Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-86.181.99.232-20160817015330/@comment-5308269-20160819003101

Remember when they took the body of Jafer Flowers into Castle Black in Season 1? Remember that Jon Snow had to burn it? Remember that Castle Black is precisely south of the Wall, and behind this "magical barrier" that failed to make a difference to Jafer Flowers' corpse being re-animated by White Walker's necromancy? Because if you do, you might question the need for the Night King's mark to help the White Walker's entrance into the Seven Kingdoms.

They can ALREADY get through! They just haven't bothered yet because the Walkers have all the time they need. The mark on Bran's arm was meant to help them get into the cave, and it has already served it's purpose. When the Night King put the mark on Bran, it was during a greendream/vision. Therefore the Night King is a greenseer. The mark isn't needed to "track" Bran's movements, because the Night King already knows where he's going. No "tracking device" is needed. Not only that, But the Night King was well aware of the Cave (Bran's earlier vision of the Night King's creation at the hands of the Children confirmed this), and may have left those other wights lying in wait outside the Cave who killed Jojen Reed in Season 4. As a centuries-old being with greenseer-powers, the Night King would have predicted Bran's arrival at the cave centuries ahead of time.

And why would the wights be sent chasing after Bran and Meera if Bran's marking was part of a strategy to undo some magical protective barrier? What would be the point?!

Why even build a 700 foot high, 300 mile-long wall, and garrison it with thousands of committed soldiers, if magic was the real protection against the White Walkers?

This theory about Bran being the reason for the Wall failing is, in my opinion, is so unbelievably stupid! It is appalling just how many people believe this is an inevitability!