The Old Gods and the Ghost

There's also ghosts, another being with red eyes. John notices something about his dire wolf while considering Stanis' offer of legitimization. His eyes caught the last light and shone like two great red suns. Red eyes, red mouth, white fur, blood and bone like a heart tree. He belongs to the old gods, this one. Ah, so perhaps not ice and fire after all. Blood and bone in his case. In general, that is probably the better metaphor, but we don't need to take sides here. They both are very fitting, so we'll go ahead and use them both. But if you're also thinking through the good trees, that's also similar