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Revision as of 02:34, 18 October 2011

Bran IV
A Clash of Kings chapter
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POV Bran
Page 318 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Bran III
Daenerys II  ← Bran IV →  Tyrion VII

Bran V

Synopsis

Bran, Jojen and Meera are playing with the direwolves, and Bran shows them that Summer will never hurt him or anyone he likes. Bran asks them if he would be welcome at Greywater Watch, and they assure him that their lord father would have welcomed him then or now, and that leaving Winterfell would be good for him. We learn that the Bastard of Bolton has forcibly taken Lady Hornwood as his wife, that Lord Manderly took her castle to protect it, and Ser Rodrik has gone east to settle the uprising and see that justice is done. Jojen asks Bran to share his dreams with him, but Bran is hesitant. Jojen knows, however, of Bran’s dreams because he has the greensight. In a green dream, he saw a winged wolf bound to earth with stone chains, and a crow trying to peck through the chains. When Bran asks him if the crow had three eyes, Jojen nods and tells him that a similar crow came to him when he nearly died from greywater fever, and ever since he has had the green dreams.

They tell Bran that the crow lies North, beyond the Wall, and that when Jojen had told their father of the dream, it was Howland Reed who sent them to Winterfell. Jojen tells Bran that he can fly, if he would ever just open his third eye. Bran doesn’t want to talk about the dreams anymore, but Jojen presses, revealing that he knows Bran has wolf dreams, and can see through Summer’s eyes. Jojen was aware of Bran’s presence in Summer that first night, and tells Bran that it is his fear of falling which prevents him from opening his eye. He asks if Bran dreams of falling every night, but as Bran becomes increasingly more agitated, Summer starts to growl and advance on Jojen. The boy tells Bran that it is his anger and fear which is causing Summer’s reaction, that the two are tied in emotion by strong bonds. Bran calls to Summer, but the wolf does not heed the call, and suddenly Shaggydog emerges snarling as well. Meera is fearful and tells her brother to climb the weirwood, but Jojen is unperturbed, stating "today is not the day I die". Nevertheless, they climb the tree to escape the direwolves rage. Finally Hodor chases the wolves off.

Bran goes to visit Maester Luwin and asks about the greensight. Luwin explains that the greenseers of the children claimed such power, allowing them to see great distances through the eyes carved in the weirwoods, and even communicate with the beasts of the forest. Luwin warns him that Jojen has no such power, and it is just coincidence if some of his dreams come true. Luwin then shows Bran a link of Valyrian steel in his chain, a link only one maester in a hundred has, that signifies he has studied the Higher Mysteries, or magic for lack of a better word. Luwin reveals that he even tried his hand at spellcasting, but did not succeed. He tells Bran that magic is gone from the world, gone with ancient Valyria and the last dragons. Bran later tells this to Meera, but she insists that Maester Luwin is wrong. She leaves him with another of Jojen’s dreams, that one day soon Maester Luwin will serve him a great feast, but the portion he gives to the Walders will be grey and dead, but they will like their meal better than he.

References and Notes

  • The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [1].