Eightthousand years before Aegon's Conquest, a winter known as the Long Night [citation needed] descended upon the world, which lasted an entire generation.Thousands starved as the crops and fields lay buried under dozens of feet of snow. In the darkness and cold of the Long Night, the White Walkers descended upon Westeros from the farthest north, the polar regions of the Lands of Always Winter.
Gameof Thrones Season 8, Episode 1 Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth Credit: Helen Sloan/HBO Ser Davos also got a spot at the Small Council's table, as, you guessed it, Master of Ships.
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