Their appearance also created allusions of mythology and magic like kobolds and wights. While loading the ships with wildlings, Hardhome is attacked by an army of wights. Daenerys arrives and the dragons burn many wights. Upon killing the Night King, the White Walkers and wights are all destroyed. Because of this, peculiars refer to these evolved creatures as wights. Beric sacrifices himself to allow Arya and the Hound to escape the wights. Gendry is tasked with smithing weapons from dragonglass, capable of killing the wights. In the resulting battle, Drogon is attacked by wights and Daenerys is dismounted. Some, such as the Duskin and human wights of the Dunnwood, are largely harmless. Bran eventually reaches the heart tree but are set upon by wights outside the entrance. Another son, Toregg, burns the dead to prevent them from becoming wights. Contacting the other wights, they proceed to kidnap every peculiar person in the building. As they escape, they witness the Night King reviving the dead as wights. The wights also lived on in folklore as nixies and tomter. Bran and Meera continue to flee the wights.