the mysterious origin of the three-eyed Raven in previous videos we have talked about the origin of bryen rivers an illegitimate Targaryen who was sent to the wall to spend his last days of life but ended up becoming the three-eyed Raven however behind his story could be the story of a magical entity which has been trying to manipulate men for thousands of years the Game of Thrones is bigger than we think and some of the players have started to reveal themselves in this video we'll be talking about how Bryan River's story connects to Damons and what we might expect from the upcoming series of the Hedge Knight and for more videos from the universe of Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire don't forget to subscribe to this channel welcome to the three-eyed Raven before we start with this video if you want to participate in our giveaway in which we will be giving away a Funko Pop from House of the Dragon you just have to comment which king or queen you will bend your knee for and why the winner will be announced on August 16th to understand how Bryan Rivers ended up becoming the three-eyed Raven affecting Damon's mind in the past we must first know a bit of his Origins his mother was Melissa Blackwood a woman of extraordinary beauty and Grace originally from Trident though she could have been the wife of any lesser Lord fate led her to be one of the many mistresses of the controversial Egon Targaryen ivth known as Egon the Unworthy the birth of Bryan Rivers was no ordinary event even at a court so accustomed to scandals Bryan was born in the year 175 after the conquest at King's Landing the capital of the realm in the Fortress that serves as the seat for house Targaryen his birth occurred in the midst of a turbulent period both politically and socially marked by the king's love affairs and their effects on the stability of the realm public opinion in King's Landing was divided some saw Bryan's birth as another sign of targaryan moral Decay others perhaps fascinated by the complexities of house targaryan might find some romance in the story despite this later when Egon the Unworthy was King Melissa Blackwood became one of the most respected Mistresses this may have somewhat dampened the Scandal compared to other mothers of Royal bastards this is because the Blackwood surname was respected for being from a Noble House house Blackwood claims to be descended from the first men being one of the oldest houses to uphold the tradition of worshiping the old gods The Raven tree is the settlement of house Blackwood and is especially notable for a giant weirwood tree in its Garden a tree that has been dead for centuries but is still a sacred site for the family and a place where they make offerings to the old gods they have a forest of very old weirwood trees on their lands and their coat of arms even features a weirwood tree like the Starks in the north the blackwoods keep the worship of the old gods which is quite rare in southern Westeros his maternal family followed the ancient religion of the godswood and Bryan was educated in these beliefs this detail is not minor as the beliefs of the blackwoods and their connection to the old gods of the north deeply influenced Bryan from an early age he was drawn to the mysteries of magic and ancient myths Paving the way for his eventual transformation into the three-eyed Raven Bryan Rivers did not have an easy start in life born with albanism and as the illegitimate son of a king he was the object of discrimination and mockery from his youth rumors and whispers about the young albino bastard filled the corridors of the court but few knew that this seemingly frail individual was destined to become one of the most crucially important figures in the entire game of thrones Universe however now that we saw him in Damon's Vision when he was just a young boy it could mean that Bryan Rivers was accessing this spiritual Dimension from an early age it is possible that what we saw is actually a vision of another entity that is present I'll explain let's separate for a moment the idea of the three-eyed Raven from Bryan rivers and suppose that like Bran Stark Bryan Rivers was also seduced into becoming the three-eyed Raven perhaps this is a title being passed from person to person and more importantly not just a but an entity Perhaps it is an entity that is preparing its possible successors to continue to exist and try to win a battle that we are not aware of perhaps the vision we saw of Damon was part of the three-eyed Raven training for brindon Rivers we can see a scene before Damon has the vision in the last episode in which someone makes a strange noise that startles Lord Alfred broom who meets Damon near the weirwood tree at Heron Hall we might think that this scene by itself doesn't mean much as it was just a weird noise but if we look into Game of Thrones when Bran Stark was being trained by the three-eyed Raven we saw how bran shouted to his father Ned and Ned turned to look at him so it's possible that the noise heard by Damon and Lord Alfred is actually part of the training of Bryan Rivers who has traveled back in time to see him Damon is one of the most legendary knights in his family and if indeed the three-eyed Raven is an entity that can see through time surely he would be interested in the dance of the Dragons but it wasn't just curiosity that would lead bryen rivers to that time in the books it is mentioned that bryen Rivers uses the same sword as Damon dark sister this sword disappeared for many years after the dance of the dragons and then returned to the family this sword has its own history and it is possible that Bryan Rivers was very interested in the people who used this sword before him Damon would be a referent for any Targaryen as the dance of the Dragons is an event that is told to have marked a before and after for this family now why did bryen Rivers come out in a vision of Damons could it be that Damon was seeing the future or could it be that the three-eyed Raven was affecting Damon I think this is a question that is not fully answered in the series and that although we could say that it was all a vision of the future the fact that we see the presence of a three-eyed Raven in the vision leads us to understand that perhaps the vision was being affected by this entity as has happened in the past with Bran Stark but what does it all mean my personal theory is the following these entities could be men or creatures who acquired magical powers like Bran Stark or Helena these people can enter a type of magical dimension and can also perform Miracles I think magic plays a major role in this story and Game of Thrones is a very small aspect of what really happens I think it is very possible that the three-eyed Raven is a villain and that he is an entity who is recruiting the best Targaryen to join his troops that in the same way he tried to recruit Bran Stark he also recruited Bryan rivers and may have tried to recruit Damon at some point the worst part of all this is that it is the three-eyed Raven that entity that now finds himself as king of Westeros with Bran Stark sitting on the throne and perhaps that was always his goal to steal the Throne of men in order to win a magical War now it was mentioned in the latest episode of House of the dragon that fate cannot be changed we also saw in Game of Thrones that Bryan Rivers told bran that Destiny could not be changed but then we saw that bran entered 's mind and managed to affect the outcome proving that not only did he have visions but that he was indeed time traveling and could somehow affect what happened this means possibly Bran Stark became the first three-eyed Raven who can break the rule of Fate this idea that you can't change events however if nothing really can be changed this means that the struggle that exists behind the scenes is unnecessary necessary and that it will always end up repeating itself I think these Magical elements coming back into the Game of Thrones Universe are very interesting and expand beyond what we are told in the books of course this is a different timeline and for many it's exciting to see how this story will connect to the Hedge Knight and future Productions but tell me what do you think of all this is the three-eyed Raven really an entity that recruits people to try to change time is Bran Stark the first three-eyed Raven to affect the timeline to save himself is what we see in House of the Dragon the result of the three-eyed Raven interference share your thoughts in the comments and if you liked this content I invite you to become a member of this channel each contributor will see their name at the end of all videos and for more videos of theories news and stories from the Game of Thrones Universe don't forget to subscribe to this channel