Mance Rayder and his wife Dalla believe that the Wall prevents the Others from crossing into the Seven Kingdoms. When asked about the ability of Valyrian steel to kill an Other, Martin replied that "the Night's Watch would like to know as well". Ancient texts also record a weakness to "dragonsteel", which some think may be Valyrian steel. One is obsidian, otherwise called dragonglass or "frozen fire". The Others have a few known weaknesses that are recorded in ancient texts. Craster calls himself a godly man, and as such believes he does not have to fear any attacks from the Others or their wights. Craster's wives believe that Craster's sons become Others as well. According to his wives, Craster leaves his sons for the Others, whom he calls "the gods", come the "white cold", and, when he does not have any sons to give, gives them sheep.
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According to the stories of Old Nan, the free folk give the women they steal from the Seven Kingdoms to the Others, and they laid with the Others during the Long Night to birth half-human children. According to Patterson, " spoke a lot about what were not, but what they were was harder to put into words." The free folk believe the Others and their wights can smell life, or rather its warmth. Melisandre, a red priestess, believes that the Others are the "cold children" of the Great Other, allegedly an evil god of darkness, cold, and death who wages eternal war against R'hllor. Stannis Baratheon calls them "demons made of ice and snow and cold". Īccording to Old Nan, the Others hate "every creature with hot blood in its veins". The language the Others speak is unknown, but has been described as sounding like "the cracking of ice on a winter lake", and their laughter as being as sharp as icicles. They hide from the light of the sun and emerge at night although once again some stories claim that their coming brings the night. They might appear during snowstorms or mist, and melt away when the skies clear. White mist also rises when they are near. Extreme cold accompanies them, but it is unknown whether the Others only come when it is so cold, or whether they bring the cold with them. Their movements can be lightning quick and graceful. The Others go lightly on the snow and leave no prints to mark their passage.
Some tales also speak of Others riding giant ice spiders. There are tales of Others riding the corpses of dead animals such as bears, direwolves, mammoths, and horses. Martin has refused to answer whether or not the Others control these resurrected people and animals in the same way a warg or skinchanger can control an animal. Only burning the bodies of the deceased can prevent the Others from resurrecting them. The Others are capable of resurrecting dead men or creatures as wights. The Others can do things with ice that we can't imagine and make substances of it." The blades the Others use seem to be rather cold They are able to cover a metal blade in frost, and shatter a steel blade. When asked what substance the swords of the Others are made from, Martin answered "Ice. When the blades brush the flames of a torch, a screech as sharp as a needle can be heard. When the sword touches a steel blade, only a high, thin sound, similar to an animal screaming in pain, can be heard instead of the sound of metal on metal. The swords are alive with moonlight and have a faint blue glow to them. The pale swords are extremely sharp, capable of moving through ringmail as if it is silk.
The Others appear to be superior swordsmen, wielding thin crystal swords. According to comic book artist Tommy Patterson, Martin told him that "the reflective, camouflaging armor" is able to pick up "the images of the things around it like a clear, still pond." The Others wear delicate, reflective, camouflaging armor that shifts in color with every step. īlue-eyed Other gripping the pommel of a crystal sword, by Marc Simonetti © However, the Night's King's queen, presumably an Other due to her blue eyes and pale skin, is described as a "corpse queen" on account of her white, cold skin. Martin, the Others "are strange, beautiful… think, oh… the Sidhe made of ice, something like that… a different sort of life… inhuman, elegant, dangerous." Further, although Old Nan describes the Others as "dead things", Martin has stated that the Others are not dead.
Others have pale blue blood and shiny bones like milkglass. They have cold blue eyes that have been described as burning like ice, or being as bright as blue stars. The Others are tall and gaunt, with flesh pale as milk. Appearance and Characteristics See also: Images of the Others
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