—do trees dream?
Just ahead, the elk wove between the snowdrifts with his head down, his huge rack of antlers crusted with ice. The ranger sat astride his broad back, grim and silent. Coldhands was the name that the fat boy Sam had given him, for though the ranger's face was pale, his hands were black and hard as iron, and cold as iron too. The rest of him was wrapped in layers of wool and boiled leather and ringmail, his features shadowed by his hooded cloak and a black woolen scarf about the lower half of his face. -- Bran I, ADWD
A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar 2024 || Coldhands by Justin Sweet
They adapted the Greyjoy plotline late. They’re sending Jaime to the Riverlands late. Coldhands appeared late. All I’m saying is fingers crossed that Lady Stoneheart is running a little late too…
Coldhands never appeared. Benjen did. GRRM said that Benjen and Coldhands are not the same person.
The writers/producers have confirmed that, in the show at least, Benjen is Coldhands (even if he never goes by that name). I guess it's easier to change Coldhands to someone we recognise than have him be some lost member of the Nights Watch we've never met...
They adapted the Greyjoy plotline late. They're sending Jaime to the Riverlands late. Coldhands appeared late. All I'm saying is fingers crossed that Lady Stoneheart is running a little late too...