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[The Storm King]

ugh i hope not

[Summer Shewolf]

nautodidact, on 24 August 2011 - 01:55 AM, said:

Varamyr Sixskins in the prologue says "I ate his heart and drank his blood, and still he haunts me." Talking about his skinchaning master Haggon. It's a reach to draw a line between Varamyr/Haggon and Bran/Jojen, but the similarities are there.

Both Varamyr and Bran are more powerful than their 'teachers', and Varamyr seems to believe that eating the flesh and blood of Haggon made him more powerful so I imagine the same would apply to Bran/Jojen.


A farther out there theory is that Bran will eventually Warg Jojen and take over his body completely. Which though it is a weakened body, is still better than a crippled one.

I have also long thought that Bran will warg into Jojen (he has been practicing with Hodor - an easy target), but in order for it to work with Jojen, Jojen will have to sacrifice his consciousness and free will (knowing that little bit of him will always be present understanding that he has sacrificed himself). Warging into Jojen will allow Bran to become mobile again as well as keeping his connection to the Weirnet - and will make him a more important force in upcoming events. In my mind, giving yourself up to be a vehicle for another and having to constantly live with the knowledge that you have done so is a far greater sacrifice than allowing yourself to be killed (even if you believe it is for the greater good). Also this is how Jojen makes it home before he actually dies.

I don't buy the CotF as participating in sacrifice or cannibalism - those are activities that humans brought to Westeros. The CotF = natural world and living in harmony with the natural world (not over populating, etc.) - and the Weirwood trees as the gods = nature is the ultimate 'god' - all these other religions are false constructs for humans to manipulate other people, understand the natural world without scientific explanation, etc. Also remember that the CotF banded together with the First Men to defeat the Others in the original long winter 8-5k years ago. They, too, are threatened by the Others.

BTW, long time reader, first time poster - but this is a topic that has fascinated me for a long time.