Why is Bran not the king of the night? Who is the Night King? Game of Thrones fans are sure they found an important clue in the final episode

Not often, but sometimes, traders of all sorts of crap break through to us.
And when the security dog ​​is sleeping somewhere, and the guard is apparently in an embrace with the dog, and the people at the base are busy with business.
They rarely bring goodness... I'm not talking about the admin panel now. For example, a couple of times there was a skidding of some knives, I obviously don’t care about them, but my eloquent peppers, it seems, shod the man at an unprecedented discount. The man left empty-handed, the valiant collegiate spent a couple of days selling goods at exorbitant prices at the local market, Altra increased vigilance during admission to work using a breathalyzer.

Today a fairy came to visit us. The sweetest creature, like a welcoming yasha, and just as unclouded, deceived by the as ancient as Altrin ass sign “Women’s Happiness.” This was once the name of the warehouse of the grocery store of the same name, which closed during the era due to restrictions on the sale of booze.

Contrary to hopes, the fairy stood and stared at the crowd of men for a long time. Both altrine, in the most Jen sense of the word, and neighbors. The promised happiness melted before the fairy’s eyes.

What about "Women's Happiness"? - the fairy timidly asked when two mechanics, swearing tenderly in spring, dragged past a body part.

There’s a choice all around,” the mechanics answered, but, of course, not in those words.

“I have products from company A,” the fairy said, having lost all optimism. Apparently, she was still too young and unpromising, because it’s Friday, the middle of the month, many people have a salary, and a man who brings cosmetic items to his wife automatically receives +100 points to karma.

But drivers, mechanics and other riffraff are well trained to drive, repair, swear and suck fuel, and have little understanding of the intricacies of marketing. But Altra discovered the potential chaos from the height of the second tier of the cart and gave a loud shout that blocked the engines and generators.

The fairy was dumb for some time, assessing the prospects for selling her junk. Altra was also dumb, wondering whether she should get off now or they would sort it out without her. There’s no crime, it’s just that, as they say, there’s nothing for outsiders to do on the territory (because it’s a no-brainer, to put it simply).

Come down, I’ll show you some cosmetics,” the fairy finally decided. - Uh...

In general, this was understandable. Altra in a work suit, covered in oil and some other crap unknown to the uninitiated person, what a sight. Whether it is possible to wash her, like Snape, is not too clear.

What will you please? - Altra asked languidly, because she would be most satisfied with the option “fuck you, this is a closed area.”

“I have perfumes, shadows and other stuff you need,” the fairy listed her source of income. - If you like it, you can share it too!

In winter and summer, walk around offices, get wet, freeze, sell junk, walk the hell out regularly? - Altra clarified. - I am for honest and conscientious work, and not for all this.

But you are a woman,” the fairy made a killer argument. It probably worked.

For now.

People were already crowded around. Work, as you know, usually doesn’t run into the forest, but you can skip the local Armageddon.

“Ah,” the hopeless Altra waved her hand with the key clutched in it. - This is temporary. A couple of months, and the hormones will bring me into proper shape.

The fairy blinked her eyes.

Yes,” Altra admitted honestly. - The whole office chipped in for the doctors.

And why? Why is this? - the fairy asked desperately, still not catching up with the joke. The people were silent and kept serious cabbage soup.

Once upon a time, I also went here and sold all sorts of obscenities,” Altra admitted. Trying my best not to laugh. - But then they caught me, dragged me into the back room and...

“And,” the fairy responded, looking around in search of escape routes. - AND?

And they chipped in for the doctors...

Someone in the back rows could not stand it and bent over and fell to the ground. He was immediately prescribed a prophylactic pesdul to prevent spoiling the raspberries.

It says here - do not enter! Dangerous! - Altra continued tragically, and her view of the cart was epic, almost like a tank. - Very dangerous!

The mechanics were sobbing on each other's shoulders. From the outside it might seem that they repent of what they did. Someone opened the wide gate.

Run, silly, run!

First introduced in the novel Game of Thrones in 1996, Bran is the second son of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife Lady Catelyn Stark. The role of Bran in the HBO series of the same name is played by English actor Isaac Hempstead-Wright.

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  Bran is the third child and second son of Eddard and Catelyn Stark. He has five siblings: an older brother Robb, a younger brother Rickon, two older sisters Arya and Sansa, and finally an illegitimate half-brother Jon Snow.

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  Bran couldn't shoot a bow or fight with swords as well as Arya, and he preferred to climb high walls. On his journey with Hodor, he finds strength and new friends. In addition, Bran has the direwolf Leto, which he can control.

  Storylines

  Novels

  Game of Thrones

  Events begin in the north, in Winterfell. Lord Eddard decides to take Bran with him to the execution, as he believes that he is old enough to see it. On the way back, they find a direwolf killed by a deer and her cubs, which they decide to keep for themselves; one of the small direwolves goes to Bran, later he receives the name Summer.

  King Robert Baratheon arrives in Winterfell. Eddard Stark agrees to become Hand of the King and accompanies Robert back to King's Landing. During King Robert's visit, Bran once again goes to explore the castle. Climbing an old tower, he discovers Queen Cersei and her twin brother Jaime having sex. To keep this secret, Jaime throws Bran from the tower. Bran miraculously manages to survive, but ends up in a coma for a long time. While he is in a coma, Bran sees the Three-Eyed Raven. He gradually develops the ability to enter the mind of his direwolf Leto, making him a warg (or werewolf).

  Some time later, King Robert dies. Eddard challenges Robert's son, Joffrey, to the throne with evidence of Cersei's infidelity, and Stark is arrested. King Joffrey Baratheon cuts off Ned's head. Bran bids farewell to Robb as he leads the army into war and becomes steward and lord of Winterfell.

  Clash of Kings

  In the film adaptation

  Season four

  In the fourth season, during the journey beyond the Wall, Bran, the Reeds, Hodor and Leto find themselves captives of deserters in Craster's Castle, who even attempt to rape Meera. Their stay in captivity ends during the storming of the Castle by the Marines, led by Jon Snow, who came to kill the deserters. Locke, Roose Bolton's servant, sent to find the younger Starks, arrives as one of the punishers. He tries to take Bran away alone, leaving his companions in captivity, having previously fed the watchmen the lie that in place of the prisoners, “dogs on chains will fall apart again.” However, he fails to carry out his plan - Bran inhabits the body of Hodor, and he, freed, breaks Locke's neck. After this, having freed Summer and the Phantom (who were locked in a cage), the guys leave without ever meeting John.

  Season six

  The storyline of Bran Stark in the series has been ahead of the book since the sixth season. At the beginning of Season 6, Bran continues his training under the guidance of the three-eyed raven. Saw his father in the past, young Ser Rodrik Cassel, Aunt Lyanna, Uncle Benjen and Hodor in childhood, as well as Nan in his youth. In the next vision of the past, he watched the battle between his father and Arthur Dayne at the Tower of Joy in Dorne. After the fight, he unsuccessfully tried to talk to his father in the past and confronted Brynden Rivers about it. In episode 5 of season 6, he saw in the past his father, who was sent to be raised by Jon Arryn, the young Ser Rodrik Cassel, Uncle Benjen and Hodor in childhood, young Nan, as well as his grandfather Lord Rickard Stark. Saw the transformation of an unknown person into the first Other by the Children of the Forest in order to protect the weirwood tree from the First Men. He was marked in a vision by the Night King and saved by Mira, the Children of the Forest, the direwolf Leto and Hodor during the attack of the Others and the Wights on Brynden Rivers' cave. His direwolf Leto died in a battle with the wights. Shortly before Hodor's death, Bran saw in a vision of the past the transformation of Wylis into Hodor. In episode 6 of season 6, he saw in his visions the events of previous years (his fall from the Winterfell tower, the execution of his father, the death of his mother at the Red Wedding, the storming of Hardhome by the Night King, Daenerys Targaryen surviving the funeral pyre of Drogo, the transformation of Craster's son into a The Other, his father in his youth at the Tower of Joy, the murder of Robb Stark by Roose Bolton, the creation of the Forest of Others by the Children, the battle of Jon Snow with the White Walker and the murder of Aerys the Mad by Jaime Lannister) and, possibly, future events (Drogon over King's Landing and wildfire). Together with Mira, he received salvation from the living dead in the form of his uncle Benjen Stark. He arrived in the godswood of Castle Black with Mira and saw in his visions the son of Lyanna Stark, who turned out to be Jon Snow.

  The world of Game of Thrones can be a cruel place for children, just ask any of the Stark children. But for teenage actors it's just a job for many years. And one of the kids on set is Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran Stark. He started acting when he was 11 years old and now he turned 15 on April 9, 2014. IsaacHempstead-Wright answers questions.

  Will Bran Stark appear frequently in Season 4?

  There won't be much of Bran in Season 4. He will only appear in four episodes, but his arc is starting to develop in a very interesting way.

  
  

  When we last saw you, Brank Stark was preparing to go beyond the Wall to the north. But don't you think this is not a very safe place?

  Obviously, everyone is going south from the Wall and only Bran, Hodor, two strangers and a direwolf are walking in the deep darkness to the north, and there are so many of these terrible creatures (laughs). Bran takes a lot of risks, but nevertheless he knows for sure that he must go there. The guy no longer has a family, which means he is on his own.

  

  I know you get asked this question a lot, but how much have you grown in recent years?

  About 30 centimeters, which is quite a lot (laughs). This is a pain for Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor. It’s good that I lie down all the time, and I don’t have to get up and no one can see how much I’ve grown.

  Have you talked to George Martin about your height?

  I saw George not long ago and he came up to me and said, “Oh my God! You've grown so much! You have to stop growing."

  

  What's your favorite Bran moment?

  I think my favorite Bran Stark moment is yet to come. But Season 3 was the most exciting for Bran Stark, as he finally left Winterfell and now that he's on the road, he doesn't have to rely on other people. He wants to get where he needs to go.

  When Bran Stark goes into a trance and rolls his eyes, how does this happen? What is the process?

  I don't really focus on it, I just roll my eyes to the back of my head. Then you add special effects to all this and it turns out really cool.

  

  Falling into a trance gives you the ability to control Hodor. How would you take advantage of this opportunity?

  Well I think I could beat people up. I would return to Jaime Lannister and take revenge on him for everything.

  What's the hardest part about filming season four for you?

  Every filming season in Belfast is terrible. We are in the open air all the time, and heavy rain can come at any moment. This is probably the biggest problem. People think we are glamorous Hollywood actors, but in reality we have a hard time.

  And the last question – we are all concerned about the fate of your brother in “Game of Thrones” Rickon Stark, will everything be okay with him while he is with Osha?

  Osha is a smart lady. She makes good decisions and doesn't trust anyone, so I think Rickon is in good hands and he's happy enough to wander around with her.

  On May 23, regular contributor to pastemagazine.com Shane Ryan posted his Game of Thrones theory, inspired by the fifth episode of the sixth season (the one after which it became very sad to hold doors). The theory centers on Bran Stark and details his possible role in the books and TV series. We provide a translation of this theory.

  As you might guess, there are spoilers in the material before the Seventh Hell. So run, you fools, if you haven't watched episode five of season six yet! And if you watched it, we still don’t guarantee your mental health: the author warns of a high risk of brain explosion. In case of allergies to translated articles, the original can be used.
  

  
  Until the fifth episode of the sixth season, we knew that Bran Stark was a warg who could inhabit and control animals and people. We also knew that he could travel back in time and trace past events using his treeseer skills. We were given a hint of Bran's ability to somehow influence the past in the scene at the Tower of Joy, when Ned Stark seemed to hear the call of his son. But the three-eyed raven quickly took Bran out of the memory and deprived the scene of development.

  After episode five, we became even more convinced that Bran can see more than just the past. When the Three-Eyed Raven's cave was attacked by the White Walkers, Bran was in Winterfell watching the young Hodor and Ned Stark.

  At this moment, he hears Mira begging him to inhabit Hodor. Bran could have done this without leaving Winterfell, but he also (we think) possessed young Hodor. This turned a normal boy named Willis into a hulk, able to say only a shortened version of the phrase "hold the door" for the rest of his life until he had to hold off the dead to give Bran and Meera time to escape.

  
  

  Important note: We still don't know for sure what happened. Did Bran change the past and ruin Hodor's life to save himself? Did anyone or anything else influence what happened? Or were these moments in history carved in stone, as the three-eyed raven led us to believe, and we were simply observing the inevitability of time, the past, present and future being of equal importance?

  Let's ignore these questions for now. Let's focus on the fact that Bran is responsible for the creation of Hodor and can change the past by combining the abilities of a warg and a treeseer. If this is true, then Bran is the most important character in the story at this point. Everything we've seen before is called into question, and Bran's influence on the past is hypothetically limitless. He could literally build the whole world - and I use the word “build” for a reason, as you will see later.

  Let's look at the possibilities this theory opens up. Let's start with an idea that just blew my mind.

  The voices in the Mad King's head belong to Bran

  I should note that all the ideas I'm looking at come from the geniuses discussing Game of Thrones on Reddit. In one thread, a user with the nickname Lycoscnic notes that in the trailer for the sixth season we see a scene that is very reminiscent of Jaime Lannister’s murder of the Mad King Aerys Targaryen (the one for which Jaime received the nickname Kingslayer). We mostly see the scenes of the past through Bran's eyes, so we can safely assume that the scene at the Iron Throne will be shown to us from his perspective.

  
  

  Bran and Meera have escaped from the cave and are presumably moving south. It is possible that when Bran visits the Mad King, a battle may rage around the boy's body - for example, between the Night's Watch and the Walkers. I give the floor to Lycosnic:

  We've seen Bran's ability to influence the past (though we don't yet know how time paradoxes are resolved in the GoT universe). We saw how the connection between past and present broke Hodor's consciousness, leaving only one phrase in his arsenal. I think this is close to crazy.

  If you remember Jaime's confession, the Mad King repeated in his last moments: "Burn them all." What if he didn't mean the rioters in King's Landing? What if Bran, either by accident or on purpose, lets him see the army of the dead? Someone could shout “burn them all” just as Mira shouted “close the door.”
  

  This may sound a little crazy, but watch Ned Stark's death scene again. Notice Ned's actions in the seconds before his death. Do you agree that it looks like he hears or sees someone? Who else if not Bran?

  
  

  This is just the beginning

  Once we accept that Bran can travel through time and change history, an ocean of possibilities opens up before us. Take the following message from an anonymous user:

  Bran will go back in time to build the Wall, and when people ask his name, he will simply say "Bran". The same Bran the Builder, after whom Ned and Kate Stark named their son. It is Bran who will lay the foundation of House Stark to ensure his birth in the future.

  For those who do not understand the history of ancient Westeros: Bran the Builder lived 8,000 years before the events of the books and the series, emerged from the First Men and founded House Stark. He built Winterfell, the Wall, and possibly Storm's End.

  It is possible that Bran Stark, traveling through time, inhabited some, if not all, of the Brandon Starks from the book - and there were many of them. There are no other threads connecting them, except for a common name, but let's remember George Martin's love of giving hints in seemingly insignificant places in the text and reread the following paragraph from the first book:

  “I can tell you the story of Brandon the Builder,” said Old Nan. “She was always your favorite.”

  Thousands of years ago, Brandon the Builder built Winterfell and, according to some accounts, the Wall. Bran knew the story, but it had never been his favorite. Perhaps other Brandons loved her. Sometimes Nan spoke to him as if he were her Brandon - the child she had looked after years ago - and sometimes she confused him with his uncle Brandon, who was killed by the Mad King before Bran was born. As his mother once told him, Nan lived so long that all the Brandon Starks were mixed into one in her head.”
  

  “All the Brandon Starks were mixed into one in her head.” Maybe because it was just Brandon Stark? Martin rarely writes something just like that.

  
  

  One may also recall the dialogue between Ned and Arya in King's Landing, which contains a potentially ironic prediction:

  Arya: “He wants to be a knight of the Royal Guard. Now he can’t become one, can he?”

  Eddard: "No. But one day he might become a lord or sit on the King's Council. Or maybe he will build castles, like Brandon the Builder did.”
  

  This dialogue even ended up in a TV adaptation. Benioff and Weiss would probably cut him if he weren't more important than he seems.

  Second part of the theory

  The final hero may just be the guy Bran will possess. He uses the Hero to defeat the Others and make peace with the Children of the Forest. He will establish faith in the Old Gods in the North to ensure the existence of the wargs. The Three-Eyed Raven says that Bran needs to become him, because the Raven knows: Bran from the future moved into him in the past, taught him everything and sent him to the Children of the Forest so that they would help the Raven hold the cave until Bran comes.

  A little history: The last hero, whose name is unknown, sought out the Children of the Forest during the first invasion of the White Walkers (for which the Children of the Forest were responsible for creating). He lost all his men in the long winter, but eventually discovered the Children and won the Battle of Dawn, defeating the Walkers. It was then that the Night Watch was born.

  As with Bran the Builder, we get this information from Nen.

  “Those were the days before the coming of the Andals and long before the women of the cities of the Rhoyne crossed the narrow sea, and hundreds of kingdoms of those times belonged to the First Men who took those lands from the Children of the Forest. And yet, here and there among the trees the children continued to live in their wooden cities and hollow hills, and the faces in the forest watched. When cold and death filled the land, the last hero ventured to find the children in the hope that their ancient magic could win back what the armies of men had lost.

  He went into the dead lands with a sword, a horse, a dog and a dozen comrades. For years he searched until he despaired of ever encountering the Children of the Forest in their hidden cities. One by one his friends died, then the horse’s turn came, finally the dog died, and the sword froze so that the blade cracked when he ran to it. Then the Others sensed the hot blood running in him, and quietly attacked his trail with spears at the ready, led by white spiders the size of hounds..."
  

  At this point she is interrupted and never finishes the story.

  Perhaps Bran is Azor Ahai, the Prince That Was Promised

  Azor Ahai, who goes by at least five different names, is the legendary hero promised by R'hllor to defeat some great darkness. It is unclear if he is related to the Last Hero, but they have similar stories. It's important that we already had several characters predicted to play Azor Ahai: Stannis Baratheon, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow among them.

  The idea is that he will be “reborn as the chosen one” after a long summer when dark forces have taken over the world. If the prophecy is true, we should assume that this will be a character already known to us. After episode five, Bran Stark seems to be the favorite in the race.

  

  

  And what does all this mean?

  If Bran turns out to be not only a treeseer and a warg, but also a time traveler, and part-time Bran the Builder, the Last Hero and Azor Ahai, what does this mean for history? At first glance, this gives him enormous opportunities to influence the whole world. Could everything really be his creation? If he really is able to control events in the way we've already seen, doesn't that undermine the storylines of the other characters who will now be acting out a script written and directed by Bran?

  Or does Bran control less than we think? Will his actions be positive or negative? One theory calls attention to the fact that he broke the spell of the cave by allowing the Night King to touch him - what if he breaks the spell of the Wall by reaching it? Hell, if he drove the Mad King crazy, then he was to blame for the war that started in the first place.

  There is still a lot we don't know. Maybe Bran is just Bran. Perhaps he will decide that it is better not to change the past, unless he pays a consoling visit to his father at the time of his execution. This would bring order to history and would not allow him to become like a living god, capable of subordinating the fate of the entire world to his will.

  No matter how things turn out, we stand on the threshold of a whole abyss of possibilities for the development of history. Until recently, Bran was simply a gifted boy searching for the meaning of life after a terrible tragedy. Today it appears as something supernatural, and one can only guess how its power is limited. And is it limited at all?

  
  

  Over the course of seven seasons, we've watched Game of Thrones characters go from bad to good, from good to villain, and to die and come back to life. They fell in love and betrayed their lovers, traveled throughout Westeros and beyond, and trained. But no one has changed as much as Bran Stark: the little boy who loved to climb the walls of Winterfell became the Three-Eyed Raven. And now in front of him, in full view, is the entire history of Westeros. Despite his capabilities, Bran Stark does not interfere in any way with events, and his inaction raises many questions among fans.

  Why does he reveal important information when he does (see the scene with Sam Tarly and the revelation of the secret of Jon Snow's birth)? Why is he acting so strange? What does he know and at what point will he find out? And, the most exciting question: what if he is the Night King? Esquire I spoke with the actor who played the role, Isaac Hemstead-Wright, and tried to find out the answers.

  Why is Bran so weird?

  We have showrunners (David Benioff and Dan Weiss. - Esquire) there was a conversation about what Bran would be like after the entire history of mankind was downloaded into his brain. They wanted him to be something like Doctor Manhattan from the Watchmen comics. We came up with the idea that Bran would be able to exist simultaneously in different time spaces and access any event at any time. But at the same time, we didn't want the character to become boring and uninteresting; it was necessary to preserve a share of mysticism and a bit of Bran himself. It was cool, I read the whole script and played Bran like he knew everything that was going to happen at the end. So when he looks at the dagger, he thinks, “Oh, this dagger will kill Littlefinger.” The difficulty was that sometimes it could seem boring, and it was important not to let the hero become completely boring.

  
  

  About the conversation with Sam Tarly in the final episode

  In this scene, on the contrary, Bran learns something new, and this is not a case where he cannot be surprised. He might have thought, "Oh, this is an interesting discovery in the history of Westeros - cool." Because when Bran returned to Winterfell, everything seemed boring to him. He has already surpassed the most unrivaled genius; he knows literally the entire history of the universe. He sits like this and thinks: “Oh, well, I have nothing to do here. We have a great war looming here, and I’m just sitting here.” So the arrival of Sam, who knows some things and can teach them, is a joyful event for Bran.

  Why doesn't Bran reveal the information?

  I don't think Bran is keeping the information to himself. He is still not the Three-Eyed Raven, who sat on a tree for a thousand years and went through the entire history of the world. He just has a Kindle library in his head with all the information, but he hasn't had time to go through it. The previous Raven had an eternity to See Everything and remember it forever. Bran still needs time. There's a moment in Sam's scene where he asks, "Are you sure? Let me take a look and make sure.”

  Same thing with Littlefinger. It wasn't like he didn't tell his sisters anything. He just needed time to think before they came to him and asked him what was going on. And he was like, “Oh my God, look!” Bran is still a teenager and has a lot to learn. He needs time.

  Is the Bran we love still with us?

  This line explains it all: “I remember what it was like to be Brandon Stark, but I remember so much more.” He is now more focused on the fact that the end of the world is approaching and he needs to act. I think Bran understands that Meera Reed has fulfilled her purpose, which was to bring him to Winterfell. He’s not cold, like, “That’s it, get out of here, I don’t need you anymore.” It's more like, "Thank you, but now I need to pay attention to more important things."

  Is Bran the Night King?

  This theory has been blowing up on social media for the past few weeks. Some people post collages of me and the Night King and are like “yes, that’s definitely him, one hundred percent!” But it seems to me that we are not very similar. The coolest thing about the final season is that all the theories will end and everyone will get answers. Personally, I think the Night King story is a bit far-fetched, but I could say the same about the Hodor theory. But when I saw it on paper, I thought: “It can’t be!” But this is Game of Thrones, so anything is possible. I would like to be the Night King. Wouldn't it be cool to say, "Yeah, it was this all along I" But I don’t know - I doubt it.

  About the role of the Three-Eyed Raven

  I played myself for most of the series. Bran is like me, only in more unusual circumstances - like in the cave when he has visions. This time I got to develop a completely new character and it was really fun. In each scene, I imagined and thought about what was happening in a different place. Because that's really what's happening with Bran: he has a whole tangle of events in his head.