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Old 06-01-2012, 11:53 AM   #352
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So he's a bastard. So? Cersei was scared shitless of Robert's bastards because she was afraid one of them might seek a claim to the throne one day. Being a bastard means very little except that people typically take a lot of shit for being one. The author has also made a somewhat big deal out of Gendry, Robert's last male bastard, still being alive. Her own children are technically bastards as well. People that don't even have a claim to the throne can come in and claim it. That's what Robert did. He took it from the Targaryens. Being King in Westeros isn't always some noble birthright that was passed down to someone. However, if Jon Snow WAS Rhaegar's son, then he would have almost the same claim to the throne as Aegon does, them being half brothers. Aegon being first of course.

Lyanna was Eddard's sister. She is a Stark. With the whole 'other blood overriding Targaryen blood' as was proved by the Baratheon line, Lyanna Stark's dominant genes passing on to Jon Snow would certainly give him a resemblance to the Stark family. I believe the 'warg' ability to be a Stark trait that has simply manifested itself in this generation of Starks. There's no reason to believe it would be unique to Ned Stark. Arya had dreams, we know Brann is a warg. Jon saw from the eyes of his wolf that night he came across the wildlings I believe. Why does it have to be only from Ned Stark? The Starks are descended from a long line of Northerners. It's very likely that there were wargs in the family in the past.

Further, why even make a big deal out of not knowing who Jon's mother is if she is just some wildling woman? Why the big secret (in the writing, not necessarily in the world of the characters) It's alluded to because that's the story everyone there knows. Of course Ned isn't going to tell someone who Jon's real parents are. Even Ned, when talking with Robert, never admits the name of the woman. He deflected and changed the subject and they moved on and never came back to it. The more I think about it, the more it begins to make sense.

Ned Stark was willing to die for his honor. Why would a man who is willing to die for honor, cheat on his wife and have a child with another woman, and then even bring him back to parade his broken honor around Winterfell for the next 15 years?
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