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Jon Snow is the bastard child of Lord EddardStark, honorable Warden of the North.
You can call him Ned.
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?
One thing’s for sure…
"She must have been a rare wench to make Lord EddardStark forget his honor.”– Robert Baratheon (RIP)
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?
That Ned is not Jon’s father at all. The
mother of Jon Snow is Lyanna Stark, and his
father is RheagerTargaryen.
Let’s look at the facts. Rheageropenly loved and admired
Lyanna, so Robert Baratheonwaged a war because, among other things, he insisted that
Rhager had “captured” Lyanna
Rhaeger 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 Lyannasecretly loved Rhaeger, 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 R+L’s
child, later named JON SNOW, safe from harm
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 Targ2. 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
But nobody could deny that Jon is part Stark, and Lyanna did
look a lot like Ned…
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