Also called White Walkers, ancient beings of ice and cold from the Lands of Always Winter, far beyond the Wall. They appear as tall, gaunt figures with skin pale as milk and eyes like blue stars. They can reanimate the dead as wights to serve them, and their touch brings supernatural cold. According to legend, they brought the Long Night thousands of years ago before being defeated in the War for the Dawn. Their return is the existential threat underlying the political struggles of the series.