KingStannisFan Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I just have a hard time believing he disappears and that's the end of it. Seems very anticlimactic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blackmont Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I want him to be alive, and impart information about the lands of always winter.I think he's going to be seen as an Other or Wight.I fear he will be a corpse in the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Viserys Targaryen IV Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I think he is dead but either Jon or the Night Watch will discover his body somewhere important. Maybe at Hardhome or on the way to the Land of Always Winter. Maybe he will have discovered where the Others come from or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBrightflameII Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 He's dead. Do not think he will reappear........but his body might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~DarkHorse~ Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I would not be surprised if Jon comes across a familiar looking Wight... Bejen was a relevant character in the original outline. Hopefully, he will still have a role to play in the story as opposed to being the Ashara Dayne of House Stark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man from Nowhere Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 All we can be sure of is that GRRM likes fucking with us all by getting our hopes up. He will probably leave half the theories out there unresolved just for shits and giggles. He will drink our tears.😖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodrickMayne Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Any chance Benjen is Coldhands????? Eh? Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGBeyondAsshai Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I'm in the minority--I don't believe he's dead. I'm not saying he's healthy, in control and lounging somewhere warm...but I don't think he's done. I'm willing to concede the possibility of wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyrnaSnowBunnyAvenger Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Any chance Benjen is Coldhands????? Eh? Eh? Much debated topic, but I highly doubt it. Remember Leaf said he died long ago? Benjen has only been missing for a few years, that doesn't seem like it would qualify as long ago to a CotF. I would also think that if it was Benjen Bran would have recognized him. I do think Coldhands is a Stark though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Viserys Targaryen IV Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Any chance Benjen is Coldhands????? Eh? Eh? In a letter to his editor, GRRM confirmed that Coldhands was not Benjen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blackmont Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 In a letter to his editor, GRRM confirmed that Coldhands was not BenjenNo, it was the original manuscript, not a letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah.jenice Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 No, it was the original manuscript, not a letter. Here's a link: http://www.latintimes.com/george-rr-martin-debunks-benjen-stark-theory-coldhands-identity-be-revealed-winds-289660 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediterraneo Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well, me for one I had this idea that he actually WAS Mance Raider, lol. I mean, when Benjen disappears Mance begins to be seen by all of the wildling army together, before that he could have been traveling the land north of the wall rapidly, with a political objective in mind. Benjen too was always north of the wall with his rangers, wasn't him? Mance was a member of the Watch, but nobody talked of serving with him... Mance and Benjen were NEVER seen together... The thing that convinced me that he was not Mance was Mance's cloak. Black with a red jagged, silk symbol that changed his life. Like a Targaryen shield, black with a red dragon in it. He is SO OBVIOUSLY ( :cool4: ) the son of Brynden Rivers... BTW: he could be that he is BOTH Benjen and the son of Brynden Rivers! _______________________________________________________________________________________ Proud member of the Society for the Secret Targaryen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal Pod Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 i recently had the idea that he was on scagos with rickon and osha, nothing really to back it up, just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berric_Dondiedagain Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Benjen Stark is dead I know For Bloodraven told me so Little ones want him alive But he is dead and the Others thrive- Yes Benjen is dead! Yes Benjen is dead! Yes Benjen is dead! Bloodraven told...me...so! ----So I tracked Mormont's raven and can say with certainty that it is warged by Bloodraven- (I cataloged what the bird said, when he said it, how he said it, was he repeating a word from someone, if so who said it and what was the word placement in the sentence and what was happening around at the time as well as non-verbal clues given by the raven and the cadence with which the raven spoke the word. I tracked the number of times each word was said also. I made a post about it but I think I was the only one that read it :dunce:) Based on this research - Benjen is dead -- SEE BELOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tower of albion Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I think he is dead but either Jon or the Night Watch will discover his body somewhere important. Maybe at Hardhome or on the way to the Land of Always Winter. Maybe he will have discovered where the Others come from or something similar. Could just as easily be working for the Children of the Forrest? He is a ranger after all, knows what he's doing. Like cold hands though in order to walk among the enemy one must be dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 He did write that on the manuscript but may change his mind. I mean, Coldhands says literally "Your Monster" to Bran... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Viserys Targaryen IV Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Could just as easily be working for the Children of the Forrest? He is a ranger after all, knows what he's doing. Like cold hands though in order to walk among the enemy one must be dead. To me, unless he has a really good reason, anything Benjen is doing (other than being dead) is going to come off as either oath breaking or traitorous. I mean, he has a duty to the Night's Watch, but also to his nephew that he just brought to the Wall. If he just decides "I have some better stuff to do" that is going to look awful. Benjen, to me anyways< does not seem like that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanna of Casterly Rock Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Alive. Or at least undead. It would be pointless if his body suddenly appeared somewhere. Not to mention that by now it would be almost impossible to tell if it was him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcotron Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I actually think there's a good chance Benjen is still alive--but he won't ever reach the Watch or Bran or anyone else alive. We'll find out that he's been doing something important, and that he just recently died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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