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The Night's King was said to be deposed, his name "wiped from the memory of man," which sounds like he was thoroughly destroyed and likely to have been burned if it was known he was consorting with the Others.
 
The Night's King was said to be deposed, his name "wiped from the memory of man," which sounds like he was thoroughly destroyed and likely to have been burned if it was known he was consorting with the Others.
  
[[Leaf]], the [[children of the Forest|child of the forest]] Bran meets at the cave of the Last Greeneer, says of Coldhands: "They killed him long ago." Will, Raymar Royce and Benjen Stark died only three years prior, a small amount of time for someone over 200 years old.
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[[Leaf]], the [[children of the Forest|child of the forest]] Bran meets at the cave of the Last Greenseer, says of Coldhands: "They killed him long ago." Will, Raymar Royce and Benjen Stark died only three years prior, a small amount of time for someone over 200 years old.
 
[[Category:Theories]]
 
[[Category:Theories]]

Revision as of 14:08, 23 March 2012

 Theories may be removed if ... 
  1. Stated as questions or possibilities.
  2. More appropriate for another article.
  3. Illogical or previously disproven.
  4. Proven by canon source, and moved to main page.
  5. Speculative and lacking any evidence to support arguments.
  6. Responding to another theory (use discussion page instead).
  • This does not include responses that are also standalone theories.
  • Usage of an indented bullet does not imply the statement is a response.

Coldhands seems to be a brother of the Night's Watch: he wears black and calls Samwell Tarly "brother." Therefore the dominant theory is that Coldhands is a dead or missing brother of the Night's Watch. Possibilities include:

Evidence Against

Brynden the Bloodraven is very likely to be the Three-eyed crow, and so could not also be Coldhands.

The Night's King was said to be deposed, his name "wiped from the memory of man," which sounds like he was thoroughly destroyed and likely to have been burned if it was known he was consorting with the Others.

Leaf, the child of the forest Bran meets at the cave of the Last Greenseer, says of Coldhands: "They killed him long ago." Will, Raymar Royce and Benjen Stark died only three years prior, a small amount of time for someone over 200 years old.