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ZanbarThrone wrote: Joseph: Err, indeed I was talking about White Walkers (aka the Others). Wights on the other hand are killed by fire, I agree.

Well, we saw White Walkers crossing a rather low barrier of fire, extinguishing it (was it "Hardhome"?). I am wondering what will happen when they have to face Dragonfire. In my opinion dragons will be useless against White Walkers, but of course useful against wights. Oops. Now that I've checked into sources, I'll admit to making a terminology mistake.

"White Walkers" are indeed "The Others", and seem impervious to ordinary fire.

"Wights" are the reanimated dead, and can be stopped by ordinary fire.

My mistake; thanks for the correction. (I tend to use "The Others" to avoid confusing "wight" with "white".)

We did see a single White Walker cross fire at Hardhome; while in battle with Jon Snow. If I recall correctly, several White Walkers crossed a low fire barrier to persue Bran Stark when he sojouned without the Raven's escort.

This leave me to wonder about the population of White Walkers (The Others). The Army of the Dead is vast; but I have the impression that The Others are only a few dozen.