As war with the White Walkers looms on the horizon, one particular type of weapon is becoming increasingly important: Valyrian steel swords. That’s because there are only two ways to kill a White ...

Well, that wonderful episode gave us many, many things, but it also gave Arya a Valyrian steel dagger. Littlefinger, in his smarmy way, tried to bond with the newly-returned, newly-creepy Bran by ...

Nothing can stop the White Walkers. "Our enemy doesn't tire," Jon Snow says in the trailer for the final season of Game Of Thrones. "Doesn't stop, doesn't feel." But that's not quite true; there is ...

In Game of Thrones, the secret to forging super-light and strong Valyrian steel swords was said to have been lost with the Doom of Valyria. But, despite its fictional basis, a scientist has ...

Bisma strongly believes pop culture shapes human lives. She is particularly concerned about the media portrayals of gender, class, race, and sexuality on television, their intersectionality, and ...

Warning: spoilers for season seven of "Game of Thrones," up to episode five, "Eastwatch." The dead are coming for Westeros, and while there are many ways to kill living people, there's a limited ...

In Game of Thrones‘ season seven premiere, sharp-eyed viewers spotted an illustration of a dagger Sam found in an old book looked identical to the one used by Bran’s would-be assassin in season one.

Now that winter is here, and the time is nigh to do full-scale battle with the Night King and the army of the dead, the limited bits of Valyrian steel strewn across the Game of Thrones world are more ...

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Valyrian steel, in the Game of Thrones universe, is a seemingly magical metal — an alloy that’s stronger, lighter, and sharper than common steel. Dragon fire seems to be involved in making it, but the ...