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His hands are black and as cold as ice, and he rides a great elk. A flock of ravens flies under his command.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|Chapter 46]], Samwell</ref> He does not breathe. <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Bran I (A Dance with Dragons)|Bran I]]</ref>  
 
His hands are black and as cold as ice, and he rides a great elk. A flock of ravens flies under his command.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 46|Chapter 46]], Samwell</ref> He does not breathe. <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Bran I (A Dance with Dragons)|Bran I]]</ref>  
  
[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]] does not like the way Coldhands smells - ''dead meat, dry blood, a faint whiff of rot. And cold.  Cold all over''. Though Coldhands is often described as dead, but still alive, his eyes are described as black, in contrast of the light blue of [[wights]] and [[White Walkers]].
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[[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]] does not like the way Coldhands smells - ''dead meat, dry blood, a faint whiff of rot. And cold.  Cold all over''. Though Coldhands is often described as dead, but still alive, his eyes are described as black, in contrast of the light blue of [[wights]] and [[Others]].
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==

Revision as of 21:23, 22 April 2013

Coldhands
Zippo514 Coldhands.jpg
Coldhands astride his great elk - © Zippo514

Allegiance Last Greenseer
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Coldhands astride his great elk - by Marc Fishman ©

Coldhands is a mysterious figure from beyond the Wall. He looks like a wight dressed in the black of the Night's Watch with a scarf concealing his face, a corpse with hands black from pooled and congealed blood, but is intelligent and seemingly benign.

Appearance

His hands are black and as cold as ice, and he rides a great elk. A flock of ravens flies under his command.[1] He does not breathe. [2]

Summer does not like the way Coldhands smells - dead meat, dry blood, a faint whiff of rot. And cold. Cold all over. Though Coldhands is often described as dead, but still alive, his eyes are described as black, in contrast of the light blue of wights and Others.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Coldhands saved Samwell Tarly, Gilly and her son when they were beset by wights and were lost north of the Wall, while fleeing Craster's Keep. He took the two under his protection and brought them back and through the wall, by the Black Gate located underneath it. He could not pass through himself, due to the wall's magic, but he charged them to bring him Bran Stark and his companions who Coldhands was expecting. He looks and talks as if he was a ranger of the Night's Watch.[3] [4]

A Dance with Dragons

Coldhands guides Bran Stark, Hodor, Meera and Jojen Reed to the last Greenseer beyond the Wall. Along the way he kills men of the Night's Watch. Bran, having warged into Summer, discovers this and confronts him in the abandoned village. There they discover that Coldhands is indeed dead, but continues to refuse to show his face.[5]

He leads Bran and his companions to the cave of the last greenseer but he cannot enter. He fights off wights as they climb to the cave entrance. Leaf the child of the forest states about him: "They killed him long ago".[6]

Quotes

Coldhands guided Bran Stark, Hodor, Meera and Jojen Reed to the last Greenseer beyond the Wall – by Urukki Saki ©

Your monster, Brandon Stark.

- Coldhands, to Bran, after Bran calls him a monster

See also

References and Notes