The Night King

Night King First Man
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One of the big disappointments of the final season of Game of Thrones is that we never really got a look into just what exactly the Night King's "deal" was. The most we got was that he was created by Leaf and the Children of the Forest by way of a dragon glass dagger through the heart to fight off the First Men.

After that, viewers saw the Night King and Army of the Dead take down a dragon, the Wall, then arrive at Winterfell where he was killed by Arya Stark and that was that. One can surmise that the Night King was just a random First Man simply fulfilling his duty to wipe out all living beings in Westeros.

However, this prequel may give us some insight on the man behind the king. Why him? What was he doing before getting captured and created? What's his name? Was he married with children? What did his father do for fun? All potential questions regarding the Night King's past may very well be answered, including one very crucial one...

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