Everyone Is Benjen

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About

Everyone is Benjen are a series of fan theories suggesting that various characters from George RR Martin's epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire are actually Benjen Stark in disguise.

Origin

George RR Martin published A Game of Thrones, the first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, which the HBO show Game of Thrones is based on, on August 6th, 1996. The first mention of Benjen secretly being another character in comes from a Yuku post^[1] by user Hurtya1 in the thread "Who is the Three-eyed Crow?"

The theory

Benjen Stark is the brother of Eddard Stark, the main character from George RR Martin's novel A Game of Thrones. Benjen is the First Ranger of the Night's Watch, the military order which holds and guards the Wall. At the beginning of the series, he goes missing in a ranging beyond the Wall and is never seen again. This led fans to speculate of his whereabouts and if he's really dead and still beyond the Wall.