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| “ | In the Dawn Age of Westeros, before the coming of man and the raising of castles and cities, there were only the Children of the Forest. Little is known of them now, but it is said they were small in stature, dark and beautiful, and no taller than children when grown to adulthood. They lived in the depths of forests in hidden villages, crannogs and caves. They hunted with weirwood bows and armed themselves with blades of obsidian. Their wise men were called Greenseers and possessed a powerful magic. They worshipped nameless, faceless gods of the forest, stream and stone.[1] | „ |
| ~ Bran Stark |
Summary
The Children of the Forest are a mysterious non-human race that originally inhabited the continent of Westeros during the Dawn Age long before the arrival of the First Men thousands of years ago. The Children initially welcomed the newcomers, but they disliked the First Men's harvesting of trees from forests. Fearing that the Children used heart trees for spying, the First Men burned and cut down the great weirwoods as they came, leading to war between the two races. In the present, some of the Children endured for a time Beyond the Wall as one group of Children came to serve the Three-Eyed Raven. This group was eventually killed during an assault on the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven, rendering the Children seemingly extinct.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-B, 9-B with weaponry, 8-C with fireballs, Unknown with Magic
Name: Children of the Forest
Origin: Game of Thrones
Gender: Varies
Age: Varies
Classification: Wargs and Greenseers
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Speed, Longevity (Can live for several thousand years), Weapon Mastery, Magic, Power Nullification and Deconstruction (They used spells of strong magic to protect the Wall,[2] which repelled the Night King's magic and prevented his passage[3] for 8000 years, and the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven, which could destroy Wights into pieces[4]), Corruption and Power Bestowal (Turned humans into the Night King and White Walkers,[5] granting them magical abilities), Mind Manipulation and Possession (Can send their consciousness into the mind of animals,[6] to see through their eyes and control their body as if it were his own[7]), Animal Manipulation and Limited Automatic Translation (Can communicate with animals[6]), Earth Manipulation and Water Manipulation (They used the Hammer of the Waters on the Arm of Dorne to raise the sea and destroy it,[7] and on the Neck to flood and transform it into a bog[6]), Possibly Precognition (Supposedly they could see into the future[8]), Explosion Manipulation, Fire Manipulation and Heat Manipulation with fireballs
Attack Potency: Human level, Wall level+ with weaponry, Building level with fireballs (Can vaporize multiple Wights[5]), Unknown with Magic (They used the Hammer of the Waters on the Arm of Dorne to raise the sea and destroy it,[7] and on the Neck to flood and transform it into a bog[6])
Speed: Superhuman with Subsonic Reactions (Can fight against Wights and other warriors)
Lifting Strength: Average Human
Striking Strength: Human level, Wall level+ with weaponry
Durability: Human level, higher with wooden armor
Stamina: Average
Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with weapons, Tens of Meters with fireballs, Hundreds of Meters with bows, Thousands of Kilometers with the Hammer of the Waters
Standard Equipment: Dragonglass (obsidian) blades, spears and arrows, weirwood bows, wooden armor, fireballs
Intelligence: Though less technologically advanced than humans, they have demonstrated mostly superior knowledge of magic. Should have vast knowledge of various events via heart trees, which they can link to telepathically.
Weaknesses: The Children were technologically primitive compared to the First Men, apparently being stuck in a stone age. Their fireballs require ammunition and their magic can be prone to backfiring, as alluded to in the creation myth of the neck, where their original intent was to separate The North from the rest of Westeros.
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References
- ↑ Complete Guide to Westeros: The Children of the Forest, the First Men, and the Andals
- ↑ Game of Thrones: S6E10: The Winds of Winter
- ↑ Game of Thrones: S7E7: The Dragon and the Wolf (Script)
- ↑ Game of Thrones: S4E10: The Children
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Game of Thrones: S6E5: The Door
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Histories & Lore: Wargs and the Sight
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Histories & Lore: Children of the Forest vs. the First Men
- ↑ Histories & Lore:Prophecies of the Known World
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