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[[folder:The Children of the Forest]]

->''"The First Men called us the Children, but we were born long before them."''

The original inhabitants of Westeros, who carved the faces into the weirwood groves where the Old Gods are worshipped. When the First Men reached Westeros the two races warred against each other, but eventually a peace was made, called the Pact. The children fought alongside the First Men against the White Walkers when they appeared during the Long Night. When the Andals arrived they burned the weirwood groves south of the Neck and drove the children into the wilderness beyond the Wall, where it is believed they dwindled to extinction. But rumors persist that they still survive somewhere, and are waiting for the return of their old enemies.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: They physically resemble human children somewhat, but are clearly distinct from humans overall.
* BigGood: The main force opposing the White Walkers, the most dangerous creatures in Westeros.
* BadassNative: Are the original inhabitants of Westeros, and fought against both the First Men and the White Walkers for thousands of years.
* CreepyChild: As beings thousands of years old with the bodies of children, they tend to fall into this.
* TheFairFolk: They seem to be rather detached from humanity and working on a different set of values, in spite of being equally opposed to the White Walkers.
* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Westerosi]]: The original inhabitants of Westeros; and are said to be practitioners of powerful, ancient magic.[[labelnote: From the books...]]They are the reason the Broken Arm, the shattered land bridge on the eastern end of Dorne that once connected Westeros to Essos, is broken. Or that's what they say, anyway; according to legend their greenseers brought "the hammer of the waters" down onto the Arm in an attempt to stop human migration into Westeros. Not that it worked, for that matter.[[/labelnote]]
* PlayingWithFire: Able to throw blue fireballs from their bare hands. Assuming they weren't some sort of small chemical bombs, anyway.
* NotSoExtinct: As discovered by Bran and co.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Are said to be thousands of years old, but physically resemble children.
* ShroudedInMyth: In-universe.
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!The Three-Eyed Raven
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You will never walk again. But you will fly."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Struan Rodger

->''"I have been many things. Now I am what you see."''

A greenseer whose human body is bonded to the roots of a weirwood tree. He has sought out Bran Stark to help develop his own warging abilities, appearing in his visions as an eerie raven with three eyes. He appears in his physical form at the end of Season 4, being enmeshed in the roots of a large weirwood tree, located beneath a cave on a hill.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the books, the Three-Eyed Raven, a.k.a. Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers was an albino with one red eye and one wide open eye socket, pierced through with Weirwood tree roots that kept him alive; in the TV show he's an old, bearded man who seems to be merely tangled in the tree roots instead of actually pierced by them.
* DreamWeaver: How he communicates with Bran.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Literally! Though only officially introduced in the season 4 finale, he's appeared since season 1 as the three-eyed raven.
* TheMentor: Since the start of the series, he's been driving Bran toward him; in order to fully develop his unprecedented abilities.
* MysteriousBacker: To Bran. He's been sending him visions ever since Bran lost his legs.
* TheOmniscient: He appears to be all-knowing.
--> "I have been watching you, all of you, all of your lives. With a thousand eyes, and one."
* PragmaticAdaptation: To have the three-eyed raven actually talking would likely look rather silly onscreen, so instead he just squawks, and it's up to Osha and Jojen to explain the exact meaning behind him.
* WizardBeard: It's presumably difficult to have a shave when you're stuck in a big tree.
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* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Westerosi]]: The original inhabitants of Westeros; and are said to be practitioners of powerful, ancient magic.[[labelnote: From the books...]]They are the reason the Broken Arm, the shattered land bridge on the eastern end of Dorne that once connected Westeros to Essos, is broken. Or that's what they say, anyway; according to legend their greenseers brought "the hammer of the waters" down onto the Arm in an attempt to stop human migration into Westeros.[[/labelnote]]

A warg whose human body is bonded to a tree. He has sought out Bran Stark to help develop his own warging abilities, appearing in his visions as an eerie raven with three eyes. He appears in his physical form at the end of Season 4, being enmeshed in the roots of a large weirwood tree, located beneath a cave on a hill.

* TheMentor: Since the start of the series, he's been driving Bran toward him; in order to fully develop his unprecedented warging abilities.

* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Native Westerosi]]: The original inhabitants of Westeros; and are said to be practitioners of powerful, ancient magic.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the books, the Three-Eyed Raven, a.k.a. Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers was an albino with one red eye and one wide open eye socket, pierced through with Weirwood tree roots that kept him alive; in the TV show he's an old, bearded man who seems to live in a tree trunk.

* NotSoExtinct: As discovered by Bran and Co.

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[[caption-width-right:345:''"You will never walk again. But you will fly."'']]

* PlayingWithFire: Able to throw blue fireballs from their bare hands.

* CreepyChild: Beings thousands of years old with the bodies of children tend to fall into it.
* TheFairFolk: Seem rather detached from humanity and working on a different set of values in spite of being equally opposed to the White Walkers.

* NotSoExtinct: As discovered by Bran and co.

[[caption-width-right:345:''You will never walk again. But you will fly."'']]

->"I have been many things. Now I am what you see."

* HeroicAlbino: Only in the books. In the TV show, he is more of a WizardClassic.

* WizardBeard

* PragmaticAdaptation: To the three-eyed raven actually talking would likely look rather silly onscreen, so instead he just squawks, and it's up to Osha and Jojen to explain about the meaning behind him.

* TheMentor: Since the start of the series, he's been driving Bran toward him to fully develop his unprecedented warging abilities.
* MysteriousBacker: To Bran. He's been sending him visions since Bran lost his legs.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The three-eyed raven talking would likely look silly onscreen, so instead he just squawks, and it's up to Osha and Jojen to explain the meaning behind him.

* Adaptational Attractiveness: In the books, the Three-Eyed Raven, a.k.a. Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers was an albino with one red eye and one wide open eye socket, pierced through with Weirwood tree roots that kept him alive; in the TV show he's a Wizard Classic who seems to live in a tree trunk.

!Bloodraven

->''"You will never walk again. But you will fly."''

A warg whose human body is bonded to a tree. He has sought out Bran Stark to help develop his own warging abilities.

The original inhabitants of Westeros, who created the weirwood trees still worshipped in the North as the Old Gods. They defeated the White Walkers along with the First Men, but then the First Men turned on them and supposedly hunted them to extinction. But rumors persist that they still survive somewhere, and are waiting for the return of their old enemies.