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Game Of Thrones Boss Explains Why Dragon Fire Didn't Kill The Night King

Game Of Thrones Boss Explains Why Dragon Fire Didn't Kill The Night King

Very few beings could survive getting smoked by a dragon

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

Right Game of Thrones fans.

After we've seen the latest episode, featuring the Battle of Winterfell and Arya Stark finally shivving the Night King right in his evil, icy chest with a Valyrian steel blade, there's a lot to unpack.

However, whilst the attention of those who survived the largest battle in TV history turns south towards King's Landing and Cersei Lannister, there are still a few things that are confusing about the battle between living and dead.

For starters, how is it that the Night King managed to survive getting smoked by dragon fire?

Not this dragon.
HBO

In one fell swoop, and with a frankly disturbing grin, he managed to become the only person ever to get in the way of one of Daenerys Targaryen's children's fiery breath and live to tell the tale.

Well, for a bit, at least. Actually, was he alive in the first place? Either way.

Unfortunately, we can't exactly ask him. First off, he's a fictional character (sorry, folks) and second off, he's finished.

What we do have is the word of the showrunners of Game of Thrones, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.

Weiss recently told HBO's accompanying documentary short series Inside the Episode about why the Night King was able to survive Drogon lighting a fire all over him.

Creepy AF.
HBO

Weiss explained: "We thought it was important that whatever the plan was it doesn't just work because that would be dull.

"There's no reason to know for certain that the fire wouldn't kill or destroy the Night King, but there's also no particular reason to believe that it would.

"Then a few moments after this happens, the Night King brings them a whole larger undead problem by taking all of their own who have been killed in the course of this battle and turning them into the enemy."

Oh, right. It's not because of any reason directly related to the show, just that they needed to keep building suspense and piling the odds against our heroes.

Whilst some amongst you will no doubt find that a bit disappointing, it did help to build towards the frenetic and dramatic conclusion of Arya appearing out of nowhere - or should that be no-one? - to stick the commander of the dead with the catspaw dagger following some nifty knife work.

Arya about to stick the Night King.
HBO

That conclusion is probably worth a little bit of detail being left out of the Night King's back story. After all, the show would have been over in about an hour if Dany had just melted him.

What do you think about it? Could or should it have been done differently? Tell us what you reckon at Game of Thrones: Westeros Posting on Facebook.

Sky Atlantic will show the fourth episode of Game of Thrones' eighth and final season at 2am on Monday 6 May and again at 9pm that same day.

Featured Image Credit: HBO

Topics: TV and Film, UK Entertainment, US Entertainment