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Magical trees in game of thrones1/10/2024 ![]() The Night King, as an entity, was thus born in front of a weirwood tree it seems fitting that he dies in front of one, too. The giants call them woh dak nag gram (little squirrel people). In one of Bran's Three-Eyed Raven flashbacks, he watches the Night King's origin story: an ordinary man was captured by the Children of the Forest, bound to a weirwood tree, and stabbed through the heart with a piece of dragonglass. The children of the forest, sometimes referred to simply as the children, are a mysterious non-human race that originally inhabited the continent of Westeros during the Dawn Age long before the arrival of the First Men thousands of years ago. ![]() The choice of location isn't entirely coincidental, though. It's not clear if his prophetic visions ever foresaw that the Night King would be killed in the godswood, but it's possible: Bran did give Arya the Valyrian steel dagger she used to kill the Night King. As Bran explains, he ( as the Three-Eyed Raven) is the Night King's number one enemy because he holds all the knowledge and stories of the Seven Kingdoms wiping him out would take all that history and memory away forever. At the crux of the plan is using Bran as bait to lure the Night King to Winterfell, since Bran has been "marked" by the Night King and therefore can be found no matter where he goes. In Old Valyria, it was commonly practiced, and woven into the very fabric of that. Theon personally swears to defend Bran, even if it means laying down his life, and he's the one in charge of the squad in the godswood. In one of Bran's Three-Eyed Raven flashbacks, he watches the Night King's origin story: an ordinary man was captured by the Children of the Forest, bound to a weirwood tree, and stabbed through. Many thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, magic was a truly powerful force in the world. This is where a large part of the scenes set in the surroundings of Winterfell are. So were the soldiers actually concerned with protecting the magical tree, or was it just coincidence that they were there?Īlthough the weirwood tree is very powerful, the soldiers are ultimately there to protect Bran. Instead, back in the ancient times of Westeros, the Children of the Forest carved faces into the trees as part of their magic-and-nature-based religion, which is built around the Old Gods. A good hours drive away is the enchanted Tollymore Forest. As they wait, it appears that they're also guarding the weirwood tree, the mystical tree imbued with ancient magic. Theon Greyjoy and a handful of soldiers stood in the godswood with Bran Stark, waiting for the Night King's inevitable arrival and hoping to be able to defend Bran. As the Battle of Winterfell raged on Game of Thrones, a quieter battle was taking place inside the walls of the castle. ![]()
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