After traveling to Winterfell, Meera Reed, Jojen, and Bran Stark become friends, and after Jojen tells Bran of his visions, the duo form a close relationship. When Robb Stark gets betrayed by Theon Greyjoy, Meera, Jojen, Bran, Hodor, Osha, and Rickon hide in the crypts of Winterfell to evade getting captured by the turn cloak. Later, she heads with her brother and Bran to meet the three-eyed crow. With the Reeds swearing loyalty to House Stark, Meera and her brother travel to the castle for the harvest feast. On getting to Winterfell, her brother, Jojen, learns of Bran’s wolf dreams and tells him about his visions of the future.
Meera Reed Personal Details
- Name: Meera Reed.
- Year of Birth: 283 AC at Greywater Watch.
- Parents: Howland Reed and Jyana.
- Culture: Crannogmen.
- Hair Color: Brown.
- Eye Color: Green.
Appearance and Personality
Meera is a beautiful young girl with long brown hair and green eyes. She is short, small-breasted, slim-framed, and holds her hair in a knotted form behind her head. She usually wears a sleeveless jerkin adorned with bronze scales and lambskin breeches. As an excellent fighter, hunter, and fisherwoman, Meera wields a three-pronged frog spear with a bronze knife and a woven net. Meera uses a leather shield and wears a great helm of iron.
Meera is a charming girl with an outgoing personality. She is agile and respectful to everyone she comes across. As her younger brother Jojen is sullen, Meera is protective of him and defends him no matter the situation.
Relevance in A Song of Ice and Fire
A Clash of Kings
After the death of Lord Eddard stark, Robb Stark becomes the King in the North. Howland Reed sends his children to Winterfell to pledge their allegiance to House Stark. Upon getting to the castle, the Reed siblings recite the oath of loyalty to Bran Stark, the Prince of Winterfell, and he dreams of the siblings meeting his direwolf Summer and Shaggydog, Rickon’s direwolf.
Meera defeats Summer after having an encounter with him. After capturing Summer, Meera tells Bran that her father taught her how to fight with a net and spear. When Bran tells Jojen of his dreams about the three-eyed crow, Jojen reveals he dreamt that the sea would come to the castle.
When Bran tells maester Luwin of what Jojen said, the maester tells him that dreams can get changed. Upon telling Jojen that visions can change, the young boy states his dreams always come to pass; this makes Meera angry. Jojen reveals to Bran that he saw Reek, a Stark prisoner, skinning him and his brother’s faces off, and when Meera states she will travel to the prison Reek is held and kill him, her brother tells her she will fail.
After Theon Greyjoy turns against Robb Stark, he travels to Winterfell and sacks the castle. He holds the Reed siblings and the Stark brothers hostage, but with help from Osha, they hide out in the crypts of Winterfell. Unable to find them, Theon stages the murder of the Stark brothers. When Reek reveals himself to be Ramsay Snow, he sacks Winterfell and destroys the castle.
After the sack of Winterfell, Meera, her brother, Osha, Hodor, and the Stark brothers leave the crypts. Before leaving, Meera takes a sword from the tomb of Lord Rickard Stark. On getting out, the group meets a fatally wounded maester Luwin. He tells Osha to split the Stark brothers, and she obliges. Meera, her brother, Hodor, and Bran head North while Osha and Rickon head to White Harbor.
A Storm of Swords
After splitting from Rickon and Osha, Meera and the group travels North. As a skilled hunter and fisherman, she becomes the primary provider for the group. On getting to Tumbledown tower, the group camps, but Jojen states they should move on. As the group journeys further up North, the food supply dwindles.
In the Northern Mountains, Meera and her group encounter a storm. On getting into a cave, they meet a Liddle, who shares some of his food with them. The man warns that the Kingsroad has become dangerous. The group continues the journey. When Bran tells the group that he and Hodor love hearing stories, Meera tells them the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree and how her father met Lyanna, Eddard, and Brandon Stark.
The group reaches Queenscrow, an abandoned tower holdfast, in The Gift. While there, the group realizes there are some wildlings in the village. Bran enters Summer’s body as a warg and sees Jon Snow, his half-brother. Noticing Jon is in trouble, Bran saves him, but in the process, Summer gets shot by an arrow. When the direwolf returns, Meera treats its wounds.
Meera and her companions reach Nightfort. When they camp there, they hear noises, and Meera captures a man with her net. Upon capturing the man, the group sees him and a woman with a baby, and he reveals he is Samwell Tarly. Sam tells the group how he and Gilly got saved by Coldhands. He then helps them pass through the Black Gate.
A Dance with Dragons
Upon passing the Black Gate, Meera, and the group meets Coldhands. He guides them on their journey, and after they take shelter in an abandoned wildling village, he leaves to tackle some black brothers who deserted the Watch. When he is away, Meera and the group contemplate whether to trust Coldhands as he looks like an undead. However, they decide to trust him.
Coldhands leads Meera and her group to the cave of the three-eyed crow, but before entering the cave, they get attacked by wights. Bran enters Hodor’s body to fight off the creatures, and when he almost gets injured, Meera defends him. During the fight, Leaf, one of the Children of the Forest, stops the wights from attacking further. After entering the cave, the group meets the three-eyed crow.
Upon reaching the cave, Jojen’s sullenness worsens as he gets depressed because he has seen his death. Meera gets scared for her brother and tries to console him to no avail.
Appearance in Adaptation
In HBO’s Game of Thrones, Meera Reed gets portrayed by Ellie Kendrick. She appeared in seasons 3, 4, 6, and 7 and starred in 16 episodes. As a young maiden, Meera and her brother accompany Bran and Hodor to meet the three-eyed raven. However, on reaching his cave, they get attacked by White Walkers. During the attack, Meera takes over and carries Bran from the conflict while Hodor holds the door. Later, Hodor’s inability to speak gets shown as Bran travels to his past.
After saving Bran and losing her brother, Meera takes him to Winterfell. She tells him about her plans to head home, and Bran gives a simple thanks. She gets angry and tells him he is ungrateful. Bran responds he is no longer Bran Stark. She leaves and heads back to Greywater Watch. Later Bran sees his father and Howland Reed at the Tower of Joy when he glimpses into the past. He then realizes that Jon Snow is Aegon Targaryen.
Meera Reed: The Great Big Sister
Meera Reed is one of the best female characters in A Song of Ice and Fire. As Jojen’s big sister, she was a great person who protected and looked after her brother. Meera was a brave woman who fought for those around her. She went above and beyond to ensure their safety. Though a minor character, she was an excellently defined human with a remarkable personality.
FAQs
Does Bran love Meera?
In the books, Bran has a crush on Meera. When her brother, Jojen, got depressed, Bran began contemplating whether he loved Meera or was just attached to her because she cared for him. He began wondering what she would think if he confessed his love for her.
Why was Bran cold to Meera in the show?
Bran stated he was no longer the loving person he was before meeting the tree-eyed rave. After becoming the three-eyed raven, he lost most of his emotional connection to the real world.
What happened to Meera in the tv series?
In HBO’s Game of Thrones, after taking Bran to see the three-eyed raven, Meera returns to Winterfell with Bran. Later, she fights with him when he tells her only a ‘thank you’ for all she did.
Who is Meera Reed?
Meera is the older sister of Jojen and the oldest child of Lord Howland Reed, a bannerman of Lord Eddard Stark. She and her brother travel to Winterfell to pledge their loyalty to the Starks.
