Who is the most powerful Stark skinchanger?

[@highlandoutsider]

Whats interesting about Arya warging the cat is that she is still in control of her body, it might not be an indication of "power" but more a sign of finer control over the ability.

[@RollMeAFat1]

Like a tennis player being able to place the ball directly where they would like vs being able to hit harder and farther perhaps?

[@bennett420316]

​@@RollMeAFat1zm Terrible analogy

[@highlandoutsider]

@@RollMeAFat1 I woulda gone for scalpel Vs chainsaw, but yeah whatever makes sense for ya 👍😅🎾

[@polaris_503]

And what shows her power is the line from varymir 6 skins in his POV prologue, where he says that cats are vary hard because they don't want you there and they actively let you know that they really don't want you there

[@williamhermann6635]

Jaqen H'gar should check her midichlorians

[@samindaheath]

That note about silent ghost and Jon hearing him blew my mind. Even after 3 rereads that never really clicked

[@venbruen]

Same same

[@williamhermann6635]

Order of the Greenhand have been talking about this for years. They use it as evidence that Jon is the oldest of the Stark children and Ghost was the oldest of the direwolves. Ghost was the only one whos eyes were open and the connection with Jon happened almost immediately.

[@samindaheath]

@williamhermann6635 like to hear more of this because I’m not sure how that connects to Jon being the oldest when it’s assumed Jon was born during the events at the tower of joy and that was on campaign after robbs birth. I’m gonna go look into it

[@ronin7615]

I read a theory that Bloodraven made Jon find Ghost because he has plans for him, both Bloodraven and Ghost are albino with red eyes

[@novedad4468]

It seems more likely to me that it was Blood raven who made Jon hear Ghost, given that he was the one sending the pupps South of the wall. But even if, puppies are more likely to squeal since they are dependent on the attention for their mother. It would make total sense that Ghost had become silent once he matured, even if he made noises as a puppy.

[@danwindham1]

Robb also would sit staring at maps for hours, unmoving and nonresponsive. According to Jeyne, describing it to Catelyn. That's pretty solid evidence he's inside Grey Wind.

[@samindaheath]

@@danwindham1 imagine if he’s tracking grey winds movements through areas on the maps scouting. If he was advanced enough to be in his own body and greywind at once this is such a cool possibility

[@eric2500]

Like that, might have given Robb some military intel on the enemy's movements.

[@BitterSteel69]

Bran is obviously the most powerful, but it’s noteworthy that Arya is able to keep her warming connection with Nymeria from across the narrow sea which implies that she is quite powerful. In fact, there’s good reason to believe that her powerful skinchanging abilities are what made the faceless men take interest in her to begin with. I would be extremely surprised if the magic of the faceless men didn’t have a connection to skin changing. There’s a reason why she keeps getting promoted in her faceless men training despite consistently failing.

[@pdderek]

@@BitterSteel69 her recruit calls her wolf child...he knows what he was doing

[@cameronjames3499]

"she keeps getting promoted in her faceless men training despite consistently failing" I see her more like a foreign cultural exchange student on a gap year (or 5) taking an accelerated honorary degree so she can apply some of the general principles to her own separate discipline.

[@eric2500]

Not sure she is getting promoted - I think she is getting initiated and tested. I feel sure that they are having conversations about her obvious talent and her persistent individuality and they will decide she is best as a warg spy- or maybe there is someone on her list they or a client want dead -like Cersei for instance...

[@eric2500]

In another, sillier variation of the FM and Arya who is just not really all the way with the program, the FM break out in song something like The Sound of Music's *"How do you solve a problem like Maria?"* 😁

[@archive_kev9958]

I wonder how the faceless men feel about her skin changing over all. Obviously it’s a good asset for what they try to do, but it’s also very much connected to her identity as a Stark, which they want her to deny.

[@nomar5spaulding]

I would add that Rickon is able to control Shaggydog. No one else really can and it's not like Rickon was out there doing rigorous training. They must clearly be connected very strongly, and it hints at Rickon's potential abilities.

[@GaryGillKeeper]

Nah, Shaggydog will start controlling Bran, and he'll start humping a cushion at an extremely inappropriate moment.

[@ulvetid.01]

Rickon was also down in the crypts long before Bran.

[@itskyyuuuu]

Rickon could warg at will at 3 years old before bran even knew what it was.

[@RollMeAFat1]

@@itskyyuuuuprobably something to be said about youth and ones inherent connection to nature before learning anything

[@williamhermann6635]

I hope Davos finds Rickon on top of a unicorn surrounded by a giant Shaggydog, an army of animals, and Skaagosi savages just ready for war.

[@Hannah_MusicBird]

I find it interested that in Arya’s chapters Numeria never eats humans and it even mentioned that she doesn’t while her pack does. It’s always made me wonder if subconsciously in ideal situations the wargs won’t break the 3 rules.

[@MiljaHahto]

Bran teaching his remaining siblings and warging becoming a bigger thing in the last books would indeed be something! To wait for.

[@GaryGillKeeper]

Except when Bran starts warging his siblings, he loves a human warg

[@Cross_111]

Unfortunately not something we will get to read…like ever… ^^

[@samindaheath]

@@Cross_111 best we can do is dream

[@thegatorhator6822]

It would be QUITE the sight.

[@BlazesRat]

​@@samindaheathwrite a fanfic!!! Lol

[@lyarrastark6254]

Great video as usual. Thank you, Robert. For Bran, skinchanging is the easiest because his own body is broken. He is looking for ways to compensate for that. As you mentioned, Aria, when she lost the use of her eyes temporarily, learned to warg cats. So far, Jon hasn't had a reason to explore his warging abilities.

[@eric2500]

He keeps doing it accidentally though...

[@eric2500]

You can say dying is a reason....

[@amdreallyfast]

Bran: tries to control Ghost Ghost: "Occupied"

[@peterusmc20]

@amdreallyfast well we see varamir take over orels eagle while still inside it and we see bran feel another person inside a crow. I think we have been shown quite clearly that two people can be inside the same creature especially if one has died and is living a second life inside it, if anything it's easier. In fact I think we've seen ghost having been warged by others (imo future bran but that's tinfoil) already on a few occasions. When he finds the dragonglass and the horn, when he alerts the brothers to Jon's presence to get him caught etc and possibly by melisandre or something similar to charm him. What hasn't been shown is anyway to push the other person out. Orel changed varamirs personality a bit after he took the eagle, seems to be more of a dominating than a kicking out. The only real evidence to the contrary I've seen is varamir's talk of "stealing" a creature and in regard to ghost in particular (foreshadowing much) but from my understanding varamir has only "stolen" animals from other skin changers after they have died, my reading being he'd kill jon then take ghost. If anything then to me it's more likely someone else will try to warg ghost during this time and like bran with the raven realise that jon is in ghost and maybe even be able to communicate with him. Maybe mel, maybe bran maybe even the skin changer with the boar at the wall currently. If it happens I think it had been foreshadowed. From what I've seen when someone dies and is living a second life in their beast their will is "weaker" they are less able to resist another skin changer.

[@amdreallyfast]

@peterusmc20 that's a bigger lore/theory drop than I expected; I haven't read the books yet and am mostly here for IDG's theories :)

[@eric2500]

@@peterusmc20 The nearest skin changer to dead Jon at the moment is the man with the boar - Varamir being miles away and in an ordinary wolf - one that Summer dominated just as a bigger wolf...

[@peterusmc20]

@eric2500 maybe I misremember but I thought that varamir "died" permanently after trying and failing to take over the wildling girl in the woods.

[@JosephNobles]

One in a thousand is a warg... but six in one family, one technically a cousin to all the rest, not a half-brother. And what do they all have in common besides growing up in Winterfell? The direwolf pups. How did Mama Direwolf get south of the wall?

[@RW77777777]

Bloodraven *dramatic chipmunk turn*

[@danasibai2709]

Other than the dire wolves which apparently triggered their abilities, I believe it’s hinted that it is in their bloodline but has only emerged this strongly now with the return of magic. It’s said that lyanna was half horse as well. The starks of old married the daughters of the warg kings as well. The last hero had a dog companion too(perhaps a direwolf). I think it likely that in the past, starks were wargs and had direwolves like now but the history faded

[@inthefade]

I've been wondering how the mother wolf got South of the wall and then died. It seems planned and the Three Eyed Raven is the obvious culprit. Or Bran. It is something that I want to hear analyzed.

[@Krullio]

Well Blood Raven is by extensions the old Gods. So the old Gods sent her South. There is also that theory (very Frank Herbert Dune like) that certain houses have been purposefully crossed (inkniwningly, and atleast the targaryans have been, leading to Jon). It is not far Fletched to have similar, unknown, plans for houses like the Starks too. Prepping the house for genetic slumbering powers waiting for a catalyst to activate.

[@eric2500]

@@danasibai2709 The Starks and all the Houses of the North intermarried with the warg kings, and then with one another, so there you are.

[@TabuKat]

Bless your heart, there will never be a next book. Love the analysis, regardless!

[@lou6kh963]

Why the pessimisme? In GRRM we trust

[@BarryAlen-oy9zj]

I'm confident the books are written & will be published & released upon his death

[@fisherlard]

@@BarryAlen-oy9zjsend a faceless man😅

[@lou6kh963]

@@fisherlard im dialing Arya's number rn

[@patrickb1303]

Yea I don’t think he even wants to finish it at this point. I think he was planning on doing something similar to the tv show. Then he saw how much we all hated it. And decided fuck it better to die a famous writer then finish the book and people don’t like the end.

[@shehryarkhattak4198]

It would be so much epic if Jon could bond with Rhaegal in the books just like in the show except in the books he will be able to skinchange into Rhaegal and possibly learn about his targaryen blood while in Rhaegal's mind through that connection

[@zachjones8393]

god this gets me hyped for winds whenever it is released...

[@davidlewis8814]

The Winds of Whenever is actually a pretty funny joke

[@GavinMcCollum]

Oh, you sweet summer child

[@kajagoogoo9613]

Lol. You'll have to wait until someone picks up the mantle for Martin.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Robb Stark. he literally had his human head replaced with a wolfs head.

[@LordSluggo]

Morbid but technically correct

[@BSZ76]

Too soon

[@Ar1AnX1x]

spoilers wtf

[@thanostolentino]

Bro that joke was so dark cops shot it.

[@duepunishment]

Walder Frey has a KZbin account?

[@olixpatdo8181]

It would be wonderful if Sansa could warg into Ramsay's dogs then take care of Ramsay

[@BumboDClown]

This video is doing something to my ASoIaF chemistry! The way you discussed Arya was really helpful in probing my mind to new ways of imagining her story progressing. I suspect, because of the motifs and themes and cultural ideas explored in the A Dance With Dragons Prologue, one of the starks will delve into the realm of committing ABOMINATION. They all lack formal warg training from someone like… I think his name was Hagen? The Warg who trained Varameir. His story was reflective of the old ways, and how the skin changer powers were rife with opportunity for immorality. Varameir skin changing and attempting to steal thistles body is very likely, to occur with other stark children in my opinion. John, Arya, and Bran (with the Hodor twist), could all explore the idea of the possible immortality of skin changing to achieve one’s goals. Warg culture is one of the most interesting aspects of this universe. The old ways. How it all interplays with the trees.

[@xina968]

Thank you Robert, as always, great video❤

[@Ar1AnX1x]

it would be wild if Jon doesn't actually get resurrected in the books and lives the rest of his days in ghost, after all his last word is Ghost

[@danielriley8131]

What if Jon actually did warg into Ghost and with Ghost’s senses and link to Summer, goes to find Bran, Bran recognises Ghost is actually Jon and Jon’s body is dead so Bran teaches Jon to warg into Hodor? Now that would be something.

[@pdderek]

​@@danielriley8131Varamyr would still be trying to warg humans as his old one eyed ghost if that was an option

[@globesurfer122]

Yeaaa but there's just so much foreshadowing that Jon will warg Ghost and then return to his body. Wouldn't make sense if he stayed dead.

[@danielriley8131]

⁠@@pdderekbut we know Varamyr isn’t powerful enough to warg into a human. We don’t know how powerful Jon’s warging is, or how much Bran could help hone his abilities. Let’s go back to the finding of the dire wolves: the wolves of the Stark children were found together. That would have been absolute earliest point they started developing their links But Jon heard Ghost without even having met him. He hadn’t had a point to even begin to develop a link. Yet were are repeatedly reminded about Ghost being mute. Robert quite pointedly brought all that up.

[@pdderek]

@danielriley8131 varamyr controlled SIX VIOLENT ANIMALS at once. They all wanted to kill him desperately and yet he's roll into battle with them ALL. I disagree. I think he was meant to show us exactly what a very strong warg can do. V almost successfully took over a healthy wildling ON HIS DEATHBED. Bran struggles to control a BIRD...and he can skin change a retarded half giant named hodor...not an incredible feat IMO when placed next to varamyr. As for Jon and Ghost? Jon heard blood raven. Not ghost. Bloodraven put the animals there and made sure they were found

I like the theory that Robb died twice: once in the wedding and the second time when he wargs into Grey Wind.

[@WarKrieg]

I'm surprised Robert missed this. It makes so much sense when explained.

[@The_Bashar]

Happy New Year and thank you for this specific video 🫡🙏🏿

[@StartTheJoust]

I always had a headcanonic idea that Robbs connection to Greywind deepened when he was injured at the Crag.

[@NameOptional-p9u]

Great video as always. I think it would be nice to see Sansa learn something to help protect herself. Maybe using those "little birds" as spies to know what others are plotting, or dogs/cats, or even be able to use animals as a means of protection.

[@lyannatargaryen3223]

I think there is strong evidence that Lyanna and Brandon were wargs and bonded with their horses. The way other characters describe them riding horses sounds like warging. Also, Daenerys sounds like she wargs her Silver when she jumps the fire, and maybe later Drogon. If she became strong enough, she could warg all three dragons at once (I'm sure she won't but a fun thought). She does have first men blood.

[@Jeudaos]

just imagining bran and arya teaching there simblings. But then even more, I don't know how many wolves are left, but imagining all the wolves together, WITH nimeria's pack. Just the thought sounds dope af

[@thegovernment0usa]

Just this morning, I sent the "Old Nan" video to a friend of mine, to introduce her to IDG. In my opinion, that one is Robert at his best, doing what he does, making it compelling, informative, and grounded. Suddenly there's a brand new video just today! After she responded quite positively to that one, I'm hoping she'll let me know she watched/listened to this new one. She introduced me to Alt Shift X and I appreciate that channel, but IDG just speaks to me in a way ASX just doesn't.

[@peterusmc20]

@thegovernment0usa I don't find IDG to necessarily be the most entertaining asoif youtuber but I do think he is the most correct in regards to predictions lmao and probably the best at clearly presenting the evidence etc. Very easy to listen to, could do so for hours.

[@mattcuti2961]

We need to talk about how Rickon Stark is more powerful than anybody gives him credit for. As a todler, he wargs into three dire wolves at once. Plus the foresight

[@itskyyuuuu]

Preach. These commenters are all clueless

[@mattcuti2961]

@@itskyyuuuu clueless is a bit harsh imo. It's magic, and it's all pretty unexplored still. I've got my fair share of wild ass tinfoil theories. That being said, everybody will see it when Davos finds Rickon riding Shaggy, leading a unicorn army haha

[@pdderek]

@@mattcuti2961 when did Rickon warg any wolf? He has dreams like the other kids. What chapter does Rickon control a wolf in?

[@novedad4468]

Wait, when does he warg into 3 direwolves at once?

[@mattcuti2961]

@pdderek in a Tyrion chapter in Game. Tyrion is on his way back from the wall. He gives Bran the saddle design. When Rickon walks into the hall, Grey Wind, Summer, and Shaggy all get pissed at Tyrion. It's not full control, but it's emotional control. And it's so strong that Robb and Bran have trouble recalling their own wolves. He's young and very raw, but there's a lot of power there

I'm sure skinchanging with direwolves goes both ways. I remember a couple of times that Jon zones out and then does not remember how he won a fight. To me, that always meant that Ghost took over.

[@larryroberts3598]

For the Watch, the Lord Commander and First Ranger Bittersteel! Greetings to my Black Brothers!

[@crazychimp1324]

A 19 minute video in the morning , exactly what I needed thank you

[@dmitc01]

Pity we would never know how strong they can become

[@hadirazhar9362]

Bran, Arya, John, Rickon, Sansa, then Rob. Although I think Arya would have been the strongest by big margin had she had any training or knowledge. She basically stumbled upon the skill as you said but she is flying it.

[@yami_323]

I think there's a way we find about Robb's connection level with Grey Wind: Jayne Westerlilng.

[@Sitam519]

I guess its Aria. She wargs across the narrow sea without eny training

[@stennostenno1346]

I always thought that the Hound became Sansas direwolf in some way

[@RyanAKAStreakk]

Nah it's kinda the opposite. The hound was jealous of neds ability to be honourable and respected without having to bow and scrape to an unjust lord like joffrey, he tried to save sansa, and then saved Arya as part of his redemption arc, so Arya/sansa were his wolf, the guiding light towards the type of behavior embodied by ned and the northerners

[@jimmygreer2140]

Currently in the books I would say it's Arya because she's been able to warg while not being in a trance-like state. I'm sure being blinded has helped her tremendously with "using her 3rd eye" like that. But I feel like the one with the greatest potential is going to be Jon because of the blood of the dragon he's got. He is everything Rhaegar was hoping would come true. The blood of Old Valyria and of the First Men combined into a great & just warrior/leader. It was interesting. I never caught onto Sansa's connection to the falcons of the Eyrie until you brought it up. That is pretty clever.

[@gloweye]

Bran also benefits from the "lost a sense" type of deal, by losing his legs. Not walking on his own might also have helped him develop his skinchanging, just like being blind for Arya. Still, with his active training, I would argue that at the moment he is the most powerful by far. Jon will stay weak until he accepts what he is and starts actually developing the ability. Arya has no moral constraints, which will make her strong as well. Sansa grabbing birds sounds like a good idea to me. There's a few hints that she might become a spymistress if she starts using her brain, and overhearing things while skinchanging into birds will help a lot with that.

[@Ire-mw9cc]

Poor Sansa, losing Lady so soon...

[@williamhermann6635]

I hope we get a Jon pov chapter while his spirit is inside of ghost and he watches his body get resurrected through Ghost's eyes. Then his body possessed by an angry weirwood spirit goes on a rampage. That would be badass.

[@andersonic]

One scene I loved in the series' troubled final seasons was Sansa feeding Ramsay to his own dogs. Yes they're starving but they do her bidding instead of his. In that moment she has the power and a bit of payback for Lady.

[@presidentcamacho6972]

Ramsay didn't kill Lady so how is that payback?

[@andilea-mab4199]

Ghost and Shaggy dog are the only direwolves to be greenseer

[@AKWatchX]

Bran is def number 1 and I've always put Arya at number 2. Jon third, Robb fourth, Rickon fifth, Sansa last. I do look forward to seeing if Sansa's ability ever transfers to the birds. Great vid as always.

[@mariusgiik]

All the Stark kids Wolfs reflects their eventual destiny. Not sure if you have talked about this before but it would make a good video. John: is dead and comes back as a "ghost " Rob: was like a Storm of Swords plowing through his enemies until the storm died down and he only became a "gray wind" Rickon: will become like a wild dog, separated from his family and growing up with canibals on Skagos. "Shaggy Dog" story is also used to describe a pointless story or a pointless ending 😢 Sansa: will eventually became the "lady" of Winterfell. Maybe learn to play little fingers games. Aria: will become a warrior, crossing the sea from Essos like "Nymeria" the warrior Princess Bran: and i personally believe Bran is a key part in ending the story and bring back "summer" Or im just reading into it to much 😂👍🏼

[@Drecon84]

When thinking about this before starting the video I actually forgot Rickon existed.

[@pdderek]

I haven't watched, but it's Arya. She does half of what bran is doing with NO HELP whatsoever.

[@itskyyuuuu]

Rickon was doing it at 3 years old.

[@pdderek]

@itskyyuuuu no, he merely had the same dreams all children did experiencing what his wolf experienced...passively. There is no evidence Rickon was actively controlling shaggy dog that I can recall. Arya is intentionally throwing her consciousness into a Cat. Catelyn...Cat of the Canals...skin changing cats at age 9 without training. She's the real G

[@erinhardick4803]

Arya though I wish I could witness when she really starts using and learning that power.

[@TheDarkElder]

Still optimistic we'll eventually get to the final books, huh? Well for what it's worth, currently surely Bran with his multiple abilities and training from Blood Raven. Arya can also change into more than her wolf, several of the others are still somewhat unexplored in the story we got - or their wolf is gone in Lady's case, i.e. Sansa could find a new bond, or share some with Nymeria? We may never find out.

[@AskMia411]

I would love to see Sansa's skinchanger abilities manifest in her story, especially with all her bird imagery. We've yet to see one of the starks warg birds regularly, and the idea of Sansa unleashing a flock of ravens or falcons on littlefinger or other enemies would be awesome. Although given her character arc it's probably more likely she'll use them to spy and gain knowledge to play the game of thrones. Either way, is love to see that.

[@davewade30]

I love the optimism that we will actually be getting a next book! I for one, have given up. I've moved on to hoping he leaves copious notes for someone else to finish. Like Robert Jordan did with Wheel of Time. IDK who I'd want to finish it, but I'd like someone to.

[@LilacJream]

Also with Robb consider the scene where they had captured Jamie and he was in that little makeshift prison in their camp. Grey Wind slowly stalks around him and then Robb appears. They chat and Robb takes his leave while Grey Wind gets very close to Jamie and snaps at. him as if he were going to bite his face. I believe Robb was fully in control of his wolf in that scene. And of course the whole biting the fingers of Lord Umber.

[@eric2500]

I can fantasize about a reunited Bran Arya and Sansa sitting in a protected place, appearing to sit out a battle as two ladies and a crippled boy, warging wolves and birds!

[@BaldingClamydia]

What upsets me the most is how close the Stark kids were, compared to all the other families we see, and yet they're broken up across the world. I think when any of them get together, they will be so much stronger and more confident than anyone expects

[@Zach-sx8cm]

I learned something from the dog whisperer. He said dogs understand body language better than humans. I can’t remember if this is the only reason but he explained that since they don’t orally communicate as specifically as we do, they pay close attention to body language. And that benefits them as pack animals! So the stark wolves may not need to mind read as much as one may think!

[@julianst.8492]

Hey robert, another excellent video, thank you very much for that. I really enjoy the latest series of videos about the Starks. :) I recently wanted to rewatch your old playlist of "Ned, Lyana and all that" some time ago but it seems like you unlisted or deleted it. Quite a shame I loved it! So I wanted to ask if we can expect a reboot of this playlist, is that something youre currently working on or planning to do in the future? :) Much love and appreciation from Germany

[@maureenstrang6130]

I've always found it interesting that the skin changing ability comes out after a grave injury. Arya being blind and Bran crippled. Looking forward to what dying means for Jon's abilities.

[@peterusmc20]

@maureenstrang6130 arguably the greatest kind of Injury

[@danielriley8131]

@@maureenstrang6130 when did Robb have a grave injury?

[@maureenstrang6130]

@danielriley8131 other than having his head cut off? Robb had wolf dreams, but I don't believe that he showed that he could deliberately possess something or someone. I could be mistaken

[@danielriley8131]

@@maureenstrang6130 Robb didn’t have any wolf dreams after he was killed, did he? So that has no bearing. So what was the grave injury that would triggered his wolf dreams in the first place? None occur in the books. So you can only link injuries to Arya and Bran developing warging abilities.

[@maureenstrang6130]

@@danielriley8131 that was my point. They all may have had wolf dreams and saw through their wolf's eyes while asleep, but Brand and Arya could consciously warg into another animal or human

[@nichtimchor]

Well who would have guessed. Its indeed the one who is continuesly called the most powerful

[@AnotherZenThought]

Since you only said Starks and not the stark children my answer is the night’s king or the Warg King. They both sound like they have abilities surpassing the current generation, even Bran.

[@Scott-po6go]

Robb was the one guy who kept his head about him when everything went south. Robb and his wolf were as close as master and pet possibly could be. They knew what each other was thinking.

[@bennett420316]

Also "Ghost" was a runt unexpected to survive. 😢

[@OurThing1389]

Obviously Bran is the most skilled warg, Arya second. Its disheartening to have to wait so long and still not know if or when the next book will come out. Thank you Robert, i always enjoy your videos.

[@dzzope]

There will be more books, they are already outlined and his team do a heck of a lot of the work already, they already planned to finish without Martin.

[@itskyyuuuu]

No. Rickon is much more talented. Was warging at will at 3 years old in the crypts. Before bran even knew what it was. He will come back from skagos with an army of beasts.

[@samindaheath]

@@dzzope I’m pretty sure this is just untrue. I thought grrm had said the books won’t go on without him

[@mikelambsworld4368]

Jon is second to Bran in this regard, but Jon seems more powerful than anyone realizes, as a skinchanger. Just a sense I get, especially when I'm reading the books.

[@eric2500]

Bran, of course, followed closely by Arya, who is not even trying and still dreams wolf dreams with a sea between them. Then Jon, Rickon and then Sansa. ALTHOUGH if Rickon dies perhaps Sansa can form an attachment with Shaggydog.

[@nathananderson7379]

We know from Varamyr and Borroq that wargs can sense other wargs and their potential power. Skinchanging and wargs seem to be far more respected and accepted by the wildlings and while House Skagos obstensibly offers allegiance to House Stark, they seem to have far more in common culturally with the wildings than with other 'noble' northern houses. And so. presumably, there will be wargs among the Skagosi (maybe skinchanging into unicorns?) who will sense Rickon's potential as a warg and train him accordingly.

[@connormitchell6446]

Ned warged into a pigeon that Arya ate so Ned warged into Arya

[@facundomedina9762]

Arya killed the pigeon before Ned's execution

[@Pap602]

Each dog is their owner. Same with the Dragon and their riders. In a GOT, you can see the imagery between the direwolves and the dragon eggs. So it's an ice and fire thing. Direwolves and Dragons are the same in the way they bond with their owners.

[@peterusmc20]

@Pap602 sadly direwolves don't seem able to weaponise ice breath

[@Pap602]

@peterusmc20 but they do weaponize ripping throats out and taking out parts of the Lannisters army, but yes, no ice breathe lol

[@p.c.howard7025]

Great video

[@apacalypsagon3758]

I always thought their warh powers awoke from something up north like some distant ancestor whos magic is ringing all the way down it's descendants. Like dio in jojos bizzare adventure.

[@dzzope]

Has to be Bran, at least by where we leave the books, no-one else can warg on demand and definitely can't take a person.

[@imcubanb2870]

I feel bad for those who are still waiting for this series to continue and finish. Finish the book, George!

[@darthknowl9222]

Arya. She can sense her Wolf while in Essos

[@magister343]

I for one still think that in the show they should have made Sansa's eyes go white like Bran's and perhaps shown her licking her lips while the hounds devoured Ramsay Bolton.

[@J0W1]

Bran is the one that has developed his skills the most. So he is the most powerful by default. But we don't really know the scope of Rickon's powers. John's may be intensified because he's a mix of Ice and Fire. Or R's and J's may just be different from Bran's.

[@Kennylaggins]

Ned, he is in Mormont’s raven. 😂

[@aneisleeper5515]

He's in a pigeon

[@peterusmc20]

Nonsense ned didn't really believe in the old gods according to his pov, was far away from the raven and might not have even known of its existence and was not in contact with anyone we know could have taught him any skin changing. Also ned would not have any plot reason to be in the raven except that it would be notable to jon... That all doesn't apply to benjen however!! Benjen is in the raven!! He's been missing since book 2 and constantly mentioned, the raven is sus, notable quotes of the raven acting up when benjen is mentioned, is from a known skin changer bloodline, regularly going beyond the wall and was not far apart from bloodraven having been at the wall and friends of his and other rangers like quorin halfhand immediately recognise jon as a warg, he intimately knew the raven and has motive to try and help jon and Mormont if he could. The wall has been shown to stop people warging creatures from one side to the other, see orel's eagle and varamir or jon and ghost. So while bloodraven/bran maybe are just powerful enough or have a way to get around it via weirwoods etc it doesn't make much sense that bloodraven is warging the raven from the other side of the wall. Benjen is bird is just so true in my eyes if he isn't coldhands which I don't think he is.

[@Kennylaggins]

This, is what makes him the most powerful. 😂

[@BlazesRat]

I need a fanfic of the Starks where they work out their powers together!!!! If there is one out there, please point me to it, if not.... SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE IT 😂😂

[@byeoocg]

Bloodraven telling bran he will do more than one animal or being at a time is mind boggling. Imagine brans sense of self is outside his body and roams to wherever he sees fit or even his will manifests outside of his body and controls both at once and with practice becomes 3 then 4 then 20 and then just becomes the old god

[@organic723]

...the One that warged into a different book, by an author that finished his work!

[@thegatorhator6822]

I like how this is just entirely not in the show for any but Bran so if you come from it then you're in for a shock.

[@Edvin3000]

Could you make a video about what Dany sees in the House of the undying

[@Pap602]

The biggest question is which one will have children to pass on the Stark lineage.

[@therealottawasteph]

I hope that Dark John can connect with Rhaegal or Viserion, Daenerys's dragons. Who's with me? 🐉🐺

[@pawefratczak9868]

I'd like to suggest adding at which point in the story is the video made in the description, it would help new fans place it better and old fans remember clearer

[@elaine_of_shalott6587]

Have some of your older videos been removed? I went looking for your series on Robert's Rebellion, particularly the Howland/Ashara video and couldn't find it?

[@RyanAKAStreakk]

I always felt like sansa losing her wolf on the way south was a metaphor for going aouth being her downfall and the death of her family. Going south is a common metaphor for bad things happening. Theres a ton of stmbolism and foreshadowing in the first books

[@Holydiver88]

By far the worst part of this video is that it makes me genuinely excited for more. And then I remember there is absolutely no way grrm is going to finish the book and finish all those great stories. It's kind of painful really because the video makes it so interesting

[@anthonylehnerz9649]

Seeing Bran skinchange into a dragon would be cool

[@KittysInu]

5:19 i think the subtext here isnt that hes talking about a different kind of wolf. Hes stating that they wont be your pet, which is true for wolves in real life. But you can be a member if their pack, and packs operate within families (the only time wolf packs have "Alpha males" are in captivity situations where pack members are mixed together). So as the person who raised and properly cared for the wolf, Robb became that wolf's father. Its more a relationship of respect than it is domestication. Which is even more profound to do with a wild dire wolf of the north than it would be to tame it.

[@taureansynner6993]

My Head Canon is King Robb, Grey Wind, Lady, Ned and all other Starks went to the Weirwood Net (guided by BloodRaven, knowing that Bran would want his family/pack brought 'home') and then they would be able to speak to living Starks later on. I want the Pack reunited 😞

[@lifemattersnot]

Hey Robert can you do a video on the different Witcher schools and there origin. No specific topic i just really like the cdpr lore and want more people to know about it

[@pankratos5017]

Tony Stark. He can skinchange at-will into a gold-and-titanium full suit of armor.

[@duru2882]

It makes you wonder, were there any other Starks: Ned, Bejin, Lyanna,Brandon(eldest)…etc? They are all referred to as wolves “The Red Wolf”or just have “Wolf Dreams”?

[@OscarEqualsLove]

I remember on my second re-read wondering why in the world Jaqen very clearly seems to have chosen Arya. I realized the idea of him being captured and shackled like a common thief is ridiculous. If he was taken prisoner it was only because he allowed it - somehow knowing this would lead him to cross paths with Arya and facilitate their introduction. I started wondering why he was even in King’s Landing at all since, as far as we know, he wasn’t on a mission to give the gift of death or assassinate anyone. No, he was definitely solely there for HER. Pretty odd. Why? There are plenty of hate-filled and talented little girls that would make even better prospects than Arya over in Braavos. Why make a month long trip just for her? (And no, Jaqen wasn’t the one hired by Euron to kill Balon, it doesn’t fit). I think Arya’s experiences of inhabiting another person’s skin and wearing their face is quite different than it is for common recruits. It would make a lot of sense that her skin-changing abilities would be important to an organization that literally wears other people’s skin. I believe with the order of the Faceless Men being seemingly thousands of years old they would’ve realized long ago that the most gifted were those who were born with this same ability Arya has. In the TV show they don’t touch upon it at all. But in the books this is going to be revealed to be extremely important. That the true Faceless Men, the ones like Jaqen, are all born skin-changers. All true Faceless Men are all skin-changers by birth. The defining characteristic that sets Arya apart from the others is that her powers were awakened as part of a pack. In nature there are no lone wolfs, they are biologically programmed to be pack animals. Her ability or desire to break her identity and fully embrace “no one” isn’t there. She literally can’t do it - become no one - become a lone wolf. In the end this what will ultimately send her back home parting ways with the Order and not being able to become No One.

[@reidcacaro2919]

Need to add “other than Bran” to the title to make it interesting. After him it’s definitely Jon in my opinion since he is the only one really aware of it other than Arya. Especially if the theory about him living on in ghost until his resurrection is true. I think his ability might grow stronger

[@studynot757]

Give me Jon Dragon-Warg Snow or give me nothing!

[@WhiteBoyFan4Eva]

Maybe someone from the community can answer this or hopefully In Deep Geek himself if no one else knows. Am I imagining things or did he have an entire series dedicated to "Robert's Rebellion" and or "What actually happened at the Tower of Joy"? I can't recall exactly what the series was called. But it was at least 20+ videos that I very vividly remember watching but can no longer find them. Did he delete this series off of his channel?

[@sattamx8680]

Bran > Arya > Jon > Robb > rickon > Sansa

[@uriustosh]

If all Greenseers must be wargs, then where is Jojen's warging? We never see him do it or to my memory he never discusses it in reference to himself. Jojen isnt a greenseer, he just has greensight, which is GRRM's way of half super saiyan him. He's got power too but not the real one just like the half convenient to the plot one. No one else has it that we know but its fits the plot and we cant have Jojen warging that diminishes Bran and he cant be a full greenseer for same reason. Point is Jojen's character is really convenient and one of GRRM's cheaper decisions.

[@GsoNice]

Arya is the most powerful. She naturally embraces her warg abilities without question. We hear that cats are the most difficult animal to warg, but she does it effortlessly. She is the most powerful.

[@Hochspitz]

Or at least she will give Bran a run for his money. However I doubt that we shall ever find out, sigh.

[@GsoNice]

​@Hochspitz I believe we will. There is a reason why he hasn't released his books yet. This is by design. They bored and ruined his show. He has motive to play real life spider....

[@thelateescapist8266]

Bran is clearly the most powerful at this point, but I believe that had circumstances been even slightly different any of the Stark children could have become a greenseer. Blood Raven said Bran's blood made him a greenseer, lol and the same blood flows through all of the Stark children's veins. While the text well establishes that one is born with the gifts of the old gods, I suspect that each individual's own experiences determines how their gift will develope. While all the Stark children whose wolves are still alive apparently have psychic connections to their wolves, only Arya can skinchange cats because she built a rapport with them while chasing them through the bowels of the Red Keep, and only Bran can skinchange Hodor because they built a rapport while Hodor was carrying Bran around Winterfell like his personal beast of burden, and Sansa's abilities haven't developed much at all because her wolf was killed so soon. Each of their unique experiences is demonstrated in the unique manifestation of their gifts. Even though Jon's abilities apparently manifested earlier, Bran gained conscious control of his abilities sooner due to the guidance of blood Raven and Jojen Reed, which only occurred after Bran was thrown from the First Keep. If one of the other Stark children had suffered such an ordeal instead, I suspect Blood Raven would have contacted them rather than Bran. And under his guidance Jon, Robb, Arya, Rickon, or even Sansa could have become a greenseer.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

did you guys know GRRM actually wrote a fanfiction where Jaime fights Cthulhu?

[@iamkrohn]

It wasn't fan fic it was part of TORs yearly vote for top character. Tyrion told him to slay the cultists before they summoned Cthulhu

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@iamkrohn I kind of really want to read this now.

[@MalindaPC]

So I guess Jamie really will fight Euron then?

[@eric2500]

I still think Arya might warg into the BAD CAT to harm Cersei or her children!

[@BadPotat]

Hmm being able to skin change into multiple humans at once turning them into a horde sounds familiar. What if the Great Other is a green seer on level with what bran with become but is dead and only able to skin change into dead things. The walk acts as the barrier for it, and perhaps it is time traveling bran and it will all end with King of Summer Bran breaking bread with King of Winter Bran.