I'm not going to hide anything for you who don't want any spoilers, the title should be enough! 
Ok, there are already quite a few threads about this series, but, now with S04E04 - oathkeeper, some of the story is seemingly deviating considerably from the original material.
First, Bran was supposed to meet coldhands right after crossing the wall, but in the series no such thing happened. No coldhands, yet... In the books, we don't know who this coldhands is, but there's a hint that he may be Bran's uncle, Benjen Stark turned whitewalker... at least, he's wearing the black cloak of the night's watch.
Second, Jon Snow gets an arrow in his leg when escaping the wildlings... courtesy of his sweet-heart Ygritte. These wildlings then assault castle black, while Jon is still limping around leaving him restricted to fighting from afar, with arrows.
The series has just introduced the new Craster's keep story with the rebellious night's watch elements that killed Mormont... In the book, if I remember correctly, these were all taken care of by the whitewalkers, as Sam runs away with Gilly.
Anyway, the series introduced these guys and made Bran and the gang show up in there, too.
At the same time, a new male baby is born from one of Craster's wives and is presented to the whitewalkers...
We are then treated with some sort of whitewalker ritual that is completely absent from the books (at least up to book 5).
And Jon is seemingly OK, castle black hasn't been attacked, and Jon is going to Craster's to deal with the mutineers...
My guess is that the series is trying to introduce coldhands who will probably rescue Bran just in time for Jon to arrive there and find everyone cold and dead... or empty. It will also be a way to reunite him with Ghost.
What say you?
Ok, there are already quite a few threads about this series, but, now with S04E04 - oathkeeper, some of the story is seemingly deviating considerably from the original material.
First, Bran was supposed to meet coldhands right after crossing the wall, but in the series no such thing happened. No coldhands, yet... In the books, we don't know who this coldhands is, but there's a hint that he may be Bran's uncle, Benjen Stark turned whitewalker... at least, he's wearing the black cloak of the night's watch.
Second, Jon Snow gets an arrow in his leg when escaping the wildlings... courtesy of his sweet-heart Ygritte. These wildlings then assault castle black, while Jon is still limping around leaving him restricted to fighting from afar, with arrows.
The series has just introduced the new Craster's keep story with the rebellious night's watch elements that killed Mormont... In the book, if I remember correctly, these were all taken care of by the whitewalkers, as Sam runs away with Gilly.
Anyway, the series introduced these guys and made Bran and the gang show up in there, too.
At the same time, a new male baby is born from one of Craster's wives and is presented to the whitewalkers...
We are then treated with some sort of whitewalker ritual that is completely absent from the books (at least up to book 5).
And Jon is seemingly OK, castle black hasn't been attacked, and Jon is going to Craster's to deal with the mutineers...
My guess is that the series is trying to introduce coldhands who will probably rescue Bran just in time for Jon to arrive there and find everyone cold and dead... or empty. It will also be a way to reunite him with Ghost.
What say you?
