Almost all the information we have about the Book Night's King comes from a Bran chapter in ASOS where he enters the Nightfort: The gathering gloom put Bran in mind of another of Old Nan's stories, the tale of Night's King. He had been the thirteenth man to lead the Night's Watch, she said; a warrior who knew no fear. In the books, the zombie apocalypse hasn’t quite kicked off yet, and the Night King is still more an urban legend than a tried and true villain. 49. Theon Greyjoy. Oh, Theon. He’s been through The books offer a small clue that there is indeed a connection between the Starks and the Night King, since the book's version of the character is actually the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's In King’s Landing, alliances are (apparently) formed in an effort to save Westeros from the scourge of the White Walkers. But it might all be for naught as the Night King resurrects Viserion and turns the dragon to his cause. With the Night King riding Viserion, the White Walker army attacks Eastwatch-by-the-Sea and brings down the Wall. The The Night's King was the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. He was a warrior without fear and he fell in love with a woman with extremely pale skin and blue eyes he spotted from atop the Wall. They ruled for 13 (again) years before being brought down. A major reason was due to the lack of payoff and explanation about the Night King. Game of Thrones had plenty of memorable villains over its eight-season run, but probably the most intriguing was the Night King. The leader of the army of the dead, the Night King posed the biggest threat to our heroes and Westeros in general with his massive the Night’s King was Otherized: Unfortunately, readers are still in some way riveted by the idea of a character being “turned” into a show-like Night King, despite there not even being evidence that the historical Night’s King was ever Otherized. Its roots lie in the mystery on who or what are the Others and how are they “born” or But can the Night King (or the Others in the books) get past the wall in other ways? I suspect they can. We have seen that wights are not simply destroyed when crossing the wall, so presumably the wall magic (if any actually exists) is a passive barrier, not an active one that banishes the animation magic or destroys the undead. YMNR1C9.