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[[File:Asoiaf_snowylocks_by_sickdelusion_by_sickdelusion-d6wgdf3.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Snowylocks]] holding the weirwood bowl. © SickDelusion]]
 
[[File:Asoiaf_snowylocks_by_sickdelusion_by_sickdelusion-d6wgdf3.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Snowylocks]] holding the weirwood bowl. © SickDelusion]]
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[[File:Marc Fishman thevision.jpg|One of the visions seen by [[Bran Stark]] - by Marc Fishman © |thumb|300px|right]]
'''Weirwood paste''' is a paste made of [[weirwood]] seeds (and perhaps weirwood sap and perhaps other ingredients or even blood). It is made by the [[children of the forest]].
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'''Weirwood paste''' is a paste of [[weirwood]] seeds and sap. It is made by the [[children of the forest]].{{ref|ADWD|34}}
  
It is given to [[Bran Stark]] to eat when the Last Greenseer decides it is time for the next step - for [[Bran]] to go beyond skinchanging and learn what it means to be a [[greenseer]]. [[Bran]]'s blood makes him a [[greenseer]] but it is the the weirwood paste that will help awaken his gifts and wed him to the trees. [[Leaf]] tells Bran that the trees will teach him.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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[[Bran Stark]] trains as a [[greenseer]] with Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden]], the [[three-eyed crow]], in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave beyond the Wall]]. To enhance Bran's gift, [[Leaf]] and [[Snowylocks]] give the youth a bowl of thick [[weirwood]] paste to eat. The bowl has a dozen faces carved like a [[heart tree]]. The white paste has red veins, which Bran supposes are only weirwood sap, though in the torchlight they look like blood.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
  
==Appearance and Taste==
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Bran's reaction to the paste's taste is similar to the reaction [[Daenerys Targaryen]] had upon drinking [[shade of the evening]] in the [[House of the Undying]].{{ref|ACOK|48}} The weirwood paste at first tastes bitter, then better, then almost sweet, tasting of honey, new-fallen snow, pepper and cinnamon and the last kiss Bran's mother [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] ever gave him.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
[[Bran Stark]] is given a bowl of weirwood paste to eat by the Children of the Forest whilst in the cave of the [[Three-Eyed Raven]]. Something about the look of the paste makes him feel ill. It has red veins, whch Bran supposes are only weirwood sap, though in the torchlight they look remarkably like blood.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
 
  
Bran's reaction to the weirwood paste taste is similar to the reaction [[Daenerys Targaryen]] has upon drinking [[shade of the evening]]. While the taste at first is not good, it becomes better, and eventually tastes  delicious. The weirwood paste, to Bran, at first tastes bitter, then better, then almost sweet, tasting of honey, new-fallen snow, pepper and cinnamon and the last kiss his mother ever gave him.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}  
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With the cave's torches extinguished by the [[children of the forest]], Brynden has Bran [[skinchanger|slip his skin]] into the weirwood roots instead of [[Summer]], [[Hodor]], or [[raven]]s. Bran then has [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 34|visions of past events]] which occurred at [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|34}}
  
==Recent Events==
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==Quotes==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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{{quote|'''Bran''': Will this make me a [[greenseer]]?<br>
[[Bran Stark|Bran]] eats the weirwood seed paste in the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]] to enhance his gift.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
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'''Brynden''': Your blood makes you a greenseer. This will help awaken your gifts and wed you to the [[weirwood|trees]].{{ref|ADWD|34}}}} - [[Bran Stark]] and [[three-eyed crow|Brynden]]
  
 
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Revision as of 21:08, 8 September 2016

Snowylocks holding the weirwood bowl. © SickDelusion
One of the visions seen by Bran Stark - by Marc Fishman ©

Weirwood paste is a paste of weirwood seeds and sap. It is made by the children of the forest.[1]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Bran Stark trains as a greenseer with Lord Brynden, the three-eyed crow, in a cave beyond the Wall. To enhance Bran's gift, Leaf and Snowylocks give the youth a bowl of thick weirwood paste to eat. The bowl has a dozen faces carved like a heart tree. The white paste has red veins, which Bran supposes are only weirwood sap, though in the torchlight they look like blood.[1]

Bran's reaction to the paste's taste is similar to the reaction Daenerys Targaryen had upon drinking shade of the evening in the House of the Undying.[2] The weirwood paste at first tastes bitter, then better, then almost sweet, tasting of honey, new-fallen snow, pepper and cinnamon and the last kiss Bran's mother Catelyn ever gave him.[1]

With the cave's torches extinguished by the children of the forest, Brynden has Bran slip his skin into the weirwood roots instead of Summer, Hodor, or ravens. Bran then has visions of past events which occurred at Winterfell.[1]

Quotes

Bran: Will this make me a greenseer?
Brynden: Your blood makes you a greenseer. This will help awaken your gifts and wed you to the trees.[1]

- Bran Stark and Brynden

References