How would the White Walkers get past the wall?

It got there because someone dragged it through the gate believing it was dead only to have it come back to life. The White Walkers might not be able to cross the wall on their own volition, but they can cross the wall with someone’s help. That means if someone allows them in they could essentially get past the wall.

Why do white walkers hate water?

The white walkers can’t get in to the water as they are made of ice. But the army of the dead aren’t made of ice. There are maybe around 1000 white walkers but there are 1000s of 1000 or even more in the army of the dead. That’s a huge number and no bigger canal can stop them.

Why does Wight survive?

He must have included one single Wight that is not turned by that particular White Walker who got killed by Jon, hence allowing that particular Wight to survive. Also if you noticed, that as soon as the Wight was captured, he sent out a horrendous cry, like a location tracker for the rest of the troops to find them.

Is Viserion a Wight or a White Walker?

That means Viserion is not a wight dragon, but a White Walker dragon. The differences between the wights and the White Walkers used to just be how hard they were to “kill.” This episode added some complexities to the relationship that makes Viserion’s magical properties even more mysterious.

What happened to the White Walkers on ‘Game of Thrones’?

The biggest revelation about how the White Walkers, wights, and the whole Army of the Dead work comes halfway through “Beyond the Wall,” when Jon Snow kills another White Walker with Longclaw and most of the wights following him immediately crumble into bone dust.

Do the White Walkers have a dragon now?

The White Walkers have a dragon now. The assault on what was left of the Free Folk at Hardhome was impressive, but didn’t tell us much about how the wights operate as a fighting force. When the Night King raised his hands (and the dead) at Hardhome, he was creating wights, which play by zombie rules.

What happens if you kill the White Walker that turned dead?

Later, Jon and Jorah speculate that if you kill the White Walker that “turned” the dead thing into a wight, then the progeny of that White Walker instantly dies. That’s huge.