It is unknown if this is through purely-magical or biological means or a combination of both. Given Leaf participated in the creation of the Night King some twelve thousand years ago, their lifespans are clearly measured in millennia. They also seem to be extremely long-lived. The Children of the Forest also seem to possess an indigo-colored blood.Ī notable difference in anatomy is that the Children of the Forest are tetradactyl, possessing only four digits on each of their hands. Like humans, the Children of the Forest do possess hair, however, they only possess hair on their head and lack eyebrows and body hair. Similarly, their eyes have been shown to be all lime green in color. Their skin is shown to be a pale gray-green with an apparent rough to wrinkly tecture, similar in appearence to plants. They also have disproportionately large and expressive eyes (like human babies), which are set wider in their face than would be normal for a human child of the same height and stature. Their facial anatomy is mostly identical to that of a human albeit being very rounded and soft, like that of a young child. The Children of the Forest were a sapient species that resembled humans in overall shape but significantly smaller in stature, with adults being no larger than human children. The Children inhabited the deep forests of Westeros.

6.1 Physical appearance and comparison to elves.

This group was eventually killed during an assault on the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven, rendering the Children seemingly extinct.

In actual fact, some of the Children endured for a time Beyond the Wall as one group of Children came to serve the Three-Eyed Raven. Even the few who do believe they once existed, such as Maester Luwin or Ned Stark, believe that they have long since gone extinct.

In the present day, most believe that they are simply the stuff of myth and never existed at all.

Īccording to legend they were last seen during the Andal Invasion 6,000 years before the War of the Five Kings. They were already living in Westeros when the First Men migrated to the continent, 12,000 years before Robert's Rebellion. The Children of the Forest are a mysterious non-human race who were reportedly the original inhabitants of the continent of Westeros. ' In the Dawn Age of Westeros, before the coming of man and the raising of castles and cities, there were only the Children of the Forest.' ― Bran Stark

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