Ghost
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| Allegiance | Jon Snow |
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| Race | Direwolf |
| Born | In 298AL, at the North |
| Book(s) | A Game of Thrones (Appears) A Clash of Kings (Appears) A Storm of Swords (Appears) A Feast for Crows (Appears) A Dance with Dragons (Appears) |
Ghost is an albino direwolf bonded to Jon Snow. He received his name because of his white fur and the fact that he never makes a sound. He is the litter-mate of Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Summer, and Shaggydog. Like Jon, Ghost is an outsider amongst his family and quick to mature. According to GRRM Jon Snow is part of the Stark family, he's part of the siblings, but he's a little bit apart too. Ghost is very similar to that. He is the albino, he is the one who makes no noise, so he is related to the other direwolves, but one apart as well, [1] like Jon.
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Appearance
He has white fur and red eyes. Jon has noted that Ghost's red eyes are similar to the faces on carved weirwood trees by the children of the forest.
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Along with his litter-mates, Ghost was discovered by the Stark children after his mother was killed by a stag. Ghost was the first pup to open his eyes and had wandered off unnoticed by the time the Starks arrived. Jon Snow convinced Ned to allow his children to keep the pups by noting that the five remaining pups matched the five Stark children, excluding himself. Only afterwards did Jon discover Ghost. Theon wanted to kill the albino pup, but Jon claimed him.[2] Ghost accompanied Jon to the Wall and through his adventures in the North. Ghost exhibits a great deal of intelligence, and frequently works to Jon's benefit with a surprising amount of insight for an animal. When Jon deserts the Night's Watch, Ghost betrays their position so that Jon's friends could bring him back.[3]
A Clash of Kings
Ghost discovers a cache of dragonglass weapons near the Fist of the First Men and leads Jon to it.[4]
Sometimes during sleep, Jon inhabits Ghost's body through a warg bond, although he doesn't seem to fully understand it at first.[5] Ygritte's description of the warg's power may have helped him in accepting his own link with Ghost.[6]
Ghost remains mostly at Jon's side and occasionally fights alongside him.[6]
A Storm of Swords
Jon sends Ghost away with instructions to go to Castle Black.[7] He doesn't really know if Ghost understood his instructions, and doesn't hear of Ghost's whereabouts for a great while. By the time Jon himself returns to Castle Black, he seems to have attained at least a tentative acceptance of his warg powers.[8] Ghost is still missing, however. After a few very eventful days, Jon and Ghost are finally reunited, to their mutual joy.[9]
A Dance with Dragons
While Jon wargs into Ghost, Ghost knows that two of his siblings still live, being able to sense Nymeria sing to the moon with her pack of regular wolves in the Riverlands and Shaggydog fighting a unicorn on Skagos. Even though Summer is alive, Ghost cannot sense him, presumably because Summer is beyond the Wall.[10]
Much like Grey Wind at the Red Wedding, Ghost senses the impending treachery of the Night's Watch, and lashes out. However, Jon believes his behavior is due to a giant boar that a wildling skinchanger brought to Castle Black, and keeps Ghost locked up in his quarters. As Jon is betrayed and stabbed by Bowen Marsh and his cronies, Ghost is unable to help his master. Ghost's fate remains unknown.[11]
References and Notes
- ↑ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 34, Jon.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 53, Jon.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 68, Jon.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 26, Jon.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 48, Jon.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 79, Jon.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon.
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