Bran Stark is Important But Why? & What can Bran Stark Really do? | Game of Thrones Season 8
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- Bran Stark is probably the most important character for the upcoming Battle for Dawn, But he may just be the most important character in the whole story A song of Ice and fire or Game of Thrones ... But the biggest question is What can Bran do? What can Bran Stark actually do? Is he a warg?, a skinchanger? What is he going to do to help in the wars to come? Can he change the past? and see the future? Could he bring down the hammer of the waters?? Stay tuned!
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Bran could warg a parrot, and yell Dracarys! in the dragon's ear.
Or a crow
We need a movie, GOT: The Pact. All about the original pact between men and COF and set on the isle of faces.
In the books when Theon is at the gods wood talking to the gods...he hears the tree sort of whispering something....that could be Bran from the future trying to reach him.
I think the whole story was foreshadowed in the 1st episode in the scene where Bran was practicing archery. All eyes where on him, he was the center of the action, center of the story. Ned and Catelyn looked on from above. Jon and Rob were giving Bran counsel "Go on. Don't think too much, Bran. Relax your bow arm."
They even showed the future plot twist BRAN MISSES THE TARGET... but it is Arya who gets a bullseye, therefore I think it will be Arya who will cast the fatal blow. As much as the story revolves around Bran it revolves around Arya too. However, Arya's story has always been hidden, to hit the bullseye she comes out of "nowhere" to take aim.
To make the point even stronger Ned exclaims when Bran misses"And which one of you was a marksman at ten? Keep practicing, Bran." To which, Arya steps out of the shadow to show she has perfect aim, she is a marksman at ten years old.
Another instance that showed Arya is the true warrior is the meeting of Robert, Bran tells him he is going to be a warrior but it is Arya who showed up dressed for battle in a helmet, Arya even pushes Bran out of line and takes his place.
Only one person knows of her abilities Jaqen, the only other person was the waif and she was killed. Arya parallels Bran's journey as she too was in training, hidden from the world in a windowless environment.
My only question is who's side is "our Bran" really on. Have the Faceless men built into his story a contingency plan?
Oh, it is also quite telling that the only person not part of the scene is Sansa.
D D i agree most of this.
Oh how perfect this comment was after s8 e3
Seanie Moore yup
You never fail to give a brother something to think about.. Amazing video. I am not quite sure exactly what Bran is going to do but.... Every since he handed Arya that Catspaw dagger, a dagger we found listed in the book Sam was reading at the Citedel... I believe Bran sees something significant in that dagger, Arya, and the Others. We know one thing about Bran... He is completely focused on the Night King and what he has to do. That dagger must be important if it's mentioned in a text that is locked away in Old town where only Maesters have access to it. Sure we could say he knew Arya would use it to kill Littlefinger yada yada... But let's be real... Littlefinger is a non factor little roach of a threat in Bran's estimation.. The squabbling over the realm is petty to him. Getting rid of Baelish is a small, just the beginning type of thing. I believe both Arya and Bran have a significant role to play with that dagger and Bran sees it or atleast senses it. But we will see
Shamun Freeman i too said something deeper was up with Bran giving Arya that dagger. When Littlefinger gave it to him Bran asked him did he know who it belonged to, and he started talking about the catspaw Bran the wise and all knowing i believe he was talking in terms of the actual owner as in past tense as in i believe that it was Rhaegar Targaryen's. I also think that Bran already saw that Arya was to kill Littlefinger with it presently and he saw that she would need it in the wars yo come she is to save or kill someone important with it everyone who has a Valyrian steel weapon is important in the great war Jamie,Breinne together makes Ned' ancient sword ice,Jon,Sam has heartsbane and Arya the dagger all will be important in the great war
I have never heard the theory of Bran flooding the Neck. Awesome. Also, Bran is mentioned about having the ability to inhabit sea creatures. I can't help but think he may take out Euron by becoming a kraken or the sea dragon "Nagga". I wonder if the Golden Company even makes it to Westeros.
I think Melisandre will be a blood sacrifice. If she comes back, Jon has to kill her anyway
Can go into the past, witness & inform about it. Can see the present which means he can spy on the NK & Cersei. Can only have visions/dreams about the future, no definitive picture, just flashing hints. Most definitely he will provide valuable info that is the key to stop the Long Night from occuring again & even help someone win the Game of Thrones.
But with only 6 episodes left, no matter how big each one is, I think Bran's role, powers, etc are going to be better represented in the books, whenever they are written. Only there we will get to understand the scope of everything he is.
Yeah I think he is more of bridge from the past to the present. Not a time traveller. As far as his visions in the show go, everything he has seen is to help him in the present. He isn't going back and changing anything.
You know what? You need a contract with Audio folks to read George R. Martin Books. I could listen to you read all day long. Please tell me that this is possible...
DAVID B. NELSON if they would let me... I totally would! Lol
DAVID B. NELSON ... your so right.. I can't wait for her to write her own book will definitely buy it
DAVID B. NELSON
I agree with David.
GrayArea can legally drop a chapter narration if she really wanted to.
You killed it in this one!🔥🔥💯💯
Excellent tie together of things. I am re-watching now, knowing where everything leads to current - you see so much more. Great work Grey.
Changing the past can have unexpected outcomes - it is very dangerous - you could wipe out yourself or someone else important.
your work is amazing! Thanks so much!
I've always thought there was something important about the crypts of winterfell, what if somehow Bran can raise the Kings of winterfell to fight for them?
CinematicFaun it wouldn't really do much a couple hundred more bodies
Emiliano Becerra Becerra I recently watched a video she did on the crypt of Winterfell, since I wrote this, and she totally mentions how there are 8000 years of northern kings are under there
❤️❤️ my husband thinks I'm crazy because I think Bran is the important one. This video is great!
Love your videos keep them coming.
I believe Bran has the ability to do whatever the Night King can do and possibly more, he just hasn’t reached his potential just yet. The Night King has had a long time to hone his abilities. If the Night King could affect Bran in greensight, then Bran can affect the Night King. I think the 3 Eyed Raven is the Night Kings only true rival. It almost seems like no matter who the 3 Eyed Raven is they have to become crippled or immobile to become a sort of living router that has to stay in proximity to a Weirwood the way a computer has to stay in proximity to Wi Fi.
Emma Peel yes and not to mention he seems to be obsessed with reach Bran
What a great video!!! This in my opinion is your best work... Everything brought together to make so much sense.. Wow!
Bran is the Harry Potter of Game of Thrones.
this is spot on @gray area. the only thing missing is how a feast for crows(ravens) plays into it
It all makes sense now love this!
You guys are giving Bran more credit than he deserves
I totally agree. When Jojen discovered Bran had warged Hodor he was shocked. He said he’d never heard of a skinchanger warging a human. And although Hodor was simple, he still did it and easily.
Really like this channel, informative!!
Love your channel so much!! You're really good at this!
great content as always!
Ive become obsessed with these videos. 😲😲😲😲😀😀😀😀
I'm so grateful for this video because most people are fighting if Jon or Dany are the saviors but George have made clear Bran is important to this whole thing since the first ideas of the novel, so yeah Bran is super important and i think is more than just flying a dragon.
House Blackstark wondered if Bran would physically ride a dragon in season 8. I have been thinking for several weeks about that scene in season 1 where Tyrion designed a special horse saddle for Bran (that was never used as far as I know) and wondering if that foreshadows a special “dragon saddle”.
Yes, it was used. Bran was out riding when he got attacked by wildlings, including Osha. That's how Osha came to Winterfell and started taking care of the two boys.
I am loving your videos Gray! This one was great as well reminding me that Bran is Key
I typically only watch and like your videos, but I really enjoyed this one. Your theories, the connection of his powers, the children of the forest magic, the power of green seeerers, the blood sacrifice, his role against the Night King and his IMPORTANCE. I knew he would be important when he made it out of the cave as the Three Eyed RAVEN, but I'd love to see the full scope of his powers in the final season. I'd love to see Bran control Vicerion as well. Btw, I subbed way over a year ago after one video and your ending!! "Shame, shame, shame!" 🤣💯👌🤗
Good Morning, it's so cold today. Thanks for the content, I love your videos.
Kimberly Tucker good morning and thank u
So what I got out of here is that bran can get into a Kraken and destroy a ship fleet? Hint hint?
I didn't know that GRRM started with Bran's POV chapter. Wow! I learn so much from your videos!
Good morning everyone ❤️❤️ Great video so far
Great insight
As far as the blood sacrifice to the Weirwoods, I like to think that the Starks have been unintentionally feeding the Weirwood in the godswood at Winterfell. Since the Lord of Winterfell traditionally cleans their sword in the pool beneath it, as opposed to wiping it clean post battle which seems more common.
After that I'm expecting a whole new level of creepiness that I hadn't even thought of ♥
Great video
Very good video 👏 interesting too
At 8 min and 4 sec you show an illustration of I believe is Bran the Builder. He is seated and being carried. Is it possible he was also cripple?
He was cripple
I definitely agree! When cold hands takes bran and mira back to the wall, he kills a rabbit and has bran drink the blood for strength. Pretty sure blood is a big part of the Weirwoods
One of videos I’ve seen lately! I also think bran can change the past and that will help defeat the NK! Awesome job
If Bran is going to go into the past to get information, one thing he can do is to go back and talk to the previous three eyed raven some time before he was killed to get more information or even complete his training.
It's truly dreary in The North.
Great video Grey.
He can change the past. When they revisit that scene without bloodraven, Bran doesn't say anything this time but Ned turns around as if he heard him, lile the first time. He changed time by making Ned stall on the stairs. He definetlwy can change time and I would not be suprised if it was Bloodraven who drove the mad king mad by whispering, or maybe Bran, but I think it is Bloodraven and I think that is why he looks so concerned because he knows what effects you do to the people you are whispering to.
The ink is not dry. The past can be rewritten. What if Bran has to go back and undo Jon's existence? Unsing the song of ice and fire?
Oh, my God. I just had a thought. What if this Bran is the reincarnation of all the other Bran Starks, INCLUDING the Night King, who is Bran the Builder! The Children of the Forest helped him build the wall to keep men out, not the other way around, then they convinced him to sacrifice himself to seal the deal.
Back to what I said about keeping men out: Look at where the other buildings are that Bran the Builder built: Old Town is in the West, Storm's End is in the East....there's something on each coast to protect Westeros and the Children of the Forest from the invasion of men.
Another great vid ,in the show nobody knows how important bran is ,they know hes different ,and has visions but they look at jon and dany as more important for the fight for the dawn,without bran they are blind ,i think sam or even tyrion could alert them all to brans importance.
Is it just me, or does at 12:08 of this video, how the army of the dead are marching overhead view shapes just like the nights king emblem on his chest..
Being a wizard of the wood myself, I think that Bran will join his consciousness with the werewood trees and achieve an awareness beyond human comprehension. But that's just a guess.
I must be going now. Some deputies just passed by in their cruisers with evil intent in their eyes. We wizards are ever persecuted.
Jason Bean lol
It doesn't matter what Bran *does*.
The past makes us who we are;
therefore,
anything Bran *does*
is already written...destinies and fates are but stories.
EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE!
A minute ago you would've done the same thing you would've done that led up to that point. If Bran changes anything to affect it
You would still do the same thing you did. Only Bran would know the difference. The only thing Bran can do that matters is use the past to make better decisions for tomorrow in whatever "team" he "wants" to support.
Its the philosophy of Time Travel and how it parallels change. For change to happen there must
always be a balance
to know
the difference between
everything.
*Bran's role is to remind the North*
Roland Deschain, in a sense, yes. But I'm not alone. There are many thousands of us, scattered across the globe, of every age, every race, all genders.
We have an affinity for the green. Trees speak to us, and we to them. In 2007, I had the great privilege to travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, and attend the conference of the International Society of Arboriculture. While there, I had the opportunity to interview Bernard Strausser, then 9 time international tree climbing champion.
I asked him, "What is your approach to climbing a tree?" His response? "I ask the tree what it needs me to do." A true wizard of the wood, if ever there was.
I watched his performance during competition. It was truly magical. He was on a different level, even from me.
So yes, I've accomplished things in the trees most people couldn't imagine were possible. On more than one occasion I've cut branches between high voltage lines and structures with inches clearance and had them fall to the ground precisely where I intended. If that isn't a bit of wizardry, I don't know what is!:)
So if you have any tree care questions, please visit me at my channel, in my name. I might not have the answer, but I can steer you in the right direction.
Cheers!:)
Shhh Jason Bean, he it not to know anything, it is for his own good. The Order is wise with the wisdom of 1000 worlds and as many lives. Trust the order.
Forget you saw this Roland, for the good of all you hold dear and for your sons and your son's sons... forget you saw this.
So...the conclusion that I'm coming to is...
Yer a wizard, Bran🤓
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★★★★★ Outstanding, thank you so much for sharing
The time travel loop is interesting. If you think about how the light bringer is made, the hero has to do several times, and failed the first few times, before eventually realize he has to make a huge sacrifice. But if Bran is the prince who's promised, who/what is Nissa Nissa?
Well, I haven’t listened to it yet but I can’t help thinking he might be the feared little brother
Just the phrase 'Jojen paste' makes my skin crawl. Not even because of what it is, but the.. I don't know, the paste part? Like he's squeezing some Jojen out for a light snack. It's an imagined texture thing lol
Grey area...I like your videos. What about a video on what Arya could do with littlefingers face for season 8.
feast for crows showed how the crows were eating the dead throughout the book across westeros
👍👍 never really thought about the possibility of Bran eating Jojen to increase his abilities interesting as always ✌&❤
I believe Bran will fly a dragon not thru warging. The question that Bran asked was a physical one; he'd already walked as Hodor. Perhaps you will ride the ice dragon.
the thing he can do is * Speak with them" it's that simple.
I've pointed to the text whenever people have been skeptical about bran skin changing into a dragon. "any beast that flies or swims or crawls"-ASOS Its what the Night King is doing to his army on a grand scale, that's why they arnt mindless zombies and you can see they are hive minded in both books and show(throwing themselves from cliffs because they know its both faster and are aware it won't kill them). And at the risk of losing people I'm pretty convinced that Bran=Night King. That's the reason the army of the dead seemed to march in place for years. The night king was waiting for the dragon he always knew was coming via greensight. Everything the night king does is slow and calculated. Reminds me of Jojen actually. When you can see the future everything is destined and you're just going through the motions.
This is hinted at in the AGOT prologue. The Others surrounded Waymar Royce and waited. "The watchers moved forward together, as if some signal had been given." -AGOT
Interesting theory. I like the idea of a biblical flood in the neck wiping out vast hoardes of whites or at least slowing their advance down. Excellent upload as always. How long til you get an audiobook contract :)
I've told this story before, but I think Bran IS the Night King. And I think our little Bran, has already been Bran the poet and Bran the hero and Bran the Builder and Bran the adventurer, not to mention Bran the first of his name and the founder of House Stark. I think Bran went back and tried to stop / prevent / change the making of the Night King, only to discover a) he couldn't, because 'The ink is dry' and b) now the magic has trapped him in that undead body, and the only way out of it would be for that body to die, and that body is not destined to die until the timeframe of the show, when Azor Ahai is destined to kill it.
I agree with you 100%. This is why he hesitated when giving Catspaw to Arya...looking at it with some sort of regret before snapping back to his 3 eyed raven self. That was his sacrifice...he knows that dagger, the same one Sam Tarly saw in the book, was going to end him, thus ending the NK.
Kneedragon1962. How can they coexist in the same space and time?? It doesn't make sense to me.
IvyMoon - How can he time travel? That doesn't make sense either. But clearly he can.
Suppose you could, so you slip back an hour, and then wait for yourself to walk into that room. Wait another few minutes and slip back an hour again. Now there's three of you in the room... How can it happen? Well if you permit time travel then it is a possibility. There's a whole bunch of other strange ones as well. These things are called time travel paradoxes, and writers have been scratching their heads and playing with this stuff for over a century now... Exactly what is and isn't possible, depends on the author and her/his imagination.
It's like this stuff about "It is the past. The ink is dry." Exactly how that works depends a bit on the author. In the version told by George RR, it seems you can go back, and you can make small changes, but anything that would have very wide consequences, the universe or the gods or whatever, fight you. You can make small changes that don't have a significant effect on the overall picture, that's clear.
Kneedragon1962 true.
Kneedragon1962 he probably is telling the story of ice and fire to a other dream seyer or having a walk about with an other one like the 3rd eye raven did to him
Wow, teach on!
Great video, if he can change the past at the end of the episode, what do you think will happen ?
Hi Gray Area, nice video again. As for other powers Bran may possess, here are some from the books to consider. 'Raising the dead' -- Leaf warns him not to attempt to bring his father back from the dead, which infers this could actually be done. It fits with the rebirth motif running through the books.'The trees as mobilized fighters' -- LotR style, the CotF are said to have used their magic to do this in the past. The trees are given military type descriptions throughout the books and are constantly personified, grabbing, pulling, tripping, talking etc. There's even a passage describing how they look like they were going to uproot and charge. Whether George goes full LotR is up for debate, but he could just have them help. They do this when they hide Bran from the Whites by dropping a load of snow on him so he' out of sight etc....'Travel in the wind' -- Just like the naturalistic gods of mythology, there are plenty of strong hints in the books that the greenseers use wind to get around and spy on goings on in Westeros. I think Bran is already doing this in the novels. In fact the clip you showed of Bran calling out to his father in the show was explained by Bloodraven as Ned 'just hearing a whisper on the wind' which almost confirms this imo. It makes sense considering the weirwoods speech is described as 'the wind making the leaves rustle' bfore any tree talk. Again the wind is personified throughout the novels and is constantly blowing around our main characters with some descriptions that sound very much like Bran and Bloodraven.I think Bran isn't just a wizard, he's the most powerful wizard Westeros has seen in thousands of years. Cheers Gray Area. :)
In the back of my mind I kind of think that the 3-eyed raven that died is actually Bran as an old man. Can't explain it - but they are the same person to me somehow.
Bran just has me All messed up. One minute I think he could be All Brans or at least Use them. We Never see Brandon as in Ned big bro in Any visions or flashbacks. The look on Bloodraven is of fear of what he Knows is to come or just didn't want to stop him then. He has to know what he can and will do right? That chapter though. Bran POV and a lot of Jon in it also. I wonder if will relate to the ending how they are then. Great video as Always Graybae ❣️🔥🔥❄️ Have a Lovely Day
What blood is he drinking as when benjan spell check his uncle gave him rabbits blood to drink before he left so what blood is he drinking
We have a very similar idea about Bran. My wife thinks we are looking too deep amd the answer lies closer to the surface.
Gray I also believe that Bran will worg Viserion at a critical moment so Drogon and Rhaegal can end him.
Warm into any beast that flies? Like maybe an ice dragon?!
I still really think Bran is the Night King or could become another NK through their shared connection to the trees and greensight, cuz they're arguably, part of a hivemind which is why Bran is losing himself more and more as he experiences essentially, lifetimes of memories. I really think that he's so important cuz he's the only one capable of ending the NK.
Is it possible that brand has been going back and change the past and that's why he started the series in chapter 1. Could it be its him trying to fix everything and is as an analyst replay of this family's life until they get it right? What do you think
thanks for the theory
those words and scenes are like always stuck on my mind
somewhere i think bran is the most important GOT character also my most favorite GOT character
but with the recent events in season 7 he kinda felt less important.
but i still hope he is the key player.
thanks for the compilation of scene and for the readings from book ..
I don't think he can change anything. By going back and changing stuff it will only make what your trying to prevent happen. Awesome video btw
Wasnt there a story about some free folk people who went in some caves and never came back and from that day on were "doomed to live there and eat each other"? might there be some sort of connection?
🎼 I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.
I can tell by the mark he left, you were in his dream.
Ah child of countless trees, ah child of boundless seas.
What you are, and what you're meant to be.
Speaks his name, though you were born to me🎼
These Grateful Dead lyrics get close! Cassidy.
If a flood happens the nk will just freeze the water lol. On a different note, what if Bran met a shadowbinder like Melisandre?
In what instance does Bran see the future? I've not seen that. He sees the current situation and the past. But, I don't recall either in the show or books (yet) showing Bran's ability to see into the future.
Kelleigh Moyer. Bran even says that he can see the past and present. He NEVER says future
6x06, he sees in a vision the wildfire spreading underneath kings landing about to blow up the sept of baelor, even though that happens in 6x10
He also sees the throne room with snow which is a future we haven’t even seen
When u said Bran is a wizard, it reminded me that Sam always wanted to be a Wizard. Maybe Bran will use Sam like he did Hodor. Then Sam and Bran together as Wizards will defeat the NK? Weird thought, I know.
#FREEGHOST 🔥🔥🔥🔥great video as always Thank you Gray Area for helping us all through the long night 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I think that Bran is ALL powerful!🔥🔥🔥
Do you think Bran can warg into Winterfell itself Helping with the defense when the night kings army comes?
In the show, when Jojen died, Leaf threw a fire bomb on him so he would burn and thus not turn into a wight. Aside from burial under trees, or the remains of criminals, do the books say for sure that blood sacrifice is necessary or used past primitive times?
Blood Raven reached back and changed the past and caused the current apocalypse!
He knows things.
what's the difference between a warg and a skinchanger?
you really hold my attention..
Bran is the man!
SHARKVADERS I agree.
What if, the only reason why the NK has the 'ability' to warg the dead without 'going white eyed'(as someone previously said) is because the NK is ALREADY warged into, in the past(by Bran of course...)? - That scene at the tree north of the wall during the NK's creation
Bran is still alive in the present, so can warg the living.
Bran is dead in the past(by being warged into someone(the NK) who died while being in his skin), so can warg the dead
Basically, Bran is the NK in any scenario, deal with it
I suspect Bran will be more active in season 8. He will know what to do.
just a question could all of the starks and the targaeyans be killed off to end the song of ice and fire?
Donald Combs That's a great question!
Gray please do this for me
I've been saying for a while now that Arya is dead (In the show). It is sooooooo possible right lol Or am I way off on it.
Wow, so sad so much lost! Starks lost parents, siblings, and Lannisters have lost their parents and three children. So many broken-hearted families...
Jon says the night king brings the storm. Is it possible that Bran can bring a storm of his own?
Think Bran will be able to communicate with the Night King and find out what he wants.
Bran is the PVR of history
Gray Area so this sacrificing bit has me thinking. How bittersweet it would be if it was necessary for either Jon or Dany or both to be sacrificed in order to defeat the Night King. Hmmmm...?
just bitter ..not bittersweet ..There could be a bittersweet ending with the magic gone ,dragons ,direwolves,icy zombies and etc dies or disappear..but the main characters survives and decides to live a more simple life..just as happened in the LOTR books/movies..Having one character dies and the other lives with the trauma to raise alone a child ..or both dying and their child be an orphan ..its just tragic and bitter..not sweet.
I agree. It's not bittersweet, it's tragic.
Tragic would be the loss of all humanity. We see it as tragic because we are attatched to key players. Mel always reminds people that they have a key role in the great war to come. In war there are always casualties. Yes incredibly sad to witness the loss of few loved ones (like in real life), how about the tragedy of the entire world being wipe out? This series is too dark to be butterflies and rainbows. Sacrifice is a huge element in this story. At this point I am so committed to most characters that the fact that it has to end at all is the most tragic thing of all for me. Lol, GOT fan for life.
there hasnt to be a literal sacrifice or a sacrifice of of the main characters by the other or both..In the show the things will going on this way..in the next books GRRM most probably will sacrifice some main characters.
My Jolly Sailor Bold thats bittersweet not bitter if its for a greater cause
"The PAST is already written, the ink is DRY!" I think you're right in many accounts! Bran needs to witness past events to learn what's needed! The Three Eyed Raven must have also known he too would die in the fashion he did LONG before even Jogen knew of his own fate! If the Three Eyed Raven hadn't been kept alive by the Weir-Wood Tree for all those years, he would have died long ago! Even the Children of the Forest chose to die for Bran as WELL... So Bran is TRULY very important! The Knight King Was Coming For Bran...as you have said, NOT this Three Eyed Raven, but the NEW Three Eyed Raven who's even more powerful than the old Three Eyed Raven... He's 1 in 1,000,000 or something... Like you mentioned... a High Green Seer! He must be able to effect the past... One the Three Eyed Raven tried to pull him away from... but we all saw his father turn... and Bran wasn't even a twinkle in his father's eye... His older brother was probably 1 years old... at the "Tower of Joy!"
I hope Bran has more powers, like creating forcefields. The children of the forest and previous 3 eyed Raven did it.