Game of Thrones: Bran's Powers Will Be a "Game-Changer" in White Walkers War

After a one-season hiatus, Isaac Hempstead-Wright will return in Season 6 as Bran, the crippled Stark we last saw finally reaching the Three-Eyed Raven's (Max von Sydow) cave to begin his mystical training.

[...] rather than subject viewers to, as the actor puts it, the "really, really dull" experience of watching this tedious process all last season, Thrones producers decided to keep Bran side-lined until he'd gotten a better grasp on his powers.

These abilities include warging, in which Bran projects his mind into an animal or human body, as well as the Sight, which allows him to magically witness important events from the past, present and future of Westeros.

[...] with the Night's King and his army of dead fast approaching the Wall, any information Bran can glean about the mysterious leader of the White Walkers may be what ultimately turns the tide in the impending war.

Bran, who was crippled in the very first episode of the show, has used his powers to experience the ability to walk again -- and as Hempstead-Wright explains, his abilities are far more than a way of escaping his "horrible reality."