Others
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The Others, known amongst the wildlings as White Walkers, are a race of creatures that have been recorded to exist north of the Wall. Before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire, the Others had not been seen on Westeros since the end of The Long Night over 8,000 years previous. In the Seven Kingdoms, the Others came to be regarded as an extinct race or simply a fairy tale. Events in A Song of Ice and Fire have proven this belief to be untrue.
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[edit] Appearance
The Others appear as tall, gaunt humanoids with chalk white skin and eyes of blue so deep it burns like fire. They wear reflective armor that shifts in color with every step, and wield thin crystal swords that seem to give off a bluish hue.
[edit] Characteristics
They have only been seen at night, and seem to bring unnatural cold with them. Objects struck by their swords can become so cold that they shatter. The Others move with a silent, fluid grace, exhibiting a mastery of swordsmanship. They speak a language other than the Common tongue of Westeros with voices that sound like cracking ice. The Others have a few known weaknesses that are recorded in ancient texts. One is obsidian, often called dragonglass and "frozen fire". Weapons made of obsidian will pierce the Others' armor easily and kill them instantly. In death, the Others seem to melt into a pool of extremely cold liquid. Ancient texts also record a weakness to "dragonsteel", which several Night's Watchmen have speculated to be Valyrian steel. Mance Rayder expressed belief that magic wards in the Wall prevent the Others from crossing into the Seven Kingdoms.
Melisandre describes the Others as servants of "the great other", an evil god of darkness, cold, and death who wages eternal war with R'hllor.
[edit] Wights
Creatures killed by the Others reanimate as undead zombies called wights. The bodies of wights are freezing cold and their eyes glow blue. Wights will attack any living creature around them with surprising strength, and with a certain amount of intelligence and memories of their previous life (as indicated by an assassination attempt of the Lord Commander of the Night Watch). They feel no pain and will continue to fight regardless of injury. Though they can be stopped by total dismemberment, their limbs will continue to move if detached from their bodies. They are highly flammable and will be quickly consumed if set aflame. The Others hold some form of power over wights and can gather them together to attack their enemies en masse. While it is unknown whether wights can cross the Wall on their own, corpses brought through the Wall can still reanimate as wights and even enter castles of the Wall.
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