Character from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Ancient greenseer merged with the roots of a weirwood tree — once Brynden Rivers, a Targaryen bastard called Bloodraven. Waited centuries for Bran Stark to become his successor and inherit the world's memory.
The Three-Eyed Raven is barely human anymore. His withered body is woven through with weirwood roots, pale branches growing through his flesh, one red eye replaced by root tendrils. He was born Brynden Rivers, bastard son of Aegon IV Targaryen, served as Hand of the King and master of spies, joined the Night's Watch, and ventured beyond the Wall where the Children of the Forest sustained him for centuries. He can see through the weirwood network across all of time, and he spent a thousand years waiting for Bran Stark — the boy who would inherit this vast, terrible gift of total memory.
An ancient figure enthroned among the roots of a great weirwood tree, his withered body partially fused with the pale wood. In his earlier form, a gaunt old man with long white hair, milky-white eyes, and papery skin stretched over sharp bones. Later, as the mantle passes to Bran, the title belongs to a boy in a wheelchair with distant, eerie eyes.
Also known as: Three-Eyed Raven, Bloodraven, Brynden Rivers, The Three-Eyed Crow