Mithras Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 “There’s nothing here to hurt us, Your Grace.”Bran wasn’t so certain. The Nightfort had figured in some of Old Nan’s scariest stories. It was here that Night’s King had reigned, before his name was wiped from the memory of man. This was where the Rat Cook had served the Andal king his prince-and-bacon pie, where the seventy-nine sentinels stood their watch, where brave young Danny Flint had been raped and murdered. This was the castle where King Sherrit had called down his curse on the Andals of old, where the ’prentice boys had faced the thing that came in the night, where blind Symeon Star-Eyes had seen the hellhounds fighting. Mad Axe had once walked these yards and climbed these towers, butchering his brothers in the dark. Or maybe it wasn’t Mad Axe at all, maybe it was the thing that came in the night. The ’prentice boys all saw it, Old Nan said, but afterward when they told their Lord Commander every description had been different. And three died within the year, and the fourth went mad, and a hundred years later when the thing had come again, the ’prentice boys were seen shambling along behind it, all in chains. The footfalls sounded heavy to Bran, slow, ponderous, scraping against the stone. It must be huge. Mad Axe had been a big man in Old Nan's story, and the thing that came in the night had been monstrous. This is one of those scary Nightfort stories. The thing that had been Catelyn Stark took hold of her throat again, fingers pinching at the ghastly long slash in her neck, and choked out more sounds. The things below moved, but did not live. One by one, they raised their heads toward the three wolves on the hill. The last to look was the thing that had been Thistle. There are worse ways to die than drowning. And if truth be told, he had perished long ago, back in King's Landing. It was only his revenant who remained, the small vengeful ghost who throttled Shae and put a crossbow bolt through the great Lord Tywin's bowels. No man would mourn the thing that he'd become. I'll haunt the Seven Kingdoms, he thought, sinking deeper. They would not love me living, so let them dread me dead. All three of these quotes refer to the undead or in Tyrion’s case, a person deprived of humanity. So, what the hell is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustaf Stark Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Well the obvious answer (probably not though) is that it's a whitewalker, because the majority of those texts you've cited are in the north. But I have no idea, interesting question though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light a wight tonight Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 A snark. Or a grumkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtpimenta Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 A snark. Or a grumkin. And what are THOSE things? :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Warning Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 A Bolton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fossoway Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Benjen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daendrew Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Ice spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Starkgaryen Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 A wight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckfield Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Tormund's member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmnomnomPomelo Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Daario Naha..srry Euron Greyjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmnomnomPomelo Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowCat Rivers Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Nice catch! It certainly is, as the unknown, something much more scary than a danger known and well defined. My guess is, whatever it is, it's (un)dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNorthRemember Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 As said above that are the Snark and grummlis.Se mentioned as not exist but is not as serious if they existieran.Serán asoiaf of orcs and trolls version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazfemur Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 it makes me think it's the same figure though, in some of the stories. it sounds like a recruiter to me. Maybe it's an Other. Maybe it's an Other who was once a brother. who has taken the oath. Maybe it's a Wildling, taking a male, to sacrifice to the Others to fulfill the agreement. Whatever you want to believe, it translates into: Something appeared, took 3 males, and the next time they were seen they were with the thing as undead servants. It makes sense if you think about it. The big debate is, time was taken to name King Sherritt, and an apparent curse that he exclaimed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Martell Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Tormund's member Daario Naha..srry Euron Greyjoy they are both one in the same. It is a new theory I have. Because you never see them together and both are huge dicks they must be one and the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.P. Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Josh Duggar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connartist92 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Josh Duggar. Too soon.. But I laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensenmenn Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 What if the others can turn baby giants into big WW/neverborn like thay do with baby humans so the thing that came was a giant WW/neverborn to me that's pretty terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Joe the Unknighted Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Who is Symeon StarEyes? Any time we see a wight they are always described as have eyes that shine like blue stars. But Symeon Star eyes was a hero in the story. What is up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ummester Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 they are both one in the same. It is a new theory I have. Because you never see them together and both are huge dicks they must be one and the same. Or do you mean all 3 are the same and the thing is their member? Perhaps it's a large parasitic slug that either houses itself in male characters member or female characters throats - the thing that came in the night :) On a serious note, I have no idea what this thing is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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