[Answer] What Was Bran’s Role in Episode 3 of Game of Thrones Season 8, and What Use Might He Have Afterwards?

[Answer] What Was Bran’s Role in Episode 3 of Game of Thrones Season 8, and What Use Might He Have Afterwards?

Bran’s role in Season 8, Episode 3 has already been thoroughly discussed by many high-profile answerers, so here’s a quick summary of the main views: he was responsible for warging into the ravens and providing aerial shots, which is by far the most crowd-pleasing answer; he rolled his eyes back to provoke the Night King, who could sense him and, once aware, came straight for Bran; he directed the ravens to bring Arya in like an airdrop so she could make the kill; or he was supposed to go back and alter history, only to botch it and end up becoming the Night King himself...

As for Bran’s role in the few remaining episodes, here’s some speculation. I think Bran may disappear as early as Episode 4: either he dies along with the Night King, much like Melisandre, or he inherits the full identity and mission of the Three-Eyed Raven and returns north of the Wall to wander in exile. If Bran does not disappear, then it may become impossible for the story’s remaining conflicts to function. Even if Cersei has vast armies, they are no match for an all-knowing, all-seeing surveillance camera like Bran. If Bran were to send a raven carrying Arya, she could very well cross the battlefield unscathed and assassinate every leader on Cersei’s side.

Taking all of this together, Bran will probably be written out of the show in Episode 4.