Can a shout be silent? He turned his head, searching for his brother, for a glimpse of a lean grey shape moving beneath the trees, but there was nothing, only.A weirwood…the weirwood had his brother’s face. The call came from behind him, softer than a whisper, but strong too. In A Clash of Kings, Bran greensees and speaks to his brother years before the present: The greatsword Ice lay across Lord Eddard's lap, and he was cleaning the blade with an oilcloth.
'Lord Eddard Stark sat upon a rock beside the deep black pool in the godswood, the pale roots of the heart tree twisting around him like an old man's gnarled arms.
In A Dance With Dragons, he seeks out Ned Stark in the past and gets a response:
