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They reach the Nightfort, a source of fearsome tales. Meera goes to the top to look around. No way to make it over the Wall to the haunted forest. There‘s a gate, but it‘s blocked by snow &ice
Once Nightfort was ruled by the Night‘s King who bound his Brothers through sorcery &made sacrifices to the Others
Bran hears footfalls. But it‘s not the Rat Cook it is Sam& Gilly. Sam knows he is Jon‘s brother. Sam talks to the weirwood &opens the gate

They come to a village, see a tower on an island. The land belongs to the Night‘s Watch,abandoned because of the wildling threat
They take a hidden pathway to the tower. Discuss getting to the Wall -going to Castle Black would be too risky
A rider comes &stays in the ruin of the inn. As the storm comes, other riders arrive. They don‘t have any way to secure the tower. Hodor becomes upset. Bran reaches into his mind the way he does to Summer.

Bran, Jojen, Meera &Hodor travel through mountains, staying away from the roads. The Kingsroad is dangerous to all now that there‘s no Stark at Winterfell. Meera tells a story of The Knight of the Laughing Tree as they walk, a crannogman turned into a knight by the green men at The Isle of Faces defeats his bullies in a tourney & disappears (the tourney was won by the dragonknight).
Bran thinks he could go to Isle of Faces &be turned into a knight

Bean seeing through Summer‘s eyes meets a wolf pack devouring deer. He goes after the pack leader. The prince was larger but his cousin has a pack. In the end he claims their prey. Hodor wakes Bran in his own body. Bran is sullen, as the wolf he can run &be prince of the woods. Jojen reminds him again not to lose himself in Summer. They debate the best plan, &Bran choose to go to the Wall to find his crow.

Bran dreams through his third eye & sees Winterfell burning, everyone dead. Meera &Jojen caution him against staying wolf too long. They emerge from their hiding spot to see Winterfell burned just as he said. Dying, Luwin tells Rickon & Bran to separate. As they leave Bran thinks “Winterfell‘s not dead, it‘s just broken like me”

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Through Summer‘s eyes, Bran climbs a tree in wolf form & falls. He awakes in his tower &believes now what Jojen told him. He recalls the prophecy “The sea has come.” He calls for Hodor or Osha & is stunned when Theon comes instead. Theon has taken Winterfell but the people are still Bran‘s. it falls to the young prince to decide to yield or fight. Theon surveys the people, including prisoner Reek who pledges himself to Theon. As does Osha.

Robb sends a letter of victory at Oxbow. The Frey‘s uncle has died & they bicker about who will be heir, Bran is reminded of the green dream. Now Bran believes &Jojen brings the profecy “it is the sea that comes”. Bran tries to warn everyone. Alebelly believes & refuses to bathe. Ser Rodrik killed Ramsay Bolton(After he married Lady Horwood, took her lands, killed her)his servant Reek is prisoner. Another dream shows Bran & Rickon killed by Reek.

Bran is playing with Meera. Bran contemplates going with her to see Greywater Watch‘s moving castle. Meera encourages him because her brother Jojen has had a prophetic dream, the crow came to him after an illness as he came after Bran‘s fall. Jojen pressures Bran to talk of his own dreams & open his 3rd eye. But Maester Luwin tells him there‘s no such thing as magic, & Bran values his opinion even if he wishes magic were inside himself.

The 2 Walders are still jerks
Bran meets with guests as the Stark in Winterfell. Manderly brings the idea for Robb‘s coinage & warships. Lord Bolton‘s Bastard &his servant Reek amassing men at Dreadfort, intentions unclear. Bran tries to matchmake for Lady Hornwood as she has no heir, as others make claim for her lands.Bran suggests they fall to Lord Hornwoods bastard(thinking of Jon)

Bran hears of Stannis‘s letter &it helps him remember his fall

Summer & Shaggydog are howling in Winterfell & reminding Bran of the past losses, he worries for his brothers & he starts to howl too. He tells Maester Luwin of his dreams; about being a wolf &about the weirwood.
The wolves are kept captive because Rickon‘s Shaggydog bit 1 of the Frey children. Big Walder & Little Walder had left Bran out of their game & struck Rickon with a stick & the wolf took offense.
Bran still doesn‘t remember his fall.