text: Asked by: Myrtis Walsh PhD
  When Arya defends poor Mycah, Joffrey takes a few swings at her before her direwolf, Nymeria, comes to the rescue. Mycah is later murdered by The Hound, and Nymeria's sister, Lady, is executed in her place. The boy's death is disturbing, but come on – viewers really can't stand it when a direwolf dies.
  Why did the Hound kill the butcher's boy?
  He is mentioned by the Hound when he is trying to convince Arya to kill him. He says that Mycah "begged for mercy", that he killed him anyways, and that his saddle "smelled like butcher boy for weeks".
  Mycah: Killed by The Hound on Joffrey's Orders
  The young boy only appeared in one episode of the series, and the second one at that, but his death also demonstrated just how brutal Game of Thrones was going to get (and how truly despicable Joffrey was.)
  What happened to the butcher's boy?
  Getting the Butcher's Boy Killed
  When Arya defends poor Mycah, Joffrey takes a few swings at her before her direwolf, Nymeria, comes to the rescue. ... The boy's death is disturbing, but come on – viewers really can't stand it when a direwolf dies.
  Is Arya's wolf still alive?
  But the only ones still alive are Ghost and Arya's direwolf Nymeria. Arya set her direwolf free during the first season after Nymeria jumped in to defend her against Prince Joffrey Baratheon. Knowing the cruel prince wouldn't let his attacker off easily, Arya sent Nymeria away to protect her.
  Who was Micah in Game of Thrones?
  Mycah is a butcher's boy who Arya Stark befriends on the ride south from Winterfell to King's Landing. He sleeps in the meat wagon and smells accordingly. Just seeing him makes Sansa sick.
  Does the little boy died in Game of Thrones Episode 1?
  Does Jaime Lannister love his sister?
  Who killed the wildlings in Episode 1?
  The trio quickly found the wildlings had been killed and arranged in a spiral pattern upon the ground. Two of the group were killed by a White Walker, while the third managed to flee back south of The Wall.
  The theories were plentiful for those who wanted to cling to their final moment with the Stark patriarch. Some believed he whispered the show's mantra: "valar morghulis," a silent acceptance that all men must die. ... It appears that Ned was actually "just saying a prayer," Bean said.
  Jon Snow was a boy hated by Catelyn since she first glimpsed him in Ned Stark's arms. Ned's lie that Jon was his own and that during his time at war he had broken his vows to Catelyn proved to be the cardinal sin that led to Catelyn despising the boy for the rest of her life.
  Why do white walkers make spirals?
  In various cultures, the symbol has represented rebirth or progression. ... They are using the symbols because their mission is to get back to that state of harmony." Other fans believe that the spiral is connected to the Targaryen sigil, which features a dragon whose body is arranged in a circular formation.
  Why do white walkers leave patterns?
  Hill explained to the New York Post, "As we saw with Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven, the spiral pattern was sacred to the Children of the Forest, who created the Night King by sacrificing a captured man in a spiral "henge of stones." The Night King then adopted the symbol as a sort of blasphemy, like Satan with the ...
  Why do the Starks say winter is coming?
  Lord Eddard Stark. "Winter Is Coming" is the motto of House Stark, one of the Great Houses of Westeros. The meaning behind these words is one of warning and constant vigilance. The Starks, being the lords of the North, strive to always be prepared for the coming of winter, which hits their lands the hardest.
  "Game of Thrones: Season 8 (The R. R. Martin cut) (George's Version) (From the Vault): The Musical: The Series," one fan joked about a possible next season. In actuality, the tweet was most likely part of a remembrance in honor of the show's 10-year anniversary, which premiered on April 17, 2011.
  How long does winter last in got?
  "If you lived anywhere in the northern hemisphere, summer would last 42 years and then winter would last 42 years. So the spin axis orientation makes all the difference." Although Uranus' winter and summer might be extremely long, they are still predictable.
  Simply put: no, the Night King is not a Targaryen, as poetic as it would have been for Jon / Aegon and Daenerys to have to face off against their many-greats-grandfather. ... He's not because, unfortunately, there weren't any Targaryens around Westeros then.
  What is the point of the White Walkers?
  White Walkers were a weapon created by the Children of the Forrest to combat humans. Basically, think of White Walkers as a drone-like army powered by magic that the Children of the Forrest lost control over. Bran, as the Three-Eyed Raven, is capable of seeing humanity's past/present/future (hence 3 eyes, get it?).
  As revealed ahead of "The Long Night", the Night King's target was Bran Stark, or rather, the Three-Eyed Raven. His goal was to erase Westeros, and that started with the Three-Eyed Raven, who served its memory. In order to wipe out humankind, he needs to destroy the keeper of its stories.
  What did the White Walker symbol mean?
  At face value, it means the White Walkers are marching south quickly. After breaking through the Wall in the Season 7 finale, they've already reached one of the Northern houses of Westeros and moved on—Winterfell could be next.