They are not the same. The show left out Coldhands but is having Benjen take his place for some aspects. I assume Benjen will also be in the same predicament in the books so they decided to just have one character and not bring in the other one riding a giant elk, especially if he has a minor role. I believe the…

LSH is involved in a major hanging plot involving the Freys, Riverrun, Jaime, and Brienne at the end of one of the last books. This follows one of the major scenes in the books and series (Red Wedding). So, I think it is fair to say she did have a major role. And the next book was concurrent but across the seas in the…

OF course, if she does show up, there will be a flashback and LSH will have been resurrected 3 days after her death and will have been leading the Brotherhood without banners the last few years but only a few of those in the Riverlands would know it, mainly the Brotherhood itself. And no one would know except the…

When she died, Cat believed that Bran and Rickon were dead and no one has seen Arya for months or years so she might be dead as well and Sansa was engaged to Joffrey and trapped in King’s Landing. Then she watches the betrayal and the murder of her first born and she believes is her only living son. In the show, also…