Before discussing alien ghosts, we should also pay attention to the fact that there is no king in the original novel, and there is no mention that "alien ghosts were created by the sons of the forest". So we need to get rid of the influence of the drama and go back to the original point to study this evil magical creature.
-it's really "back to the original point", because the most detailed and direct description of strange ghosts in the book comes from the preface at the beginning of the first volume.
These paragraphs describe in detail the appearance, action mode, combat mode, weapons and armor of alien ghosts, and let us know that alien ghosts are intelligent species with language, and even their martial arts are quite good.
Some people may not know the difference between ghosts and ghouls. What's the difference between them? Although they all have white skin and blue eyes, ghouls' hands (hands and feet) will be black, because the blood in their bodies flows to their limbs and condenses there when they are deformed. Alien ghosts have no human blood and will not be black-handed. Besides, ghouls have no language or wisdom. They are completely puppets manipulated by alien ghosts.
Let's look at the description of the ghost being killed by the dragon crystal:
-Interesting phenomenon. Does the dragon crystal dagger look like the feeling of walking from an air-conditioned room to a humid outdoor in the dog days? Longjing is obsidian, also known as "frozen fire". Dragon crystal kills ghosts. It seems that fire melts ice. The "fire" in Ice Fire corresponds to Targaryen and their dragons, which is basically a conclusion. According to records, when the dragon is injured, the wound will also smoke, just like pouring some ice water into the brazier.
Valery people claim to be descendants of dragons, and they think they are related to dragons. According to the "deformed people" made by Targaryen in past dynasties, this is probably true, because these deformed people often have the symbol of "dragon", and dragons are the product of fire magic. Stark corresponds to ice, and alien ghosts are obviously the product of ice magic. In this way, it is quite possible that Stark is related to different ghosts.
Known weapons that can kill aliens are Dragon Crystal and Dragon Steel. Dragon crystal is fragile. It will break when used against ghouls. Longgang is generally regarded as valyrian steel. You can kill ghosts with this thing. The only problem is that it is rare, and the forging method is said to have been lost.
Alien weapons can freeze each other's ordinary weapons and then break them. -What's the connection?
The Stark sword is called "ice". In this age of ice and fire stories, it is a two-handed sword of Varelia Iron and Steel. In Bran's first Pov, he described it as "standing taller than Robb". Then there is a question: before Valeria's rise, did the Starks have clan swords? Also called ice? How did the name "ice" come from?
Brandon, the "builder", is the acknowledged founder of the Stark family. It is said that he built the Great Wall, Winterfell, Windsor Castle and even towering pagodas. We don't need to discuss the controversial points. The Great Wall is his great cause anyway.
Eight thousand years ago, aliens first appeared. People have experienced a long night for a whole generation. The "last hero" went through hardships to find the son of the forest and with their help expelled the alien ghost.
This story is a bit strange. Before Valeria rose 8,000 years ago, "Longgang" should also rise. Andals came across the sea after the rise of Valeria. So at that time, the only weapons used by humans and sons of the forest to deal with alien ghosts were bronze swords and dragonflies, but the social productivity at that time made me doubt their mining ability, so tell me, how did they expel alien ghosts with only bronze weapons and a small amount of dragonflies?
-Yes, Azor Ahai and Hero's Red Sword should be the right solution. The emissary of the King of Light and the emissary of the Cold God reached an armistice agreement after a great war. Cold God retreated to the northernmost part of Westeros, Red God returned to the East, and the world reshuffled.
After the "long night", when human beings were busy rebuilding their homes, Valeria in the east rose, and the dragon kings obviously carried the mark of the king of light; After the "long night", a great man appeared in Westeros in the west. People call him "the builder" Brandon Stark. He built the Great Wall and the Stark family rose.
This ice wall, with a length of 100 rig and a height of 700 feet, must first have the function of ice magic, but there is no indication that the son of the forest has mastered ice magic. So the role of the son of the forest should be to use magic to stop aliens and ghosts.
Brain hole speculation: The Ghost itself is a fusion of ice magic and Stark's ancestors. There was no Great Wall 8,000 years ago, so naturally you can't tell what's inside the Great Wall. Ghosts of that era should be sacrifices of the Starks, just like Caster the Savage (we will talk about this person later). Brandon, the "builder", made a human choice in the position. The restless son of the forest sealed or suppressed the blood of the Stark family ghost with magic, so that the Stark family did not become a ghost.
The reason for this speculation is the existence of the Long Night Castle. Night Castle is the oldest fortress on the Great Wall. It was built with the Great Wall-that is, it was built by Brandon, the "builder". Well, since the Great Wall is to stop monsters like ghosts, why did you leave a door under the night castle? In the novel, "cold hands" send Sam in through this door, and then Sam takes Bran out through this door. The strangest thing is that it is clearly a white fish beam, but its name is "Black Gate"!
Speaking of the long night castle, it is natural to talk about the story of the "Night King" and invite our ice and fire history expert and the truth emperor-Bran's old wet nurse:
According to the old nurse, the night king is a Stark. The thirteen years that he married the "corpse queen" should be a transformation process from ordinary people to strange ghosts. I guess adults are not as easy to become as babies. The "corpse queen" should not be an alien ghost, and there is no evidence that there are fertile women among the alien ghosts. She should be human. Her relationship with "Cold God" is similar to that between Yimei and the King of Light. What will the night king's "sacrifice to aliens" be? Caster, a savage beyond the Great Wall, gave us the answer: baby.
As mentioned earlier, there is a door under the Long Night Castle. This door may be a career that Brandon, the "builder", left for himself and future generations. This gate is called "Black Gate", and the cold god is the god of cold, night and death. When Bran and Sam passed by, the door was made of weirwood with a face painted on it, and weirwood was white.
The "Black Gate" probably used to be a gap in the Great Wall to block ghosts, and it was originally black. After the problem of the Night King, it was replaced by weirwood. Because the green prophet of the son of the forest realized that the Stark family needed stronger supervision, the door had to be opened by the night watchman.
-What is the material of the original Black Gate? There are two options for this question: first, iron wood, the wooden stake of the Starks' execution head is iron wood, and the door of Winterfell's tomb cellar is also iron wood; The second is ebony, which refers to the black and white temple gate dedicated to the God of a Thousand Faces.
The alien lineage of the Starks was suppressed, and perhaps in the years after the Great Wall was built, they stopped offering sacrifices to the cold gods. The "Night King" is a Stark, and the "Queen of Death" seduced him, and their children became new sacrifices. Stark and Joman in Winterfell destroyed the night queen. Why did they destroy all the information? You need to know how unreliable the commander-in-chief of the night watchman is. There was once an illegitimate child who wanted to inherit his throne. There is no need to destroy all the records in this ordinary matter. The only reason for this is to cover up the secret of Stark's lineage.
Then you may have to ask, where is Caster the Savage?
Let's get some information about custer. First of all, among the savages outside the Great Wall, he was the only one who sacrificed his baby to the "White Cold God". Secondly, I'm sorry, his last name sounds like "Stark". Third, Custer's mother is a savage beyond the Great Wall and his father is a night watchman. Finally, Ed said that the Starks have served in the Great Wall for generations. -Caster is of Stark's blood! Besides, there is no explanation why the alien wants his child instead of someone else's.
Assuming that our brain hole can be established, it brings an embarrassing third way of resurrection: becoming an alien ghost or something similar to an alien ghost (the first two were resurrected by Aunt Mei and possessed with spirits).
The reason why we say "approximate" is because there is a precedent of "cold hands". Cold hand's hand is black, so it should be a corpse that has not been completely transformed, but he retains his consciousness as a human being. Cold hands appeared on an elk, commanding a flock of crows. I think it is possible that he was a shapeshifter before he died, so he retained most of human consciousness. Maybe the magic of the son of the forest also played a role.
Finally, I don't think there is absolute good and evil in Martin's book. Therefore, we should not think that the king of light necessarily represents light and justice. It's terrible to sacrifice children to the cold god, but isn't it terrible for Lahlou to burn people alive if he has nothing to do? Don't forget how the girl in red and Stannis killed Renly, and the acting owner of Fengxi Castle, by the way, and Eric storm, Robert's illegitimate child.
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