re: GoT Middle Ground Thread - SN 7 - NO LEAK DISCUSSION ALLOWED - Book discussion okay

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how do we know a flaming sword would kill him? Serious question


He's undead and that's their greatest weakness.

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I haven't read the books, is that part of the established lore?

What I see in the shows is that the Night King's wights are vulnerable to fire if they're dried up and withered, and they burn like straw. And they burn the dead so there's only ashes, not bodies to reanimate.

The Mountain isn't a blue-eyed wight, he isn't all dried up, and your description

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The flesh mortifies and the wounds ooze pus. Even maggots will not touch such foulness. His convulsions are so violent that I have had to gag him to prevent him from biting off his own tongue. I have cut away as much tissue as I dare, and treated the rot with boiling wine and bread mold, to no avail. The veins in his arms are turning black

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describe him as rather ripe and juicy, doesn't sound like he'd burn easily.

He's big enough to take a few hacks from a blade, and I would guess he's even less susceptible to pain now. I don't think a flaming sword cuts him down like a lightsaber, and nobody can afford to trade blows with him, not even the Hound.