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| Character_name = Three-eyed crow
| image          = [[File:Three-eyed-crow.jpg|350px]]
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| image          = [[File:Darek Zabrocki three eyed crow.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption  = Last Greenseer by Karen Petrasko
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| image_caption  = Three-eyed crow - Darek Zabrocki © Fantasy Flight Games.
| Alias          = Three-Eyed Crow<br>The Last Greenseer<br>Lord Brynden
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| Alias          = The last greenseer<br>Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden]]
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| Title          = [[Lord]]{{ref|aDwD|34}}
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| Books          = [[A Game of Thrones]] {{!}} [[A Clash of Kings]]<br>[[A Storm of Swords]] {{!}} [[A Feast for Crows]]<br>[[A Dance with Dragons]]
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| Books          = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
 
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| Played_by = N/A ~ Seasons [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|1]]-[[Game of Thrones - Season 3|3]]<br>Struan Rodger ~ Season [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|4]]<br>Max von Sydow ~ Season [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]]
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| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]]
 
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The '''three-eyed crow''' appears to [[Bran Stark]] in dreams. He is known by the [[Children of the Forest]] as the '''Last Greenseer'''.{{ref|aDwD|13}} He once was a man of the [[Night's Watch]].  He is said to have a thousand eyes and one.{{ref|aDwD|13}}  The evidence in [[A Dance with Dragons]]  strongly suggests him to be the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[Great Bastards|Great Bastard]], [[Brynden Rivers]]. See [[Three-eyed crow/Theories]].
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A '''three-eyed crow''' appears to [[Bran Stark]] in dreams. It is known by the [[children of the forest]] as the '''last greenseer'''.{{ref|aDwD|13}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' it is known as the '''three-eyed raven'''.
  
==Appearance==
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His body is so skeletal and his clothes so rotted that at first sight [[Bran]] takes him for another corpse - a dead man propped up so long that the roots have grown over him, under him, and through him.{{ref|aDwD|13}}
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[[File: Close_up_TEC_Marc_Simonetti.jpg‎|The three-eyed crow - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|270px|right]]
 
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
What skin he shows is white, save for a bloody blotch that creeps up his neck onto his cheek. His white hair is fine and thin as root hair and long enough to brush against the earthen floor.
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When [[Bran Stark]] is in a coma after his fall, a crow appears in his dreams and tells Bran it can teach him to fly. Bran realizes it has three eyes, with the third eye full of a terrible knowledge. The crow guides him out of his coma.{{ref|aGoT|17}} Bran later tells Maester [[Luwin]] of another dream, in which the three-eyed crow goes with the boy to the [[crypts of Winterfell]], where he speaks with his sad father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. Bran has the dream before finding out that Eddard has been executed in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|66}}
  
He is enthroned in a nest of [[weirwood]] roots that weave under and through and around his body.  Roots coil around his legs like wooden serpents. One burrows through his breeches into the desiccated flesh of his thigh, to emerge again from his shoulder.
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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While bannermen arrive at Winterfell for the [[harvest feast]], Bran dreams of a [[weirwood]] with deep red eyes and a twisted wooden mouth, with the three-eyed crow in its branches.{{ref|ACOK|16}} [[Jojen Reed]] tells Bran that he dreamed of a winged wolf bound in chains, with a three-eyed crow chipping at its stone chains. Jojen reveals the crow has visited him in dreams since he was a child and that it can be found [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|ACOK|28}}
  
A spray of dark red leaves sprout from his skull, and grey mushrooms spot his brow and cheeks  A little skin remains, stretched across his face, tight and hard as white leather, but even that is fraying, and here and there the brown and yellow bone beneath pokes through.  The clothes he wears are rotten and faded, spotted with moss and eaten through with worms, but one they had been black.  
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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Bran and his companions—[[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]], and [[Jojen Reed]]—decide to travel north beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed crow, of whom the boy still dreams.{{ref|ASOS|9}}
  
The only thing that looks alive in his pale ruin of his face is his one red eye, burning like the last coal in a dead fire, surrounded by twisted roots and tatters of leathery white skin hanging off a yellowed skull. The first time [[Bran]] sees him, he feels it staring at him, shining like a pool of blood in [[Leaf]]’s torchlight. Where the other eye should have been, a thin white root grows from an empty socket, down his cheek, and into his neck.
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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With the assistance of [[Coldhands]], Bran, Hodor, and the Reeds reach the three-eyed crow in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]] in the [[haunted forest]]. It is not an actual bird, but a man who says he was once a lord called [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden]].{{ref|aDwD|34}} He is a pale, skeletal man in rotted, black clothing in a [[weirwood]] throne of tangled roots. His skin is white, aside from a red blotch on his neck and cheek. Brynden has fine, white hair long enough to reach the earthen floor. He is missing one eye, while the other is red. Weirwood roots surround the man and grow through his body, including his leg and his empty eye socket. His voice is slow and dry, as if he had forgotten how to speak.{{ref|ADWD|34}} Bran is disappointed that the crow cannot heal his crippled legs, but Brynden promises he will teach Bran how to fly instead.{{ref|ADWD|13}}
  
When he speaks to [[Bran]] his words are accompanied by a faint rustling of wood and leaf, a slight twisting of his head. His voice is dry, his lips move slowly, as if they have forgotten how to form words.  
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Brynden teaches Bran about [[greenseer|greenseeing]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]].{{ref|aDwD|34}} He later decides it is time for Bran to take the next step and has [[Leaf]] give Bran a bowl of [[weirwood paste]], made from seeds of weirwood, to eat in order to awaken his greenseer gifts. When Bran sees his father, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], through [[Winterfell]]'s heart tree, Brynden tells Bran that he is haunted by his own ghosts, a [[Daeron II Targaryen|brother that he loved]], a [[Aegor Rivers|brother that he hated]], and a [[Shiera Seastar|woman that he desired]], but he knows from experience that you cannot change the past.{{ref|aDwD|34}}
  
==Recent Events==
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==Quotes by the three-eyed crow==
===A Game of Thrones===
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[[File:Three-eyed-crow.jpg|thumb|250px|Last Greenseer by Karen Petrasko]]
The three-eyed crow appears to [[Bran Stark|Bran]] in his dreams and tells Bran it can teach him to fly. When Bran is in a coma after his fall, the crow guides him out, telling Bran that he is the winged wolf bound in chains.{{ref|aGoT|17}}
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{{Quote|The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}|the three-eyed crow, to [[Bran Stark]]}}
  
===A Dance with Dragons===
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==Quotes about the three-eyed crow==
[[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] find the three-eyed crow in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]] north of the [[Wall]]. He teaches Bran about [[greenseer|greenseeing]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]].  He tells Bran that he was once a lord called Brynden.{{ref|aDwD|13}} Later on, the crow decides it is time for the next step and [[Leaf]] gives Bran a bowl of [[weirwood paste]], made from seeds of weirwood, to eat in order to awaken his green seeing gifts.  When Bran sees his father, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], through [[Winterfell]]'s heart tree, he tells Bran that he is haunted by his own ghosts, a brother that he loved, a brother that he hated, and a woman that he desired, but knows from experience that you cannot change the past.{{ref|aDwD|34}}
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{{Quote|A face took shape within the hearth. [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]? she thought, for just a moment . . . but no, these were not his features. '''A wooden face, corpse white'''. Was this [[Great Other|the enemy]]? A thousand red eyes floated in the rising flames. '''He sees me.''' Beside him, [[Bran Stark|a boy with a wolf's face]] threw back his head and howled.{{Ref|ADWD|31}}|[[Melisandre]], looking into the fire in her chambers at [[Castle Black]]}}
  
==Gallery of the Three-eyed Crow==
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{{quote|Most of him has gone into the tree ... He has lived beyond his mortal span, and yet he lingers. For us, for you, for the realms of men. Only a little strength remains in his flesh. He has a thousand eyes and one, but there is much to watch. One day you will know.{{ref|ADWD|34}}|[[Leaf]], to [[Bran Stark]]}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
* See [[Three-eyed crow/Theories]]
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*[[:Category:Images of Three-eyed Crow|Images of the three-eyed crow]]
  
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Three-eyed crow
Darek Zabrocki three eyed crow.jpg
Three-eyed crow - Darek Zabrocki © Fantasy Flight Games.

Aliases
Title Lord[1]
Books

Played by N/A ~ Seasons 1-3
Struan Rodger ~ Season 4
Max von Sydow ~ Season 6
TV series Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 6

A three-eyed crow appears to Bran Stark in dreams. It is known by the children of the forest as the last greenseer.[2] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones it is known as the three-eyed raven.

Recent Events

The three-eyed crow - by Marc Simonetti ©

A Game of Thrones

When Bran Stark is in a coma after his fall, a crow appears in his dreams and tells Bran it can teach him to fly. Bran realizes it has three eyes, with the third eye full of a terrible knowledge. The crow guides him out of his coma.[3] Bran later tells Maester Luwin of another dream, in which the three-eyed crow goes with the boy to the crypts of Winterfell, where he speaks with his sad father, Lord Eddard Stark. Bran has the dream before finding out that Eddard has been executed in King's Landing.[4]

A Clash of Kings

While bannermen arrive at Winterfell for the harvest feast, Bran dreams of a weirwood with deep red eyes and a twisted wooden mouth, with the three-eyed crow in its branches.[5] Jojen Reed tells Bran that he dreamed of a winged wolf bound in chains, with a three-eyed crow chipping at its stone chains. Jojen reveals the crow has visited him in dreams since he was a child and that it can be found beyond the Wall.[6]

A Storm of Swords

Bran and his companions—Hodor, Meera, and Jojen Reed—decide to travel north beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed crow, of whom the boy still dreams.[7]

A Dance with Dragons

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.[1] He is a pale, skeletal man in rotted, black clothing in a weirwood throne of tangled roots. His skin is white, aside from a red blotch on his neck and cheek. Brynden has fine, white hair long enough to reach the earthen floor. He is missing one eye, while the other is red. Weirwood roots surround the man and grow through his body, including his leg and his empty eye socket. His voice is slow and dry, as if he had forgotten how to speak.[1] Bran is disappointed that the crow cannot heal his crippled legs, but Brynden promises he will teach Bran how to fly instead.[2]

Brynden teaches Bran about greenseeing and skinchanging.[1] He later decides it is time for Bran to take the next step and has Leaf give Bran a bowl of weirwood paste, made from seeds of weirwood, to eat in order to awaken his greenseer gifts. When Bran sees his father, Eddard, through Winterfell's heart tree, Brynden tells Bran that he is haunted by his own ghosts, a brother that he loved, a brother that he hated, and a woman that he desired, but he knows from experience that you cannot change the past.[1]

Quotes by the three-eyed crow

Last Greenseer by Karen Petrasko

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.[1]

—the three-eyed crow, to Bran Stark

Quotes about the three-eyed crow

A face took shape within the hearth. Stannis? she thought, for just a moment . . . but no, these were not his features. A wooden face, corpse white. Was this the enemy? A thousand red eyes floated in the rising flames. He sees me. Beside him, a boy with a wolf's face threw back his head and howled.[8]

Melisandre, looking into the fire in her chambers at Castle Black

Most of him has gone into the tree ... He has lived beyond his mortal span, and yet he lingers. For us, for you, for the realms of men. Only a little strength remains in his flesh. He has a thousand eyes and one, but there is much to watch. One day you will know.[1]

See Also

References