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| Character_name          = [[File:House_Reed.PNG|50px|left]] Meera Reed [[File:House_Reed.PNG|50px|right]]
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| image_caption = Meera Reed, by Amok © Fantasy Flight Games
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| Allegiance = [[House Reed]]<br>[[House Stark]]
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| Place_of_Birth = [[Greywater Watch]]{{Ref|AWoIaF|Meera Reed}}
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| Books = [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears)<br>[[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears)<br>[[A Dance with Dragons]] (Appears)
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| Father = [[Howland Reed]]
| Played_by      = Ellie Kendrick
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| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
| Played_by = [[w:Ellie Kendrick|Ellie Kendrick]]
| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|7]]
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'''Meera Reed''' is [[Howland Reed]]'s daughter and oldest child.  Meera has been taught to fight with a net and a three prong frog spear by her father. She is a fine huntress being able to easily spear fish with her spear. She was able to defeat [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]] in mock combat with her weapons by entangling the [[direwolf]], in her net. She is sixteen years old.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 9|Chapter 9]], Bran</ref>
'''Meera Reed''' is a member of [[House Reed]]. She is Lord [[Howland Reed]]'s daughter and oldest child; her younger brother is [[Jojen Reed]].


==Character and Appearance==
In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Meera is portrayed by [[Ellie Kendrick]].{{Ref|HBOGoT|s03e02}}
As is typical of crannogmen, Meera is short and slim. She has long brown hair and green eyes.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 21|Chapter 21]], Bran</ref> Although she is flat chested and is never remarked as being particularly beautiful, [[Theon Greyjoy]] seems to have considered her attractive{{Ref|aCoK|50}}, while [[Bran Stark]]s initial crush on her grows to the point of believing himself to "love" her by A Dance with Dragons{{Ref|aDwD|13}}.


Meera is described as having a cheerful disposition, in stark contrast to her sullen brother. She is intensely loyal and protective to her "prince" as well as her own brother, and will not back down from a fight if need be, even volunteering herself. Bran says that the only thing that ever makes her angry or upset is her brother Jojen {{Ref|aSoS|9}}.
==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Meera Reed|l1=Images of Meera Reed}}
 
As is typical of [[crannogmen]], Meera is short and slim.{{Ref|ACOK|21}} She has long brown hair knotted behind her head,{{Ref|ACOK|21}} green eyes,{{Ref|ASoS|9}} and small breasts.{{Ref|ACOK|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|9}}
 
Meera has a cheerful disposition, in contrast to her more sullen brother, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]],{{Ref|ASOS|9}} and she is respectful{{Ref|ACOK|28}} and protective.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}{{Ref|ACOK|69}}
 
Meera wears worn lambskin breeches and a sleeveless jerkin with [[bronze]] scales.{{Ref|ACOK|21}} She wields a woven net, a long bronze knife, a three-pronged frog spear, a rusted iron greathelm, and a round leathern shield.{{Ref|ACOK|21}} Meera is a fine hunter and fisher, able to easily spear fish.{{Ref|ASOS|24}} She has been taught by her father, Lord [[Howland Reed]], to fight with net and spear.{{Ref|ACOK|28}} The young woman is agile and quick to alert.{{Ref|ASOS|56}}


==Recent Events==
==Recent Events==
===A Clash of Kings===
===''A Clash of Kings''===
In the middle of a Harvest Feast Meera and her brother [[Jojen Reed]] arrive to pledge [[House Reed|Reeds']] support to [[Winterfell]] and [[Robb Stark|Robb]] after [[Eddard Stark]]'s death. [[Luwin|Maester Luwin]] tells [[Bran]] that he should meet these two warmly because Howland Reed was a great friend of his father and these are his children. Meera is with Jojen when he asks about the [[direwolf|Direwolves]], wanting to see them, and is told they are in the [[Godswood]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}
[[File:Jojen and Meera Reed.jpg|thumb|Meera and Jojen Reed, by Amok ©]]
Later Meera manages to defeat the direwolf [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]] using a net and frog spear. Bran claims that Summer won, but then Jojen points out that Summer is tangled up in the net and cannot escape. After Bran does a mock fight with Summer, he asks her if she was taught to fight by their Master at Arm, and she tells him that Graywater Watch has no knights, master at arms, maester, or ravans; ravans and the Reeds’ enemies cannot find Graywater because it moves (although many have tried). Bran has never heard of the castle that moves. He asks her if he can visit Graywater after the conflict, and she tells him that he can come then or now (he has never been away from Winterfell). Jojen tells Bran that everyone in the Castle hears him scream when he sleeps, and asks about what frightens him. As Jojen questions Bran and pushes him to admit he has the wolf dreams, Bran gets agitated, which causes Summer to get agitated, and start to act aggressively towards Jojen. Meera tells her brother the climb the tree, but he initially refuses, telling her it is not yet his time to die. When [Shaggy Dog] joins Summer, they both start to attack, and Jojen finally climbs the GodsWood, Meera following him. Only after Hodar arrives to chase the direwolves away at Bran’s instruction, they can climb down.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}
In the middle of the [[harvest feast]] at [[Winterfell]], Meera and her brother, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], arrive.
Later Meera is behind Jojen when they enter Bran’s room after he is left in his room by [[Osha]] (while being carried, Brans questioned Osha who tells Bran that she has seen many of the mythical beasts of the North, but not a three-eyed-Crow). Bran finally tells them about his wolf dreams. Then Jojen reveals his dream: he dreamed that sea would come to Winterfell. She is also with Jojen and Bran as they play a game of tiles and discus the dreams. When Bran tells them that Maester Luwin thinks that it should be possible to change the dreams, Meera agrees. She gets angry with her brother when he tells them that what he sees always come true. Jojen reveals that he has seen bodies of Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]at the feet of the man they call Reek (not revealed as actually the [[Bastard of Bolton|Ramsay Bolton]]) and he is skinning off their faces with a knife. Meera states that she could go down to the dungeons and kill Reek now, but Jojen tells her she will not succeed; First the jailers would stop her, and they will never believe.{{Ref|aCoK|35}}
They pledge [[House Reed]]'s support to Winterfell and the new [[King in the North]], [[Robb Stark]], renewing their vows after Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s death. The siblings recite their oath to Robb's younger brother, [[Bran Stark]]. That night, Bran [[wolf dream|dreams]] of the Reeds meeting [[Summer]] and [[Shaggydog]], the [[direwolf|direwolves]] of Bran and his brother [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], in the [[godswood of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ACoK|21}}
When [[Theon Greyjoy]] takes Winterfell, Bran is lead out of his room where he meets Meera and Jojen, who have also been taken captive.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}
 
Later, Bran, Meera, Jojen, [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], [[Osha]] and [[Hodor]] fake an escape from Winterfell, returning to hide in the crypts until after the castle is sacked by [[Ramsay Snow]]. Hodor has to force the crypts' door open with his massive strength and they find the castle destroyed. They discover many of the bodies of the people Jojen saw dead in his dream. In the [[Godswood]] they find Maester Luwin unconscious. They waken him and he tells them of all the enemies in all directions. Luwin advises [[Osha]] to split the Stark children. Osha decides to take Rickon with her and Jojen says that they will take Bran. After they separate, Jojen tells the others that their road is north, so he, Meera, Hodor and Bran travel north.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}
After the feast, the other lords and knights depart within a few days, but the Reeds stay at Winterfell and become Bran's constant companions. Some weeks after the feast, Meera and Jojen visit the godswood with Bran and play with Summer, and Meera defeats Summer using a net and frog spear. Bran claims that Summer won, but Jojen points out that Summer is tangled up in the net and cannot escape. Bran learns Meera was taught by her father, Lord [[Howland Reed]], instead of a [[master-at-arms]], and she invites him to visit [[Greywater Watch]]. Meera reveals to Bran that Jojen has the [[greensight]], and that they were sent to Winterfell by their father. Jojen explains he has dreamed of a winged wolf and a [[three-eyed crow]] who lives [[beyond the Wall]]. He interrogates Bran about his own dreams, angering him, and Summer growls at Jojen. Though Bran tries to call him off, Summer begins to aggressively stalk Jojen, and is soon joined by Shaggydog. Jojen remains calm and tells Bran and Meera that it is not the day he dies, but follows Meera's command to climb the [[weirwood]] to escape the direwolves.{{Ref|ACOK|28}}
 
Though Jojen's abilities are discounted by [[Maester]] [[Luwin]], Meera tells Bran of one of Jojen’s green dreams. When an event happens that proves that green dream true, Bran tells Meera and Jojen about his wolf dreams and the three-eyed crow, while Jojen reveals he has dreamed the sea will come to Winterfell. When Bran tells them that Maester Luwin thinks that it should be possible to change the dreams, Meera agrees. She gets angry with her brother when Jojen tells them that what he sees always comes true. Jojen reveals that he has seen the bodies of Bran and Rickon at the feet of the man they call [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]], who is skinning off their faces with a knife. Meera states that she could go down to the dungeons and kill Reek, but Jojen tells her she will not succeed; the jailers would stop her and would not believe her if she tried to explain.{{Ref|ACoK|35}}
 
[[File:Thaldir Meera Reed.jpg|thumb|350px|Meera in the [[crypt of Winterfell]], by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
After the [[capture of Winterfell]] by the [[ironborn]], the Reed siblings and Bran are held hostage by [[Theon Greyjoy]], who calls himself [[Prince of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ACoK|46}} Meera protects Rickon when [[Stygg]] kills [[Mikken]],{{Ref|ACOK|46}} and Theon ponders if the girl is still a maiden.{{Ref|ACOK|50}} The Stark and Reed children later fake an escape with [[Osha]] and [[Hodor]], however, and hide in the [[crypts of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ACOK|69}} Unable to find them, Theon and "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" murder a pair of [[miller's sons]] and present their flayed bodies as Bran and Rickon to the people of Winterfell.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|56}}
 
In the crypts, Meera takes the sword from the tomb of Lord [[Rickard Stark]] for protection. When Meera and the others emerge from Winterfell's crypts, they find that the castle [[Sack of Winterfell|has been burned]] and its people killed. In the godswood, the dying Luwin advises Osha to split up the Stark children to make them harder to find. Osha decides to take Rickon with her south, while Jojen says that he and Meera will take Bran. After they separate, Meera, Hodor, and Bran travel north upon Jojen's recommendation.{{Ref|ACoK|69}}
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Mustamirri reedscamping.jpg|thumb|[[Jojen Reed]] and Meera cooking dinner, by mustamirri ©]]
Meera has been hunting for the group as they move north and is their main food provider, mainly catching fish and frogs. They camp in a place they call [[Tumbledown Tower]], but Jojen tells them that they need to move on. Meera eventually agrees with Jojen, but gives the choice to Bran, saying he is their prince and they will do what he tells them to do. Bran finally decides to go north.{{Ref|ASoS|9}}  
 
Bran often watches as Meera spears fish, admiring her speed and precision. As they travel on, food becomes harder to find, even for Summer. Jojen insists that they keep away from roads because there will encounter travelers who will spread tales about a giant, a cripple boy, and a wolf. When the weather turns bad in the [[northern mountains]], Summer finds them a cave, where they find [[The Liddle|a Liddle]] who shares his food and warns that the [[kingsroad]] has become more dangerous. In the morning the man is gone, but leaves some food for them.{{Ref|ASoS|24}} Meera comforts Bran when the boy worries that [[Old Nan]] has been killed. As they move on, Bran tells the Reeds that both he and Hodor like stories about knights. Meera then tells a story about the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] and a [[crannogmen|crannogman]], likely [[Howland Reed]], at [[Tourney at Harrenhal|a great tourney]] in the year of the false spring.{{Ref|ASoS|24}}
 
They arrive at a village in disrepair in the [[Gift|New Gift]]: the most substantial building, the inn, only has a few walls still standing. They take refuge from a storm in [[Queenscrown]], the [[holdfast]] in the middle of the lake, but they detect men in the village, one of whom turns out to be [[Jon Snow]] traveling with [[wildlings]]. As a [[warg]], Bran possesses Summer and attacks the wildlings going after Jon. The direwolf kills three of them, but takes an arrow to the shoulder.{{Ref|ASoS|40}}{{Ref|ASoS|41}} The group waits until the next day to leave after the wildlings are gone. Summer, who had slunk off to nurse his wounds, finally returns, and Meera removes the arrow and treats the wound.{{Ref|ASOS|56}}
 
They arrive at the [[Nightfort]], the castle in Jojen's green dream. The surefooted Meera climbs to the top of the [[Wall]] to get a look at the other side, while the boys search the abandoned buildings, but they cannot figure out how to get across the Wall. They decide to sleep that night in the kitchen, as it would provide some warmth and protection. In the middle of the night, they hear the sound of footsteps and heavy breathing coming up from a well in the kitchen, and Meera traps what emerges in her net and sticks it with her frog spear. Once they have more light, they see she has captured a Night's Watchman, [[Samwell Tarly]], and [[Gilly]] and [[Monster|her baby]] also exit the secret stairs in the well. Sam explains his group was aided by [[Coldhands]], a pale man with cold black hands who was dressed in the black of the Night's Watch, who has been sent to find Bran. Sam tells them that they came through [[Nightfort|the Black Gate]], a passage as old as the Wall. Sam will have to take them down through the well to the gate, because only a man sworn to the Night's Watch can open the gate. Meera, Jojen, Hodor, and Bran go down the well's stairway and through the Black Gate.{{Ref|ASOS|56}}
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Meera reed by daenerys mod.jpg|thumb|250px|Meera Reed, by Elia Fernandez ©]]
Meera, Jojen, Bran, Hodor, and Coldhands travel [[beyond the Wall]] in search of the [[three-eyed crow]], riding Coldhand's great elk. The journey is difficult for all the children, as they struggle to find food and deal with the cold. They take shelter in an abandoned [[wildling]] village while Coldhands deals with a threat. The group discusses the nature of Coldhands, deciding that he is not alive. Meera does not trust him. Meera protects her weakened brother Jojen from the cold, though he tells Meera it is not the day he dies.{{Ref|ADWD|4}}
 
When his elk collapses along their journey, Coldhands whispers a blessing in an [[True Tongue|unknown language]] and slits the [[animal]]'s throat; he and Meera butcher the carcass for food. They reach the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], and Meera helps Jojen climp up the hill, half-carrying, half-dragging him. When the group is ambushed by [[wights]] near the entrance, Coldhands fights them off while Meera jabs at them with her spear to keep them away. Bran [[skinchanger|takes control]] of Hodor and attacks the wights, and Meera defends the giant man when a wight claws at him. [[Leaf]], one of the [[children of the forest]], fends off the wights, allowing Hodor to carry Jojen and Meera to rescue Bran's crippled body. Inside the cave, the group meet the remaining children and the three-eyed crow.{{Ref|ADWD|13}}
 
They find safety in the cave, staying there for months, while Bran learns about being a [[greenseer]] from the three-eyed crow, who calls himself [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden]]. Bran and Meera make up names for the children they meet. Jojen falls into a resigned depression, and a fretting Meera struggles to keep their spirits up.{{Ref|ADWD|34}} Bran thinks he might be falling in love with Meera,{{Ref|ADWD|13}} and he considers entering Hodor's mind so he could comfort her. Meera tells Bran that Jojen wants to go home to [[Greywater Watch]]. She says that Jojen isn't willing to try and fight his fate, stating that the greendreams do not lie. Meera says she had hoped finding the three-eyed crow would do something, but now she wonders why they even came. After Bran is fed the [[weirwood paste]] and communes with Winterfell's [[heart tree]] for the first time, Hodor returns him to their sleeping chamber in the cave, but neither Meera nor Jojen are there.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
 
==Quotes by Meera==
[[File:Meera_Reed_by_Lopata_Four.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Meera by Lopata Four]]
{{Quote|'''Meera''': Up and down, then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate [[northern mountains|these stupid mountains]] of yours, Prince Bran.<br>'''Bran''': Yesterday you said you loved them.<br>'''Meera''': Oh, I do. [[Howland Reed|My lord father]] told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say.<br>'''Bran''': But you just said you hated them.<br>'''Meera''': Why can't it be both?{{Ref|ASOS|24}}|Meera and [[Bran Stark]]}}
 
{{Quote|Remember [[Old Nan]]'s stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.{{Ref|ASOS|24}}|Meera to [[Bran Stark]]}}
 
==Quotes about Meera==
[[File:Meera Reed GOT.jpg|thumb|Ellie Kendrick as Meera in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
{{Quote|It was hard to sulk with Meera. She was much more cheerful than her brother, and always seemed to know how to make him smile. Nothing ever scared her or made her angry. Well, except [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], sometimes ... Jojen Reed could scare most anyone.{{Ref|ASOS|9}}|thoughts of [[Bran Stark]]}}
 
{{Quote|[[Haunted forest|The woods]] were full of frozen streams and cold black lakes, and Meera was as good a fisher with her three-pronged frog spear as most men were with hook and line.{{Ref|ADWD|4}}|thoughts of [[Bran Stark]]}}
 
==Family==
{{Reed tree}}


===A Storm of Swords===
==References==
Meera has been hunting for the group as they move north, catching many frogs; Bran is sick of frogs. They have found what seems to be a safe place to camp in the ruins of a tower, but Jojen tells them that they need to leave. Meera questions him on why they should leave given they seem safe and there is plenty of food. Jojen tells her that this is not the place they need to be. Meera and then Bran state they want to go to a village to at least get horses (or a boat), but Jojen tells her that they cannot reveal themselves to anybody because Bran is safe as long as it is thought he is dead. He continues by stating they are not robbers. Jojen explains to them that they must find Bran’s teacher; Jojen does not have the knowledge to train him since Jojen does not understand the gifts that Bran was given, which are way beyond Jojen’s gift. Then Meera tells Bran that Jojen is right, but they are is servants, and they will do what he tells them to do. Bran tells them that he wants to fly, and to take him to the crow with tears in his eyes.{{Ref|aSoS|09}}
{{References}}
As they move north, they are fed with the fish Meera spears and the squirrels or hares Summer finds. Bran often watches as Meera spears fish, admiring her speed and precision. As they progress north food becomes harder to find, and even Summer is having a hard time finding food. Jojen insists that they keep away from roads because roads have travelers that will spread tales about a giant, a cripple boy and a wolf. Jojen tells them about the mountain folks, when asked if the mountain people know they are there, Bran knows they do because of his wolf dreams. When they are desperate, and the weather is turning bad, Summer finds them a cave where they fine a mountain man (Bran thinks he is a Little) that shares his food with them. When asked if they should take the King’s road, the mountain man tells them that things are dangerous. Now there are flayed men (the bastard’s men), and dead men. As for the wall he tells them that the Bear disappeared north of the wall with most of his men and that his ravens had returned with no messages. He continues by stating things were different when there was a Stark in Winterfell. Jojen tells him that the wolves will be back. In the morning the man is gone, but he left some food for them.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}
When Jojen tells Bran that Hodor likes it when somebody says his name, Bran tells them that that his real name is Walder and he is Nan’s distant progeny. He asks if they think the Ironmen killed Nan. Meera states that it was not [[Theon Greyjoy]] that did the killing because too many of the dead were [[Ironborn]]. Meera tells him to remember Old Nan’s stories since then part of her would be alive in him. As they move on, Bran tells them that both he and Hodor like stories about knights. Meera then proceeds to tell a story about the Knight of the Laughing Tree in the Year of the False Spring. It starts out about a young [[Crannogmen]] that knew many magics and traveled to visit the [[Isle of Faces]]. After the winter he leaves and comes to a great castle where a tourney is taking place. He is beat up by three squires. A two-legged she wolf rescued him, attacking the squires with a tourney sword. She then takes him back to her lair. She insists the lad attend the feast. At the feast he sees the squires with their knights. Late on the second day a short mystery knight in ill-fitting armor appears and defeats these knights (the porcupine knight, the pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers, these are the knights whose squires had attacked Crannogman). To ransom their horses and armor, the mystery knight only requires the knights to teach their squires honor. The next day, all that was found mystery knight his shield painted with a heart tree with a laughing red face.{{Ref|aSoS|24}}
They arrive at a village in disrepair: the most substantial building, the inn, only having only some walls still standing. When asked about the place, Bran tells them that this is part of the New Gift given to the Night Watch thanks to Queen Alysanne. The area had been abandoned because of raiding by the [[Free Folk|Wildings]]. With the Watch not being as strong, the villages could not be protected, and the small folk moved south even though the land is good for farming as Jojen had noted earlier. Jojen tells them they have to find shelter since a storm is coming. There is a Holdfast in the middle of the lake, but Meera notes that they have no boat. Bran tells them there is a stone causeway hidden under the water, and Meera easily finds the foot it once she knows it is there. When asked how he knows this Bran tells them that Old Nan told him. In honor Queen Alysanne, who stayed there, there was a gold crown on the Holdfast; some of the gold can still be seen. Meera leads them across as the causeway ziged and zaged. It goes almost a third of the way around the island before coming back. The water comes only up to Hodor’s waist and the Reed’s chests, and is slippery, making the journey treacherous. The door to the holdfast cannot be completely closed, but Meera is able to open it all the way. Stairs lead up and down, but closed off by rusted iron grates which can not be forced. Bran is able from Hodor’s back to reach up and pull the rusted grate covering a murder hole above them. They climb up through the murder hole to the safety of group of small cells on the second level with a total of 5 levels. Bran asks Jojen how they will get past the wall, but Jojen is not sure, only that one of the castles along the wall may give them a way through. He tells them they cannot go to the occupied castles (besides, the Nights Watch may not let them pass). Bran tells them that his uncle told him that the gates through the wall were sealed when they were abandoned. Meera says they should open them, but Bran worries about letting bad things back through. It is then that Jojen sees a man on a horse in the village and then the storm arrives. The thunder scares Hodor who starts screaming his name in fear. Bran is able to quite him after Jojen asks him to. Immediately after this Jojen spies many more men in the village. Hodor starts screaming again in agony, but nobody can control Hodor. Then Bran reaches for him as he had for Summer (Bran knows that he was Hodor for a second) and Hodor just sages to the floor almost comatose.{{Ref|aSoS|40}}
They arrive at the Nightfort, this castle chosen because of Jojen’s Greendream. They cannot figure out from here how to get across the wall, and Bran tells Jojen that they should have gone to the Castle Black, but Jojen tells him they dare not. Jojen reminds Bran that he had helped his brother at the Queen’s Crown through Summer, killing at least 3 of the Wildings. There had been too many of them and Summer had been hit by an arrow during his escape. Afterwards Bran could not reach Summer, being driven away by the pain. After that night, it took a while for the Wildings to leave, and so the group waited until the next day to leave. Summer had finally swum across, and Meera removed the arrow and treated the wound. At the Nightfort  Meera climbs to the top of the wall, and the other two search the buildings. They decide sleep that night in the kitchen because it would provide some protection. The kitchen has a central well with steps inside leading down. As they go to sleep, Jojen states that maybe he would have a Greendream to show him the way. Bran cannot get to sleep, and then hears sounds that are coming from the well that are getting louder, footsteps. Bran wiggles over to Meera and wakes her. She hears the sound at once, arms herself, then goes to the well. Bran cannot let Meera handle the threat alone, so forces his way into Hordor (it is very difficult). As Hordor, he grabs a sword. When the thing finally comes over the edge of the well, Bran, in fear, loses connection with Hodor, who starts screaming. Meera traps the thing in her net and sticks him with her frog spear. When the fire is stoked up they see a girl, [[Gilly]], with a baby and a fat man in the black of the Nights Watch trapped in the net. It is [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]]. The girl asks if Jojen is the one that [[Coldhands]] sent them to get, the one that Coldhands was sent to find. Coldhands had told them that there would be people in a castle. When Jojen asks how Sam and his group got through the wall, and Sam told him that they came through the Black Gate, a gate as old as the wall. Sam will have to take them back because only a man sworn to the Nights Watch can open the gate. Sam tells them that Coldhands was dressed in the black of the Nights Watch but pale. He rides an elk and has ravens.  Coldhands did not come because he cannot pass beyond the wall because there are spells woven into it. When Sam sees the cripple, the one Jojen tells him he is one that Coldhands wants, he recognizes Bran as Jon’s brother.  When Jojen states that Bran is dead, Sam realizes that they are keeping Bran being alive a secret, and Sam states that he and Gilly can keep a secret. Bran then tells Sam that Jon is alive. When Summer licks Sam’s hand, Bran decides they will go with him. The gate is not black of a White [[Weirwood]] with a withered face. The door opened its eyes and asked “Who are You.” Sam answers with a rhyme and the door allows them to pass.{{Ref|aSoS|56}}


===A Dance with Dragons===
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While traveling with [[Coldhands]] north of the [[Wall]], Meera, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Hodor]] are forced to take shelter in an abandoned [[wildling]] village while Coldhands deals with a threat. The group discusses the nature of Coldhands, deciding that he is not alive. Meera does not trust him.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Bran I (A Dance with Dragons)|Bran I]]</ref>  They reach the cave of the [[three-eyed crow]], but are ambushed by [[wight|wights]] just outside the cave’s entrance.  Because Jojen is too weak to continue, Meera carries him on her back. Inside the cave, the group meet the remaining [[Children of the Forest]] and the three-eyed crow.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Bran II (A Dance with Dragons)|Bran II]]</ref>  Jojen falls into a resigned depression, and Meera struggles to keep both their spirits up.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Bran III (A Dance with Dragons)|Bran III]]</ref>
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==References and Notes==
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Meera Reed
Image of Meera Reed
Meera Reed, by Amok © Fantasy Flight Games
Allegiances
Culture Crannogmen
Born 283 AC[1]
Greywater Watch[2]
Father Howland Reed
Mother Jyana
Books
Played by Ellie Kendrick
TV series Game of Thrones: Season 3 | 4 | 6 | 7

Meera Reed is a member of House Reed. She is Lord Howland Reed's daughter and oldest child; her younger brother is Jojen Reed.

In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Meera is portrayed by Ellie Kendrick.[3]

Appearance and Character

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See also: Images of Meera Reed

As is typical of crannogmen, Meera is short and slim.[4] She has long brown hair knotted behind her head,[4] green eyes,[5] and small breasts.[4][5]

Meera has a cheerful disposition, in contrast to her more sullen brother, Jojen,[5] and she is respectful[6] and protective.[7][8]

Meera wears worn lambskin breeches and a sleeveless jerkin with bronze scales.[4] She wields a woven net, a long bronze knife, a three-pronged frog spear, a rusted iron greathelm, and a round leathern shield.[4] Meera is a fine hunter and fisher, able to easily spear fish.[9] She has been taught by her father, Lord Howland Reed, to fight with net and spear.[6] The young woman is agile and quick to alert.[10]

Recent Events

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A Clash of Kings

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Meera and Jojen Reed, by Amok ©

In the middle of the harvest feast at Winterfell, Meera and her brother, Jojen, arrive. They pledge House Reed's support to Winterfell and the new King in the North, Robb Stark, renewing their vows after Lord Eddard Stark's death. The siblings recite their oath to Robb's younger brother, Bran Stark. That night, Bran dreams of the Reeds meeting Summer and Shaggydog, the direwolves of Bran and his brother Rickon, in the godswood of Winterfell.[4]

After the feast, the other lords and knights depart within a few days, but the Reeds stay at Winterfell and become Bran's constant companions. Some weeks after the feast, Meera and Jojen visit the godswood with Bran and play with Summer, and Meera defeats Summer using a net and frog spear. Bran claims that Summer won, but Jojen points out that Summer is tangled up in the net and cannot escape. Bran learns Meera was taught by her father, Lord Howland Reed, instead of a master-at-arms, and she invites him to visit Greywater Watch. Meera reveals to Bran that Jojen has the greensight, and that they were sent to Winterfell by their father. Jojen explains he has dreamed of a winged wolf and a three-eyed crow who lives beyond the Wall. He interrogates Bran about his own dreams, angering him, and Summer growls at Jojen. Though Bran tries to call him off, Summer begins to aggressively stalk Jojen, and is soon joined by Shaggydog. Jojen remains calm and tells Bran and Meera that it is not the day he dies, but follows Meera's command to climb the weirwood to escape the direwolves.[6]

Though Jojen's abilities are discounted by Maester Luwin, Meera tells Bran of one of Jojen’s green dreams. When an event happens that proves that green dream true, Bran tells Meera and Jojen about his wolf dreams and the three-eyed crow, while Jojen reveals he has dreamed the sea will come to Winterfell. When Bran tells them that Maester Luwin thinks that it should be possible to change the dreams, Meera agrees. She gets angry with her brother when Jojen tells them that what he sees always comes true. Jojen reveals that he has seen the bodies of Bran and Rickon at the feet of the man they call Reek, who is skinning off their faces with a knife. Meera states that she could go down to the dungeons and kill Reek, but Jojen tells her she will not succeed; the jailers would stop her and would not believe her if she tried to explain.[11]

Meera in the crypt of Winterfell, by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games

After the capture of Winterfell by the ironborn, the Reed siblings and Bran are held hostage by Theon Greyjoy, who calls himself Prince of Winterfell.[7] Meera protects Rickon when Stygg kills Mikken,[7] and Theon ponders if the girl is still a maiden.[12] The Stark and Reed children later fake an escape with Osha and Hodor, however, and hide in the crypts of Winterfell.[8] Unable to find them, Theon and "Reek" murder a pair of miller's sons and present their flayed bodies as Bran and Rickon to the people of Winterfell.[12][13]

In the crypts, Meera takes the sword from the tomb of Lord Rickard Stark for protection. When Meera and the others emerge from Winterfell's crypts, they find that the castle has been burned and its people killed. In the godswood, the dying Luwin advises Osha to split up the Stark children to make them harder to find. Osha decides to take Rickon with her south, while Jojen says that he and Meera will take Bran. After they separate, Meera, Hodor, and Bran travel north upon Jojen's recommendation.[8]

A Storm of Swords

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Jojen Reed and Meera cooking dinner, by mustamirri ©

Meera has been hunting for the group as they move north and is their main food provider, mainly catching fish and frogs. They camp in a place they call Tumbledown Tower, but Jojen tells them that they need to move on. Meera eventually agrees with Jojen, but gives the choice to Bran, saying he is their prince and they will do what he tells them to do. Bran finally decides to go north.[5]

Bran often watches as Meera spears fish, admiring her speed and precision. As they travel on, food becomes harder to find, even for Summer. Jojen insists that they keep away from roads because there will encounter travelers who will spread tales about a giant, a cripple boy, and a wolf. When the weather turns bad in the northern mountains, Summer finds them a cave, where they find a Liddle who shares his food and warns that the kingsroad has become more dangerous. In the morning the man is gone, but leaves some food for them.[9] Meera comforts Bran when the boy worries that Old Nan has been killed. As they move on, Bran tells the Reeds that both he and Hodor like stories about knights. Meera then tells a story about the Knight of the Laughing Tree and a crannogman, likely Howland Reed, at a great tourney in the year of the false spring.[9]

They arrive at a village in disrepair in the New Gift: the most substantial building, the inn, only has a few walls still standing. They take refuge from a storm in Queenscrown, the holdfast in the middle of the lake, but they detect men in the village, one of whom turns out to be Jon Snow traveling with wildlings. As a warg, Bran possesses Summer and attacks the wildlings going after Jon. The direwolf kills three of them, but takes an arrow to the shoulder.[14][15] The group waits until the next day to leave after the wildlings are gone. Summer, who had slunk off to nurse his wounds, finally returns, and Meera removes the arrow and treats the wound.[10]

They arrive at the Nightfort, the castle in Jojen's green dream. The surefooted Meera climbs to the top of the Wall to get a look at the other side, while the boys search the abandoned buildings, but they cannot figure out how to get across the Wall. They decide to sleep that night in the kitchen, as it would provide some warmth and protection. In the middle of the night, they hear the sound of footsteps and heavy breathing coming up from a well in the kitchen, and Meera traps what emerges in her net and sticks it with her frog spear. Once they have more light, they see she has captured a Night's Watchman, Samwell Tarly, and Gilly and her baby also exit the secret stairs in the well. Sam explains his group was aided by Coldhands, a pale man with cold black hands who was dressed in the black of the Night's Watch, who has been sent to find Bran. Sam tells them that they came through the Black Gate, a passage as old as the Wall. Sam will have to take them down through the well to the gate, because only a man sworn to the Night's Watch can open the gate. Meera, Jojen, Hodor, and Bran go down the well's stairway and through the Black Gate.[10]

A Dance with Dragons

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Meera Reed, by Elia Fernandez ©

Meera, Jojen, Bran, Hodor, and Coldhands travel beyond the Wall in search of the three-eyed crow, riding Coldhand's great elk. The journey is difficult for all the children, as they struggle to find food and deal with the cold. They take shelter in an abandoned wildling village while Coldhands deals with a threat. The group discusses the nature of Coldhands, deciding that he is not alive. Meera does not trust him. Meera protects her weakened brother Jojen from the cold, though he tells Meera it is not the day he dies.[16]

When his elk collapses along their journey, Coldhands whispers a blessing in an unknown language and slits the animal's throat; he and Meera butcher the carcass for food. They reach the cave of the three-eyed crow, and Meera helps Jojen climp up the hill, half-carrying, half-dragging him. When the group is ambushed by wights near the entrance, Coldhands fights them off while Meera jabs at them with her spear to keep them away. Bran takes control of Hodor and attacks the wights, and Meera defends the giant man when a wight claws at him. Leaf, one of the children of the forest, fends off the wights, allowing Hodor to carry Jojen and Meera to rescue Bran's crippled body. Inside the cave, the group meet the remaining children and the three-eyed crow.[17]

They find safety in the cave, staying there for months, while Bran learns about being a greenseer from the three-eyed crow, who calls himself Brynden. Bran and Meera make up names for the children they meet. Jojen falls into a resigned depression, and a fretting Meera struggles to keep their spirits up.[18] Bran thinks he might be falling in love with Meera,[17] and he considers entering Hodor's mind so he could comfort her. Meera tells Bran that Jojen wants to go home to Greywater Watch. She says that Jojen isn't willing to try and fight his fate, stating that the greendreams do not lie. Meera says she had hoped finding the three-eyed crow would do something, but now she wonders why they even came. After Bran is fed the weirwood paste and communes with Winterfell's heart tree for the first time, Hodor returns him to their sleeping chamber in the cave, but neither Meera nor Jojen are there.[18]

Quotes by Meera

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Meera by Lopata Four

Meera: Up and down, then down and up. Then up and down again. I hate these stupid mountains of yours, Prince Bran.
Bran: Yesterday you said you loved them.
Meera: Oh, I do. My lord father told me about mountains, but I never saw one till now. I love them more than I can say.
Bran: But you just said you hated them.
Meera: Why can't it be both?[9]

—Meera and Bran Stark

Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.[9]

—Meera to Bran Stark

Quotes about Meera

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Ellie Kendrick as Meera in Game of Thrones.

It was hard to sulk with Meera. She was much more cheerful than her brother, and always seemed to know how to make him smile. Nothing ever scared her or made her angry. Well, except Jojen, sometimes ... Jojen Reed could scare most anyone.[5]

—thoughts of Bran Stark

The woods were full of frozen streams and cold black lakes, and Meera was as good a fisher with her three-pronged frog spear as most men were with hook and line.[16]

—thoughts of Bran Stark

Family

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Howland
 
Jyana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Meera
 
Jojen
 


References

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  1. ↑ See the Meera Reed calculation.
  2. ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Meera Reed.
  3. ↑ Game of Thrones, Season 3, Episode 2: "Dark Wings, Dark Words".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 21, Bran III.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 9, Bran I.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 28, Bran IV.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
  11. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 35, Bran V.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 50, Theon IV.
  13. ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
  14. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 40, Bran III.
  15. ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 41, Jon V.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 4, Bran I.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 13, Bran II.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 34, Bran III.
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