06-10-2015, 02:01 AM
(06-10-2015, 01:01 AM)GodFather Wrote: Question if anyone can answer. Why didn't the undead from the white walker massacre go into the water after John Snow and the rest of the wildlings? Im assuming they can't freeze or die in the water so why stop at the edge to watch?
I believe in the books, they did. The WW General didn't command them to do so in the show. Tactically speaking, it would seem to be pretty dumb - they shouldn't be able to catch-up to the rowboats. And if they swam out to try to board the ships they should be easy to pick-off.
Then again, it looked like they must have had at least a few hundred thousand all along the shores.
Plus, maybe the WW General wanted to let them live to go and spread fear - if everyone runs in fear you take territory without even fighting. But the backstory in the shows for the WW is terribly lacking...hopefully Sam fills in some of those gaps for us next season. But most thought they were just myths or stories, so in that way the people know as much as we do.
