George R.R. Martin states that the "Night's King" of the books is a legendary figure only and is there primarily for the Worldbuilding (comparing him to Lann the Clever and Bran the Builder) — within the main series of A Song of Ice and Fire, the Night's King has a grand total of two In-Universe mentions (from A Storm of Swords and A Feast
The books’ version of the character - known as the Three-Eyed Crow - is said to have been a Lord called Brynden, which would fit with him being Bloodraven. With that, it creates an interesting parallel: a Targaryen must be present to defeat the Night King, but also the Night King’s success depended on him killing a (likely) Targaryen.
The Night's King lived in a time after the Long Night, so the walkers and the "Night King" already exist. The only way the Night's King could be the Night King is if after the Long Night the Night King becomes a normal man, joins the Night's Watch, becomes Lord Commander, goes all crazy and becomes the infamous Night's King then goes back to
The Night King thought Jon Snow was the only one who could kill him; which, is why it was so important that Arya did it. To me it makes it better that the Night King was so scared of Jon Snow that he wouldn’t even face him. Perhaps he knew of the prophesy about Azor Ahai, and thought Jon was it, so he tried to prevent it by keeping Jon away.
The Night King does not even exist in the books. Yes true. But that doesn't mean he won't show up later. Also, even if he doesn't appear in the book, that doesn't mean that the show did not intend him to be the same person as the ancient NK from the book. 2.) The children of the forest created the show Night King, so he can't be the book Night
It was the kind of twisted theory one might expect to find in George R.R. Martin’s books, even though the Night King is a show invention. But for many, it never made sense. Bran can’t change
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is the night king in the books
