Sunday, December 6, 2015

Night's King

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*According to the Season 4 Blu-ray commentary, a lot more material was actually filmed with the Night's King in "Oathkeeper", but the production team then decided to cut it in order to keep his appearance brief and mysterious.<ref>[http://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-season-4-blu-ray-review/ ]</ref>
 
*According to the Season 4 Blu-ray commentary, a lot more material was actually filmed with the Night's King in "Oathkeeper", but the production team then decided to cut it in order to keep his appearance brief and mysterious.<ref>[http://watchersonthewall.com/game-thrones-season-4-blu-ray-review/ ]</ref>
   
*After "Hardhome" aired, [[George R.R. Martin]] responded to a query made by the Game of Throne Wiki asking for clarification on the Night's King, and how viewers/readers were to reconcile the fallen Lord Commander with the White Walkers' master:
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*After "Hardhome" aired, ''Game of Thrones Wiki'' managed to contact [[George R.R. Martin]] asking whether to treat the White Walker referred to as the "Night's King" relative to the ancient Lord Commander known as the "Night's King" - if they are the same character, or if "Night's King" is a ''title'' that can be held by different characters, like "King in the North". He was also asked if it was significant that Benioff and Weiss refer to him as the "Night King", without a possessive "S". Martin cryptically avoided the first question, but said he prefers the spelling "Night's King":
 
::''"As for the Night's King (the form I prefer), in the books he is a legendary figure, akin to Lann the Clever and Brandon the Builder, and no more likely to have survived to the present day than they have."''<ref>http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/12392</ref>
 
::''"As for the Night's King (the form I prefer), in the books he is a legendary figure, akin to Lann the Clever and Brandon the Builder, and no more likely to have survived to the present day than they have."''<ref>http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/12392</ref>
   

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