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Someshta, also known as
the Green Man, was the last of the Nym. He was set to guard the Eye of theWorld until the Dragon was reborn. It was common for Ogier Elders to consult
with him.
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| The Green Man |
The Nym are plant creatures
which tended the massive farms and gardens of the Age of Legends and worked
alongside the Ogier and the Da'shain Aiel. They looked like huge men made of
plant material, with acorns for eyes and shoots for hair. Proportionally, they
were huge, being as tall to Ogier as Ogier were to men. They had the ability to
make plants grow, and where the Nym's feet fell living shoots and roots popped
out of the ground.
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| A male Ogier Protector of the Forests |
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| A female Ogier |
He was killed when Rand
al'Thor reached the Eye and was confronted by Balthamel and Aginor. Someshta
killed Balthamel at the cost of his own life. In his final moments, a tree
sprung up at the exact location he fell. His garden began falling to the
Blight, but the Ogier Loial used his treesinging abilities to keep his tree
alive.
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| The Blight |
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| Loial |
Garth Greenhand, also called Garth Greenhair and
Garth the Green, was a mythical High King of the First Men and said to have
been the common ancestor of numerous houses from the Reach. His firstborn son,
Garth the Gardener, founded House Gardener, the Kings of the Reach.
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| Garth Greenhand |
He supposedly wore a crown of vines and flowers
and made the land bloom.
According to legend, Garth
Greenhand was the High King who led the First Men across the Arm of Dorne.
Other tales claim he predated the arrival of the First Men, making not only the
first human in Westeros but also the only human, and that he interacted with
the children of the forest and giants. In some tales he is a god, and in a few
of these, the oldest ones, he demands blood sacrifice from his worshippers to
ensure a bountiful harvest.
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| First Men |
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| The continent of Westeros, with the west coast of Essos also shown |
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| Child of the Forest from the show |
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| The Children inhabited the deep forests of Westeros |
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| Giants |
Some tales claim he had green hands, green hair or
green skin overall, or antlers like a stag.
It is also said Garth
first taught mem to farm, giving them the gift of seed and showing them how to
plant and sow, how to raise crops and reap the harvest. Some tales indicate he
tried to do the same with giants and children of the forest, but the giants
pelted him with boulders and the children laughed, stating the woods proved
them with all their needs. Where he walked, farms and villages and orchards
sprouted. He carried a canvas bag, heavy with seed, which he scattered as he
went along. Befitting a god, the bag filled with seeds for all of the world's
trees, grains, fruits and flowers, and its content was endless.
Garth Greenhand not only
brought fertility to the land but also to women, making barren ones fruitful
with a touch, even crones who no longer got their moon blood. Maidens ripened
in his presence, mothers brought forth twins or even triplets when he blessed
them and young girls flowered at his smile. Lords and common men alike offered
up their virgins daughters to him where he went so their crops may ripen and
trees grow heavy with fruit. Any maiden he deflowered delivered strong sons or
fair daughters.
Comments encouraged. Love to hear the idea’s of others. Most believe that since I present my idea’s
as “fact like” I’m not open to change my viewpoints which is far from the
truth. I simply look at the information
presented and go from there. If you can
shine a light on another way of thinking that opens the door to debate.
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