SPOILER: If you haven’t finished season 7 of Game Of Thrones, don’t read on (but maybe consider if your priorities are in the right order.)
Game of Thrones fans experienced a shared moment of shock and awe when the Night King’s zombie dragon destroyed The Wall, making way for the Army of the Dead to march on towards Westeros.
We’ve known for a few seasons this was coming, of course. This is what Jon Snow (and let’s not forget, Samwell Tarly) have been trying to warn everyone about for years. We know the White Walkers are leading an army of zombies. We know they are only killable with dragonglass and fire. We know everyone in the North and South has reason to be terrified.
And yet, what we don’t know is what the Night King actually wants. Is his master plan just to kill everyone for the sake of it, because he’s evil and it’s just that simple?
Well, maybe. But a theory that has also emerged is that the Night King is making his way to the God’s Eye – which is a lake you probably won’t know much about unless you’ve read the books. On the lake is the Isle of Faces and basically, it’s the place where the Children of the Forest made a peace pact with the first men on Westeros.
Redditor TwerkMileyyy writes, “Ultimately I think his end goal is to reach the Isles of Faces and use its magical properties to give life to his undead army. Eastwatch by the Sea is the closest part of the wall to the Gods Eye. Harrenhall is on the northern shore of the Gods Eye. The writers have dropped hints about the Gods Eye for years and have always discussed the Riverlands with great detail.”
