The hand that holds Dawn Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I was re-reading the "Mercy" chapter and this paragraph got me thinking.... "Except in dreams. She took a breath to quiet the howling in her heart, trying to remember more of what she’d dreamt, but most of it had gone already. There had been blood in it, though, and a full moon overhead, and a tree that watched her as she ran." ...a tree that watched her as she ran. Is this Bran watching her? Does he know that she is inside Nymeria? What else can we sepculate on Bran now knowing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hand that holds Dawn Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of the North Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Eventually, Bran will know all, even more than Bloodraven, because he'll "see" it. I can't remember if Bloodraven explicitly states it or not but I believe the Winged Wolf be even more powerful than the Three-Eyed Crow and Bloodraven knows this. It's why Bran is so important and why Bloodraven has done so much to stay alive long enough to start Bran on the path he must follow in order to win the upcoming Battle for the Dawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBranRickon Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 You can safely assume it is Bran watching her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBranRickon Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 There will be other clues that he is watching over his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelborn Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think this period when Bran is off-page is definitely him learning the things he should learn in the 5 year gap to become the major greenseer we'll see in the next novel (I hope). So, about the things he doesn't know... I really don't know. He may be watching even Daenerys in the dothraki sea for all we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Bran is trying to contact Arya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHOSTSTARK Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 im sure Bran has figured out that his brothers and sisters had the power that he has but still uncertain if he knos that they know they have the ability to warg. he might just see Nymeria and know that it is Arya's wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Roast Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Bran is trying to contact Arya. I think this is correct--Bran is trying to contact Arya, just as he has tried to contact all of his family. I think he was the one Ned heard in the Godswoods. I think he inspired Sansa to build Winterfell in The Eyrie's Godswood. We know from the text that he had easy contact with Rickon through Shaggydog--and there is no reason to believe that that contact has been broken (we may even learn some aspects of Rickon's journey through a Bran POV rather than a Davos POV). And we know that Bran has directly spoken with Jon through their direwolves . So yeah, Bran is textin' Arya through the world wide weirwood network... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mountain That Flies Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 If I recall Clash properly, there was a point when Jon is telepathically (for lack of a better word) contacted by Bran, and has his latent warg powers a bit accelerated. Admittedly they were much physically closer and Jon was in more of an Old God friendly area, but it stands to reason with Bran's increase in power he could be reaching Arya from that far away. Good find, OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I think this is correct--Bran is trying to contact Arya, just as he has tried to contact all of his family. I think he was the one Ned heard in the Godswoods. I think he inspired Sansa to build Winterfell in The Eyrie's Godswood. We know from the text that he had easy contact with Rickon through Shaggydog--and there is no reason to believe that that contact has been broken (we may even learn some aspects of Rickon's journey through a Bran POV rather than a Davos POV). And we know that Bran has directly spoken with Jon through their direwolves . So yeah, Bran is textin' Arya through the world wide weirwood network... There are no weirwoods in the Eyrie's 'Godswood.' Other than that, pretty much yeah. I also think Bran has taken over BR's role as Mormont's raven around halfway through ADWD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I should hope that Bran has jumped WAY ahead in his learnings by the time we next see him in TWOW. There is just too much going on for that jump to NOT have happened off page. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Bran only has a couple of POVs in the next book, just so Martin can play his cards close to his vest and avoid Bran giving anything away via internal thoughts that Martin isn't ready to reveal yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narvi Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 By now Bran can probably see anything he likes. His problem like Blood Ravens is how do you tell anybody what they need to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hand that holds Dawn Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 By now Bran can probably see anything he likes. His problem like Blood Ravens is how do you tell anybody what they need to know. A talking crow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narvi Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I thought of that but who takes crows seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waking the dragon Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I thought of talking crows too. I also think Bran is trying to reach Theon with the crows. But I can't figure out yet why. His geographic position with Stannis who will go to Winterfell? Supposing he's not killing Theon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oramami Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 He's trying to let everyone know that Bobby Baratheon is returning to mount the last defense against the white walkers, mounted on a half dead stag that has been consumed by carion crows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Miss Sunshine Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 He might still be learning things and honing his greenseer skills with Bloodraven, who might think he's not ready yet to know *everything*. But soon ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talking Hodor Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Of course Bran is watching Arya! He's watching everybody and everything from past present and future, meaning he's probably even watching you masturbate right now. And man, he does NOT want to see that, so put it away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talking Hodor Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I thought of that but who takes crows seriously. Only the Lord Commander, sorta. Well, Hodor can clearly understand everything the crows are saying, but he has his own communicative hurdles to overcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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