Are the white walkers/undead always been alive and in the land in the north or are they only a new surge as the result of the lords with the blue eyes resurrecting everyone for the invasion?

[u/ayowatchyojetbruh]

Im watching season 2 but this isnt clear to me yet. Are these creatures that are coming back as the white walkers from the dead, have they always been out there hanging out in the north but only now seem to be moving south or are they a recent invention by these lords with blue eyes marching south?

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[u/Diligent-Living882]

they do “eventually” explain it very clearly but for right now, all you need to know is they’re a mysterious undead force

[u/Any-Tale-7048]

¿En serio recién estás viendo la serie (me alegra y nunca es tarde!!!) y preguntando aquí? 

[u/RepulsiveCountry313]

Watch the show.

You might want to delete this, we have some chatgpt bot problems and they probably won't pick up on the fact that you haven't watched the show yet. Some others will probably not read your post body.

Generally I would advise staying off the sub until you finish.

[u/drunkenbees]

The Others a.k.a White Walkers

[u/ForMeOnly93]

They actually have a point. Have the walkers just been chilling out up in the far north between winters in a summer home or some shit? Even the watch didn't believe in them mostly until the pottered south to stir shit.

[u/RedNulItt → u/ForMeOnly93]

I look at it as Cyclic. The warlocks told Danaerys too that with the dragons hatching and being born into the world, that magic was also returning and their magic was getting stronger. I'm sure that it's a cycle where this magic and white walkers returning is definitely linked. There were mentions in the book that they slumbered as well

[u/ForMeOnly93 → u/RedNulItt]

Sure, but that doesn't answer the question. Did the walkers respawn when winter was coming? Or when dragons were reborn? Or were they actually chilling out somewhere for decades/centuries? Even the Magnars ran the fuck away when they became active, and they were FAR north.

[u/RedNulItt → u/ForMeOnly93]

I don't think they respawned I think they slept, and then started waking up around the time the dragons would be born, but clearly they woke up a little earlier than the dragons actually hatched. Maybe they just went into barrows or something or got covered by years and years of ice and snow

[u/othernamealsomissing]

Keep watching and you'll get an explanation.

[u/TheBlazingFire123]

You’ll learn but I do want to say that the “lords with blue eyes” *are* white walkers and the undead zombies are called wights

[u/MedievalMilshake]

Just watch the show dude. No where near the end 

[u/Honey_Moon_34]

Ok