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The theory and description below were created before Season 8. But the video has been re-edited recently. (It was originally called "The Night King is the Lord of Light.") Some may be assumptions or accurate, you decide.


In order for this theory to be plausible, The Night King must have magical abilities of "necromancy" AND "the sight." Through fire and dragonglass magic, he can see, speak, or command visions in the flames (like what happened to Varys). Both of these abilities can see glimpses of the future, while the other one can raise and bring the dead back to life.

Let's take a look at the evidence:
1) Necromancy: All the wights, the undead polar bear, the Hardhome episode, and perhaps Beric or Jon's resurrection.

Necromancy also means "the act of communicating with the dead in order to discover what is going to happen in the future."

2) The Sight: The Night King sees Bran and grabs him during his vision. Bran sees and talks to Jojen Reed in their visions. They both have "the sight."

3) Flames: All the visions the characters saw are about going to the North/battle in the snow, bringing the dead to King's Landing, or fulfilling the prophecy—bringing Jon Snow and Daenerys together.

In his plan, all the decisions by the characters are their own, but he vaguely showed them visions (Melisandre, Thoros, The Hound, and Tyrion) and willingly helped dead characters back to life (Beric and Jon Snow) to influence somebody's decisions (Davos and Jon), ideas (Tyrion), and his elaborate plan going forward—setting a trap for whomever would go beyond the wall (Jorah, Jon, Tormund, The Hound, Beric, Thoros or Gendry) and capture a wight ("bring the dead to her") and then later, seek Daenerys for help.

To ensure the chain of events works, he purposely let characters go (The Night's Watch, Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, and Samwell Tarly) to spread the news so that eventually, someone (Bran, Jon Snow or Gendry) will pass on this threat ("We need to send a raven") to Daenerys, so she can finally fly beyond the wall, and that's the time the Night King (who saw a future vision) can ultimately acquire an undead dragon AND destroy the wall.

"The past is already written. The ink is dry." The Night King is the Lord of Light. And in the end, no one is going to kill the Lord of Light.