Gendry is going to make that weapon and Arya is going to use it. Since Game of Thrones took pains to show us that scene, we should consider it akin to Chekhov's gun - they're showing this weapon in the first act, so we should expect it to fire by the final act. So she's being smart, as usual, about getting herself prepared for the major battle ahead. She can't just say "Winter has come for House White Walkers" like she did for House Frey. In the case of The Night King, though, the parameters are clear: Fire, Valyrian steel, dragonglass. She can also kill through poison or whatever else she likes. Daenerys Targaryen is also up to this job, since she has the power of two fire-breathing dragons The Night King is currently riding her undead baby Viserion, so The Mother of Dragons has a right to punish him for killing and stealing her child.Īrya Stark is an expert with Needle and with daggers. Bran Stark also seems to have unfinished business with The Night King, since they do seem to have a connection. Jon has killed, as he's admitted, but if you put his track record next to Arya's, she's the best at the job. But maybe that's too obvious? Who is our best assassin? It isn't Jon. It may be Jon Snow, since they have unfinished Come At Me Crow business after Hardhome. We don't know how that storyline will play out now, but her little note of "dragonglass" on the parchment showed that this is about the White Walkers, not Cersei.
Until then, she had been riding south to kill Queen Cersei Lannister. We know Arya Stark only came north to Winterfell after she heard that Jon was named King in the North.