To recap for those that are not familiar with the theory, Bran is now (at least in part), the Three-Eyed Raven and his goal is the destruction of both the NK and men in Westeros as an agent of the CotF.

The theory goes that the Three-Eyed Raven has essentially been the Littlefinger of Westeros, responsible for all of the major events in the story by being the originator of all the prophecies that set things in motion, pitting humans against the ultimate destructive force: themselves.

From a high level, this theory is so compelling because it is the only one that provides a coherent resolution of the current story while allowing all of the events that have transpired to have meaning and purpose, and also satisfying GRRM's literary beliefs and ideas (the bread crumbs laid have to be relevant but in following them we are led to something we didn't expect).

The evidence in favor of this theory is simply overwhelming:

• The Three-Eyed Raven was previously Brynden Rivers; a spymaster, the last greenseer and commander of the Night's Watch until he disappeared beyond the Wall
• Beyond the wall, he had "merged" with a weirwood tree that heightened his abilities and gave him unnaturally long life, ultimately becoming the "Three-Eyed Raven"
• Here he sat for years, dreaming, warging, plotting and scheming while he waited for Bran. We know in the books he is very likely responsible for Jon becoming Lord Commander and if the theory holds, much more.
• Curiously, Leaf, one of the last CotF and the Child that created the White Walkers, serves him

A bit of backstory on the history of the CotF and the war against men from "Children of the Forest vs. the First Men" a special feature from Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season: > "War did not come to Westeros with men. In the dawn of days the Children of the Forest fought the giants. But neither race sought to destroy the other or their claim to the continent. They couldn't; the Children hunted and fought with dragonglass arrows and spears and the giants had hold of the branches they pulled from trees. Nor could both races fill more than one of the Seven Kingdoms of today. > > But then the southern deserts coughed up a new race; the First Men, who had crossed the Narrow Sea over the Arm of Dorne. Unlike the Children and giants, the First Men lived in huts and villages and farmed the land to eat, and there were so many. As their numbers swelled, men needed ever more fields and timber. Of course, th

I'm throwing in a disclaimer that I haven't read the books so all detailed responses are appreciated instead of remarks to just "read the books". I have a hard time understanding why preserving Bran/three eyed raven is so gravely important based on the TV series? I can't recall anyone south of Winterfell even uttering the words "three eyed raven" throughout the show. Dragons, wargs, and Gods are prominent topics brought up, but no one even mentions the raven as this powerful lore figure. So Bran can see the past and the present, but NOT the future, so why is he of great importance that people would die to keep him alive? In regards for the past, there are thousands of books and historical accounts to keep record of the past along with the living memory of all the people who pass these stories on. Also, the present is well, the present, and everyone sees what's going on. So is Bran really necessary? I have two theories based on what was told in the TV series that I want to analyze and want to know if these are explained in more detail in the books.

1. The raven is a living recollection of human history in the case that the world basically "ends". This makes sense, but under what circumstances would the world basically end and Bran would be the only one alive? The White Walker invasion is the main threat to this, but if they did win, why would they spare Bran? They seem very keen on killing him on several occasions. Let's just say Bran is the only one to survive a global reset, how would he procreate to start a new world? Let's also say there's a handful of people who can reproduce and they start a new world on earth, then what? Will it really matter that Bran has all this information about human history? It'll mostly just be stories of great wars and how to grow berries. What significance will he have in this new world? After all, there will be completely new generations of people coming to populate the world so will the past condition of the world really be relevant to them after a few years?
2. Bran is capable of seeing and verifying events in the past which have caused misunderstandings which is why he is significant. An example of this is seeing the Night King and his army along with revealing who Jon Snow really is. There are two concerns here. First, is everyone just going to take his word for it? He can't show others these details, for all people know they could just be his imagination. Will the heavily corrupt Westerosi take his word for everything

Sorry if this has been posted before.

Is it possible Weirwood trees are just thousand year old greenseers/three-eyes ravens who merged into a weirwood. It kind of produces an endless cycle of 3 eyed ravens and wierwoods? Like what came first the chicken or the egg... or am I just stoned..

Do u guys think that the three-eyed raven is in fact the real vilan of the history, and is just lying to Bran?

>"It was just a lie," he said bitterly, remembering the crow in his dream. - I can't fly. I can't even run.
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>"Crows are all liars,*" said Old Ama's voice from the chair where she was knitting. - I know a story about a crow. (*AGOT)

and in some prophecies of the Melissandrei about the lord of the dark and other things, which she sees a wolf-headed boy (Bran) beside the greatest enemy (the Raven). Not to mention several moments when the crow talks about the darkness and how he suits it, and how the Melissandrei came into the world to fight against the darkness.

will the sixth book be the turning point of the crow and book seven will be the moment when they come together for its overthrow? and in the end the others are not the real enemies?

I think his role and what the story is saying around predestination, time and history are one of the more interesting aspects of the story.

It is pretty clear that there is only one timeline in the story since we do have the existence of closed loops and hence the “the past is already written, the ink is dry”

So ultimately what was the Three Eyed Ravens role?

Both Meera and Jojen tell Bran that without him everything is lost in Season 4.

And on some level that is true. Without Bran the Night King does not come out and expose himself so that Arya has a chance to kill him.

When Benjen tells him he needs to be ready is that about him knowing he needs to be bait?

But does he or the Three Eyed Raven play a bigger role in terms of directing events - and how would exactly they direct events in a world with closed loops and only one timeline - or when both the Red Priests and Bran himself talk about everyone being where they are for a reason (e.g. or why do you think i came all this way or you were right where you were supposed to be) just reflect that there is just one timeline and it was going to unfold the way it unfolded?

Basically is there some super natural deity either the Lord of Light or the three eyed raven itself guiding things or is it just causality?

And what is the story trying to say about history, the supernatural and fate with these storylines?

And where does Kinvara’s statement about saying that Dany’s dragons are a gift from the lord of light that will purge non believers by the thousands and build a new world fall into things?

I think it would be a really interesting concept to explore, and I think I've seen it before, but I cant find any fics.

Bloodraven just seemed like a normal dude outside of the whole being a tree thing. He had coherent thoughts and could speak in full sentences and make sense.

Meanwhile Bran gets the power of the Three Eyed Raven and becomes an bird with aspergers.

Hello again everyone, most especially hello to my hater fandom! Hope you’re all having a lovely holiday season thus far. Let’s jump right into another post that will surely result in endless downvotes and tinfoil madness...

Throughout a few threads now discussing Bloodraven (BR) and the fact that he’s the three-eyed crow (TEC), many users seem to be genuinely confused as to the nature of these epithets...

• In the show there’s the Three-Eyed Raven, a title of sorts that seems to be handed down from one last greenseer to the next, as Bran begins referring to himself with this title once he’s fled the cave.

• In the books there’s the three-eyed crow, merely an avatar of BR when appearing in Bran and Jojen’s dreams. It’s not a title, it’s not handed from one last greenseer to the next, or at least there’s zero text-citable passages to claim such

Could this be a major source of tinfoil hilarity? More and more I’m coming to think it’s a critical factor in the confusion on this sub, resulting in some rather wild theories. This is very problematic of course so let me be clear - we cannot muddy the waters between show theory and book theory and hope to engage in productive discourse.

Thank you for reading my post.

Okay, so let me explain this, first, you'll say that Bloodraven is the Three Eyed Crow, and yet, this is what he says when he is asked by Bran if he is indeed the 3EC

""Are you the three-eyed crow?" Bran heard himself say. A three-eyed crow should have three eyes. He has only one, and that one red. Bran could feel the eye staring at him, shinning like a pool of blood in the torchlight. Where his other eye should have been, a thin white root grew from an empty socket, down his cheek, and into his beck. "A...crow?" The pale lord's voice was dry. His lips moved slowly, as if they had forgotten how to form words. "Once, aye. Black of garb and black of blood.""

In the above quote, Bloodraven's answer to Bran's question is that he was once a man of the Night's Watch, but he never tells Bran that he is indeed the Three Eyed Crow, infact, Bloodraven sounds a little surprised at the question, you could say that Bloodraven is the 3EC, but he thought Bran meant someone else or didn't understand, yet for someone who claims to have been watching the Starks for a while, it's a bit unusual that he doesn't know what Bran calls him, no ?

So I had his Crackpot Theory, what if Bran is the 3EC ? What if future Bran wants past Bran to go to Bloodraven's cave ? What if he had been the one laying down all of this ? But why ?, will, I have a sort of assumption to this...that Bran wants to stop the Wall from falling, and is trying to warn Jon about it.

There's a theory that whenever Mormont's Raven says "Corn" he actually means "horn", during the fight with the Wight in the King's Tower in AGoT, the Raven says Corn exactly three times, we know that three horn blows is a warning thag the Others are attacking, in another instance, when Mormont and his followers are near Craster's Keep, they hear a horn blow, The Old Bear is quite hally to hear it, as it means Craster is still around, but his Raven says "Corn", a bit curious, no ? Mormont mentions quite alot of time that despite having fed it, his Raven keeps asking for more Corn, this happens alot, especially when Jon is around. Another part to this theory is....Bran has somehow gone back in time using warging and resurrected Coldhands, since when he is told by Barn that he is a monster(?) He replies with "your monster, Brandon Stark"

Here is where my Theory is : Bran wargs into the past, telling Past!Bran to go to Bloodraven's cave, he appears as a Three Eyed Crow, meanwhile, he constantly wargs into Mormont's Rave

Meanwhile, nebula and rocket are the only ones hallucinating, everyone in the audience at the edge of extinction. Another thing if Neverland is a part of the theory and little bit and that was enough to wow him? They’ve grouped all of our theories of who you are you’re always going to to react to the tragedy of Darth Plagueis "The Wise"?

The Song of Ice and Fire and the Three-Eyed Raven's mission

So maybe this is not a new theory, but it's the only one I can think of that makes sense now. It's all about how the Night King / White Walkers are a direct parallel to the Mother of Dragons / Dragons. They are Ice and Fire magical superpowers.

So what's the purpose of seemingly the most important character in the books and show? The first POV character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, the first character that George RR Martin thought of, even before he started writing the series - Brandon Stark. His journey is bitter but in a way he is a savior, he gets assimilated by the ancient Three-Eyed Raven whose mission I think is to get rid of the magical superpowers and restore the world's seasons (GRRM said that their irregularity has a magical cause).

This will explain most of our unanswered questions, so let's begin.

Night King / White Walkers mirror Mother of Dragons / Dragons

This is from another theory that seems absolutely right and it inspired me to think of this endgame.

https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/8344l7/spoilers_extended_why_i_think_brans_visions_on/

Below you can see how the show depicted the ritual for the Night King creating White Walkers and the ritual for the Mother of Dragons creating Dragons, they are akin:

Night King giving birth to White Walkers / Mother of Dragons giving birth to Dragons (ritual)

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The post I linked above also points out how the invasion of the Night King / White Walkers at Hardhome mirror the invasion of Daenerys and her Dragon at the Field of Fire 2.0 where the Lannisters were ambushed.

The post also shows how Bran's vision directly connects the Night King giving birth to White Walkers with Daenerys giving birth to Dragons:

Bran's vision of Fire & Ice magical weapons being created

So the correlation between the Night King / White Walkers and Mother of Dragons / Dragons is indisputable. Remember

I feel like people are upset by where Bran ended up, and I just wanted to offer my own perspective that I haven’t seen or heard in any of these comments.

I think Bran was the only one who made sense to be the new ruler of Westeros. Bran is the first ruler of Westeros who doesn’t have his own agenda. He’s the first ruler who can actually be aware of what the people want and need, because he is everyone. Sure, there wasn’t much action or anything involving Bran, but he is far-by the best choice for ruler out of anyone, simply because he is Three-Eyed Raven. That was the entire point, plot-wise.

Symbolically, the Three-Eyed Raven is the memory of the world. The Iron Throne is finally destroyed. The Wheel was broken. Yet, history is doomed to repeat itself. Unless we know the history and learn from it. The new ruler of Westeros being the literal memory of the world is incredibly powerful. Bran won’t fall prey to any schemes or anything, because unlike humanity he can look into the past and actually learn from it. He can understand history, what lead up to every horrible event, and know how to prevent it from now on. Just like we have to learn to do today. We have to look back into our own history and use that to guide us towards the future. It was a beautiful and powerful message in this facet alone.

I personally really loved the ending, and this is one of the reasons why. Hope this is a new perspective that at least some of you will enjoy, as well.

Honestly can't think of anything other than that Jojen, Hodor and Summer would still be alive.

They spend a lot of time in the GoT talking about Bran’s journey to the three-eyes raven but it doesn’t ever seem “important” in the show. Why does the Night (Knight?) King want Bran so bad? They just...assumed we’d think he’s important? I’m sad they just let Bran’s story die out basically.