What was the point of White Walkers?

The White Walkers were thousands of years old, coming from the time preceding the Age of Heroes. Born of powerful and untested magic, they were created to protect the Children of the Forest from the First Men, who had waged war on them ever since they had arrived from Essos.

Do white walkers have emotions?

At many times in the show, the white walkers seem to show at least some emotion. When Jon killed the walker with Longclaw in Hardhome, the walker seemed genuinely surprised when Longclaw didn’t shatter. When the Night King walked through the fire into the Three Eyed Ravens cave, he seemed smug.

Why are the white walkers coming south?

Being low in numbers themselves, the only way for them to raise an army is by raising the dead. So they start to kill some wildlings to make the dead bodies fight for them. This causes the wildlings to march south to get over the wall into safety.

Why do the white walkers want to invade Westeros?

They want to bring down the Wall not to invade Westeros, but to escape their traditional home and find a safer place to live. In the last several years (of Game of Thrones time), the White Walkers have had a huge resurgence. Not only are they building an army, but they have claimed their own dragon to destroy the Wall.

Why do the white walkers want the babies?

The White Walkers were often portrayed as a shadowy threat during early seasons, and it was revealed in season 3 that Wilding Craster gave up his male children – born of incestuous relationships with his own daughters – as sacrifices to the Walkers in exchange for being left in peace in the Haunted Forest.

Why did the White Walkers turn bad?

Eventually, the White Walkers rebelled, Cylon-style, from their lives of forced war-making and decided to make war on their own terms, attacking the living indiscriminately and becoming the most feared creatures in all of Westeros.