Finally, there is no Night King in A Song Of Ice And Fire. There is a legend of the Night’s King but he is not the recognizable leader of the White Walkers (the Others in the books). The Night King character on the HBO series has diverged from the books, but it’s still worth taking a look at the original text. In the third book of the series, The Night's King was the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. He was a warrior without fear and he fell in love with a woman with extremely pale skin and blue eyes he spotted from atop the Wall. They ruled for 13 (again) years before being brought down. The books may take a different approach since there's no limit on nuance, but for the themes the show has established, the Night King works marvelously. While the seven kingdoms backstab and politick to reach the next rung in the ladder, the personification of destruction marches south. The Night's King and his 12 other Lord Commanders all wear retro Night's Watch uniforms. In the behind the episode of Hardome D&D call the WW Jon killed 'one of the NKs lieutenants' which to me implies they have an ordered system. The Night King thought Jon Snow was the only one who could kill him; which, is why it was so important that Arya did it. To me it makes it better that the Night King was so scared of Jon Snow that he wouldn’t even face him. Perhaps he knew of the prophesy about Azor Ahai, and thought Jon was it, so he tried to prevent it by keeping Jon away. 27 votes, 59 comments. In the last long night, did he die? If so how did he come back? Or is the night king we see in the show/books a different… Meaning, the Others predates the Night's King. Plus, the Night's King supposedly fell in love with a girl whose eyes were blue stars and skin white as the moon that was ice cold to the touch. So, if the show is to be believed, the Night King was the one who turned White Walkers and wights alike, then that means the Great Other probably predates The Night King - Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones S8 Episode 3 (The Long Night)Avail Now: The Night's Watch was established during the Long Night, yes, so there would be Lord Commanders of the Night's Watch. However, if Azor Ahai is the one who ended the Long Night, then he cannot be the Night's King, especially if we are relying on the axiom that Nissa Nissa = the Night's King's wife. 9Ltq.