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A Dance with Dragons ~ 4. Bran I *Discuss only this chapter and anything prior

OK from what I understand, Bran just met up with Sixskins from prologue (should be Sevenskins now I think). I smell trouble here.

Also, I really really wanna know what's up with that Coldhands guy. He couldn't be our uncle Benjen could he?

Siya wrote: "OK from what I understand, Bran just met up with Sixskins from prologue (should be Sevenskins now I think). I smell trouble here.

Also, I really really wanna know what's up with that Coldhands gu..."

That is the theory. I would be okay with that.

Brandon's Monster? I am curious of what that means? Is it a joke, because of Nan's stories?

"Dreams are what we have."
The warg from the first chapter! I wonder what'll happen there...
Super curious about Coldhands! Who is he?!

I'm finally back to reading ADwD and damn, I'd forgotten how good it is. Especially Bran's chapters, they were always my favourites.

So, my first thought (way back when I read it for the first time) was that it was, as you said, Benjen. And I still kind of think that, but I also have a new, incredibly stupid and unrealistic hypothesis. I'll just say it, even though I'm not even sure I believe it myself. So what if Jeor Mormont was a warg, too? What if that was why he was so close with that old raven? What if Coldhands is actually him? Again - it would explain why he's so close with the ravens and why the Three-eyed Crow, who, as Coldhands put it, is the last greenseer, contacted him. Another idea would be that that is in fact the Three-eyed Crow, (view spoiler)[only he's using the corpse to take Bran to his actual body, because there's a tree growing out of him and it's not like he can move freely. (hide spoiler)] But yeah, I'm just throwing options out there and I'm really not sold on that last idea.

That is a good theory! Hmmm.

interesting theory

Didn't they chop his head off or something? I don't remember.

Alex Farrand wrote: "Didn't they chop his head off or something? I don't remember."

I just looked it up, because I didn't remember either. Apparently he was beheaded (postmortem) in the TV show, but the last time he's mentioned in the books is as he lies dying next to Sam and tells him his dying wish (which is for Jorah to take the black). Afterwards, nothing is said of him.

Ah. Good to know.

Good to see Bran again and to know that he's making progress towards the Three-Eyed Crow. I also was wondering about Coldhands. A Wiki of Fire and Ice (which I consult frequently as I try to remember where I've seen characters before) says no less an authority than GRRM himself has stated that Coldhands is not Benjen Stark. Which of course begs the question of where Benjen is and what happened to him? I'm sure we're going to find out eventually, otherwise why even mention him at all?

http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/...

Sometimes all these minor plot points remind me of side quests in a RPG video game. Like reading all the Turtle's Paradise flyers or something.

Randy wrote: "Sometimes all these minor plot points remind me of side quests in a RPG video game. Like reading all the Turtle's Paradise flyers or something."
This is so accurate :D