Most of you reading this,
are probably familiar with
the show
…
Some of you may read the
books
If so, you may be wondering,
who in seven hells
is this guy’s mother?
For those who KNOW
NOTHING, let’s catch you
up to speed...
This is Jon Snow.
Exactly!
Jon Snow is the bastard child of Lord Eddard
Stark, honorable Warden of the North.
You can call him Ned.
Before he left for King’s
Landing, he told Jon Snow…
Then this happened
(Rest in Peace, Ned Stark)
Leaving Jon Snow’s parentage
up in the air
So for thousands of years, readers have
awaited the sequel to A Dance with
Dragons and pondered the question:
Who is Jon Snow’s mother?
Some claim she was a
fisherman’s daughter….
Others swear it’s Ashara
Dayne...
…And some
whisper tales of a
low-born woman
named ‘Wylla’
One thing’s for sure…
"She must have been a rare
wench to make Lord Eddard
Stark forget his honor.”
– Robert Baratheon (RIP)
Which begs the question:
would Ned Stark really
abandon his honor and
cheat on his wife?
Well, he was away from
her for a year, fighting a war
And Jon does poss many
characteristic of a Stark
Honor
Loyalty
Warg
Resting Bitch face
Great hair
But what’s up with all this
“Promise me, Ned” stuff?
In book 1, before his tragic
execution, Ned Stark recalls his
sister, Lyanna’s death, and final
words to him half a dozen times
throughout his point of view
chapters..
The phrase “Promise me, Ned” is
repeated throughout the first book,
leaving readers to wonder, what was
this great promise Ned made to his
sister before she died?
His sister, Lyanna, was
betrothed to Robert Baratheon,
but loved by many…
Including Rhaegar Targaryen,
noble Prince and heir to the Iron
Throne
Ok. You’re probably
wondering, WHAT DOES ALL
OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH
JON SNOW’S MOTHER?!
Well, I propose...
(drum roll please)
That Ned is not Jon’s
father at all. The
mother of Jon Snow is
Lyanna Stark, and his
father is Rhaegar
Targaryen.
Let’s look at the facts. Rhaegar
openly loved and admired
Lyanna, so Robert Baratheon
waged a war because, among
other things, he insisted that
Rhaegar had “captured” Lyanna
But let’s be serious. Would you
rather?
OR
Rhaegar was the man. He was loved
by all for his charm, swordsmanship,
compassion and undeniable good
looks, and with that, came jealous
enemies.
So it’s possible that Lyanna
secretly loved Rhaegar, as much
as he loved her, but their affair
was kept secret because of her
betrothal to Robert and her
loyalty to her family
And that the “promise” Ned
made to her at the Tower
of Joy was to keep her
child, later named JON
SNOW, safe from harm
So why didn’t Ned just tell
everybody that?
Well, because his best friend
and newly appointed King,
Robert, had a bit of a temper,
and was already on a
Targaryen-slaughtering spree
that year
So he would have killed
the baby had he known:
1. He was half Targ
2. He was the son of his
worst enemy and the
woman he loved
Lyanna knew this, so she made
Ned promise her that he
wouldn’t tell anyone who the
true parents of the baby were
So let’s recap:
Ned=honorable. His cheating
just doesn’t match the rest of
what we know about him
But nobody could deny that Jon
is part Stark, and Lyanna did
look a lot like Ned…
Lyanna + Rhaegar =
Oh yeah. And...
It’s very unlikely that GRRM
would put such a strong
emphasis on the mystery
surrounding Snow’s mother,
if he isn’t going to
eventually reveal who she is
So, to answer the age
old question once and
for all...
the mother of
Jon Snow is
Lyanna Stark.