This has been the only question I have been asking myself
from quite some time. I see people obsessed with Jon Snow's parentage, Daenerys Targaryen's return
to Westeros, or else Tyrion’s chances of riding a dragon. Whereas the main
character obviously lies north of the Wall, the crippled Bran, the broken (pun
intended). And around that main character revolves the main question that needs
to be discussed far more often than the parentage of Jon or the return of Dany
to Westeros. Of course fans should have been the intentions of white walkers.
Why they are coming and what will stop them. Yes, yes you’ll say of course the
Valyrian blades I the hands of Westerosi warriors will stop them. But can they?
Really?
I’m sure that Bran has to play a far more essential role
than any other characters in the coming war of seasons, or gods as you might
like to call it. The crippled needed to go over to the other side of the wall.
And for him an escort team of two had arrived at the instructions of the three
eyed raven. Nobody else (except for Stannis maybe) have got so much interest
from any gods yet. And for those of you who think Brynden Rivers, the three
eyed crow as some evil, black hearted deceptive guy, I can assure you that he
is one of the most honorable man living in that world. Not honorable like Ned,
who was so strictly attached to his ethical standards that he could not commit
some not so honorable things even if that meant greater good. No, Ned did not
quite understand that honor was to save the vulnerable and poor. No, he didn’t
even think about risking his innocent daughters before protesting against
Lannisters. Seriously if I were him I would have shut up for the realm and my
daughters.
Brynden Rivers is different. For those of you who have
already read ‘The Tales of Dunk and Egg,’ you know what I mean by different. In
that book he was shown only at last for a brief part. But even I that short
time you can know that the man is the purest one. And he is not afraid to taint
his honor to do real good. Even in ‘A World of Ice and Fire,’ he is said to
have killed a guest under sworn protection to end the long rivalry between
black dragons and the red dragons, thus protecting the realm and its people
from any future wars. For that same reason, later on, king Aegon, the Egg sent
him to the walls. And even there he proved his worth and became the lord
commander. How can someone be evil he spent half his life in the roots of a
tree for some purpose. Such a purpose could never be unethical.
And the crippled boy whom Brynden Rivers sent for, imagine
how valuable he has to be. Brynden is clearly worried about the coming war. And
he also don’t think the warriors of the kingdom could save themselves and
others from the soon ensuing war. And surely enough the CG’ied villains from
the land of always winter (or much farther) are coming to kill or be killed.
At this point two things are clear. One the war seems
inevitable. Another the living warriors could not by themselves win over dead
warriors without some serious help from the supernatural. And even if we assume
that Bran going fight among the livings against the dead, we know that he can
control some animals and see in the past, future and everywhere else that there
is to see, how exactly is he going to claim the victory that Martin will surely
not deprive us of. Bran can’t possibly possess a lot of animals at once to
fight against the dead. So, there remains only two things that Bran can do, and
mind it what Bran is going to do is most essential in the coming war. Either
seeing in the past or in the future Bran can somehow know more about the White
Walkers, and inform Jon or somebody else about the strengths and ‘weaknesses’
of White Walkers. That task doesn’t seem to actually require Bran right. Anybody
from the children of the forest can tell the night’s watch about Brynden’s
findings, and they will of course believe the legendary children of the forest.
Or may be Bran is not just needed to gain and then provide
to others the knowledge about Others. Maybe Bran has to do something that the
children of the forest themselves couldn’t do, and Brynden couldn’t do it due
to his frailty of age. Of course he will ride a dragon. There is no other
answer to why he is so much essential for the coming War of Gods.
This my views only summarizes how Bran is going to play the
biggest role of them all. Yet I also couldn’t still of any reasons why the
Others are coming for this war. They surely don’t have a passion for war just
to roam around in the territory of their ancient enemies with swords in their
hands for fun. They have some purpose for coming here and they mean business. I
won’t be surprised if they are back for revenge. But where were they this long?
Hiding or preparing and gathering strength?
And don’t think Martin has yet issued any hints to that
question. We will have to wait for other books to be published to know more
about the nature and intentions of the White Walkers and an overview of the big
game in the story.
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