Game Of Thrones season eight fans have been raking over past seasons to try and guess at who the Night King might be.
Now that Bran actor Issac Hempstead Wright has slammed the ‘cheesy’ idea that his character will eventually become the leader of the wights, some new theories have been presented ahead of the final season.
Reddit user saraquarius highlighted a conversation between Jon Snow and Lord Beric from last season, suggesting that ‘the war is ultimately between the Night King and the Lord of Light’, regularly brought up by Melisandre.
In the conversation, Beric says they are fighting against death.
‘Death is the enemy. The first enemy and the last,’ Beric tells Jon.
One fan offered the explanation that Jon could be the Lord of Light, but they suspect that ‘he’s not the good guy’.
A further theory suggested that the Night King himself is actually the Lord of Light.
Fan Corrog suggests that the Lord of Light lives inside the Night King, just that he is buried within him.
They continue: ‘Think about the messages Melisandre receives in the fire. She sees a great battle in the snow. She sees herself on the battlements of Winterfell. She sees the eyes Arya will shut forever. She sees a lot of things in Westeros.
‘And mostly northern Westeros, at that. Has any of her visions been of things far from a Weirwood tree?
‘Add to that, this human part of the Night King knows about wights. He knows the dead of the South will just bolster the Night King.
‘So he uses fire as his calling card. Messages in the fire, the Lord of Light, and burning your enemies. Burning your enemies kills them, and conveniently makes it impossible to use them as wights.’
Could everything throughout the series really be building up to a war within one man? And if so who will win between the Night King and the Lord of Light?
Alternatively, could Jon be revealed to be the Lord of Light from Melisandre’s visions?
We won’t have to wait much longer for all to be revealed in the final season.
Game Of Thrones returns April 14 on Sky Atlantic, HBO and is available to watch on NOW TV.
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