It ’s been over a year sinceGame of Throneslast aired , but the enigma of Viserion still lingers like a chilly air on a gross muggy day in midtown Manhattan . Now , thanks to a looking at the script , we know the answers behind a couple of those key questions : Is he an chicken feed dragon or a wight ? Does he take a breath fire or ice ? And how did thosestupid chemical chain make for ? Okay , that last one ’s unrelated but it ’s still an important inquiry , dammit .
The script for Game of Thrones ’ time of year 7 finale , “ The Dragon and the Wolf , ” wasposted on the Emmys websitealong withother writing nomineesfor the 2018 award . A couple of interesting titbit have rise up thanks to the text , like a moment that suggest Beric Dondarrion and Tormund might have survived the flop of the Wall ( hooray ! ) . But I ’m mostly concerned in the section about Viserion .
As portion out onReddit , the scene where Viserion is tearing down the Wall resolve just about all the lingering questions about him . Yes , he is an ice dragon . No , he does n’t emit chicken feed too . And yes , this news in all likelihood contravene something else in the A Song of Ice and Fire traditional knowledge . Here ’s how the spectacular scene reads :
But then a unknown audio comes from the north . Tormund looks to the sky , and sees a mote on the visible horizon , fall in tight .
Very tight .
It ’s move so tight we do n’t get a clean-cut look at it or the NIGHT KING on its back before it is upon us …
EXT . EASTWATCH , NORTH SIDE OF THE WALL
… hitting the Wall with a eruption of blue flame .
Bran ’s meaningful birds take flight of steps .
A monolithic chunk of the Wall breaks free ahead of Tormund . The meth dragon glides away , and we get our first clear expression at him , and at the Night King on his back . He ’s done the same matter to Viserion that he did to Craster ’s Logos . Only those were babies , and this is a flying dragon .
Viserion ’s origin as a winged police officer of the undead has been a sticking stop for fans for a while now . The oecumenical consensus has been that Viserion is an ice dragon who breathes blue fervour , thanks to HBO’sGame of Thrones Viewers Guide . But twist have been thrown into the geared wheel on affair — admit a ill drop a line “ shabu and not flack ” description on a burnt umber mugful , and the fact that the root material claim methamphetamine dragons are mythicalbeings of pure ice , which Viserion is not . But I ’m of a nous that if it ’s in the script , it ’s prescribed . So here you go , folks . Viserion is an ice dragon , not a creature .
However , we also get under one’s skin some new info here : ratification of how undead Viserion was created . This is the first we ’re hearing of how the Night King turned him , using the same sense of touch - based thaumaturgy that he used to turn Craster ’s sons into White Walkers . This belike intend that multitude and creatures do n’t have to be active for the Night King to transform them into member of his inner circle , which lend yet another menace level we did n’t have before . If he can replace his White Walkers with anyone , living or dead , then we could finally be seeing a Hodor officer in his rank . Hodor … sad human face .
Game of Thrones is set to return with its eighth and final season sometime in 2019,followed by a spinoff seriesfocusing on the famousAge of Heroes . In windup , I ’d like to stop for a second and recognize the greatest billet in the entire chronicle of scriptwriting : “ Only those were babies , and this is a dragon . ”
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