Editing Three-eyed crow (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
When [[Bran Stark]] is in a coma after his fall, a [[crow]] appears in his dreams and tells Bran it can teach him to fly. Bran realizes it has three eyes. The crow guides him out of his coma.{{ref|AGOT|17}}

Bran later tells Maester [[Luwin]] of another dream he had, in which the crow brought him down to the [[crypts of Winterfell]] and Bran spoke with his sad father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. Bran had the dream before finding out that Eddard has been executed in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
While bannermen arrive at Winterfell for the [[harvest feast (299)|harvest feast]], Bran dreams of a [[weirwood]] with deep red eyes and a twisted wooden mouth, with the three-eyed crow in its branches.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

[[Jojen Reed]] tells Bran that he dreamed of a winged wolf bound in stone chains, with a three-eyed crow trying to peck through them. Jojen reveals the crow has visited him in dreams since he was a child, and that it can be found [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|ACOK|28}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Close_up_TEC_Marc_Simonetti.jpg|thumb|350px|right‎|The three-eyed crow, by Marc Simonetti ©]]
Bran and his companions—[[Hodor]], Jojen, and Jojen's sister [[Meera Reed|Meera]]—decide to travel north beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed crow, of whom the boy still dreams.{{ref|ASOS|9}} 

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
With the assistance of [[Coldhands]], Bran, Hodor, and the Reeds reach the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]] in the [[haunted forest]]. The three-eyed crow is revealed to be not an actual bird, but a man who says he was once a lord called [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden]].{{ref|ADWD|34}} He is a pale, skeletal man in rotted, black clothing in a [[weirwood]] throne of tangled roots. His skin is white, aside from a red blotch on his neck and cheek. Brynden has fine, white hair long enough to reach the earthen floor. He is missing one eye, while the other is red. Weirwood roots surround the man and grow through his body, including his leg and his empty eye socket. His voice is slow and dry, as if he had forgotten how to speak.{{ref|ADWD|34}} Bran is disappointed that the crow cannot heal his crippled legs, but Brynden promises he will teach Bran how to fly instead.{{ref|ADWD|13}}

Brynden teaches Bran about [[greenseer|greenseeing]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]].{{ref|aDwD|34}} He later decides it is time for Bran to take the next step and has [[Leaf]] give Bran a bowl of [[weirwood paste]], made from seeds of weirwood, to eat in order to awaken his greenseer gifts. When Bran sees his father, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], through the [[heart tree]] in the [[godswood of Winterfell]], Brynden tells Bran that he is haunted by his own ghosts, a [[Daeron II Targaryen|brother that he loved]], a [[Aegor Rivers|brother that he hated]], and a [[Shiera Seastar|woman that he desired]], but he knows from experience that the past cannot be changed.{{ref|aDwD|34}}