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Originally Posted by edslunch
The raven excursion seemed pointless to me - not sure if I missed something
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I think he sent them to King's Landing to get intel on Cersei - size of her army, army movements, hang about listening to Cersei discuss strategy so that when they get to KL, they can beat her. The real battle, I think, has always been Cersei - the NK battle was the palate cleanser leading up to the main course. Bonus for Bran when he sent them out was that he got a handle on where the NK was & what he was doing, so that he had an approximate idea when the NK was going to be in the glade.
As for troops to fight Cersei, I think Yara returns with the rest of the Ironborn, now that Theon is dead, to avenge him, & kill Euron, during the battle with Cersei. Saw an Instagram post from the actress that plays her that seems to indicate she's not out of the running.