When the sword touches a steel blade, only a high, thin sound, similar to an animal screaming in pain, can be heard instead of the sound of metal on metal. The swords are alive with moonlight and have a faint blue glow to them. The pale swords are extremely sharp, capable of moving through ringmail as if it is silk. The Others appear to be superior swordsmen, wielding thin crystal swords. According to comic book artist Tommy Patterson, Martin told him that "the reflective, camouflaging armor" is able to pick up "the images of the things around it like a clear, still pond." The Others wear delicate, reflective, camouflaging armor that shifts in color with every step. īlue-eyed Other gripping the pommel of a crystal sword, by Marc Simonetti © However, the Night's King's queen, presumably an Other due to her blue eyes and pale skin, is described as a "corpse queen" on account of her white, cold skin. Martin, the Others "are strange, beautiful… think, oh… the Sidhe made of ice, something like that… a different sort of life… inhuman, elegant, dangerous." Further, although Old Nan describes the Others as "dead things", Martin has stated that the Others are not dead. Others have pale blue blood and shiny bones like milkglass. They have cold blue eyes that have been described as burning like ice, or being as bright as blue stars. The Others are tall and gaunt, with flesh pale as milk. Appearance and Characteristics See also: Images of the Others
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