Dead men with arrows embedded in their faces and throats emerged from the woods. Some were clad head to toe in mail, others almost naked... most were Wildlings, though some wore faded black.
Wildlings who had been dead for who knew how long seemed to have been dug out as well.
Pale bodies and blackened hands were the outward marks of wights.
There were also their bright blue eyes, like stars—frozen stars. This was the greatest hallmark of all wights, the blue that represented Frost Ice and death.
Did this blue represent Frost Ice Magic? Submission to Frost Ice Magic, resurrected by ice magic, Gendry thought.
Wights could also be divided into ice wights and fire wights. Ice wights had lost all feeling and pursued living things blindly.
Although fire wights lost some memories and their emotions grew muted, they were far better off than ice wights.
The two were entirely different, originating from R'hllor and the Cold God respectively.
A wight's appearance depended on the condition of the corpse when it was resurrected.
Some looked much like living creatures, while others were almost completely rotten-though the process of decay stopped once a corpse was resurrected as a wight.
They've all become fodder for making wights, Gendry thought. Fortunately, he had brought the Wildlings inside the Wall in time.
Besides Wildlings and men of the Night's Watch, there were also some animal corpses.
Wherever White Walkers appeared, they brought ecological destruction to humans and other species alike.
Gendry also saw a huge black shape: a giant boar twice the size of a direwolf.
In theory, boars could grow that large, but this was everyone's first time seeing one.
"Don't panic. They move slowly," Gendry shouted, the King's voice ringing out like steel.
A commander certainly needed a loud voice to