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Revision as of 14:33, 31 August 2012

Coldhands
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Allegiance Last Greenseer
Books

Coldhands is a mysterious figure from beyond the Wall. He looks like a wight dressed in the black of the Night's Watch with a scarf concealing his face, a corpse with hands black from pooled and congealed blood, but is intelligent and seemingly benign. Summer (direwolf) does not like the way Coldhands smells - dead meat, dry blood, a faint whiff of rot. And cold. Cold all over. See also Coldhands/Theories.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Coldhands saved Samwell Tarly, Gilly and her son when they were beset by Wights and were lost north of the Wall, while fleeing Craster's Keep. He took the two under his protection and brought them back and through the wall, by the Black Gate located underneath it. He could not pass through himself, due to the wall's magic, but he charged them to bring him Bran Stark and his companions who Coldhands was expecting. He looks and talks as if he was a ranger of the Night's Watch.[1] [2]

A Dance with Dragons

Coldhands guides Bran Stark, Hodor, Meera and Jojen Reed to the last Greenseer beyond the Wall. Along the way he kills men of the Night's Watch. Bran, having warged into Summer, discovers this and confronts him in the abandoned village. There they discover that Coldhands is indeed dead, but continues to refuse to show his face.[3] He leads Bran and his companions to the cave of the last greenseer but he cannot enter. He fights off wights as they climb to the cave entrance. Leaf the child of the forest states about him: "They killed him long ago".[4]

Appearance

His hands are black and as cold as ice, and he rides a great elk. A flock of ravens flies under his command.[5] He does not breathe.[6]

References and Notes