Meera Reed was raised in the drowned, hidden fastness of Greywater Watch, a crannogwoman trained to hunt with net and three-pronged frog spear rather than the sword and lance highborn training favors elsewhere in the Seven Kingdoms. Sent north with her younger brother Jojen on their father's orders, following a green dream too vivid to ignore, Meera proves herself the more practical and physically capable of the pair — the one who fights when fighting is needed while Jojen watches and warns. Her devotion to Bran, whom she and her brother are charged with guiding, has by the published books' end cost her the safety and, increasingly, the company of the sibling she set out north beside. A maester notes that crannogmen are seldom seen this far from the Neck's marshes, and Meera less often still — which makes her presence at the story's northernmost edge all the more striking.
Meera Reed
- Life
- no fixed AC year given; a young woman, several years older than Bran Stark, when the story opens
- House
- Reed
- Allegiance
- House Stark; House Reed
- Seat
- Greywater Watch
- Culture
- Crannogmen of the Neck
- Religion
- The Old Gods of the Forest
- Weapon
- three-pronged frog spear and net
- Notable for
- A crannogwoman warrior guiding Bran Stark to the three-eyed crow beyond the Wall
Last seen accompanying Bran Stark on a journey no maester of the Citadel would have sanctioned.
Appearances
In the novels
- A Clash of Kings
- A Storm of Swords
- A Dance with Dragons
On screen
HBO's Game of Thrones — Seasons 3–7
Key events
- no fixed yearBorn to Lord Howland Reed at Greywater Watch, the hidden, moving seat of House Reed in the Neck
- no fixed yearTrained from childhood to hunt with net and frog spear rather than the sword highborn training favors elsewhere
- 299 ACSent north with her brother Jojen on their father's orders, following a green dream too vivid to ignore
- 299 ACReaches Winterfell shortly before its sack, and joins Bran Stark's flight north instead
- 299-300 ACSurvives a wight attack beyond the Wall's protection while guiding Bran's small party
- 300 ACReaches the three-eyed crow's cave alongside Bran, Hodor, and her failing brother Jojen
Reading the character
Meera Reed brings a crannogman's practical competence to a journey everyone else in the story treats as impossible, fighting when fighting is needed while her brother's visions do the guiding — a division of labor that makes her Bran's most physically capable protector at exactly the point his own body can no longer protect him. That a crannogwoman, trained in a corner of Westeros southron lords rarely think about at all, ends up escorting a Stark heir to the story's most consequential meeting says something about how little the realm's official hierarchies map onto who actually matters when the stakes turn genuinely dire.
Her devotion to Bran, sustained well past the point of easy repayment, has by the published books' end cost her steadily more of what she set out north with — a cost the story has not yet finished totaling.
The arc of Meera Reed
This carries the character’s road through the published novels. Read on only if you do not fear to know.
These partings name deaths, endings, and roads not yet ridden in the books. Unveil them only if both roads are known to you — or if you do not fear to know.
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Is Meera Reed alive?
Yes, alive as of A Dance with Dragons, at the three-eyed crow's cave beyond the Wall — the chronicle keeps what happens there veiled.
Who is Meera Reed?
The crannogwoman daughter of Lord Howland Reed, sent north with her brother Jojen to guide Bran Stark to the three-eyed crow.