Difference between revisions of "Jon Snow"

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m
Line 51: Line 51:
 
[[Category:Skinchangers|Snow, Jon]]
 
[[Category:Skinchangers|Snow, Jon]]
 
[[Category:POV characters|Snow, Jon]]
 
[[Category:POV characters|Snow, Jon]]
 +
 +
[[fr:Jon Snow]]

Revision as of 13:17, 14 June 2009

Jon Snow
Titles
Allegiance Night's Watch
Culture Westeros
Born 283 AL
Unknown
Books

Jon Snow is presumably the bastard son of Eddard Stark, by a mother whose identity is not widely known. He was raised by his father alongside his true-born half-siblings, but joins the Night's Watch when he reaches adulthood. He is constantly accompanied by his albino direwolf Ghost.


Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ned brought Jon back from Robert's Rebellion and insisted on raising him with the rest of the Stark family. Jon got along with most of the Stark family, but Catelyn always considered him an outsider and his presence served as a constant reminder of her husband's infidelity. When the family encountered the direwolf pups after Gared was executed for deserting the Night's Watch, Jon took the albino pup, as it was an outcast from its litter. Jon's position both inside and outside the family subtly chafed him over the years until, when he neared adulthood, he joined the Night's Watch.

Tyrion Lannister accompanied Jon to the Wall, and their friendship was fostered by their shared position as noble outsiders. Jon was initially resented by the other Watch recruits because of his noble background, but he eventually learned to fit into the crowd, although at the cost of lasting enmity from the caustic master-at-arms, Alliser Thorne. Jon also protected Samwell Tarly from bullying by some other recruits. Although Jon had learned to fit in with the Watch, he had difficulty seperating from his old life . At the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, he tried to desert to join Robb's army, even though the common penalty for deserting the Night's watch is death. His new friends brought him back, however, and saved him from this fate. Jon finally decided to honor his bonds and abandon his Stark past.

A Clash of Kings

Lord Commander Jeor Mormont appointed Jon as his personal steward and squire in order to groom him for command. During a wight attack on Castle Black, Jon saved Mormont's life and received serious burns on his hand. Mormont gave him the Valyrian steel bastard sword, Longclaw, of House Mormont, and had a direwolf head engraved onto the pommel in honor of House Stark. When Mormont mounted an expedition to investigate the goings-on in the haunted forest beyond the wall after disappearances of several rangers, including Benjen Stark, Jon went ahead with a small group of scouts led by the famous Qhorin Halfhand. Along the way, Jon released a captured wildling woman, Ygritte, instead of killing her. The party was later discovered and pursued by wildlings led by Rattleshirt. Before they were overtaken, Qhorin commanded Jon to join the wildlings and discover their plans, ordering Jon to duel and kill him in front of the wildings so that Jon would appear to be a traitor. Ygritte was part of Rattleshirts band and believed that Jon had abandoned his former ways after killing the Halfhand.

A Storm of Swords

Jon met with Mance Rayder and convinced him that his defection was sincere. During their conversation, Jon learned Mance's plans to invade the Seven Kingdoms. For a time, Jon broke his vows of chastity and became Ygritte's lover, and hesitated between betraying her or leaving the Night's Watch. Jon joined Styr's mission to scale the Wall and ambush the skeleton crew left manning Castle Black, and eventually fled his wildling comrades to rejoin the Watch. He survived and reached Castle Black, where he learned that his brothers, Bran and Rickon, had died at the command ofTheon Greyjoy. There he led the defence of Castle Black against Styr's raiders. All of the raiders were killed, including Ygritte. Jon then received command of the Wall's defences against Mance's direct assault. Using his natural leadership, Jon successfully held the Wall against overwhelming odds for several days. However, upon the arrival of Alliser Thorne and Janos Slynt to Castle Black, Jon was arrested for his earlier defection and forced to make an assassination attempt on Mance during a parley. Before Jon could attack, Stannis Baratheon's forces made a surprise appearance and routed the wildlings.

Jon's service defending the Wall earned him popular support and his release from imprisonment. Due to the efforts of Samwell Tarly, Jon was voted as a compromise candidate between rival factions of the Watch for the post of Lord Commander. Though Stannis offered to make him Lord of House Stark if he would recognize Stannis as king, Jon refused and became the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. His earliest acts as Lord Commander served to frustrate the plots of Stannis's priestess Melisandre by secretly sending Mance's child away from the wall and impersonating it with another.

Parentage

Jon Snow's parentage remains a mystery, as Eddard rarely spoke of the matter. When Catelyn confronted him about the rumor that Jon's mother was Ashara Dayne, Eddard would not answer. Years later, when queried by Robert, he claimed that a lowborn woman named Wylla is Snow's mother. Both possibilities have been mentioned by outside sources. Cersei Lannister believes his mother to be Lady Dayne, while Edric Dayne, who was wet-nursed by Wylla, told Arya that he and Jon are milk-brothers. Fans of the series speculate a lot about his parentage[1].

Appearance

Jon has strong Stark features. He has a lean build and a long face, with dark hair and grey eyes.

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beron
 
Lorra
Royce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donnor
 
Lyanne
Glover
 
 
Willam
 
Melantha
Blackwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artos
 
Lysara
Karstark
 
Berena
 
Alysanne
 
Errold
 
Rodrik
 
Arya
Flint
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandon
 
Edwyle
 
Marna
Locke
 
Jocelyn
 
Benedict
Royce
 
Brandon
 
Benjen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harrold
Rogers
 
Branda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issue
 
 
 
Issue
 
Issue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rickard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lyarra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandon
 
Catelyn
Tully
 
Eddard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
woman
 
Lyanna
 
Benjen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeyne
Westerling
 
Robb
 
Sansa
 
Tyrion
Lannister
 
Arya
 
Brandon
 
Rickon
 
Jon
Snow
 
 
 


References and Sources

  1. [1] Discussion of parentage on Westeros Forum]


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at House Stark.
The list of authors can be seen in the page history of House Stark.
As with A Wiki of Ice and Fire, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.