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Is Essos impacted at all by the White Walkers and the long night?
Posted on 8/24/17 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 8/24/17 at 3:59 pm
Are the white walkers a Westeros only threat or do they threaten Essos as well when they come down?
I can't remember in the books or show if anyone in the cities on Essos ever mention the White Walkers.
I can't remember in the books or show if anyone in the cities on Essos ever mention the White Walkers.
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:00 pm to CBandits82
You can't ask this in one of the 47 other GoT threads? We're trying to discuss DC here today.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:02 pm to Breesus
frick that, I'm asking it right here, right now.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:03 pm to CBandits82
Yes
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:04 pm to CBandits82
Essos had its own version of the Long Night a long time ago. That's where the legend of Azor Ahai comes from (Assai) and why the massive Five Fortresses were built.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:07 pm to CBandits82
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The Rhoynar tell of a darkness that made the Rhoyne of Essos dwindle and disappear, her waters frozen as far south as the joining of the Selhoru...
The Long Night wiki from the ASOIAF Westeros.org Wiki
This post was edited on 8/24/17 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:14 pm to 1BamaRTR
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Essos had its own version of the Long Night a long time ago. That's where the legend of Azor Ahai comes from (Assai) and why the massive Five Fortresses were built.
I forgot about the five fortresses.
So the Westeros version never crosses the Narrow Sea?
Westeros freezes over and Essos just goes along like its any other day? Just seems odd its like that to me
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:18 pm to CBandits82
Maybe, maybe not, but the story that is being told takes place in Westeros.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:36 pm to CBandits82
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This post was edited on 5/4/23 at 3:45 am
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:42 pm to TheIrishFro
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It's possible that Westeros connects somehow to Essos through the north and the five fortresses were for protection against the white walkers/wights.
He also said that Westeros and Essos weren't connected on the opposite side. I guess an ice bridge would've been possible.
We may find out more whenever he decides to release another one of his Planatos "history" books.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:47 pm to 1BamaRTR
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This post was edited on 5/4/23 at 3:44 am
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:48 pm to TheIrishFro
quote:The Night King will have his army fight on two fronts, against the Red [Waste] Army and the Allies of Westeros
Martin has said that the world is round. It's possible that Westeros connects somehow to Essos through the north
Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:58 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
nice 
Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:38 pm to CBandits82
Since the NK has an undead dragon now, I'm going to say yes.
Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:54 pm to ladytiger118
He still has a magical wall stopping him
Posted on 8/24/17 at 7:46 pm to CBandits82
If you remember season 1, when Jorah is telling Dany about the Dothraki doomsday prophesy, it sounds very white walker-y.
Something about white flowers spreading throughout the land until everything is covered in white and "this is how the world will end."
Something about white flowers spreading throughout the land until everything is covered in white and "this is how the world will end."
Posted on 8/25/17 at 10:02 am to blueboy
I went back and found this exchange, good call.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 11:20 am to 1BamaRTR
My gosh why didn't I think about an ice bridge 
Posted on 8/25/17 at 11:41 am to blueboy
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Something about white flowers spreading throughout the land until everything is covered in white and "this is how the world will end."
From the wiki:
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Ser Jorah Mormont tells Daenerys Targaryen that ghost grass is native to the Shadow Lands. The Dothraki believe that one day ghost grass will fill the entire world, killing all other types of vegetation, and that is how the world will end.
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Ghost grass is a type of vegetation that exists on the continent of Essos. It is found in the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai. Ghost grass is pale in color and glows in the moonlight. It kills other types of grass.
I don't think this is actually referring to the White Walkers since Ghost Gross is actual grass and it only mentions killing off the vegetation (lead to the end). Plus it doesn't say this already happened but will happen.
Posted on 8/25/17 at 12:13 pm to 1BamaRTR
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I don't think this is actually referring to the White Walkers since Ghost Gross is actual grass and it only mentions killing off the vegetation (lead to the end). Plus it doesn't say this already happened but will happen.
Dothraki are a pretty simple society. I doubt they keep books or records. Most is probably passed down thru stories and legends
The long night happened a LONGGG time ago. It's like a very long game of telephone. Somewhere along the way snow because ghost grass and a clear story of the long night got lost.
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