‘Game of Thrones’: Children of the Forest, White Walkers and Westeros’ Ancient History

Bran Stark learned an important piece of history on Sunday, one that even readers of the books didn’t know about

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the May 22, 2016 episode of “Game of Thrones.” If you aren’t ready for them, you should probably back out now.

So much happened in Sunday night’s episode of “Game of Thrones” — from the crowning of a new king of the Iron Islands to Tyrion and Varys’ encounter with a red priestess to, oh yeah, that whole Hodor thing — that you may have already forgotten about the incredibly significant piece of history that was revealed for the first time.

It’s fine, I get it. This season of “Game of Thrones” is moving at a crazy-fast clip, and we’re all in mourning right now.

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