Why was Bran so important to the Night King?

His importance is such that the Night King raised an entire army of the dead in his efforts to vanquish him — to erase him would be to erase the world's memory. But instead of fighting back on a supernatural level, Bran sat back during the battle, as part of a strategy to lure the Night King into a vulnerable position.

Why did the Night King need Bran?

"He wants to erase this world and I am its memory," he explains. As the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran has the ability of greensight, which means he can see events in the past, present, and future through visions. Killing Bran would essentially erase all memory of mankind. Samwell Tarly explains it pretty well in the scene.

Why is Bran so important?

Namely, Bran is essentially the keeper of all memory, which is why the Night King was after him. Bran also had another clear purpose: making sure Jon Snow knew his true parentage. Bran pushed Sam to reveal the secret to Jon, a sequence of events that may have pushed Daenerys off the deep.

How did Bran help kill the Night King?

Valyrian steel is one of the few things that can kill a White Walker, and when Arya stabbed the Night King with it — after Bran first conveniently lured him into a weirwood forest similar to the one where the Night King was created centuries earlier — he immediately shattered into pieces.

What did the Ice King want with Bran?

'He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory. ' These comments from Bran suggest that the Night King was never looking to rule Westeros or just kill thousands of people. Instead he wanted to wipe away the existence of Westeros, as well as all of its history.

Why The Night King Gave Bran That Weird Look



Did Bran cause Hodor as Hodor?

"Hodor" is a seemingly nonsense word, though in the process it became the name everyone calls him. It is derived from the phrase "hold the door", the words that Hodor heard during the seizure that mentally disabled him as a result of the future Bran Stark accidentally warging into his young self during a vision.

Did Bran manipulate everyone becomes king?

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Did Bran know Arya was gonna kill the Night King?

A scene from last season shows that Bran knew Arya would kill the Night King on Game of Thrones all along.

Was Bran Stark evil?

What is true is that Bran is the true villain and indeed the worst person in the Game of Thrones universe. This may seem like an odd take for a man who has never harmed anything and hasn't felt anything since becoming the Three-Eyed Raven, but he is in fact the worst of all, and the reasons are everywhere.

Is Bran Stark The Lord of Light?

The Three-Eyed Raven is the Night King's opposite. The Night King's opposite is the Lord of Light. Therefore, Bran = the Lord of Light (or at least what people think is the Lord of Light due to the signs he brings).”

Why can Bran be king but not Lord of Winterfell?

Bran says at one point that he can "never be lord of anything" because he's the Three-Eyed Raven. This is in reference to how he's no longer technically a Stark, so he can't be lord of Winterfell.

Why did Bran end up king?

In the final episode of Season Eight of Game of Thrones, the leaders of the Westerosi kingdoms got together and decided to elect Bran the Broken their ruler. It was Tyrion's suggestion—he had a lot of time to consider his options while he sat in a cell—and nobody took much convincing.

Was the Night King a Targaryen?

The Night King is one of three dragon-riders

Daenerys and Jon Snow are both Targaryens, and they can both mount and ride dragons. The Night King is the third dragon-rider in Westeros.

What happens when the Night King touches Bran?

Vulnerable in this vision, Bran was touched by the Night King. This frosty handprint on Bran's forearm broke the protection of the Three-Eyed-Raven's cave, allowing the wights to attack. Hodor lost his life protecting Bran from the situation Bran got them all in thanks to his midnight vision romp.

What is the connection between Bran and night king?

According the Night King theorists, Bran actually skinchanged into this man in an attempt to prevent the Children of the Forest from turning him, but his plan failed and Bran gets stuck. And thus, Bran became the Night King.

Why do White Walkers want babies?

The Night King Turns Craster's Sons Into White Walkers

As for why Game of Thrones' babies, and not adults, are candidates for being turned into White Walkers, this is likely because infants are easier to mold into whatever the Night King wishes.

Who cut off Jaime's hand?

— Locke chops off Jaime Lannister's sword hand.

Why does Hodor say Hodor?

Born Wylis, the servant to House Stark only became 'Hodor' after suffering a life-changing seizure in his youth. That event damaged his brain and took away his power of speech, leaving him only able to say the one word that would become his name.

Who is the main villain in Game of Thrones?

1 Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish

Littlefinger is arguably the most diabolical character in Game of Thrones. His cunning and deceit were so subtle that viewers of the show didn't know whether to love him or hate him. He started the series off by orchestrating the poisoning of Jon Arryn.

Why did littlefinger give the dagger to Bran?

Littlefinger's gift to Bran

He says it is fitting Bran should have the blade, given it was last used to try and kill him, and that he will do anything to serve and protect the heir to Winterfell. Littlefinger, though, doesn't know that Bran isn't really Bran anymore.

Was Arya disguised as a White Walker?

The writers don't lay out the process that lets Arya sneak past the other White Walkers to make her way to the Night King, but it's possible that she used her Faceless Men magic to disguise herself as a White Walker, the way she assumed Frey's face.

Why did Bran gives Arya the dagger?

Later in Season 7, Bran pointedly gives the dagger to Arya with a suspicious lack of explanation. Now we know it's because he saw what she'd do with it.

Did Bran make the mad king mad?

One of the most popular Game of Thrones fan theories about the Mad King is that his madness was a result of Bran Stark warging into him, since Bran had a vision of Aerys and had already affected Hodor. However, that ignores all of the events in the Targaryen King's life that drove him to insanity.

Can Bran the Broken see the future?

As a greenseer and the Three-Eyed Raven, it's understood that Bran has the supernatural abilities of warging into people and animals, seeing the past, seeing any moment in the present around the world, and seeing glimpses of the future through visions.

Why is Bran the Three-Eyed Raven?

Brandon Stark a.k.a. The Three-Eyed Raven is simply a living, breathing history book. That's why Bran has gone from energetic little boy to an emotionless, seemingly omniscient being. He's just there to watch. And that's why The Night King has decided that he has to go.