Game of Thrones is an HBO fantasy drama television series developed by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is based on George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire trilogy, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. The show was shot in the United Kingdom, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, and Spain. It started on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes shown across eight seasons.
Why does the Night King create a circle pattern with dead bodies in ‘Game of Thrones’?
Following its record-breaking season premiere with 17.4 million viewers, Game of Thrones continues to keep fans guessing about what the rest of the series has in store. Dave Hill, the writer of the “Winterfell” episode, explains the significance of the White Walkers’ strange spiral, which may hold some clues about the Night King’s quest and the fate of the realm.
Hill told the New York Post, “As we saw with Bran and the Three-Eyed Raven, the spiral pattern was sacred to the Children of the Forest, who created the Night King by sacrificing a captured man in a spiral “henge of stones.” The Night King then adopted the symbol as a sort of blasphemy, like Satan with the upside-down cross.”
The symbol emerges early in the story when the Night’s Watch investigates a spiral structure of dead horse parts outside the wall. When Bran witnesses the Night King’s creation, the sigil becomes more prominent, revealing information about the Children of the Forest and the First Men.
With the spiral reappearing at the end of the season premiere, we’re left to speculate about the White Walkers’ impending menace.
HBO recently released a trailer for Game of Thrones next episode, which will air on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.
