At the time fans thought the Night King might be the same as the "Night's King" from the books, but the show never went too deep into the legends of the Nightfort either. They discussed the Rat Cook in S3, but never spoke about the how the Night's King and Corpse Queen ruled over the Nightfort and made sacrifices to the Others.
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To your point, GRRM all but confirmed the Night King in the show is NOT from back in the day (whether the Night's King or the first WW): As for the Night’s King (the form I prefer), in the books he is a legendary figure, akin to Lann the Clever and Brandon the Builder, and no more likely to have survived to the present day than they have.
Meaning, the Others predates the Night's King. Plus, the Night's King supposedly fell in love with a girl whose eyes were blue stars and skin white as the moon that was ice cold to the touch. So, if the show is to be believed, the Night King was the one who turned White Walkers and wights alike, then that means the Great Other probably predates
January 29, 2020. King Rayth court is cursed and finds out that in order to break the curse he needs to find his mate. Skylar was just living life trying to survive when she's kidnapped and sold into slavery in another world. The Night King is book one of the Captive Mates series and has an interesting storyline.The Night King is the leader of the White Walkers. HBO Here's how George R.R. Martin described them in the prologue of the series' first book, "A Game of Thrones," from a character named Will's point of view: Tall, it was, and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh pale as milk Z86z0Q.