Does Bran die at the end of Kings of the night?

[alexander]

Hi all,

this may seem a stupid question but I got into an argument with Bing GPT4 (I'm not married and I have nice neighbours so I have to argue with something I guess ).

To sum up: I asked it to write a Solomon Kane story. He did and killed SK at the end.
Among the possible comments I chose "it's sad". It said yes but REH was known to kill his heros (!!!!!)
I replied it was not true.
It said REH killed Kull, Cormac and Bran. It rapidly admitted REH did not kill Cormac and Kull but has been adamant he killed Bran at the end of Kings of the Night, at least in the original story. I have all WT issues and the ending is the same than the one I read in books collecting Bran's adventures. He does not die.
Bing provided me 2 broken links and 1 to an issue of Astounding (!!!) to back up his claim. When I said I had the original stories and it had only broken links it said I was rude and shut down the discussion (just like people on Twitter posting BS).

So does Bran die in some version of the story? The last paragraph is supposed to start with "And so died Bran Mak Morn, king of the Picts, lord of Valusia’s throne, and so passed into legendry to come again in some future day when his people should have need of him. And so died Kull..."

[bobbyderie]

Bran does not die at the end of "Kings in the Night." According to "The Children of the Night" and "The Dark Man," Bran did die at some point off the page, and was immortalized in an idol of the Dark Man, which the remaining Picts and the "Cult of Bran" worshipped.

[robp]

What Bobby said. And I always thought that Worms of the Earth occurs after KOTN.

Karl Edward Wagner wrote a WOTE sequel, Legion from the Shadows, which has Bran still very much alive. I think Bran, like Conan, falls in battle off-screen

[alexander]

Thanks guys.
Well if you want to piss off Bing AI you know what to do :-)

[themirrorthief]

I thought bran was dead in KIngs of the night

[johnnypt]

Jun 6, 2023 3:42:01 GMT -5 robp said:

What Bobby said. And I always thought that Worms of the Earth occurs after KOTN.

Karl Edward Wagner wrote a WOTE sequel, Legion from the Shadows, which has Bran still very much alive. I think Bran, like Conan, falls in battle off-screen

That’s the impression I got as well. Getting Kull was a drastic action but getting the Worms was even MORE drastic and potentially part of his and the people’s eventual downfall.