Chapter 290

EDDARD STARK POV

"You're saying that Bran is a Greenseer now?" he asked Leaf who had made herself comfortable under the Heart tree.

That the meeting was taking place in the Godswood instead of his Solar said a lot about the culture of the Children of the Forest.

"Yes Lord Stark. Do you doubt my words?"

He opened his mouth but then closed it and shook his head "No."

He did not think that Leaf would lie about something so important while sitting under a Heart tree.

"How did you find out about… Bran being a Greenseer." Jon asked with a small frown.

Before Leaf could answer, Bran spoke up "Is the Greenseer the three eyed Raven real?"

He frowned at Bran's question and Leaf nodded. "He goes by many names. Three Eyed raven is one of them."

"What's a Three Eyed Raven?" Robb asked, looking just as confused as he felt.

Bran remained silent for a long moment, squirming under their gazes before he spoke "A crow that I meet in my dreams… when I was still in coma. He helped me fly."

The confusion in his heart grew. There were so many questions in his mind and he did not even know where to start.

"Why did you not tell us about this three eyed raven Bran?" Robb asked.

Bran squirmed in the Wheelchair and said "I… I thought it was all just a dream."

"Dreams can be pretty real for people like us boy." Briar said as she sat beside her large 6 legged lizard which was snoring loudly behind her and Leaf nodded as well.

"Without proper guidance, it is hard for people to differentiate between Green dreams and normal dreams."

"Is that why you're here?" Robb asked "To guide him."

Leaf shook her head.

"No. I'm here to take him to Lord Bloodraven. The Three Eyed Raven and the last Greenseer on Earth." Leaf said.

"Where does this… Lord Bloodraven lives." And wasn't that a morbid name "Does he live in Dreadfort as well?"

"No." Leaf shook her head "He live under a Weirwood Tree North of the Wall."

He frowned at that.

"You want me to send Bran North of the Wall?"

Leaf gave a nod.

"Absolutely not." He replied and got up from the stone he had been sitting on "I'm not going to send him there when the White Walkers might be roaming those lands."

Leaf wasn't affected by his anger and simply nodded.

"You want to protect you children Lord Stark. And that is commendable. But the Long Night is coming. And the presence of a Greenseer might mean the difference between everyone's life and death."

"But isn't this Lord Bloodraven a Greenseer as well?" Robb asked.

"Lord Bloodraven is more than 120 years old." Leaf said "He has already lived past the age of a normal human with the help of the Heart tree. But I'm afraid he can only extend his life so far. This is the only chance Bran has of learning about his heritage."

He did not know what to say to that.

On one hand, he wanted to protect his boy.

On other hand, if she was right and the presence of a Greenseer could indeed change the tide of the Battle against the White Walkers then by protecting his son, he might be dooming the whole North.

"I'll go." Bran said before he could come up with a reply.

He stared at his son, feeling proud and worried. The resolute expression on his face already told him that Bran won't back down on this and he could understand.

Bran had wanted to be a knight and join Kingsguard ever since he was a boy. Losing his legs robbed him of that and he had been depressed ever since.

Becoming the next Greenseer and protecting the whole world would give him the purpose that he had lost along with his legs.

After a long moment of silence, he finally nodded "You sure about this Bran. This is not a decision you can come back from."

Bran nodded decisively and he turned to Leaf.

"How are you going to send him up North?" Because without his legs Bran cannot travel on his own. And now that the White Walkers have started roaming the lands��

"He'll come to Dreadfort. From there, he'll be escorted by our Wargs to the Beyond the wall where he'll meet up with Lord Bolton who'll escort him the rest of the way." Briar said.

With that, the decision was made.

Two days later, Bran left Winterfell for Dreadfort.