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SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary House of the Dragon’s season 2 premiere raises a big question about White Walkers being in the show. HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel makes its first visit to the North in season 2, introducing Lord Cregan Stark of Winterfell, who meets with Jacaerys Velaryon and agrees to pledge his and the North’s support to Rhaenyra Targaryen and the blacks. Well, some of his support anyway.
This does get to the heart of one of the biggest unanswered questions about the White Walkers: just what were they doing before Game of Thrones? Were the White Walkers alive - and awake - during that time? Were they just chilling in the Lands of Always Winter, very gradually building their armies, or in some kind of hibernation? So little is known about them that it’s difficult to answer. Osha in Game of Thrones season 1 says they had been “sleeping,” but that itself may be too simplistic.
It’s likely the truth is some combination of them all - a semi-hibernation, time building the army of the dead , and a confluence of growing magic and a great Winter that led to them making their move. So, yes, the White Walkers will technically be alive in House of the Dragon in some way, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be appearing.
Viserys told Aegon’s dream to Rhaenyra when making her heir; he also, unwittingly, told it to Alicent when he was dying, which she took to be about their son and meaning he should be King. To that end, then, while White Walkers won’t be appearing, they’re built-in as part of the point of the entire show and the Targaryen dynasty as a whole.
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