How come the Children of the Forest don't use dragonglass weapons?
In episode 5 of season 6, there is a battle scene between a Child of the Forest and a White Walker: click here to watch the scene.
The Child of the Forest is using ordinary weapon, not made of dragonglass. I find it weird, because since they are those who created the White Walkers, the Children of the Forest should know the best that dragonglass weapons can destroy them.
Is there any explanation for this odd behavior? Using dragonglass weapons might not have saved them, but surely help to delay the attack and buy Bran precious time.
Best Answer
It's low quality but you can actually see it in the clip before the White Walker comes in that, that particular Child of the Forest uses a spear to one shot a few wights. This only works because these are dragonglass spears, the same that Meera throws at that White Walker killing it afterwards because she hits it in an unarmoured spot.
The reason it doesn't kill the White Walker is simply because the dragonglass tip never penetrates the armour.
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