Parece provável que as criaturas lembrem-se de algumas coisas sobre sua vida anterior, como guardas mortos que foram trazidos através do Muro e, posteriormente, atacam o Senhor Comandante Mormont, sabem onde encontrá-lo.
Certamente Sor Alliser Thorne acha isso ...
You would like me to refuse. Then you could hack off my head, same as you did for Slynt. I'll not give you that pleasure, bastard. You'd best pray that it's a wildling blade that kills me, though. The ones the Others kill don't stay dead ... and they remember. I'm coming back, Lord Snow.
A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 28, Jon VI
As experiências de Jon o levaram a acreditar que eles também se lembram das coisas ...
[Cellador] Wights are monstrous, unnatural creatures. Abominations before the eyes of the gods. You ... you cannot mean to try to talk with them?
[Jon] Monsters they may be, but they were men before they died. How much remains? The one I slew was intent on killing Lord Commander Mormont. Plainly he remembered who he was and where to find him ... My lord father used to tell me that a man must know his enemies. We understand little of the wights and less about the Others. We need to learn.
A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 39, Jon VIII
Então, sim, algumas de suas personalidades permanecem. Então, é provável que um pouco de suas habilidades com armas permaneça assim; nós os vemos empunhando armas.