Steel_Wind
Legend
Ok, This is a topic which is speculation on the major character in GRRM's Song of Ice and Fire.
It is a MAJOR SERIOUS SPOILER. For those not interested, please - you have been warned.
It is a MAJOR SERIOUS SPOILER. For those not interested, please - you have been warned.
The Spoiler concerns speculation I read on a forum administered by Westeros.org. In a nutshell, it theorizes on who the actual mother of Jon Snow is.
Having read it, I had a major AHAAA! moment and I believe it is correct.
The theory is pretty simple:
1 - Read carefully. Eddard never says to Catelyn that Jon is his son; he says that Jon is "his blood";
2- Catelyn is angry that Eddard kept the boy because of Eddard's love for Jon's mother. She is correct, but not in the way she thinks.
3- Jon Snow's mother was, in fact, Lyanna Stark
4 - Jon is not Eddard's son. He is the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen
5 - Lyanna was not raped by Raeghar - Lyann loved Prince Rhaegar. They may have married in secret and this was involved in the reason for Brandon's execution by Aerys.
6- Eddard's promise to Lyanna was not to bring her back to Winterfell, but to save the life of her son
7- re-read the scene where Littlefinger brings Eddard to the brothel (the second time) to see where the speculation over "the price that Eddard paid" for keeping Lyanna's secret is directly joined ot the issue of bastards. Rhaegar is mentioned a page later - for no good reason other than to link the two
8 - Eddard's' journey in the War to unseat Aerys moves from the Trident, to King's Landing to Storm's End and at last to Lyanna. And Rhaegar killed her? Many months after he was dead at the Trident? Not likely.
9 - Her bed was scented with flowers and she died clutching the flowers Rhaegar put in her hair at the Tourney. Come on! She loved him!
10 - Lyanna knew Robert would never remain faithful to her. Robert is repeatedly observed by Eddard to believe the things he wanted to believe. Lyanna was not raped and did not love Robert.
11 - Jon and Dany seem destined for one another in some way. Even though Dany is his aunt, she is his junior - or - alternatively - they were born at about the same time - perhaps even on the same night.
12 - Jon as a Targaryen will eventually take one of Dany's dragons as his own.
13 - Benjen - who is not dead (or at least, only mostly dead) knows the truth as Eddard told him. From this source - it will eventually be revealed to Jon - probably some time after Jon and Dany have met and fallen in love.
14 - If he was a legitimate heir, Jon Snow was Prince Rhaegar 's true born heir and is the rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Kingdoms; His life was also forfeit almost immediately if found out - explaining why Eddard would to the world proclaim himself foresworn in his marriage vows even when it was not so;
15- Eddard Stark never ever broke a vow. NEVER Why believe he broke his marriage vow?
16 - Melisandre's obsession about the blood of a True King will ultimately involve Jon and perhaps hint at his parentage
Comments?
Having read it, I had a major AHAAA! moment and I believe it is correct.
The theory is pretty simple:
1 - Read carefully. Eddard never says to Catelyn that Jon is his son; he says that Jon is "his blood";
2- Catelyn is angry that Eddard kept the boy because of Eddard's love for Jon's mother. She is correct, but not in the way she thinks.
3- Jon Snow's mother was, in fact, Lyanna Stark
4 - Jon is not Eddard's son. He is the son of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen
5 - Lyanna was not raped by Raeghar - Lyann loved Prince Rhaegar. They may have married in secret and this was involved in the reason for Brandon's execution by Aerys.
6- Eddard's promise to Lyanna was not to bring her back to Winterfell, but to save the life of her son
7- re-read the scene where Littlefinger brings Eddard to the brothel (the second time) to see where the speculation over "the price that Eddard paid" for keeping Lyanna's secret is directly joined ot the issue of bastards. Rhaegar is mentioned a page later - for no good reason other than to link the two
8 - Eddard's' journey in the War to unseat Aerys moves from the Trident, to King's Landing to Storm's End and at last to Lyanna. And Rhaegar killed her? Many months after he was dead at the Trident? Not likely.
9 - Her bed was scented with flowers and she died clutching the flowers Rhaegar put in her hair at the Tourney. Come on! She loved him!
10 - Lyanna knew Robert would never remain faithful to her. Robert is repeatedly observed by Eddard to believe the things he wanted to believe. Lyanna was not raped and did not love Robert.
11 - Jon and Dany seem destined for one another in some way. Even though Dany is his aunt, she is his junior - or - alternatively - they were born at about the same time - perhaps even on the same night.
12 - Jon as a Targaryen will eventually take one of Dany's dragons as his own.
13 - Benjen - who is not dead (or at least, only mostly dead) knows the truth as Eddard told him. From this source - it will eventually be revealed to Jon - probably some time after Jon and Dany have met and fallen in love.
14 - If he was a legitimate heir, Jon Snow was Prince Rhaegar 's true born heir and is the rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Kingdoms; His life was also forfeit almost immediately if found out - explaining why Eddard would to the world proclaim himself foresworn in his marriage vows even when it was not so;
15- Eddard Stark never ever broke a vow. NEVER Why believe he broke his marriage vow?
16 - Melisandre's obsession about the blood of a True King will ultimately involve Jon and perhaps hint at his parentage
Comments?
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