Game of Thrones’ Arya was trained to kill the Night King by sword master Syrio way back in season 1

ARYA Stark was heralded as a hero after assassinating The Night King at Game of Thrones’ Battle of Winterfell. The stealth expert managed to sneak up on the leader of the White Walkers as he loomed over her brother Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), only for him to grab her by the throat. However, Arya (Maisie Williams) […]

ARYA Stark was heralded as a hero after assassinating The Night King at Game of Thrones’ Battle of Winterfell.

The stealth expert managed to sneak up on the leader of the White Walkers as he loomed over her brother Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), only for him to grab her by the throat.

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However, Arya (Maisie Williams) pulled off an impressive combat manoeuvre, dropping her dragonglass dagger from one hand to another and driving it into the undead warlord.

This in turn dispatched of his entire army of wights, saving the North from a brutal demise.

Many credit Arya’s time training with the shape-shifting Faceless Men at the House of Black and White as the reason behind her martial prowess.

However, it was actually way back in season 1 that Arya was schooled in the art of combat feigning and trickery –the tactics that she employed to take out the Night King.

After being gifted her first sword, Needle, by brother Jon Snow (Kit Harington) Arya became determined to fence.

Father Ned (Sean Bean) originally had his concerns, but ultimately relented and let Arya train with sword master Syrio Forrel (Miltos Yerolemou).

While training with a wooden sword, Arya has her weapon knocked from her hand after being tricked.

“You said right!” Arya exclaims as she is left empty-handed. “You went left!”

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Syrio replies with a grin: “And now you are a dead girl.”

It is the same hand-switching trick that allowed her to emerge triumphant at the Battle of Winterfell, marking the interaction as one of the earliest moments of foreshadowing in the show’s run.

In other Game of Thrones news, Sophie Turner, who played Sansa Stark, spoke about her conditions for returning to one of the Westeros spin-off series.

Meanwhile George RR Martin, who penned the Song of Ice & Fire novels upon which Game of Thrones is based, revealed the saga was actually supposed to end with three blockbuster films.