Coldhands’ True Identity

“Who might it be?” You quail. “Who might it be? Tell us, Birdman!”

It’s probably Jon Snow.

The two characters Coldhands interacts with are Sam and Bran, both of whom are characters who have a strong connection with Jon (his friend and his brother).

We know from the excellent conclusion of the HBO TV program “Game of Thrones” that the series ends with Jon exiled North of the wall because he killed Daenerys. Many write this ending off as ridiculous because characters that should be fiercely loyal to Dany like Grey Worm and the Dothraki are just fine with Jon just fucking off after killing their queen.

Perhaps after the Kingsmoot in the dragon pit where Bran is elected King of Westeros, the Unsullied and Dothraki will call for Jon’s head. Even though Bran will be a three eyed douche by that time I think his love for Jon (an important part of his very first POV chapter) will prevail, and instead of killing Jon, he’ll send him back in time to serve out his exile North of the wall instead of killing him. Maybe him and Sam will explain to Jon who Coldhands was and Jon will be sent way back.

We know Coldy is more like than not a resurrected man (Jon after Bowen’s childish little outburst). We know Coldhands knows where and when he needs to be. We know (from a child of the forest) that he’s “been around for a long time”, perhaps Bran will overshoot and send Jon too far back. Maybe there will only be an open window in www.weirwood.net/three-eyes about a thousand years before the events of ASOIAF and Jon will just have to dither about until Bran and Sam’s time, sitting in Gendel and Gorn’s cave with nothing but his memories of Dany and Ygritte, fading away with the flickering light of his dying torch.

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(Art by Jonathan Wesslund).