The Point of The Isle Of Faces and The Green Men (ASOIAF Theory) 

I've been thinking about the Isle of Faces as being more like a "central controller" or "central power source". Or maybe even a big "router" for Weirnet, etc. It's also entirely possible that Daemon Targaryan is there on the island, if he didn't die during the Dance, he could easily be attached to a tree. And then Alys Rivers, who apparently had all sorts of magical powers and was considered a "witch queen" was camped out right next to the God's Eye for a while. She never had a meaningful conclusion in the books as far as I'm aware. There's more going on there, on the God's Eye and Isle of Faces, than just being a seed vault.

If green magic is relevant to the endgame, then the Tyrells, descendants of Garth Greenhand through the Gardeners, should have a role to play.

Generally, people who grow their own grow food keep a "seed vault" for themselves. GRRM wouldn't have needed to know about the big seed vault to think of seed perversion.

I always thought there was more to the line "all the trees were given faces". That maybe the rumors of mass sacrifice were to put their population in the trees, the men swore to protect them. But if this was more of an intentional corruption it's even more interesting.

If the explanation for why Howland hasn't shown up is needing to play a part in this, that might make his absence so far acceptable.

What are seeds but the children of the forest?

This dovetails with another theory I've seen regarding how the Planetos' desertification will be reversed at the end of the series. A song of ice and fire is a song of water.

Thanks for the video! I think it's interesting that when Harren Hoare built Harrenhall he did not use materials/resources from the Isle of Faces. And that the Green Men did not leave the island to protect the hundreds of weirwood trees Harren cut down and used in his build. It makes me think that they can't leave the island. I wonder if the Green Men act as protectors like how the Night's Watch does. Those trees, and the Green Men, are the only living beings that will still know the details of the Long Night-specifically, what ended it and how. I wonder if Harrenhall is "cursed" because that is all the Green Men could do...make sure that only misery came to anyone holding it for all the misery it's construction caused. Those island trees witnessed the pact-I wonder if The Others will make a bee-line for the Isle of Faces once they're over the wall? To me, it feels like The Others might not even screw with Winterfell...IF Winterfell is even there after the battle. But I get the feels they might be wary of Winterfell. At least certain sections of it. But they will definately want to prevent the Green Men from doing whatever it is they are supposed to do. Why hasn't Jon, or anyone else at the wall, thought about sending a couple of people to warn the Green Men and ask for some advice? They probably don't need a warning but they can clear a lot up for everyone else. I bet those Green Men have some crazy spoilers. And I bet SOMEONE goes there SOON or else having them be such an obvious go-to just becomes just sadly lame. Or maybe the Green Men are working with The Others!!??! OoOoOOo😮

There are several possibilities for the identity of the Green Men. We also have to take into account certain things such as the fact that Garth the Green seems to be one of them. It's possible that they are the male counterparts of the Children of the Forest. Also, it's interesting to note that the trio of Others/White Walkers, Green Men and Valyrians/Geodawnians seem to correspond to the 3 types of Elves in fantasy fiction. The Others/Whitewalkers correspond to Dark Elves, or Orks as Tolkien envisioned them corrupted and mutilated Elves. The Valyrians/Geodawnians with their arrogance and know of magic/technology seem to correspond to High Elves. While the Green Men are obviously Wood Elves. My point as that all 3 groups seem to be conterparts of one another and were created possibly as a result of this conflict. Think about, the Bloodstone Emperor/Azor Ahai/Last Hero/Grey King brought about the Long Night by learning to tap into the Weir Wood net and possibly beginning its corruption, or he did that in response to the actions of the Children of the Forest. All 3 groups have some connection with the Bloodstone Emperor/Azor Ahai/Last Hero/Grey King and his brother Garth the Green.

You know how the Lord of the Rings is a major inspiration for George?

Found your channel a couple days ago from your Wall theory video and I’ve been obsessed since! Love these videos and these conversations! Keep it coming

On Real World seed vaults, I once watched a documentary about English food history, and one of the things that came up was that mustard trees were starting to fail. The thing is, the British company most well-known for mustard kept stocks of seed from every mustard crop for decades, dating back to at least the 1800s. They were able to revitalise the mustard crops by using seed from that storehouse. So seed vaults have existed before the Norwegian one, but may not as ecumenical in what seed stock is kept.

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I must say you've just about got me convinced on your theory man. I'm not gonna say completely yet as your series of videos is still ongoing... I appreciate and respect how much work you have put in this and it's very expanded and he gets along with real historic events just like g r r m is famous for doing. So keep up the good work!

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My pet theory is the Green Men are the giant version of the Children, when Leaf calls the giants "their bane and their brothers" she's referring to them. Then It would parallel how giants like Mag and Wun Wun appear to be a giant relative of the Ibbish (maybe the Brindled Men too) only with their development of technology reversed. Abnormally large human men like Dunk and Clarence Crabb have hybrid ancestry akin to the Lengii and Tagaez Fen.

Tuf Voyaging is a great series, and I love seeing it woven into ASoIaF

Love your videos. Best asoiaf out there