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|Title = White Walker
 
|Title = White Walker
 
|Season = [[Season 1|1]]
 
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|Appearances = "[[Winter is Coming (episode)|Winter is Coming]]"
 
|Appearances = "[[Winter is Coming (episode)|Winter is Coming]]"
 
|Status = [[:Category:Status: Alive|Alive]]
 
|Status = [[:Category:Status: Alive|Alive]]
 
|Allegiance = [[White Walkers]]
 
|Allegiance = [[White Walkers]]
|Actor = [[Spencer Wilding]]}}
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A '''White Walker''' is an unnamed minor character in the [[Season 1|first season]]. He is played by guest stars [[Spencer Wilding]] and [[Ian Whyte]] and only appears in the [[Winter is Coming (episode)|series premiere]].
   
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==Biography==
A '''White Walker''' is an unnamed minor character in the [[Season 1|first season]]. He is played by guest star [[Spencer Wilding]] and only appears in the [[Winter is Coming (episode)|series premiere]].
 
 
===[[Season 1]]===
 
==[[Season 1]]==
 
 
The [[White Walkers]] slaughter a band of [[wildlings]] and arrange their bodies in a strange shape. The [[Night's Watch]] ranger [[Will]] tracks the wildlings and finds the bodies. Horrified he tells his companions Ser [[Waymar Royce]] and [[Gared]] and leads them to the scene. The bodies have vanished and [[Gared]] sends Will to track them further. The White Walkers ambush the men and kill Ser Waymar. A [[Wildling girl]] from the band returns as a [[Wight]] and stalks Will through the trees. Gared flees through the forest and the White Walkers give chase. They catch and behead Gared just as he finds Will. They toss his head in front of Will and let Will flee south. His news of their return is taken as the ramblings of a madman and he is executed for desertion.<ref>"[[Winter is Coming (episode)|Winter is Coming]]"</ref>
 
The [[White Walkers]] slaughter a band of [[wildlings]] and arrange their bodies in a strange shape. The [[Night's Watch]] ranger [[Will]] tracks the wildlings and finds the bodies. Horrified he tells his companions Ser [[Waymar Royce]] and [[Gared]] and leads them to the scene. The bodies have vanished and [[Gared]] sends Will to track them further. The White Walkers ambush the men and kill Ser Waymar. A [[Wildling girl]] from the band returns as a [[Wight]] and stalks Will through the trees. Gared flees through the forest and the White Walkers give chase. They catch and behead Gared just as he finds Will. They toss his head in front of Will and let Will flee south. His news of their return is taken as the ramblings of a madman and he is executed for desertion.<ref>"[[Winter is Coming (episode)|Winter is Coming]]"</ref>
   
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{{Season One Appearances|1=yes}}
 
{{Season One Appearances|1=yes}}
   
==Behind the Scenes==
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==Behind the scenes==
 
Spencer Wilding played the role in the original version of the pilot shot by [[Thomas McCarthy]] and was replaced by Ian Whyte when the pilot was re-shot by [[Tim Van Patten]]. Footage of Wilding remained in the final cut of the episode so he retained his credit.
 
[[Spencer Wilding]] played the role in the original version of the pilot shot by [[Thomas McCarthy]] and was replaced by [[Ian Whyte]] in the role when the pilot was re-shot by [[Tim Van Patten]]. However, some of the original footage using Wilding was intercut with Whyte's footage in the final cut of the episode.
 
   
 
==In the books==
 
==In the books==
In the ''[[Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the White Walkers are more commonly called the Others. They have not arranged the bodies in the same way. There is a longer duel with Ser Waymar before he is killed. Will is killed by Ser Waymar, returned as a wight while Gared escapes south. The Walkers speak in a language Will does not recognize in the books.
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, the White Walkers are more commonly called the Others. They have not arranged the bodies in the same way. There is a longer duel with Ser Waymar before he is killed. Will is killed by Ser Waymar, returned as a wight while Gared escapes south. The Walkers speak in [[Skroth|a language]] Will does not recognize in the books.
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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*{{AWOIAF|The Others}}
*[http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Others Others at A Wiki of Ice and Fire]
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Season 1 Characters]]
 
[[Category:Season 1 Characters]]
 
[[Category:Status: Alive]]
 
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[[Category:Characters from beyond the Wall]]
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[[Category:White Walkers]]

Revision as of 00:46, 17 July 2014

This article is about a specific character. For other uses see White Walker

A White Walker is an unnamed minor character in the first season. He is played by guest stars Spencer Wilding and Ian Whyte and only appears in the series premiere.

Biography

Season 1

The White Walkers slaughter a band of wildlings and arrange their bodies in a strange shape. The Night's Watch ranger Will tracks the wildlings and finds the bodies. Horrified he tells his companions Ser Waymar Royce and Gared and leads them to the scene. The bodies have vanished and Gared sends Will to track them further. The White Walkers ambush the men and kill Ser Waymar. A Wildling girl from the band returns as a Wight and stalks Will through the trees. Gared flees through the forest and the White Walkers give chase. They catch and behead Gared just as he finds Will. They toss his head in front of Will and let Will flee south. His news of their return is taken as the ramblings of a madman and he is executed for desertion.[1]

Appearance

Template:Season One Appearances

Behind the scenes

Spencer Wilding played the role in the original version of the pilot shot by Thomas McCarthy and was replaced by Ian Whyte when the pilot was re-shot by Tim Van Patten. Footage of Wilding remained in the final cut of the episode so he retained his credit.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the White Walkers are more commonly called the Others. They have not arranged the bodies in the same way. There is a longer duel with Ser Waymar before he is killed. Will is killed by Ser Waymar, returned as a wight while Gared escapes south. The Walkers speak in a language Will does not recognize in the books.

See also

References

  1. "Winter is Coming"