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Originally Posted by Hailto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Who is Jon Snow really? Also what do you think will ultimately happen with the Bran storyline? I like to think he might save westeros in the end.

Jon Snow is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. He is the Prince Who Was Promised, and his is the song of ice and fire. It seems likely that he will be one of the heads of the dragon, along with Tyrion Lannister, who is probably Aerys Targaryen II's son by Johanna Lannister, making Jon Snow his nephew and Daenerys Targaryen his half-sister.

Bran has met Brynden Rivers, who is Bloodraven, a sorcerer and greenseer from 100 years previous. He was featured in the Dunk and Egg stories. [conjecture] I believe the Others are a faction of the Children of the Forest who came to hate humankind for their encroachment on their territory and killing of their people. Instead of the sad, long route of waning into history, they have chosen to fight back with their command of death and nature, which has twisted them as a race. [end conjecture]

It's harder to see where Bran's story is going than almost anyone else's... he will be beyond the Wall when the Others invade. Poor Jojen and Meera Reed up there in no-man's land. Perhaps he will reconcile the two factions of the Children and blunt the hatred of the Others. He is almost certainly going to spend hundreds of years sitting in a cave with roots up his ass. Very creepy.

Of course, Rickon is in Skagos with Osha. Davos Seaworth has been commissioned by Lord Manderly to return him to the North so that the old Stark retainers will have something to rally around. But then, Littlefinger is doing much the same with Sansa and Harry the Heir, but he'll have little need of Harry once Sansa marries him. Little Robert is doomed to die quickly and unlamented, being a sickly and petulant child.