Editing Jon Snow (section)

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Lukasz Jaskolski Execution II.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Lord Commander Snow beheads [[Janos Slynt]], by Jaskolski ©]]

Lord [[Godric Borrell]] tells Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] that according to tales of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], Jon's mother was a fisherman's daughter who had helped Lord [[Eddard Stark]] reach the [[Three Sisters]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|ADWD|9}} [[Arya Stark]] overhears people speaking of Jon at [[Ragman's Harbor]] in [[Braavos]].{{ref|ADWD|45}}

Jon cedes the [[Nightfort]] to King [[Stannis Baratheon]], whose men also occupy [[Castle Black]]. Jon is continually harassed by the [[queen's men]], such as Ser [[Godry Farring]]{{ref|ADWD|3}} and Ser [[Clayton Suggs]].{{ref|ADWD|17}} Advising Jon to keep [[Ghost]] close, the [[red priest]]ess [[Melisandre]] warns Jon against "daggers in the dark."{{ref|ADWD|3}}

Jon rebukes all demands from Stannis to settle his men within the [[Gift]], claiming that the land and the other unoccupied castles along the Wall belong to the [[Night's Watch]]. Jon remembers the parting words of Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] to "kill the boy and let the man be born," the same advice Aemon had given when his younger brother ascended the [[Iron Throne]] as [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{Ref|ADWD|7}} Jon reads part of the book left for him by Aemon, the ''[[Jade Compendium]]''.{{ref|ADWD|10}}

Jon orders [[Janos Slynt]], who had participated in the beheading of Lord Eddard,{{ref|ASOS|65}} to garrison the abandoned [[Greyguard]], but Janos refuses. After Janos continues to refuse the Lord Commander, Jon orders him hanged for his insubordination. Jon then recalls the laws of the [[First Men]] and his father, however, and instead beheads Janos himself, using [[Longclaw]] to carry out the sentence. This increases Stannis's respect for Jon and cements his new position.{{Ref|aDwD|7}} Jon sends his friends from Castle Black, ordering [[Grenn]] and [[Pypar]] to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea|Eastwatch]] and [[Halder]] and [[Todder]] to the [[Shadow Tower]].{{ref|ADWD|10}} 

Stannis refuses Jon's request to spare the captive Mance. As Melisandre burns the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], Jon has his men kill Mance with arrows to end his suffering.{{ref|ADWD|10}} Stannis orders the captive [[Rattleshirt]] to serve Jon. When Stannis plans to attack the [[Dreadfort]], Jon convinces him to instead seek the help of the [[northern mountain clans]].{{ref|ADWD|17}} Stannis marches west and is able to secure the allegiance of the clans, greatly augmenting his own strength.{{ref|ADWD|26}}

[[File:Katherine Dinger JonSnow&Mel.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Jon and [[Melisandre]], by Katherine Dinger © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Jon delivers supplies to the free folk at [[Mole's Town]],{{ref|ADWD|21}} and sends ranging parties north of the Wall. Rattleshirt defeats Jon in a sparring match. When news arrives that [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] is to marry Jon's half-sister, [[Arya Stark]], Melisandre informs Jon she has had a vision of a girl on a dying horse making for Castle Black.{{ref|ADWD|28}} Melisandre reveals that she had changed the appearances of Mance and Rattleshirt with a [[glamor]], so that Stannis actually executed Rattleshirt and that Mance has been serving Jon. Mance is sent to secretly rescue Arya,{{ref|ADWD|31}} although the conspirators do not know that [[Wedding of Ramsay Bolton and Arya Stark|Ramsay's bride at Winterfell]] is actually [[Jeyne Poole]].{{ref|ADWD|37}} After the [[fight by Deepwood Motte]], Stannis begins his [[march on Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|42}}

While leading recruits to swear their vows in the [[haunted forest]], Jon finds a small group of wildlings and the giant [[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]] at the [[weirwood grove]], and he brings them back to Castle Black.{{ref|ADWD|35}} In order to learn more about [[wight]]s, Jon consigns the corpses of dead wildlings in Castle Black's ice cells, hoping they will rise but be safely imprisoned.{{ref|ADWD|35}}{{ref|ADWD|39}} Jon sends the wildling [[Val]] to treat with [[Tormund Giantsbane]], and he intends to garrison abandoned castles with wildlings. Jon wants to name [[Satin]] as his [[steward]] and squire, and he sends his friend [[Eddison Tollett]] to [[Long Barrow]]. Lord Steward [[Bowen Marsh]], First Builder [[Othell Yarwyck]], and Septon [[Cellador]] are opposed to or worried by many of Jon's actions.{{ref|ADWD|39}}

After Stannis's wife, Queen [[Selyse Baratheon]], arrives at Castle Black from Eastwatch, Jon negotiates with [[Tycho Nestoris]], an envoy of the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]]. Jon agrees to a loan so the Watch can purchase food and supplies and hire ships.{{ref|ADWD|44}}

When a wearied girl arrives at Castle Black, Jon is surprised to learn it is not his sister Arya, but instead [[Alys Karstark]], who is fleeing a forced marriage to [[Cregan Karstark]]. Her uncle only desires her because she is heir to [[Karhold]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} When Cregan arrives with reinforcements to claim Alys, Jon has them thrown in an ice cell. Jon [[Wedding of Sigorn and Alys Karstark|arranges a marriage]] between Alys and [[Sigorn]], establishing [[House Thenn]]. Jon orders [[Cotter Pyke]] to rescue wildlings at [[Hardhome]]. Alys informs Jon that [[Arnolf Karstark]] plans to betray Stannis, so Jon has [[Clydas]] send a [[raven]] to [[Deepwood Motte]] in an attempt to warn the king.{{ref|ADWD|49}}

[[File:Betrayal at the wall by jbcasacop.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Mutiny at Castle Black|Betrayal at the Wall]] by JB Casacop © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Jon treats with Tormund when Val brings the wildling leader to Castle Black. The Lord Commander tries to convince [[Torghen Flint]] and [[Brandon Norrey]] of the necessity of allowing Tormund's wildlings to pass through the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|53}} Tormund leads over three thousand wildlings south.{{ref|ADWD|58}}

Jon intends to rescue Cotter at Hardhome, but he is interrupted by a [[Bastard Letter|taunting letter]] from Ramsay which claims that Stannis has been defeated and Mance captured. Jon relinquishes command of the ranging, and announces his intention to ride south against [[House Bolton]]. He does not order the Night's Watch to fight with him, but asks both wildlings and black brothers alike to join him of their own volition. Most wildlings in the [[Shieldhall]] agree to support him, but Jon's decision causes great discontent within the Watch's upper leadership. In the confusion resulting from Wun Wun's killing of Ser [[Patrek of King's Mountain]], Jon is attacked in the [[mutiny at Castle Black]]. While stabbing the Lord Commander, Bowen Marsh and [[Wick Wittlestick]] state "for the Watch."{{ref|ADWD|69}}