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Bran learns to warg into a raven,but he feels another presence.A woman,long dead,part of her remains in the animal
When the others go to the river,Bran slips into Hodor‘s mind, Hodor allows it easily now
Jojen is ill, Meera is sad,Bran feels useless
Bran puts himself in the weirwood, he can see the past-present-future.Visions of young Ned, a boy &girl child (looks like Arya),a woman asking for a son to avenge her,a white haired woman with a sickle

Jojen‘s health declines, Meera struggles with him as Bran, Hodor &Coldhands make for the cave. The wights attack. Summer &Coldhands take the brunt while Bran pulls himself away, but Hodor is in danger &Bran is in his skin, fighting as Hodor &helping Jojen. Saved by a girl with a torch, she leads them on, but the ranger must stay behind. Tangled in the weirwood is a pale lord who says Bran will never walk, but he will fly

Bran is on Hodor‘s back as they traverse the frozen land. He has been spending most of the time inside Summer‘s mind, sometimes Hodor‘s too. Men are following them, Coldhands goes to deal with it, Meera doesn‘t trust him. Jojen is ill &growing weaker
In the cold that night, Bran slips into Summer &finds a pack feast on Black Brothers. When he awakes, Coldhands has returned with meat. He confronts Coldhands. But they have no choice but to continue

They reach the Nightfort, a source of fearsome tales. Meera goes to the top to look around. No way to make it over the Wall to the haunted forest. There‘s a gate, but it‘s blocked by snow &ice
Once Nightfort was ruled by the Night‘s King who bound his Brothers through sorcery &made sacrifices to the Others
Bran hears footfalls. But it‘s not the Rat Cook it is Sam& Gilly. Sam knows he is Jon‘s brother. Sam talks to the weirwood &opens the gate

They come to a village, see a tower on an island. The land belongs to the Night‘s Watch,abandoned because of the wildling threat
They take a hidden pathway to the tower. Discuss getting to the Wall -going to Castle Black would be too risky
A rider comes &stays in the ruin of the inn. As the storm comes, other riders arrive. They don‘t have any way to secure the tower. Hodor becomes upset. Bran reaches into his mind the way he does to Summer.

Bran, Jojen, Meera &Hodor travel through mountains, staying away from the roads. The Kingsroad is dangerous to all now that there‘s no Stark at Winterfell. Meera tells a story of The Knight of the Laughing Tree as they walk, a crannogman turned into a knight by the green men at The Isle of Faces defeats his bullies in a tourney & disappears (the tourney was won by the dragonknight).
Bran thinks he could go to Isle of Faces &be turned into a knight

Bean seeing through Summer‘s eyes meets a wolf pack devouring deer. He goes after the pack leader. The prince was larger but his cousin has a pack. In the end he claims their prey. Hodor wakes Bran in his own body. Bran is sullen, as the wolf he can run &be prince of the woods. Jojen reminds him again not to lose himself in Summer. They debate the best plan, &Bran choose to go to the Wall to find his crow.

Bran dreams through his third eye & sees Winterfell burning, everyone dead. Meera &Jojen caution him against staying wolf too long. They emerge from their hiding spot to see Winterfell burned just as he said. Dying, Luwin tells Rickon & Bran to separate. As they leave Bran thinks “Winterfell‘s not dead, it‘s just broken like me”

& we‘re done #ReadingWesteros will return with A Storm of Swords ⚔️ 1/22/24

Through Summer‘s eyes, Bran climbs a tree in wolf form & falls. He awakes in his tower &believes now what Jojen told him. He recalls the prophecy “The sea has come.” He calls for Hodor or Osha & is stunned when Theon comes instead. Theon has taken Winterfell but the people are still Bran‘s. it falls to the young prince to decide to yield or fight. Theon surveys the people, including prisoner Reek who pledges himself to Theon. As does Osha.

Robb sends a letter of victory at Oxbow. The Frey‘s uncle has died & they bicker about who will be heir, Bran is reminded of the green dream. Now Bran believes &Jojen brings the profecy “it is the sea that comes”. Bran tries to warn everyone. Alebelly believes & refuses to bathe. Ser Rodrik killed Ramsay Bolton(After he married Lady Horwood, took her lands, killed her)his servant Reek is prisoner. Another dream shows Bran & Rickon killed by Reek.