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| image = https://archmaester.site/portraits/got/bran-stark.jpg<br />
| name = Bran Stark<br />
| title = Prince of Winterfell, Lord of Winterfell (claimed)<br />
| house = [[House Stark]]<br />
| race = Northmen<br />
| status = Alive (as of ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'')<br />
| region = [[The North]]; beyond [[The Wall]]<br />
| born = 290 AC, [[Winterfell]]<br />
| died =<br />
| weapon =<br />
| fate = Learning the ways of the greenseers from the [[Three-Eyed Crow|last greenseer]] in a cave beyond the Wall<br />
| actor = Isaac Hempstead Wright<br />
| quote = The man who fears losing has already lost.<br />
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'''Brandon Stark''', called '''Bran''', is the second son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Tully Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and a viewpoint character of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. A spirited boy who dreams of becoming a knight, he is crippled early in the story and instead discovers within himself a far stranger destiny tied to the old magic of [[Westeros]].<br />
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Bran's journey takes him from the broken towers of [[Winterfell]] to a cave beyond [[The Wall]], where he begins to master the powers of warging and greensight that mark him as a greenseer.<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Bran grew up at [[Winterfell]] as a fearless climber, scaling the castle's walls and towers despite his mother's warnings. He longed to be a knight of the [[Kingsguard]]. He was given a direwolf pup he named [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. His fall comes in the very first chapters of the saga.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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=== ''A Game of Thrones'' ===<br />
Climbing a tower, Bran witnesses [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] in their incest. To protect the secret, Jaime pushes him from the window. Bran survives but loses the use of his legs and all memory of the fall. A subsequent assassination attempt on the comatose boy is foiled by his direwolf and his mother. As Bran heals, he begins to have vivid wolf dreams and is carried about by the simple stableboy [[Hodor]]. With [[Robb Stark|Robb]] marching to war, Bran is left as the nominal Stark in Winterfell, aided by [[Maester Luwin]] and the wildling woman [[Osha]].<br />
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=== ''A Clash of Kings'' ===<br />
Bran's prophetic green dreams intensify. When [[Theon Greyjoy]] seizes [[Winterfell]], Bran and his younger brother [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] hide in the castle crypts and are presumed dead after Theon passes off two murdered miller's boys as their corpses. They emerge after the castle burns and flee north with [[Osha]], Hodor, and the Reed siblings, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]].<br />
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=== ''A Storm of Swords'' and ''A Dance with Dragons'' ===<br />
Guided by [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]]'s own green dreams and visions of a "three-eyed crow," Bran journeys beyond [[The Wall]], parting from Rickon and Osha along the way. He learns to slip his skin into Summer and even, troublingly, into Hodor. Beyond the Wall the group is found by the mysterious [[Coldhands]], who leads them to a cave where the [[Children of the Forest]] and the [[Three-Eyed Crow|last greenseer]], a man fused with a weirwood throne, await. There Bran begins his training, learning to see through the eyes of weirwoods across time and space, watching even the distant past of Winterfell.<br />
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== Character ==<br />
Bran's arc is a slow surrender of one dream, knighthood, for a deeper and more frightening calling. Resentful at first of his broken body, he gradually embraces the powers within him, though he fears losing himself in Summer or in Hodor. He is curious, brave, and increasingly aware that he is becoming something no longer wholly human.<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
Bran is devoted to his direwolf [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]], through whose body he runs and hunts. His loyal companions on the road north, [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], and [[Meera Reed]], become his surrogate family. His bond with the [[Three-Eyed Crow|greenseer]] guides his transformation. He loves his lost siblings and home deeply.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
<blockquote>''Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'' / ''That is the only time a man can be brave.'' (Bran and Eddard Stark)</blockquote><br />
<blockquote>''The things I do for love.'' (Jaime Lannister, as he pushes Bran)</blockquote><br />
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== In the television series ==<br />
In HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', Bran was portrayed by Isaac Hempstead Wright. The series carries him well beyond the novels: he becomes the [[Three-Eyed Raven]], returns to Winterfell, lures and helps defeat the [[Night King]], and is ultimately chosen as King of the [[Six Kingdoms]] under the name "Bran the Broken." None of these events have occurred in the books, where Bran is still learning the greenseer's arts in the cave beyond the Wall.<br />
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