Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have spilled the beans on what’s driving the Night King as he descends upon Westeros with his undead army.
“I don’t think of him as evil, I think of him as Death,” Benioff told EW. “And that’s what he wants — for all of us. It’s why he was created and that’s what he’s after.”
That should bring some (very) small comfort to Jon Snow, who has been pegged as a specific target of the Night King by the character’s actor, Vladmir Furdik.
Source: IGN.com Game of Thrones Showrunners Reveal The Night King's True Motivation