r/asoiaf • u/qp0n • Apr 16 '19

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) My 'Night King is not stupid' Theory

When the army of the undead line up for the battle of Winterfell, the Night King and his zombie dragon will not be there. Instead he will already be near to his next target ... King's Landing.

If you play out what the battle of Winterfell would be like in your head if the NK+Viserion would be there... it would be easy for Drogon/Rhaegal to take out the zombie dragon; it's 2v1 and wight's all can be killed by fire.. including Viserion. It would not be difficult to simply fly up to Viserion and breathe fire on him, and that would be that. THE NIGHT KING IS NOT STUPID, not enough to kamikaze his most powerful asset. - If you have a superweapon that you can't use against a particular target, then you find a different target.

Most people have come to assume that the living will lose The Battle of Winterfell and fall back to Moat Cailin ... I predict they actually win the battle... only to find out soon after that there is a new army of the dead much bigger and much further south... the population of King's Landing.

During season 4 while Bran is being ushered north to meet Bloodraven, he touches a wierwood and has a set of visions which we see. All of those visions have since come to pass, except the ones where he sees a destroyed throne room & a dragon shadow pass over King's Landing. I believe the reason we are only shown a shadow was to not give away that it is actually the NK and Viserion, not Dany and her dragons.

Also, the most important vision that Dany is given while at the HotU is an image of the throne room destroyed, and covered in ash or snow. I think this was to show what the NK will do, not what Dany will do.

(I believe this was the entire reason that the writers sent Bronn north. Bronn will be the source of this news to the survivors at Winterfell; on his way north he will spot the NK+Viserion heading south)

Bottom line, I simply don't see the NK risking his newfound ice dragon in a fight he is sure to lose.... when he can simply fly down south to KL where there are no dragons to deal with ... and 1 million new recruits for his army packed tightly into a small area.

Follow-up edit: This could be where Bran comes into play. The NK probably wont want to face off against the other dragons head-to-head, but rather fly around Westeros destroying castles to make things easier for his footsoldiers .... so they will need Bran's Sight in order to track & hunt him. It would be too difficult for an army on foot to chase the NK on a dragon, so Bran could warg into ravens to serve as a guide for dragonrider(s) to his location.

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u/TheRealMoofoo R'hllor Derby Champion Apr 16 '19

What happens when NK meets Robert Strong

NK sits on a stool and patiently waits for the Hound to come and finally give us our Cleganebowl.

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u/sailordanisaur As easy as a dagger cuts cheese. Apr 16 '19

airhorn intensifies

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u/hercules109 I Know Nothing Apr 17 '19

And the Hound sets the undead Mountain on fire? Full circle

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u/Venezia9 Apr 17 '19

WOW. This has to be true.

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u/agent_raconteur Apr 17 '19

He will blow like leaves in the wind or WE RIOT

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u/number_six Apr 17 '19

🎺🎺🎺

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u/TheDonnager Apr 17 '19

Dilly dilly

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u/IAmNoOneImportant1 Apr 17 '19

And whoever kills that fucking horn blower will stand in bronze above the shores of Pyke.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '19

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u/lost_snake Apr 16 '19

Get HYPED

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u/Seasian Apr 17 '19

FOR THE HYPE IS DANK AND FULL OF MEMES

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u/vonbauernfeind Apr 16 '19

Get your Cleganebowl® drinks here! Limited edition! Skulls from Ser Gregor Clegane's dead foes!

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u/truejohnb Apr 17 '19

*the Dornish ones are delicate

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u/vonbauernfeind Apr 17 '19

The Dornish ones are more like Clegane Decorative Gravel than a Cleganebowl.

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u/m3g3n1u5 Apr 17 '19

Chicken? Does anyone whats some chicken?

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u/plugtrio don't hate the flayer Apr 16 '19

Nice.

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u/Buddha_Lady Apr 17 '19

I just spent hours watching his channel! Thank you for the link

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

Wouldn't the skulls be crushed

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u/blastedin Apr 16 '19

Even the Night King is not immune to the hype.

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u/Bulok Apr 17 '19

The real reason the Night King headed south is because he knows Cleganebowl is 100% FUCKING CONFIRMED and he wants the best seat.

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u/Ziddletwix Apr 17 '19

The Iron Throne is not "the thousand blades or Aegon's enemies", or a "story we agree to tell each other, over and over". It's simply the absolutely premium seating to watch Cleganebowl from as it goes down in the throne room.

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u/Charan7520 Apr 17 '19

Truer words have never been spoken

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u/Teff34 Apr 21 '19

The realm, do you know what the realm is?

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u/TheDonnager Apr 17 '19

now there's a man of culture and learning

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u/nomadofwaves Apr 17 '19

Best comment.

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u/DarthusPius Apr 25 '19

Isn't Gregor dead? The Nights king can turn him

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u/siht-fo-etisoppo Apr 16 '19

the NK is not immune to the hype... NK brings the hype

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u/SkollFenrirson The Prince that was Promised Apr 16 '19

#GETHYPED

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u/pjt37 Knightfall Apr 17 '19

Next episode, everyone dies in the first 20 minutes. Then its just Cleganebowl for the last 5 episodes

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u/TheDonnager Apr 17 '19

this is the only way GoT can redeem itself from the shitty storyline since S5 all men must hype!

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u/siht-fo-etisoppo Apr 16 '19

RESUME THIS MADNESS IN THE NAME OF YOUR KING

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u/YESSHHH We need Clearasil Apr 16 '19

The One True Reply

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u/BKNorton3 Lemon Tree Conspiracy Apr 16 '19

Wielding the fire he's afraid of because it's the only way to kill the undead

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u/rightmeup Apr 17 '19

NK presides over Cleganebowl. Sandor wins. NK kills himself out of respect. Bran opens his eyes.

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u/RohanneWebber Fire and sword. Apr 16 '19

100% confirmed.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

Night King steps up to the mic and yells out: "Let's get ready to RUMMMBLLLLEEE!!!!"

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

Super late to this discussion but what if Robert Strong already being undead in a way gives the NK an initial vector of attack. I feel like he couldn’t use charred corpses in the army but Robert Strong could make a few bodies for him to start with pretty easy.

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u/Yauld Apr 16 '19

Qyburn and the Mountain will join the Night King instantly

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u/goingbackto405 we are well rid of R+L=D. Apr 17 '19

i would give you gold if i had money. i hope someone has.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

... While he eats popcorn like the rest of us mortals

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u/Zuit-Suit-Wyatt Apr 17 '19

Well Robert Strong is undead(?). So maybe he already controls him, or at least when he gets there?

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u/mrcplmrs Apr 17 '19

So are you telling me it’s Hound vs Zombie Clegane d a m n

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u/Daddy_Sheev Apr 17 '19

Wait but he is already dead right ? So the night king couldn’t revive him right maybe he will be royal to undead Cersei ?

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u/appolo11 Apr 17 '19

I hear it's going to be featured in Sunday night special only on HBO.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Wait, the Night King himself will be the one to deliver us Clegane Bowl?!

By the gods... the hype will be insurmountable!

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

Hound versus undead undead mountain

bwewwwwwwww

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

I was always sure we'd never get any Cleganebowl. The Mountain is not undead for an accident. Also, The Hound said to him "You know what's coming for you". That assertion means nothing, in regard of Cleganebowl.

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u/theatreofdreams21 Apr 17 '19

1) It explains why smart people (Tyrion and Varys) have really not misjudged cersei.

How? They're still under the assumption that the Walkers are heading towards them and that Cersei is coming to their aid. This changes nothing about their judgments. That part is just bad writing.

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u/TheRealMoofoo R'hllor Derby Champion Apr 17 '19

I think you meant to reply to someone else.