The Night King (or sometimes called Night’s King) is most recognizable of The White Walkers. You’ve probably seen this icy bad guy in a meme or gif, raising his arms in an “Are you not entertained?” gesture as he resurrects a whole hordes of fallen wildling corpses into wights. Because that’s something he can do.

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The Night King was the first of the White Walkers. He was one of the First Men before he was turned into something else by the Children of the Forest. He has the power to turn human infants into White Walkers, as we saw with Caster’s sons who were given as sacrifices to the Night King in return for Casters’ and his brood’s safety.

What do the White Walkers want?

I mean, they’re probably pretty mad about that enforced slavery thing. Also, they were created with a singular purpose — war — using untested magic as the instrument. In other words: The Children of the Forest were just kind of desperately winging it. They were playing with fire (or, in this case, ice) and most definitely got burned. Now, they’re getting everyone else burned, too.

Perhaps, given their origins, the White Walkers are incapable of wanting anything other than to conquer. Or maybe they’re just really angry. Frankly, this is the Children of the Forests’ fault, though it seems like a low blow to harp too much on this point, given that most of them are dead, many at the hands of The White Walkers themselves.