The old nurse nodded. "In the darkness, the White Walkers came for the first time," she said, clucking, clucking, clucking needles and thread in her hands. "They are monsters of cold and death, hating steel, fire, and sunshine, and all life with warm blood. They rode pale dead horses and led armies of the dead, swept through villages, cities, and kingdoms, killing Thousands of heroes and soldiers. The sword of man cannot stop them, and neither the old nor the young can escape. They hunt down maidens in the frozen forest, and feed their necromantic servants with the flesh of human babies."
After a long wait, all Game of Thrones fans finally got the "War of Winterfell" scene, but in my opinion, the overall performance of this episode was not very satisfactory, and the ending It is even more incredible. It is a bit too blunt to turn for the sake of turning.
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After a long wait, all the living people of Winterfell finally welcomed their enemy, the army of ghouls. As if we know that everyone wants to see everyone in this episode, the opening shot is quite a bit like a sports meeting square, allowing us to see the faces and positions of each main character, as shown below.
Before the war, we discovered that an old friend of the people of Westeros, the red-robed woman Melisandre, had miraculously appeared, and as soon as she appeared, she opened her mouth wide and gave all the Dothraki cavalry's scimitars. A flame buff, but it seems that the tyrant's cool buff has no effect at all, it only plays the role of increasing the san value of the people on the rear front. So, under the leadership of Jorah, the sea-like Dothraki cavalry held the flame-like scimitars and sent the first wave of heads to the ghoul army.
One may ask why the cavalry charge is used to fuel the tactic. Let me tell you my opinion. The main fighting method of the Dothraki is cavalry assault. As a nomad, if they dismount to fight, it is equivalent to wasting troops. Moreover, defense is not passive defense. In the face of many times the number of enemies, taking the initiative to attack can maximize the advantages of the Dothraki troops, and the second is to reduce the opponent's troops as much as possible, as the last line of defense— - The city wall relieves the pressure, and it is much safer to let some of the enemies die on the way than to stand under the walls of your house.
But it is a pity that the army of corpses is too large, and even if they fight against one hundred, they cannot escape the fate of collective attack on the street. When the Dothraki cavalry in the distance was drowning in the darkness, James and Brienne, who were leading the troops on the left, glanced at each other and showed a flustered look. Everyone in the society is expressionless, because they have all seen these things that belong to the dark, and they have all played against these things, but this time, there are too many of them.
Finally, the tide of darkness came, and everyone outside Winterfell began to fight head-on with the army of corpses. Although most of them fought very heroically, the number of the dead army was too large, and the defense line soon faced enormous pressure. At this moment, Daenerys and Jon appeared above them riding a dragon, using dragon flames. Launched an aerial strike against the ghoul army.
It seems that the presence of the two-headed dragon is a big help here, but it actually shows what Daenerys really thinks. We all know that, according to the pre-war deployment, Daenerys and Jon were in charge of ambush to face the Night King, but when she saw the fiasco of Jorah and the Dothraki cavalry, Daenerys immediately took off on the dragon without looking back. ,why? The answer is simple, because Daenerys is ultimately for the Iron Throne, not for all of humanity.
In Daenerys' hands, the two trump cards other than dragons are the Dothraki cavalry and the army of the Unsullied. In the first two episodes, we have seen many times that Daenerys is only for the Iron Throne, and the reason why she came to the North is half for love and half for uniting forces that can be united. Now that the Dothraki cavalry is almost wiped out, Daenerys can't care so much at all. She can't lose all the military power in her hand because of the disability of a Stark family, so she will ignore the dissuasion. The flight took off, and as the queen's wingman, Jon naturally had no choice but to follow Daenerys and rushed up regardless of the battle plan.
At this time, the wolf sisters who were standing on the wall were also shaken by the surging army of corpses. Seeing the army of corpses that even Dragon Flame could not wipe out, Arya decisively let Sansa go to the cellar. This situation makes people think of the episode of "The Battle of the Black Water River". In that episode, Joffrey of "Wing Ming Shen Wu" looked at the landing of the Lu family army, made an excuse and turned his head to hide, and here Sansa, who is still very much in the north, acts very "north". She even acts as a leader to boost morale, but Arya sees the fear in her heart and persuades her to go back to the cellar. Everyone has their own suitable position. At this time, Sansa is the brain of the North, and her role in surviving will always be much greater than her role in dying in battle.
Then came the episode's first bento, with the Night's Watch Chief Commander "Gloomy Eddie" Addison Tollert becoming the first major character to die from a ghoul knife. As the night watchman who swore an oath under the heart tree with Jon, Eddie can be said to have experienced almost all the fierce battles the night watchman has encountered. Now, he finally gave his life for the cause he swore for life. The Night's Watch Legion itself exists to block the savages and legendary creatures north of the Great Wall. At this time, Eddie, the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, was the first to die in battle, which also meant some fate.
Watching Eddie's fall, Sam, who should not have belonged to the battlefield, couldn't hold it any longer and began to flee in a hurry, and the defense line outside the city also collapsed at this time. A blizzard with extremely low visibility suddenly hit, and the flying dragon duo who were bombing in the air were caught off guard. The ghoul army also broke through the defense line through this storm. At this time, the weather weapon was dispatched. I have to doubt the night king. Is a veteran "Red Alert 2" player.
The city gates opened, and the defense line outside the city began to shrink back into the city. Here, we have to admire the strong discipline of the Unsullied Legion. In the face of such a dangerous situation, the Unsullied Legion did not panic at all, and retreated in a stable and orderly manner. Provided cover for the other retreating teams.
Despite Melisandre's arson technique, the army of death could not be stopped at all, and they still passed through the wall of fire and climbed up the city wall. At this time, the Hound's flame PTSD broke out again, just like he did in King's Landing, and ran away. However, it feels very far-fetched here. You must know that in the last season, the hound's problem has basically been cured. At this time, another illness is a bit forced to rescue Arya later.
The fighting on the ground was brutal, and the atmosphere below was not much better. Through the dialogues of Sansa, Tyrion and Missandei, people once again saw the deep rift behind the united front in the north. Although the foreign dragon queen and the locals fought side by side, the foreigners were foreigners after all. However, the relationship between the ruler and the ruled determines that they cannot live in a friendly coexistence forever.
On the top of the city, Arya gave us a talent show, presenting the essence of what she has learned over the years, and the magical weapon she made Gendry builds has added a super buff to her solo. We can see that this weapon customized by Arya is not a simple spear, but can be disassembled at any time, which allows her attack range to be close or far, from the water dancer to the black and white courtyard. Skills, she can use this weapon, the effect is outstanding.
But her fists were no match for four, and Arya could not stop the army of death after all, so she staged a "Battle Royale" scene in Winterfell, and finally escaped with the help of King Lightning and the Hound. And the Flash King also died. We all know that King Flash is a famous "spring house" in Westeros, who fell and stood up, fell and stood up again, and this time, he fell but did not stand up. " The King of Light must have a purpose to bring it back, and now the purpose has been achieved. " As a knight who converted to the King of Light, King Lightning finally completed his mission. Where there is darkness, there is light, although light will eventually disappear in the darkness, But he illuminated others for the last time in the dark, and Melisandre, like him, returned to the embrace of the Lord of Light after burning for mankind.
At the same time that the wall head group failed, the city group also declared a failure. Lyanna Mormont, who led the defense of the inner city, was crushed by a giant ghoul, and her internal organs and bones were crushed alive, but at that moment, she stabbed the giant ghoul with the dragon crystal sword in her hand, " Giant Killer " This name is well-deserved for Lyanna Mormont, but it is a pity that she herself has never heard anyone call her that. Although Lyanna Mormont's life was very short, she was indeed a rare outstanding figure in the North. This little girl has superb political ability and full courage. As a Northlander, as a Stark A vassal of the family, Lyanna Mormont fulfilled her mission perfectly. At the moment of Lyanna's sacrifice, I suddenly thought of "Old Bear" who had long since returned to the sky. Coupled with Jorah, who guarded the Queen until the end at the end of this episode, the Mormont family can really be called a " full house". loyal ".
The Night King finally appeared at this time. As envisaged before the war, the Night King rode the corpse of Viserion and rushed towards Bran, and Jon immediately drove Rhaegar to intercept, and two dragons of similar size were approaching. There was a medieval "dogfight" ( dogfight, from English Dogfight, officially translated as close combat or dogfighting, most of the occasions described two or more combat aircraft trying to shoot down or threaten each other in the air. Fighting action. ) At this point Daenerys dashed down from above, riding the absolutely overwhelming Drogon. So this air battle was immediately decided. The Night King parachuted and landed. Viserion's wing was damaged, and he fell to the ground and became an Internet troll. Whoever caught and trolled; Rhaegar lost his combat effectiveness after making an emergency landing, and either died or fell into a coma. , Jon went from "coded" to "uncoded".
The next scene is stunned. The old popsicle, the Night King, is not afraid of dragon flames, and what is even more stunned is that Thanos can wipe out half of the creatures in the universe with a snap of his fingers, and the Night King can even raise his hand to even Stark. The ghosts who have been dead for a long time are summoned. We all know that all the members of the Stark family are buried in the Winterfell cellar. For the past two decades, Lyanna Stark and Rickon Stark have been buried in it, and there is also a Ned History. Tucker is not a complete corpse yet. The rest of the people have been rotten clean for so many years. Even if it is cold in the cellar of Winterfell, it can only be kept fresh in the refrigerator rather than frozen. How could they still be like this? Whole. And what's even more amazing is that we saw a skeleton actually drilled out of the stone coffin. If it was a wooden pipe, I would recognize it, but it's a stone! Did the Night King inject them with the Hulk's gamma gene by the way when he summoned them to go online?
And then there's the ending, and no doubt all of us can think of Theon dying in this episode, so how he dies is what we really care about. In the final scene we can see that Theon and Bran are surrounded by the White Walkers and the ghouls as the tour groups visit the famous attractions. Theon also knew that his resistance was useless, but he was waiting, waiting for Bran's words, he was praised by the Queen and embraced by Sansa, but the one thing he cared about most was not. That was Bran's forgiveness.
Actually, I think Bran is not just himself to Theon, but Robb, Rickon, Ned, the entire Stark family. Although this child who grew up in Winterfell was shedding the blood of sea monsters, he had already become a wolf, and the tragedies caused by the betrayal in the past were tormenting him. The reincarnated soul, just waiting for Bran's forgiveness to save him.
"Theon, you are a good man, thank you." Thank you, your mission is complete, there are no more regrets in Theon's eyes, tears are shining in the eyes of Theon, whether it is remorse or gratitude, we don't know, all we know is Branstar Ke's last escort, facing an invincible opponent, resolutely raised his spear and died calmly. And at this moment, it is very similar to James, who rushed to the dragon with a spear, but he has not yet received Bran's forgiveness.
But the sad thing is that this sadness didn't last long before it was interrupted. In the sad music, we saw that the Night King and Bran finally met. The problem is that the shot of this piece was in slow motion, so that I was in When I saw the Night King draw his sword, an incredible image flashed into my mind, and that's it.
Immediately afterwards, the unparalleled assassin Arya came to a song "Flying Higher", and the poor Night King, who had worked so hard for eight years of performance art, shattered into shaved ice. I was puzzled, so a big living person jumped high and rushed over, and none of the ghouls and white ghosts on the inner third floor and the outer three floors blocked the gun for the boss. It can be seen that the night king is the boss, and his popularity is not good. land.
In short, the threat of the army of death is over, and the screenwriter finally used superpowers to pull the show back from the "Game of Thrones" from "ghost relationship", and we can also see that many of them were pre-released. The characters are still alive, it seems that their lives have to be handed over in Jun's Landing. The Battle of Winterfell is over, and the story of A Song of Ice and Fire is now only left with fire. For Daenerys, her situation is not very good, the three-headed dragon has become a dragon, and more Slark's armed forces are basically playing, and what is left in her hands are a few Unsullied and the military forces of the North-Valley, but what she has to face is the well-defended King's Landing and an army of 20,000 Golden Corps, not only In this way, Cersei still has a super crossbow capable of shooting dragons, so it is still unknown how the war will develop.
This whole episode of the night battle ended like this. If you ask me which part is my favorite, I think a picture on the Internet can answer it perfectly.
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