Why did the Night King want Bran?

Exactly why The Night King insists on killing Bran is later summed up by the Three-Eyed Raven himself in season 8 episode 2's "A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms" by stating “He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory.” Since the Three-Eyed Raven is basically a living record of mankind within the world of Game Of ...
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Why is Bran the true villain?

He cares for no one at all. If someone does not benefit him or is incapable of serving his ends, they are dispensable. This relentlessness - and unwillingness to prevent the tragedy that forges his path to royalty - is what makes Bran the true villain on Game of Thrones.
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What exactly did the Night King want?

Just like he killed the previous Three-Eyed Raven, the Night King wanted to kill Bran Stark himself before continuing his invasion. The show gives the explanation that the Night King wants to erase the world and all memory of it. Sam theorizes that Bran carries all the memories with him so he is the obvious target.
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How did Bran help kill the Night King?

Valyrian steel is one of the few things that can kill a White Walker, and when Arya stabbed the Night King with it — after Bran first conveniently lured him into a weirwood forest similar to the one where the Night King was created centuries earlier — he immediately shattered into pieces.
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Why did White Walkers want Bran?

Exactly why The Night King insists on killing Bran is later summed up by the Three-Eyed Raven himself in season 8 episode 2's "A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms" by stating “He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory.” Since the Three-Eyed Raven is basically a living record of mankind within the world of Game Of ...
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Bran Reveals what the Night King Wants (Game of Thrones S8x02)



Why was Bran so important?

Namely, Bran is essentially the keeper of all memory, which is why the Night King was after him. Bran also had another clear purpose: making sure Jon Snow knew his true parentage. Bran pushed Sam to reveal the secret to Jon, a sequence of events that may have pushed Daenerys off the deep.
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Why did the Night King expose himself?

The all-seeing Stark goes on to explain that the Night King "will" expose himself, for one specific reason: "He'll come for me. He's tried before, many times, with many Three-Eyed Ravens. [He wants] an endless night. He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory."
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Can Bran see the future?

In the Season 7 finale, when Bran explains to Samwell Tarly that he became the Three-Eyed Raven, he says, "I can see things that happened in the past. I can see things happening now, all over the world." But he doesn't expound on seeing the future; he simply moves on and asks Sam why he came to Winterfell.
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Did Bran manipulate everyone becomes king?

Bran played the Game of Thrones, manipulated everyone, and made himself king | PhillyVoice.
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Did Bran cause Hodor as Hodor?

In the book, Hodor has stolen one of the old swords from the crypt. Bran has been warging into Hodor and practicing with his body, because Bran had been trained in swordplay. So telling Hodor to “hold the door” is more like “hold this pass” – defend it when enemies are coming – and Hodor is fighting and killing them.
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Who is the most evil character in Game of Thrones?

Joffrey Baratheon is not only the best villain on Game of Thrones; he might be the best villain in television history.
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Why did Bran become the Three-Eyed Raven?

Then he was violently defenestrated for the crime of witnessing some brotherly-sisterly love. The path that Bran took since that moment took him North of the Wall and gave him the job of the Three-Eyed Raven.
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Why did Bran exile Jon?

Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was “banished” to The Wall where he would live his days as a lonely man with fellow bastards for murdering Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke).
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Did Bran make the mad king mad?

While the theory that Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) caused the Aerys Targaryen — aka the Mad King — to go insane because of his greenseening ability has been floating around amongst Game of Thrones fans for some time, the Season 8 premiere featured a small moment that some theorists took as confirmation of the fact ...
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Why can Bran be king but not Lord of Winterfell?

Bran says at one point that he can "never be lord of anything" because he's the Three-Eyed Raven. This is in reference to how he's no longer technically a Stark, so he can't be lord of Winterfell.
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Can Bran control a dragon?

Yes, he can control dragons and all the living creatures on the world of Game of Thrones. He can control Drogon and bring him back to where he is now but he chooses not to because he wants peace in the land of the humans. Bringing Drogon back might give people fear of Bran which he does not want.
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Is Bran the rightful king?

Bran is now the King of Westeros. In the final episode of Season Eight of Game of Thrones, the leaders of the Westerosi kingdoms got together and decided to elect Bran the Broken their ruler. It was Tyrion's suggestion—he had a lot of time to consider his options while he sat in a cell—and nobody took much convincing.
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Did Bran deserve the king?

Essentially, Bran was always meant to be the king and he says as much to Tyrion when he's asked if he'd accept being the ruler of Westeros. As the three-eyed raven, Bran holds most of the world's stories in his head, allowing him to see what's right and just.
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Was Bran controlling the Night King?

According the Night King theorists, Bran actually skinchanged into this man in an attempt to prevent the Children of the Forest from turning him, but his plan failed and Bran gets stuck. And thus, Bran became the Night King.
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Is Bran a White Walker?

But Bran arrives while the Children of the Forest are at war with the First Men. Leaf and the Children do not recognize Bran, of course — they haven't met him. So, they capture him and use his body to create the first White Walker.
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Why are Bran and the Night King connected?

So Bran and the Night King are connected to each other by the magic of the Children of the Forest, as well as to the weirwood trees that contain both magic and memories.
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Why did the Night King turn evil?

In the end, the Children were responsible for creating the Night King when they took one of the First Men hostage and plunged dragonglass into his heart, inadvertently creating ultimate evil by making the first ever White Walker as a means of defending themselves against men.
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Is Brandon Stark the Night King?

The Night King is a show-only character, he doesn't exist in the books (at least not yet). Bran being the Night King would be a gigantic step away from the source material. Like, so big it changes the entire story.
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Why did Bran Stark go beyond the wall?

Osha says Jon will be heading to Castle Black and they should as well but Bran insists that he must go beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed raven. However, he wants Rickon to be safe, so he tells Osha to take his brother with her to the holdfast of Greatjon Umber, a loyal bannerman of the Starks.
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Who became king after Bran the Broken?

Outcome. Tyrion: "All hail Bran the Broken, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Six Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm." All lords: "All hail Bran the Broken!" — King Brandon I of House Stark is hailed as the ruler of the Six Kingdoms.
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