Among the countlessfan theoriessurrounding the final time of year ofGame of Thrones , a few revolve around theintentionsof the Night King . After Vladimír Furdík , the worker behind the ice blue eye , confirmedthat his role is after one person specifically , many fans of the serial have been kick the bucket wild trying to compute out who that one person is . While one of the more democratic beliefs is that he ’s place Bran Stark , others think he ’s determined to kill Jon Snow . But a fresh fan hypothesis puts a spin on all of these ideas , claim the Night King wants Jon to become his inheritor .
OneRedditortook to the platform to argue that perhaps the Night King was promised an heir thousands of geezerhood ago , and that he has been waiting until a worthy enough one was born .
" I believe part of the pact thousands of years ago with the Children Of The Forest was an agreement that he would be able to rid his curse of being the [ Night King ] by taking an heritor to his undead potty , " the theorizer write . " He was macabre of get Crastor ’s [ sic ] boy as a [ Band - Aid ] solution , the ignorance of not satisfy this promise could also be why his ground forces got so large . "
In this theory , the fact that Jon and his good supporter , Samwell Tarly , have yet to be kill by the Night King might serve as cogent evidence that the sovereign leader of the White Walkers want Jon Snow for something greater . The Redditor mentions the time Sam was dispense with by the White Walkers in the season 2 installment " Valar Morghulis , " excuse it could have been because they knew Sam was " significant to Jon ’s journey . " to boot , the Night King chooses not to go after Jon , at least not now , in the season 7 episode " Beyond the Wall . " Instead , he shoots down Daenerys Targaryen’sdragonViserion .
If the Night King sincerely is after Jon , as many theorize , this added layer means there ’s more to his motivations than to simply just kill him . And perhaps this would execute the theory that Jonisthe prince that was prognosticate — just not to the bread and butter . The Redditor indicate that perhaps we ’ll get more of a account behind the Night King in the last time of year and that it could begin to make him a harmonic quality .
" Remember Old Nan saying to Bran distinguish that the [ Night King ] might be a Stark , " the fan points out . " I believe we will learn the [ Night King ] story and commiserate with him , I think he ’s truly cursed and just desire to give-up the ghost but he can only break down by transport his throne to an heritor . "
Jon might be in deeper trouble than we ever anticipated if thistheoryis even remotely true , but we ’ll know soon enough . biz of Thronesreturns for its final season on April 14 .
