Past experience dueling the Night King provided to be of little help. Jon Snow — after multiple showdowns with the blue-ish personification of cold death — was pinned down far away from the action by the Night King’s own “ice” dragon. Arya Stark stabbed the Night King into a shattered death. Just before the battle of Winterfell, she commissioned a special staff with a detachable blade in order to compete against the Night King’s army. History also shows that, like Arya Stark, skills can help when circumstances get terrible.

Source: National Post April 29, 2019 20:15 UTC