Game Of Thrones: 10 Things We Learned From "Oathkeeper"

1. The White Walkers Are Back

The last time we saw a White Walker, it was meeting its demise at the hands of Samwell€™s dragonglass dagger. This time around, the only human this Walker is dealing with is Craster€™s last male offspring. Carrying the baby in its arms, the icy demon rides its undead steed to a shattered mountain. The baby is placed in the centre of a ring of ice pillars and is approached by what appears to be the White Walker King (and later accidentally confirmed as the legendary, not-appeared-in-the-books yet Night's King by HBO Go), judging by its regal head adornment. The King picks the baby up and touches his cheek, causing his eyes to glow blue. The baby has been turned into a White Walker. This event is one of the most significant things to happen on the show. We not only learned what happened to those babies Craster was giving away, but also learned how the White Walkers are created. Sure, we€™ve seen them reanimate corpses, but there had been no details given on where they originated. This explains why there are so many of them. They€™re not procreating (sorry for putting that image in your head), they€™re converting humans. What€™s more important, however, is that this is a major revelation that was divulged on the show before the books. It€™s no surprise given that the White Walkers have appeared more often on the TV series. Still, this is big - the origin of the White Walkers and the Night's King himself were revealed on the show before the books. It€™s unclear whether the Walkers will share these developments in the book, but they are the same, this will be one of the few times that the book crowd is spoiled by the show, rather than vice-versa. For the TV viewers, that€™s probably a refreshing change of pace. Sorry for those of you waiting for The Winds of Winter, as you might have had part of the plot spoiled. Now you know how the TV crowd have felt on many occasions.