Game Of Thrones: 10 Small Moments That Will Come Back In Big Ways

3. Bran Tells A Story

Ever since his fall from a tower at the hands of Jaime Lannister in Season 1, Bran Stark's story has been largely separated both from the other main characters and the major action of Westeros. The disconnect was only increased after the sack of Winterfell left him officially among the deceased and heading North to find the three-eyed crow beyond the Wall. Separated from his younger brother and devoid of all adult supervision with vocabularies beyond "Hodor," Bran is accompanied by Meera and Jojen Reed for the journey. When they reach the Wall, the threesome spends the night in the abandoned Nightfort, and Bran tells the story of the Rat Cook. According the legend, a cook of the Night's Watch sought revenge against the king by murdering his son and serving him to the king in a pie. The king so enjoyed the pie that he asked for a second slice. Angered by the crime, the gods turned the cook into a massive white rat, doomed to eating his own young forever. When Meera scoffs at the idea that the gods would so punish a man for murder, Bran explains the real crime. "It wasn't for murder the gods cursed the Rat Cook," says Bran, "He killed a guest beneath his roof. That's something the gods can't forgive." Why It Matters: It's no coincidence that Bran tells the story of the Rat Cook in the episode directly following the Red Wedding. While the underhanded massacre of the Northern forces is horrific unto itself, the aspect of the treachery most abhorrent to the rest of the Seven Kingdoms is the fact that the Freys slaughtered guests under their roof who had eaten of their bread and salt. Of course, the implications are less abhorrent to viewers, who can at least count on the fact that the story would not have included if the Freys were not in for some serious repercussions over subsequent seasons.