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Featured article The Others are a species of legendary, humanoid beings that exist north beyond the Wall. They are tall and gaunt, and their flesh is a pale white, while their eyes are bright blue. They wear delicate, reflective, camouflaging armor, which shifts in color with every step. According to legend, the Others came from the Lands of Always Winter thousands of years ago, bringing with them a cold and darkness that lasted a generation: the Long Night. The first men to form the Night's Watch finally defeated the Others, together with the children of the forest, in the Battle for the Dawn, and Wall in the North was built to keep them out. The Others have not been seen since the Long Night ended, and are presently regarded as nothing more than fairy tales used to frighten little children by most. Also known as white walkers, the Others go lightly on the snow, leaving no prints to mark their passage. They are accompanied by extreme cold, making it painful for humans to breath. White mists also rise when they come. However, they hide from sunlight, emerging only at night and melting away when the skies clear after a storm. They have the ability to do unimaginable things with ice; The swords these superior swordsmen use, are made of ice. Capable of resurrecting the dead, whether human or beast, tales of Others riding the corpses of bears, direwolves, mammoths, horses, and giant ice spiders are told. Although most of the Seven Kingdoms believe the Others to be a thing of legend, fisherfolk on the shore near Eastwatch-by-the-Sea claim to have glimpsed white walkers on the shore in 298 AC. Read more...   More featured articles... Featured quotes The best of them overcame their flaws, did their duty, and died with their swords in their hands. The worst...The worst were those who played the game of thrones. — Ser Barristan's thoughts “I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health.” —Jaime Lannister "I did what I did for the good of the realm."-Varys "The realm? Do you know what the realm is? It's the thousand blades of Aegon's enemies. A story we agreed to tell each other over and over till we forget that it's a lie."- Petyr Baelish "But what do we have left once we abandon the lie? Chaos. A gaping pit ready to swallow us all."- Varys. "Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love; illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is."- Petyr Baelish.   More quotes... Did you know... ... that the Port of Ibben, an icy port in the Shivering Sea, is lit by beacons burning whale oil? ... that the last Targaryen dragon died in 153 AC, the same year King Daeron II Targaryen was born? ... that according to George R. R. Martin, the lands beyond the Wall are probably larger than Greenland? The terrain closer to the Wall is reminiscent of forested Canada, while the Arctic lands further north have tundra and ice fields.   More interesting things.. References

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