When the wildlings and NW deserters attack Bran, Osha of all people suggests kidnapping the boy and taking him back to the wildlings to give him to Mance as a hostage- “Benjen Starks own blood”.
This is interesting because Benjen is first ranger and Bran is the son of the Lord of the North. While it’s entirely possible that the Northern Lords decide they have an heir and a spare and that Bran is lost, Osha seems to think that this might be a big enough bargaining chip that _it’s worth going back toward the white walkers to deliver Bran to Mance, even though she’s already fled well ahead of all of the wildlings to escape the Others._
What kind of plan do you think she had in mind that Bran could be so valuable for? Was it just to help the wildlings as a whole by letting Mance have him for future use? How would you as Mance utilize such a hostage?
Obviously with everything happening with Ned and Cersei and Tywin and Robb most of those plans would be deeply affected. But assuming what Mance knows, which is none of that and apparently nothing about Benjen’s disappearance, how would you use Bran as a hostage?