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I keep telling everyone that
similarities between The Wheel of Time (TWOT) and A Song of Ice and Fire
(ASOIAF) are vast even if there are those out there that say otherwise.
First of all, I may be the only one
that thinks this but the Night King is still alive. I still believe that ASOIAF will end in a
similar fashion as TWOT. I was positive
that Bran and Bran the Builder were the same person but after watching the
first 5 episodes of season 8 I concede that Bran isn’t in the crypts of
Winterfell. I still believe that someone
is down there however. I just had to see
the 180-degree turn that ASOIAF was going to take as it always has to make the
story unique. Bran the Builder has been
in the crypts the entire time. Where Rand
al’Thor and Lews Therin were the same person.
Rand heard his own thoughts and believed them to be Lews Therin a separate
mind in his head. Bran on the other hand
has the Night King in his head and they are two separate minds. I believe that Bran the Builder in the Age of
Heroes was similar to the Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends. Aes Sedai in that age could split their
weaves and do things that the Aes Sedai of the current age couldn’t even imagine. In that way I say the three-eyed crows of
today are like the Aes Sedai of the current age. Bran was never able to warg more than one thing
at a time. When did we ever see him warg
multiple birds? He warged Summer and he
warged Hodor but never at the same time.
When have we ever heard of any warg doing that? But the minute that he was touched by the
Night King he suddenly had that ability.
We know that the Night King’s touch is control or compulsion and he has
the ability to warg multiple dead creatures at the same time. I believe Bran has the ability but he hadn’t
mastered it. I think that through the
Night King’s touch and his compulsion it was the only reason why Bran could do
what he could do with the multiple ravens.
So, when the three-eyed crow, that
taught Bran, says “It is beautiful beneath the sea, but if you stay to long,
you’ll drown”; I think it was referring to Bran the Builder. The stories say that a small boy put spells
into Storm’s End and that boy grew up to be Bran the Builder. Bran the Builder built the Wall and then
built Winterfell. I think that years after
he became the three-eyed crow he got caught up and started exploring the world
beyond his home within the Winterfell weirwood.
I think he stayed to long within the man we saw get turned into the
Night King. The COTF saw their
opportunity and trapped his mind with their magic inside that man and made him
into a creature to hunt down all other three-eyed crows whom they considered
their enemies. Trapped beyond the Wall, separated
from his own body, by his own magic he sought a way to return home. I believe that he still had a connection with
the Winterfell weirwood but was powerless to do anything but watch. That is why when in the books Bran was told
by the three-eyed crow to fly or die and he chose flight he saw what he
did. He saw the Winterfell weirwood look
up at him knowingly. The plan was set in
motion from that day. Once Bran was marked,
he had an inside man to bring his plan full circle.
We saw the results. Bran basically came up with the plan to wait
for the three-eyed crow by the weirwood tree.
Did you also notice that no fighting took place there until minutes
before the Night King made his arrival?
We know the Night King knew where he was because he was connected to
Bran. We actually saw him on Viserion
above Jon, who was perched upon the castle wall above Bran. If Bran was truly your target and you wanted
him dead why not send your army of the dead to that spot? The answer is he didn’t want this to happen. He wanted to put on a show to make them all
think that they had won. Bran gave Arya
the dagger so in essence the Night King gave it to her. The Night King has the same power to see
events as Bran but only better so he saw Arya and Brienne sparing and her use
the same knife hand switch move. He
planned it all and he simply warged Bran freeing himself of the Children of the
Forest’s magic by destroying the body that held him prisoner for so long. But he has lived too long within the Night
King’s body and he has become “death incarnate”.
With that said he sets in motion the rest of his plan to unleash death
and destruction upon the realm. I don’t
know if you saw it or not but they focused on a lot of hand touches through the
first 5 episodes of season 8. I think
that was the Night King’s influence being passed as a form of control. The same way we saw Bran warg multiple ravens
I think the Night King was able to influence multiple people to do his
will. Remember the conversation with
Tyrion and Bran when Tyrion said to Bran that knowing their history would come
in handy being Lord of Winterfell. Bran
stared at him absently and Tyrion commented with “You don’t want it.” Then Vary and Tyrion basically boiled it down
to maybe the best ruler would be someone who doesn’t want to rule. Bran aka the Night King set it up perfectly
for himself to be nominated King of the Seven Kingdoms after Dany is killed and
Tyrion plants the seeds in everyone’s ears.
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| Bran aka the Night King baited the hook |
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| nibble, nibble |
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| The fish is on the hook now reel him in |
Remember what Ned said to Arya back in
season 1:
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| They let you know in season 1 who the Night King was or would be in the end |
Well I say Bran will do just that because he will for all intents
and purposes be Bran the Builder.
So, in the end the Night King will win.
This is also why the next spinoff will be the Long Night. They will explore how Bran the Builder became
the Night King. Everyone thinks that the
last episode won’t be exciting but unlike the rest of Hollywood they will let
the bad guy win for once. The bad guy
normally loses because he monologues to the hero. The hero breaks free and thwarts his
plans. Well let this be a lesson to all you James Bond
villains keep your mouth shut like the Night King and you may just end up
ruling the world.
Comments encouraged. Love to hear the idea’s of
others. Most believe that since I present my idea’s as “fact like” I’m
not open to change my viewpoints which is far from the truth. I simply
look at the information presented and go from there. If you can shine a
light on another way of thinking that opens the door to debate.
Everybody keeps telling me I am moving the goal post but they don't realize that Wheel of Time is 15 books if you count New Spring. Only a fool refuses to change his opinion when new information comes to light. I have never wavered on the fact that the Night King is still alive and that there is someone in the crypts of Winterfell. So when I have made predictions about how this will end there is just so much to choose from. What I tell you now seems to line up with the showdown between Lews Therin and Tuon. They would be Bran the Builder aka the Night King and Dany. Below are the similarities between the characters:
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Her people the Seanchan have crossed the Aryth Ocean and are in the process of re-conquering the lands that were once held by Artur Hawkwing (her ancestor).
It is said of the Seanchan that they come from the Islands of the Dead from which no ship returns.
When she arrives they bring with them Raken and To'raken. Raken is a large flying animal with a body longer than a horse and about equal in girth. It possesses leather gray skin and large, powerful wings. To'raken are large flying animals, that resemble raken, except larger and brown rather than grey and herbivorous not omnivorous. They are not as agile or fast as raken, but are stronger and can fly for much greater distances without rest, or carry heavier loads. Basically they are the dragons from ASOIAF.
When Tuon faces the Dragon Reborn she tells him it is her right to rule but he tells her the following:
“Then you accept me for who I am,” Rand said, voice growing loud, crisp. Like a battle horn. “I am Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon. I ruled these lands, unified, during the Age of Legends. I was leader of all the armies of the Light, I wore the Ring of Tamyrlin. I stood first among the Servants, highest of the Aes Sedai, and I could summon the Nine Rods of Dominion.”
“Rand stepped forward. “I held the loyalty and fealty of all seventeen Generals of Dawn’s Gate. Fortuona Athaem Devi Paendrag, my authority supersedes your own!”
Dany had been born on Dragonstone nine moons after their flight (after the Mad King died).
Dany crossed the Narrow Sea in an attempt to re-conquer the lands that were once held by Aegon the Conqueror (her ancestor)
Valyria where the Targaryen’s came from is now known as a place where ships who travel to almost never return.
Dany brings with her 3 dragons.
It is for this reason I think that the Night King who is now in Bran has a similar argument to Dany. We don't know a whole lot about Bran the Builder, who I believe is the Night King, but did he rule all of Westeros back in the day by virtue of bringing peace to the realm before he retreated into the Winterfell weirwood to look over the people. In the Wheel of Time Rand always referred to Lews Therin as a "mad man trapped in his head". Is the Night King now a mad man because he was trapped in the body of the Night King for all this time?
REAL SPOILERS HERE: Ayra is the one to take the iron throne. But she disolves the kingdom as she thinks there has been enough fighting and bloodshed. Some prisoners are freed, some banished. But most people are dead, Ayra is the last women standing. She waltzes off with her guy to procreate in a more peaceful town. The series ends with her taking one last look at the town and distruction before walking away clutching her man. The end.
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