There’s a theory that the White Walker swirl is a mutated version of the Targaryen sigil, an answer-chasing hope that has only heated up since Beric set the mutilated-body calling card aflame. It was later found on the cave walls of Dragonstone. And it’s not the first time: We’ve seen this spiral motif at multiple points in Game of Thrones, adopted by the Walkers from the stone arrangement around the weirwood tree where the Children of the Forest created the Night King. The history of Winterfell’s crypts adds weight to Jon Snow’s story Theon Greyjoy is the Game of Thrones version of Pete Campbell from Mad Men See how Game of Thrones mirrored its very first episode with the season 8 premiereīeyond being frightening, the atmosphere of this moment was made more eerie by the knowledge that the Night King went out of his way to create this grisly scene.
