Turns out Coldhands is a “Wind of Winter”, the first revealed member of a secret society of undead in the books who are committed to making GRRM go sleepytime whenever he sits down to write about them.
@noKnic1989
Ай бұрын
Tool
@finger3306
Ай бұрын
@@noKnic1989 why you calling the dude a tool😂 he's just making a joke about a lazy writer
@ianlachey1726
Жыл бұрын
There’s another piece of evidence saying that cold hands is much older than any living character at the start of the story. When his gigantic elk dies of exhaustion or something like that, coldhands speaks the old tongue over it as a sort of eulogy. My theory is that he has to be ancient, like thousands of years ancient. We will probably never get an answer in the future books but I think he was one of the original founding members of the watch that fought alongside Azor ahai or the last hero. David lightbringer has a great theory on this. Basically the founding members of the nights watch were all undead since the wall is in such a remote place, how big it is, and how much food living people need is crazy if all the forts were manned. Also there is a quote from Dolores ed where he complains that “even if I die they’ll just pick me back up again and put me back on my post, we won’t even be able to quit when we’re dead jon.”
@staceyburke4285
Жыл бұрын
Or he could even be Azor ahai! I enjoyed David Lightbringer’s video on this theory. Since Leaf is 250 years old, I think her using the term “long ago” means Coldhands has truly been dead (undead, semi-dead) for eons.
@petrmaly9087
Жыл бұрын
It doesn't say "old tongue", it is just a tongue Bran doens't know. Can be Valyrian. The best fitting character that could be Coldhands is by far The Rogue Prince. Killed a long time ago in the only place in the seven kingdoms where the Children of the Forest live, his body never recovered (everything else from the battle was recovered), he was a main character of his own story who simply vanished in a battle. He is also Bloodraven's ancestor, had the same goals, but probably didn't have such strong powers.
@zeoxyman
Жыл бұрын
I really like this Daemon tinfoil actually. Must be very sad he didn't get to take his dragon with him.
@ianlachey1726
Жыл бұрын
@@petrmaly9087 but what motivation does he have? If he was reanimated by children of the forest why not cut through them and go to kings landing where his niece and wife is struggling to rule and has schemers and mutineers around every corner?
@petrmaly9087
Жыл бұрын
@@ianlachey1726 First thing is options he have. Many his reanimation is linked to the will of the CotF, second, they do show people (Bran, Bloodraven) visions of the past and the future, he knows he needs to serve behind the wall, to get visions to his descendant bloodraven and later to protect Bran. He is of no use to his wife and kids as he doesn't have a dragon.
@status_quo_post
Жыл бұрын
The theory that Coldhands' name is Brandon Stark sounds so stupid yet genius. He just reveals his name but no one takes notice. I Iove it.
@Hannah_MusicBird
6 ай бұрын
I hope right tho lol
@pyramidion5911
4 ай бұрын
Thats what brought me to this video. I'll try to make this brief, Jojen sees a winged wolf in chains. Jojen wants to help the wolf be free, but Bloodraven has no intentions of healing Bran. The winged wolf is not Bran. Several characters go through the dark basements of KL and feel like something or someone else is down there with them. Littlefinger tells Ned he is going to stuff him in the walls and leave him there as a joke. Jaimie has nightmares of being deep down under KL. Jaimie tells people that Brandon Stark killed himself with a "Tyroshi Torture Device". Aerys didn't run when Ned showed up at his gates during the rebellion. Aerys was killed by Jaimie before Ned took the City. Jaimie was sitting on the throne with his sword layed over his lap just like the Kings in the crypts of Winterfell. Have you figured it out yet?? Aerys was going to use the imprisoned Brandon Stark as leverage to force Ned to surrender. Jaimie hated Aerys and the Starks so much he killed Aerys before Ned reached the gates! Jamie lied and Brandon Stark is still down in the prison cellars!!
@CupcakeSans
4 ай бұрын
@@pyramidion5911 i'm not sure i believe this, but the plot and character motivation are so good😭 i would read an entire other story built upon this premise
@Nicola_Blackwood
2 ай бұрын
Coldhands is Brandon Stark and Tyrek Lannister is a horse 😂
@davidgilbert4464
2 ай бұрын
Maybe not Bran the Broken, but one of the 50 or so other Brandons in House Stark. He was probably a warg though if he can control elks and ravens.
@InquisitorThomas
Жыл бұрын
No Cold Hands is Arthur Dayne, who asexually spawned Jon Snow through mitosis.
@sanitizerwilson1599
Жыл бұрын
LOL
@thatsoundslikeheresytomeyo4960
6 ай бұрын
Lyanna: Ned, raise Arthur Dayne's mitosis baby. That was so fucking rad how he did that, I did not see that shit coming. Promise me, Ned.
@Batsquid_
Күн бұрын
@@thatsoundslikeheresytomeyo4960 I like this dialogue, it fits well with how I imagine Lyanna to be
@monkeywizard7919
Жыл бұрын
I like the Danny Flint one. Haven't heard of it yet. But let's face it, Coldhands is obviously Euron, who is secretly Quaithe, as well as Howland Reed, Bloodraven, Patchface, Moqorro, Jaquen H'ghar, the ghost of High Heart and of course Balerion the Cat at the same time.
@ryanstephenson7312
Жыл бұрын
I'm still with theory that the Coldhands is one of Blood Ravens followers that went to the wall with him and then went ranging North. Died and then was resurrected by Blood Raven or the children of the forest. Either way by the power of the old gods
@7PlayingWithFire7
Жыл бұрын
My issue with that theory is why do they know the old tongue?
@ryanstephenson7312
Жыл бұрын
@@7PlayingWithFire7 If Bloodraven is connected to the weirwoods then he could probably learn it through that and then teach his companions. My question is what happened to the rest of his companions
@ryanstephenson7312
Жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but those brothers he kills were the mutineers and if Blood Raven can see through Mormont's crow, then that's how Coldhands would know to kill them.
@sheagaming
Жыл бұрын
Take as much time as you need on your videos, they're great and welcome addition to my day!
@ianpatterson6552
2 ай бұрын
Just subbed. 1) when was the wall raised, 2) timing of the 13th Lord Commander, 3) if a Stark, given repetition of Brandon name in that family, Coldhands speaking literal truth, 4) who were the ‘they’ who killed him, 5) wouldn’t the Children of the Forest say ‘we’ killed him, 6) Martin’s fondness for using the Undead/zombie trope in his story.
@Schloetz
Жыл бұрын
Easy, Coldhands is a character from ASOIAF
@scummyfish
Жыл бұрын
damn, you're good.
@julianasilveira4806
Жыл бұрын
Yess!!! I'm so glad you covered the Flint theory! As I commented on your text post from yesterday, it's probably my favorite theory from ASOIAF! Love it, love it, love it.
@Oxcymoron
9 ай бұрын
The newest theory is that coldhands is actually Daemon Targaryen. According to reddit, his death wasn't confirmed and theres tons of convoluted contrivances that could explain how he survived his battle with Aemond over the gods eye. 😂
@mikkelhkkerup7934
Жыл бұрын
His name is perhaps Brandon Stark, and he might be the Brandon Stark, our Bran sees in his final Weirwood vision in his final chapter in A Dance With Dragons, the prisoner who gets his throat slit by the white haired woman in front of the Winterfell Weirwood. Just my hypothesis, because Coldhands, when asked who he is, tells “I am your monster, Brandon Stark”, and he seems to be rattling and covering up something around his neck, perhaps a wound made by slitting his throat “…long ago”.
@noahmarshall873
Жыл бұрын
11:45 technically any undead brother of the night's watch would fit this since they're released from their vows when they die
@Mwezi828
Жыл бұрын
About it being unlikely that it’s Nights King cause the body decomposed - we know from when they find Othor’s body that even maggots and worms won’t touch a wighted corpse, which might extend to bacteria. That would slow the decomposition process. Furthermore, “ice preserves” so I think it’s possible that the magic could preserve the body for all that time.
@pumas2342
Жыл бұрын
maybe cold hands is the friends we made along the way
@blackandredbrian3515
Жыл бұрын
What about the theory that cold hands is Ser Dunk the tall? He was killed long ago. He is big and rides a huge elk. Dunk always had a strong bond with horses. They both have a Scar on their face.
@BeteBlanc
Жыл бұрын
An alternate, alternate take To understand reference Forbidden Planet and Only Kids are Afraid of the Dark. The Id Monster and Dr. Weird respective. This is essentially Time Traveling Bran. Bran, while training with BR goes extremely far into the past. While there in spirit the connection to his body is cut (maybe the tree is damaged, or they have to move him from the cave). Bran learns to skinchange the dead, or wights, and has been waiting until he's past the moment in time he went back to return to himself. "your monster, Brandon Stark", as in Forbidden Planet, he's literally Bran. Recall in the same chapter Coldhands immediately responds to the Last Greenseer question, while BR appears slightly confused. Either this makes Old Bran the 3Ecrow watching Bran with BR, or it might indicate he knows how BR appear privately to Bran. Common theory is that BR might not know how he's perceived to others. However, if this is an older version of Bran he'd know this. It might also resolve your early speculation about knowing when and where Bran is for Sam to retrieve. If he is Bran, he'd remember where he was and when. It might also circle back to the Last Hero (Last Greenseer). If Old Bran had used the Body of that Hero and returned with the CotF to create the NW, it might make sense. The prophecy is about the reborn AA returning. If he was there in Spirit and is now returning to his own body, it would fit the idea of a returning AA.
@pastapockets984
8 ай бұрын
Other comments have pointed out that George's terse and unexpanded response to the question leaves the door open to Coldhands not being Benjen, but is possibly still Benjen's corpse, piloted perhaps by Brynden, one of the Children, or someone from the Weirwood net. Anyone with the right power, really. Assuming this could be the case, it begs the question: why is Coldhands different to the other wights? One of the most distinctive physical features of wights we know to be absent from Coldhands: the cold, icy blue glint of the eyes. It's easy to dismiss the eye colour as a trivial detail regarding the Other's control, but its absence does suggest that it's directly tied into whatever it is that changes a mindless wight into... whatever Coldhands is. The very last time we see a Wight in the series thus far is with Thistle, where we learn there's something more supernatural going on here than just blue coloured eyes, she has pale, flickering lights in her empty sockets, and the Varamyr chapter ends with those eyes as the focal point of the scene as they stare down Varamyr's consciousness in his wolf. We've seen that the wights must harbour some lingering element of their personality, some small scrap of self still clinging on deep inside them. Jon suspects as such with the cunning of the wights who attacked Mormont, then we have Paul not attacking the ravens, and finally Thistle. Thistle's last moments were spent in agony, tearing her face apart as she fought off Varamyr, mind and soul. And the very first thing her revenant does upon its raising is stare at him specifically. She sees him. To go out on a massive limb, perhaps this whole thing hints at how wights work in the first place. They're violent, murderous things, but if they were nothing but complete automatons piloted by the Others, those touches of personality likely wouldn't exist. Perhaps the deathly cold in the Other's sorcery literally freezes some small part of the soul as their victims die, leaving them in a perpetual state of agony and torment. Paul dies literally angry and attacking an Other for its mistreatment of a horse, and his fondness for beasts follows him to his undeath. Thistle dies resisting Varamyr, and immediately carries a burning, frosty vengeance in her gaze aimed directly at him upon her return. Maybe that's why the Others seem so callous and cruel in their limited appearances, they want to inflict a terrifying death in order to create a useful, frenzied servant. In a sense that makes them analagous to Stoneheart, and how her anguished demise coloured her resurrection. So perhaps Benjen was turned into a regular wight, only for Brynden or the Children to find him and pluck out that tormented pearl of frozen consciousness, leaving the body as an empty vessel for someone else to use. Perhaps every single wight's death is literally a mercy, as you're putting their soul at peace.
@lyannatargaryen3223
10 ай бұрын
I had forgotten about Danny Flint and had never considered her for Cold Hands but that makes sense. A woman in a man's role, like Dany being the Prince that was promised, even though we know now that it can be Prince or princess. If it's not her then an anonymous member of the Raven's Teeth makes sense too.
@xeitangaming600
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands might be Maynard plum if he not bloodraven
@PineappleLiar
5 ай бұрын
I like Coldhands being the Night’s King, if only because having a character that ridiculously old around could be a chance to glimpse at some of the foundational events of the Wall. As for decay, we do know maggots and things that eat bodies shy away from the undead; Benjen’s companions who were killed and turned into wights had been dead for months, but besides the cold their bodies looked fresh. And not to get too weird but there have been cases of properly stored bodies irl being near-fresh even 2000 years after the fact, and that’s not even accounting for magic! (Look up Lady Dai for that one) I’m just saying a little ice magic and a tree-stasis cocoon could to wonders for even the crustiest corpse.
@Getwright-
11 ай бұрын
Its clear that Coldhands can only be one man: Yoren(my boy!) when he’s south of the wall he loses some power and when hes north he goes by Coldhands, but either way he sticks to his mission of serving the Watch (and his hobby of saving Stark children). Its a reason everyone talks about how bad Yoren smells (the hide the smell of death, duh)
@PedroLucas-mg5je
4 ай бұрын
My theories about ColdHands' identity is that he's: A. Commander of BR's Raven's Teeth; B. Dany Flint; C. Duncan the Tall, which would fit due to CH's stature and the state of his body!
@bradwolf07
Жыл бұрын
I never thought Benjen Stark was Coldhands. Mainly because of the "died long ago" bit. I have been warming up to the Raven's Teeth theory. Though the reason we don't know any specific member is the reason I'm not convinced of it.
@Calebe_Sagaz
Жыл бұрын
Furthermore, we know that the Starks have always had a strong connection to Winterfell's past, Winter and the Wall. They forgot the Night King's real name, but I believe the books hide that because he is also a Stark. In the past, Brandon the Builder raised the Wall, and the Night's King has always stood by the Others. If history repeats itself, we could see Bran trying to hold the Wall while Jon becomes the new Night's King, leading the Others and willing to bring down the Wall for good. It would be a showdown between two Starks. And yes, I believe that Jon Snow will be the new Night's King and march to Winterfell, because ''there must always be a Stark at Winterfell''. As far as I can remember there had been a pact between the Night's King and the Others. Perhaps the Pact was that always a Stark not only had to be at Winterfell, but that the Night's King had to always be a Stark as well. And in the crypts of Winterfell, the dead Starks are said to rest there, in statues with their swords. Perhaps Winterfell's crypts also have a connection to the White Walkers.
@Wolltazar
Жыл бұрын
please don't combine the night's king with the night king from the tv show. we don't even know if Others have such a figure to lead them and even if they do, it would probably be a different character since Others are more like a completely different species who just may or may not breed with humans from time to time. However, it would really fit the story if Jon became the incarnation of the Night's king (the lord commander one)
@tommythecat
6 ай бұрын
I was expecting to see Sir Duncan the Tall as a possibility. I mean, how interesting would his story be if he survived Summerhall, perhaps with burns on his face that'll conceal his identity (burns on his hands too maybe?). Feeling disgraced (failed to protect the king, probably not actually a knight anyway) he takes himself off to the nights watch for lack of anything else to do. Maybe even guided there by Bloodraven in animal form. Evidence for: Make the character of Coldhands a bit more relevant established relationship with Bloodraven, Bloodraven would know who he is and is good intentions Connection with animals (Dunc cries after one of his horses dies) Would be cool Evidence against: Summerhall happened 7 years after Bloodraven disappeared Coldhands not described as particularly tall Edit: oh! And Dunc escorted Bloodraven to the wall! Plenty of time to say "if your life crumbles and you lose all purpose, the apocalypse is coming and I could really use your help north of the wall"
@gc8909
8 ай бұрын
sweet robin is coldhands. it is known
@The_Malcontented
2 ай бұрын
If we operate under the assumption that the Three-Eyed Crow is being truthful with Bran, he's definitely Bloodraven and not a time-traveling Future Bran. The Three-Eyed Crow says that his birth name was Brynden, he says that he has watched Bran with "a thousand eyes and one," which the only other usage of is in reference to Bloodraven, he has a birthmark on his face just like Bloodraven (and unlike Bran,) and he mentions having "a brother he loved, a brother he hated, and a woman he desired," which perfectly fits Daeron II, Bittersteel, and Shiera Seastar, and does NOT fit Bran since he loves Robb, Jon, and Rickon so there is no brother he hates
@domhuckle
Жыл бұрын
Is the Elk dead? The guy's been around so long, gonna have chewed through a fair few by now
@three-eyedmonkey7344
3 ай бұрын
Coldhands is the last hero. The “they” who killed him long ago is not the Others. The last hero’s dog and horse died and then his sword broke. In the symbolism of the story, this means his loyalty and honour died and then he broke his oath. Oathbreakers are executed, by the Stark of Winterfell if needs be, just as we saw in Bran’s first chapter. Bran saw the death of Coldhands through the eyes of the heart tree in Winterfell, where long ago a woman cut a captive’s throat with a bronze sickle. This wound remains concealed beneath Coldhands’ scarf.
@julioulloa5403
Жыл бұрын
The dany flint is good but i belive it's good'ol brynden warging a corpse
@justingraves1291
Жыл бұрын
Cold hands is secretly Tom Bombadil 😂
@liul
Жыл бұрын
I love the idea that a sister of the watch will use Dark sister
@renaigh
Жыл бұрын
'Long Ago' could simply mean 'remember when this story began'
@jordanalexander6935
Жыл бұрын
What about lucamore strong?
@BaronofStrange
Жыл бұрын
I think Coldhands is definitely a Stark. He could be a Brandon Stark. It would give him a connection to the story without being an existing character. The Starks were called the Kings of Winter and there are suggestions that they are important to the north in a mystical sense. If the Night King was a Stark it is possible that the Starks are somehow resistant to the Others in some way. Perhaps a Stark who served in the Night's Watch was raised as a wight by a Whitewalker and retained his identity due to his Stark blood.
@jimboslice6367
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands is dressed all in black, he was a Nights Watch member
@drakengarfinkel3133
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s Night’s King soul in Benjen’s body
@eldonte7775
Жыл бұрын
Is no other than Future Jon Snow! Revived by 3EC via wacky magic trees
@darthchingaso3613
Жыл бұрын
Did bran not know Benjen? Cuz he didn't seem to recognize him
@Stevandoren1003
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think it’s Benjen. I think he is an ancient member of the Nights Watch.
@tommy_salami108
6 күн бұрын
Please work on mic technique, it’s quite distracting to hear your voice’s volume going up or down, or to change drastically between cuts
@vitorapollinario9335
Жыл бұрын
The Night's King. He want peace for he's people, and Jon will seal the peace marrying the night's princess...
@JLchevz
Жыл бұрын
It's Gerion Lannister. Cause hands of gold are always cold but a woman's hands are warm.
@timyuusis3372
Жыл бұрын
Brave Dany Flint sounds the least likely one to me, because the same evidence can be used to say anybody on the watch is Coldhands. Why would she be resurrected and helping Bran?
@pdderek
Жыл бұрын
I hope he's some weird enforcer of nights watch vows that is eternally controlled by the Children...A pact of some sort. And maybe BenJen will offer himself as the next Coldhands...BAM! PLOT TWIST! BENJEN IS NOT *AND IS* COLDHANDS
@TheThezenith
Ай бұрын
I think contexually a corpse being 2 years old is actually a long time regardless of how long you live. If i left a glass of milk out for a week, thats be a long fucking time to leave a glass of milk out regardless if i lived 100 years or 10 years.
@yohanbosu
Жыл бұрын
i don‘t know how he is but I am 95% sure that he was at least planned as being benjen.
@lukacvitkovic8550
Жыл бұрын
all of this rests on believing that Bloodraven, the Children and Coldhands are all telling the truth, which is iffy at best
@ToucanBinks
Жыл бұрын
🥶👍👍
@bdc2320
Жыл бұрын
Ehhhhh. I think it is very likely cold hands has been around since the the Age of Heros.
@byeoocg
Ай бұрын
None of the answers are great, probably a companion of bloodravens at the wall. The thing that gets me is when the children of the forest say long ago, It's very vague on how long ago they mean. A time period could blow this wide open. Speaking old ass tongues makes me think he's ancient though
@buttscarlton1490
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands is Sir Pounce confirmed!
@MistyWarden
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands just being a rando also named Brandon Stark is an amazing surreal anticlimax 😂
@pyramidion5911
4 ай бұрын
It's THE Brandon Stark. The wild wolf
@WillowGardener
Жыл бұрын
I'm on team Raven's Teeth, personally. It just makes sense that Bloodraven would revive one of his loyal companions. Brynden's last ranging has "Last Hero" vibes, so I figure all of his guards died one by one as he sought the children beyond the wall.
@QuinnTheGM
Жыл бұрын
I agree that Raven’s Tooth is the most likely outcome.
@inspectortimespace
Жыл бұрын
@@QuinnTheGMb
@onyedikachukwumiracle
8 ай бұрын
Does Bloodraven have the power to resurrect people?
@elijahrodriguez647
7 ай бұрын
the old gods might in their own way. the only gods we see actually have any power would be R'hllor and The Old gods, possibly even the God of Death if you wanted to debate that. I don't see any issue with a sacrificial ritual performed by a man with the best genetic makeup to be a magical overlord, that would make sense to me. @@onyedikachukwumiracle
@elijahalbiston
7 ай бұрын
@@onyedikachukwumiracle He does have the power to do most anything else... stands to reason that he figured out how to summon enough power and resurrect one of his most loyal men. Perhaps he has more but keeps them hidden.
@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands is obviously a corpse being warged by ser pounce. Aka the prince that was promised.
@sardonically-inclined7645
Жыл бұрын
I would add that if he were Benjen, he would likely show encouragement to Bran in what he's about to undertake with Bloodraven, and come across as a bit more protective. Similar to his talk with Jon on the wall about doing what's necessary, especially since would still be a frightened boy, more so than Jon.
@aahantechno
Жыл бұрын
Well said
@renaigh
Жыл бұрын
assuming that a zombie is capable of feeling the same way as their living selves.
@smwad7103
Жыл бұрын
I just don’t see why Bran wouldn’t recognize his own uncle
@jlworrad
Жыл бұрын
The Danny Flint theory is my favourite but the Raven's teeth makes the most sense to me. Does every mysterious figure have to be someone we've heard of?
@pamelaguerra3768
Жыл бұрын
I mean... yeah kind of, what's the point of setting up a mystery we can't answer?
@JLchevz
Жыл бұрын
Danny Filth actually
@Kassiaterabbitslayer
Жыл бұрын
@pamelaguerra3768 because in life we don't always get statisifying resolutions. And for author who loves human heart in conflict with itself a unsolved mystery seems a perfect connection to that seeking answers and never finding them.
@jlworrad
Жыл бұрын
@@pamelaguerra3768 It might not be intended as a mystery so much as a piece of foreshadowing and worldbuilding. That someone can exist who’s part ice wight but on the side of humanity and still sentient might be an important fact toward the end of the books. The ‘who’ of Coldhands might not be so important as the ‘what’.
@Wolltazar
Жыл бұрын
@@pamelaguerra3768 what if it isn't a mystery? people seem to make a mystery out of everything theese days, especially in Asoiaf. the fact that Bran questioned who Coldhands was doesn't mean that we will eventually need to know who he really is. it could be the same as with magic in their world.. a double edged sword who may cut you with disappointment when you know his identity because it might not be someone interresting enough for you
@Justin-tw5fe
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the real coldhands is the Frey pies we’ve eaten along the way.
@dcblunt666
Жыл бұрын
I’d lean more towards nights king than any other options presented. He uses an ancient tongue when killing the elk, so being thousands of years old aligns with that. Also, in regards to coldhands having to be “killed” by the others - The nights king gave part of his soul to his other bride and so “died” by the others similarly to how obi wan claims anakin to have “died.” Not a literal total death - GRRM has played this trick with the Elder brother claiming Sandor to have “died” The nights kings story is lost to legend - This is GRRM we’re talking about here. Do we really think the actual historical figure would be a cut and dry evil villain? The nights king may still be (and always have been) extremely loyal to the NW. Maybe a pact with the others could be seen as something in full interest of the realm - perhaps the reasons for the nights king actions were truly inline with the vows of the nights watch (at least by his own perception). It mirrors Jon’s actions with making peace among the wildlings, and furthermore how others have judged those actions by Jon. The nights king was cast down for a pact with the enemy - and so was Jon. Those who would record history and write songs from a lens opposed to Jon’s actions would likely even sing of his romance with the enemy - ygritte (yet another mirror of the nights king). But if coldhands is nights king, he still lives, resurrected, just like Jon.
@philippjansen7199
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands was a member of the Nights Watch who went north with his Lord Commander Bloodraven. I doubt George will ever give us his real name nor that it is important. I personally think there is more than one Coldhands and that Bloodraven has a few loyal undead crows serving under him as his "force on the ground"
@connor4435
Жыл бұрын
That would be a really interesting idea, a small force of undead Raven’s Teeth
@CharmagnCody-mw6zr
7 ай бұрын
This is one of the coolest theories I've heard... Although I don't know that they would all have the same black hands
@brieneaton6079
3 ай бұрын
This is what I'm guessing. Black hands from congealed blood like he said. They'd all have them
@JosephNobles
5 күн бұрын
I subscribe to this, but have more - I'm thinking Coldhands was a warg and evaded mindless ice zombiehood by his familiar warging back into his raised corspe - the same way I think Jon Snow will come back, raised by the Others yet regaining his own consciousness.
@Mwezi828
Жыл бұрын
Danny Flint wasn’t killed by the Others though, she was killed by brothers of the Night’s Watch.
@shinrugal
Жыл бұрын
I think it's Night's King myself but the reason I don't quite discard Danny is that tales change over time. Look at our own fables and fairytales and see how they've changed over the centuries.
@Mwezi828
Жыл бұрын
@@shinrugal true true
@misskate3815
Жыл бұрын
Which makes no sense, tbh. Danny Flint is a “Sweet Polly Oliver”. Polly almost never dies. In all the Polly songs I’ve ever heard, there is literally ONE variant where she dies and that could arguably be due to the time period of the song(the napoleonic wars and the bloody code, titled “Willie Taylor”, altho more popular versions have the heroine become a ship’s captain). And while rape isn’t exactly uncommon in old ballads, it’s not as ubiquitous as all that, and almost never occurs in Polly songs. Generally, Polly is accepted as one of the soldiers, even after her identity is discovered(altho that might also coincide with her dismissal from the army, because she’s getting married). But Danny Flint’s death being changed to “raped and murdered by her comrades” would make sense in the context of propaganda. Especially if she were to die in a mysterious way, at the hands of magical creatures that aren’t supposed to exist. For one, the whole concept of a penal colony at just about the ends of the earth would have most people rioting. It might make sense for a couple of centuries during the bloody codes, but during the medieval period? For thousands of years? Across multiple countries? But what better way to assure people that the watch is full off bad nasty people than the story that they had a female member who was literally raped to death? It also has the double impact of discouraging people from following their loved ones to the Wall. Because it’s impossible to believe that the families left behind when some guy took a deer bc his people were starving wouldn’t just pack up and go with on occasion. Make it sound dangerous, so they’ll stay away. Finally, it would explain the mysterious death of a watch member in a way that the teller could understand themselves. It’s not mysterious forest creatures, I’m the commander of a penal slave colony full of bad people.
@whitewolfofthewhills
Жыл бұрын
The "Long Ago" comment can easily be thought of as Leaf using the term from Bran's perspective, as she's talking to him at the time and giving him conext. That being said, even from Bran's perspective, Benjen's disappearance hardly qualifies as "long ago".
@umwha
Жыл бұрын
Yeah Benjen disappeared like 2 years ago , when Bran was talking to leaf
@otttimon5654
Жыл бұрын
Bran is still under 10 years old in the books tho. For him the about two years Benjen has been gone is a long time
@umwha
Жыл бұрын
@@otttimon5654 I think he is 10 now. Anyway, it wasnt bran who used the term 'long ago' it was leaf, describing when coldhands died.
@otttimon5654
Жыл бұрын
@@umwha I was playing of the parent comment arguing Leaf used long ago from Brans perspective not hers
@seandavis4561
Жыл бұрын
Coldhands is not Benjen, but I think Benjen is going to be the next “Coldhands”. If Ravens Teeth theory is correct then Bloodraven wanted someone he could trust as his thrall, and Bran will follow suit with Benjen. Just a thought
@ashleyofnaath
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nod QTGM. Myself and another fan discussed Ch=Brave Danny in the comments on another channel (Bend the Knee) months ago; they saw our comments and did a video on it too, and furthered the theory in the best way... We know Dany is a 'Flint', but it's unknown which of the four House Flints she comes from. Two of the House Flints have very curious heraldry- House Flint of Widow's Watch has a pair of blue eyes floating at the top of their sigil; House Flint of Flint's Finger has a grey stone hand in the middle of their sigil. Might GRRM have been trying to tell us something by having the only two House Flints with given heraldry each feature details that tie to Coldhands/the Others? If Ch is actually Danny Flint, might her new name derive from the sigil of her house (Flints of Flint's Finger) because a stone hand and a cold hand are effectively the same thing? This was an awesome video. Thanks again for the shout-out :).
@paulcourtemanche3549
Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen a theory that Coldhands is Daemon Targaryen. The evidence is that Daemon was last seen near the isle of faces, which is known for its connection to the CotF. This could explain how Daemon was resurrected and was sent north. Additionally, GRRM loves Daemon and might want to bring him into the main series. I find the theory a little out there but it’s still a fun theory.
@cmox1830
Жыл бұрын
Just “a little out there”? It’s very out there
@jordanconnell3153
Жыл бұрын
@@cmox1830 most sane asoiaf theory
@umwha
Жыл бұрын
The Daemon played by Matt Smith?
@Conorp77
Жыл бұрын
Bigger reach than Highgarden
@marcusmukungurutse688
Жыл бұрын
Plus it is rumoured he wields dark sister sometimes.
@dawhandaonli5925
Жыл бұрын
I actually really like the idea of him being the Night’s King. If he gave a part of his soul to an Other that could certainly be an explanation as to how he’d keep his sentience, and to me really implies death and resurrection
@marthinazeferino6173
Жыл бұрын
I don’t believe Bloodraven was sent to the Wall for punishment. I think Egg sent him there because they knew it was necessary to have a “Targaryen” there e/or beyond the Wall. Egg had visions or believed on the visions of others Targaryen since he “created” Solarestival.
@umwha
Жыл бұрын
What is solarestival?
@davidholecsko8998
Жыл бұрын
@@umwha I belive it might be Summerhall in portuguese.
@BearusAurelius
Жыл бұрын
Any chance Cold Hands is literally ‘Monster’, Gilly’s child? More time traveling shenanigans haha.
@umwha
Жыл бұрын
Lol! It won’t be that but it might a craster kid. Or maybe from the earlier generations of the craster project
@Sniffchicken5
Жыл бұрын
George always gives the coolest nicknames to random characters like stonesnake ,nimble dick and who could forget shit mouth
@QuinnTheGM
Жыл бұрын
Uther Shett
@jakubpudowski8496
Жыл бұрын
Danny Flint was murdered at the Nightfort by brother of the Night's Watch
@The_Malcontented
2 ай бұрын
@12:45 If Dickon Tarly = Coldhands, who is the person that everything THINKS is Dickon Tarly?!
@memeaficionado
2 ай бұрын
Rhaegar, duh.
@danielmirandaregis
Жыл бұрын
I like the theory that Coldhands is Dunk from the novelas, bind to serve Bloodraven. This sad end to an amazing character is very likely to GRRM writing 😅
@PedroLucas-mg5je
4 ай бұрын
Dunk becoming BloodRaven's own Darth Vader is a ironic end for him, since Brynden thought Dunk would be needed for the realm in the future, It would be super unexpected If this was his future that Brynden talked about!
@loreramble
Жыл бұрын
I like the Raven's Teeth theory. It would be interesting if we get to meet Coldhands before he met his final fate in a future Dunk and Egg book. Though whether the White Walkers were even active in this time period is unclear.
@Wolltazar
Жыл бұрын
they're not bound by dragon magic so I'd bet that they were "active" whatever you mean by that. they're comming south as some kind of punishment, not because they want to just erase all humanity "Eren-yeager style." they most certainly lived far more north though in that time period
@8asw8
Жыл бұрын
The Brave Danny Flint theory was kinda stupid, I get the fan fiction appeal of it, but come on. I mean Benjen, Waymar et al being out on account of the "they killed him long ago" quote and Children having long lifespands but somehow this behemoth of a ranger who killed multiple brothers of the NW is some chick who joined the watch and didnt meet a happy ending a couple of centuries ago. The evidence is sketchy at best while I believe it is nonexistant. Those songs in the North serve a different purpose. They are foreshadowing regarding current events as in history repeating itself. Think Manderly calling for the Rat Cook song when serving delicious pies made of fat Frey pigs. Why doesnt the song make an appearance in Feast? Because we dont see the North in that book. Or the "No man of the NW can open the gate at the Nightfort", maybe, just maybe a better explanation would be that he is a walking corpse reanimated by magic that the wall was especially designed to repel?
@NightDweller
Жыл бұрын
Love the mention of Stonesnake. He should make an appearance sooner or later
@QuinnTheGM
Жыл бұрын
My expectation is he might be seen as a wight later on.
@status_quo_post
Жыл бұрын
I hope he is alive and well.
@18pablo88
Жыл бұрын
Cold hands is the captain of the ravens teeth. Bloodraven personal guard
@DynastyHeroes
Жыл бұрын
I think Coldhands could be Daemon Targaryen after the Battle Above The Gods Eye after he kills Aemond Targaryen his death is never confirmed and as we will know if a death is never confirmed they most likely didn't die so I reckon he ended up joining the Nights Watch where he was eventually killed by The Others whilst being beyond The Wall. He becomes Coldhands and roams beyond The Wall eventually Brynden Rivers ends up beyond The Wall and becomes The Three Eyed Crow they meet each other Daemon now Coldhands reclaims his Valyrion Steel Sword Dark Sister from Bloodraven and they join forces. If Jon Snow ends up being Rhaegar and Lyanna's Child like in the show that makes Daemon Jons Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather so if Jon does get Resurrected and goes beyond The Wall like in the show it would be very apt that Coldhands (Daemon) sacrifices himself for his Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandson perhaps Jon then inherits Dark Sister from Daemon.
@Calebe_Sagaz
Жыл бұрын
*I would love it if Coldhands was the Night's King, but he's probably Benjen.*
@Akiraspin
Ай бұрын
The only thing against Brave Danny Flint theory is that Leaf specifically says about Coldhands "They killed *him* long ago." So unless The Children of the Forest are big users of gender-fluid terminology in an oppressive world of tradition and stark (heh) enforcement of gender roles then there's no chance it's Danny Flint. Danny Flint was also killed by other Night's Watchmen, not the Others, so Leaf's conversation wouldn't even make sense because she was just talking about The Others not being able to kill Coldhands anymore because they already did.
@connor4435
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think Martin saying Coldhands isn’t Benjen makes it true since he’s also said that Berrick isn’t Berrick anymore after his resurrection, it seems that Martin says that they’re different beings after death
@benjaminklein8379
Жыл бұрын
Valid point but why would Leaf say Benjen is old. Leaf is hundreds of years old so I’m inclined to believe that Coldhands is the Nights King whose name is Bran Stark
@wenzelplot
Жыл бұрын
Or like Catelyn becoming Stoneheart. Seems fitting.
@connor4435
Жыл бұрын
@@benjaminklein8379 oh I don’t think it is benjen because of leaf saying “long ago”, I’m just saying that Martin saying No doesn’t really mean much because of how he treats the undead
@mrmaat
Жыл бұрын
@@connor4435Long ago from whose perspective?
@ohyeaaaa1
2 ай бұрын
When he says "your monster, brandon stark" could he be implying Bran warged into him in the past and this was the outcome? "yours, yours, yours" from the crow amplifies that implication for me. Or it could mean they have been waiting for Bran and he is there to serve him.
@ianmcgregor576
7 ай бұрын
I believe that the Coldhands we know is a long-dead skinchanger that has been warging recently-killed bodies for a long time (that way he doesn’t lose his humanity). Right now, he’s in Benjen’s body
@brando9031
Жыл бұрын
I just found your channel yesterday and have been watching all your theory videos. This came out at a good time. Keep it up you make good videos
@sardonically-inclined7645
Жыл бұрын
10:47 He might also be referring to House Stark collectively and addressing Bran specifically.
@bannedaccount540
9 ай бұрын
I think that Coldhands, the 13th Lord Commander of the Nights Watch, the last hero and Bran the Builder are all the same guy.
@JLchevz
Жыл бұрын
Now I really want to read ASOS god damn it. Why can't I escape these books. There are so many, but when the sun sets, no candle can replace it, except nipples on a breastplace and wet nurse.
@petrmaly9087
Жыл бұрын
The best fitting character that could be Coldhands is by far The Rogue Prince. Killed a long time ago in the only place in the seven kingdoms where the Children of the Forest live, his body never recovered (everything else from the battle was recovered), he was a main character of his own story who simply vanished in a battle. He is also Bloodraven's ancestor, had the same goals, but probably didn't have such strong powers. In the show we see his preferred language is Valyrian, while Bran recognises him speaking in a foreign tongue...
@EarnestTargenfyre
5 ай бұрын
It has to be him! He is GRRM's favourite character for a reason!
@nickdentoom1173
2 ай бұрын
Possibly. Another connection between them is Dark Sister.
@cadencumming7795
Жыл бұрын
C= MW. Cold hands = Miller's Wife. No I will not explain, it's obvious.
@louhimus
2 ай бұрын
I think Robert strong is obviosly Dunk from Dunk and Egg stories.
@memeaficionado
2 ай бұрын
Nah, it's Hodor's dad, dunk's grandson
@louhimus
2 ай бұрын
@@memeaficionado thats also quite good theory
@jessedijkstra1220
Жыл бұрын
i am gonna call it now: its balon greyjoy
@testosteroneseason8148
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen anyone talk about the “champions” of the lord of darkness that melisendre sees in her visions. I believe the man with the wolf head could be benjen stark being a mirror to the original nights king as they are both starks and nightswatchmen. Jon would also be an obvious candidate as well being half wolf and lord commander
@xeitangaming600
Жыл бұрын
The boy with a head of wolf is probably bran and the old man is blood raven
@roguecrow998
Жыл бұрын
Benjen is actually coldhand's secret brother coldfeet
@ericsonofjames4573
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t he just be Bloodraven warging some dead nights watch body. He can’t leave the cave because he’s rooted in, so this gives him a way to move around and be more interactive. It also explains the animal control.
@LordCeltigar
Жыл бұрын
not related to the video but who would you want to have a pov chapter in winds coz mine is tommen
@ravensoath
Жыл бұрын
I personally subscribe to him being a part of the original 13? group that was with Azor Ahai at the end of the long night
@carlhess5707
Жыл бұрын
“HBO’s Throne of Games”. That show is 🔥
@liftedmarco4976
Жыл бұрын
I’d like if he was truly ancient. Maybe an old warg who served the Stark Kings as a nights watchmen before being killed by the others.
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