Why is Bran chosen to be the three eyes Raven?

Bran is potentially the most powerful warg in the world, and he had prophetic dreams and visions long before he entered the Three-Eyed Raven's cave. Combined with his mastered ability to see through time itself by touching a weirwood tree, he is something far beyond any other man.
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Why was Bran chosen?

When Tyrion announced his support of Bran being made king, he said Bran had the best stories. The world at large took that literally, and started listing every character that had better stories than Bran.
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What is the significance of the 3 eyed raven?

“The symbolism behind Bran's transformation into the three-eyed raven is about the cyclic nature of death, rebirth, and human consciousness. The Three-Eyed Raven is beautiful in that the symbolism behind the number 3 is the shifting of energy, expanding beyond duality.
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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 can Bran be king but not lord of winterfell?

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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How did Bran get his powers?

This past year, he's been training with the Three-Eyed Raven and the Children of the Forest to unlock his mystical powers from the old gods: the power of the greenseers. “Greenseeing is an ability which several people have had over time,” explained Isaac Hempstead Wright, who plays Bran.
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Why does Bran become evil?

It's a theory that began on Reddit and has made the usual rounds on a number of publications. And the idea is basically that Bran Stark became evil when he was touched by the Night King. That's why he's been essentially useless during the events of Seasons Seven and Eight.
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Why is Bran so important to the Night King?

"He wants to erase this world and I am its memory," he explains. As the Three-Eyed Raven, Bran has the ability of greensight, which means he can see events in the past, present, and future through visions. Killing Bran would essentially erase all memory of mankind. Samwell Tarly explains it pretty well in the scene.
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Why the Night King is a stark?

The idea that the Night King was a Stark stems from the origins of both. The Starks are descendants of the First Men. We also know that the White Walkers were created when the Children of the Forest stabbed one of the First Men with dragon glass, which crated the Night King.
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Is the Night King a stark?

According to Old Nan, the Night's King may in fact be (hold on to your small clothes) a Stark! If that isn't enough, legend has it that the Night's King was not just any Stark, he was King Brandon Stark's brother—or possibly Brandon Stark himself!
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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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Why do night walkers want Bran?

In Season 8, Bran reveals that the Night King wants to destroy him because he holds all of the history of man.
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Who was the 3 eyed raven before Bran?

With the assistance of Coldhands, Bran, Hodor, and the Reeds reach the three-eyed crow in a cave in the haunted forest. It is not an actual bird, but a man who says he was once a lord called Brynden. He is a pale, skeletal man in rotted, black clothing in a weirwood throne of tangled roots.
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Is Bran good or evil?

But not Bran. 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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Did Bran know he would be king?

When Tyrion Lannister asks him if he'll take the role, Bran answers, "Why do you think I came all this way?" implying that he probably knew what was coming. Bran's response to whether he'll take the crown in the Game of Thrones series finale.
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Is Bran the Night King?

Bran Became The Night King By Accident

People are always warning Bran about warging for too long, so the idea here is that he tries to warg into the captive First Man to help him escape, only his consciousness becomes trapped in his body and Bran has essentially been the Night King this entire time.
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Is Hodor a Targaryen?

No, Hodor is not a Targaryen.

In the TV series, it's revealed that Hodor was originally a stable hand called Wylis who was essentially lobotomized when Bran attempted to warg into Wylis, connecting him with present-day Hodor who was holding back an army of wights.
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Are Bran and Arya twins?

She has five siblings: an older brother Robb, an older sister Sansa, two younger brothers Bran and Rickon, and an older illegitimate half-brother, Jon Snow.
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Why Bran is not 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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Why is Bran called the broken?

A panel of important leaders in Westeros agreed to give Bran the crown and Tyrion Lannister gave him the title "Bran the Broken," which many fans called ableist and offensive since it seemed to reference and focus on the fact that he is in a wheelchair and implies that fact makes him "broken."
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Does Hodor become a White Walker?

As he was a loyal servant to House Stark for as long as he had been on our screens, Hodor becoming a wight would mean he'd be fighting against the family and their allies during the Battle of Winterfell. Thankfully, the plan never came to fruition, and Hodor's last appearance featured his honorable death.
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Was the Night King once a human?

The Night King appears in a vision being observed by Bran and the Three-eyed Raven, where they witness him as a human being forcibly transformed into the first White Walker by the Children of the Forest by impaling him with a dragonglass dagger.
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What did the White Walkers do with the babies?

Craster's Keep functioned as a sanctuary for the Night's Watch, but it came at the cost of the crows having to tolerate how Craster 'married' his daughters and continuously bred children from incest. What do the White Walkers do with the babies that Craster gives them? They turn them into more White Walkers.
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Why did the White Walkers turn on the Children?

The First Men were destroying the sacred forests, and the Children believed they needed stronger protection. Sadly, the White Walkers turned against the Children, and became the fearsome force we've all come to know now.
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Why did the White Walkers wait so long?

The White Walkers are waiting for the removal of the largest (and possibly only) obstacle to their invasion of Westeros: The Wall.
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