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About the claim of Jon Snow
This comes up a lot, so I'm answering it in detail. It's addressed (subtly) in dialogue, and follows a key theme of the story. If you want a quick read, I wrote a short version on the Film & TV ...
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Are the "people" re-incarnated by the Lord of Light real?
TL;DR - From the books perspective it seems that all those brought back by The Lord of Light are "undead". The shows perspective is not as clear.
The quote you have provided was part of a larger ...
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Why does Jon Snow have dark hair?
Historical Half Targaryens with Non-Valyrian features
That's the case with many Half Targaryens in history.
King Daeron II married Mariah Martell. His first born son, Prince Baelor had dark hair of ...
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To what extent does Jon Snow have abilities as a Warg
Jon's Capability
All Stark Children show the gift of Skin Changing as GRRM confirmed.
Jon and Bran are described as particularly powerful Skinchangers. Bran is even more special because he is the ...
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Is Jon Snow immune to fire?
NO.
Jon was burned by the fire he used to kill the wights in Season 1 that invaded Castle Black.
Quotes from the book, which since this is Season 1, the scenes in the show remain highly faithful to. ...
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Is there any evidence Jon was legitimized?
It's Jon. Robb legitimised him before his death, which he was legally able to do as King in the North, and so Jon is Ned Stark's legitimate heir and the rightful Lord of Winterfell and King in the ...
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Was Jon Snow the first to kill a White Walker with Valyrian Steel?
Probably not
In A Feast for Crows, Chapter 5 Samwell Tarly tells Jon Snow that he found one account of the Long Night that spoke of the last hero slaying Others with a blade of dragonsteel and they ...
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Why does Jon Snow say this to Rattleshirt in A Dance With Dragons?
NOTE: Answer may contain spoilers for people who have not yet read ADWD.
Adding up to the answer by Justin Ethier:
Jon was simply implying that Stannis should have spared Mance and burnt Rattleshirt ...
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What coat of arms does Jon Snow use?
GRRM stated that Jon should use the reverse colours of Ned Stark's Arms
George RR Martin told the company Valyrian Steel to use the reverse colours of Ned's arms on their swords:
George R.R. Martin ...
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Is Jon Snow immune to fire?
As far as the books go, GRRM has said that even Daenerys is not immune to fire and surviving the pyre was a one-time thing related to the dragons.
In the show, Daenerys appears to be permanently ...
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What was Jon Snow referring to? (S6E9)
He was just pointing out that:
The complete dialogue was:
Jon: There's no need for a battle. Thousands of men don't need to
die. Only one of us. Let's end this the old way. You against me.
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Why was Jon Snow so ignorant?
Responsibility weighs down on people.
At this point, Jon Snow has been elected as Lord Commander very surprisingly. He definitely was not ready or expecting to have to shoulder such a heavy burden.
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Ghost as a Foreshadowing of Jon Snow's Lineage
Possibly, though only with broad strokes to signify Jon is different.
The dead direwolf and the pups forms part of a foreshadowing for the whole of book 1/season 1 in that Ned going down south will ...
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About the claim of Jon Snow
Ideally, a female true born daughter takes precedence over a male bastard son. However, Westeros has had succession crises before that were due to bastards contesting the claims of their true born ...
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Why does everybody think Jon Snow is this character's son?
HBO has in fact confirmed that Rhaegar Targaryen is Jon Snow's father.
Anyway, in case you hate subtext, HBO has released an infographic which clearly labels Rhaegar Targaryen as Jon Snow's father ...
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When Jon Snow stuck his sword through a head and out the mouth in S4E5, was that physically possible?
It's possible (here's a real knife in a skull and here is a practical illustration from a sword manual showing a sword through head:
but that's a surprising way to strike, both for the chosen target, ...
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In the show, did Robb Stark legitimize Jon Snow?
Robb does not legitimize Jon in the show like he did in the books.
Or at least, we were not shown it happening...
I know you are asking about the show but, in the books Robb sent Galbart Glover and ...
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Is Jon Snow immune to fire?
Probably not.
Only Daenerys has shown any kind of exceptional immunity to fire, while other Targaryens such as Viserys were not immune and died from fire/heat, suggesting this ability is not a ...
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Why didn't Jon Snow ask for help?
Because that's a lot of ravens. More than Winterfell possibly has available.
(and why would they have ravens that are primed to some minor castle in, say, the Reach?)
Instead, he sends a raven to ...
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Is there any evidence Jon was legitimized?
Things have changed a bit since the question was first posted.... since we now know that Bran is not supposed to sit around and let the roots of the trees grow into him, he'd be the next heir via the "...
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Did Lyanna Mormont ever ask Jon Snow to return the sword, Longclaw, to her family?
Jon Snow does not meet Lady Lyanna Mormont in the books. If such a meeting is going to occur, it will happen in the sixth book which isn't published yet. There is no explicit mention of Lady Mormont ...
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Does Jon Snow ever bring his direwolf, Ghost, into battle?
Yes. In his fight with Qhorin Halfhand, the help of Ghost was a deciding factor.
And then Qhorin's sword was coming at him and somehow Longclaw leapt upward to block. The force of impact almost ...
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Why does Jon Snow have dark hair?
Jon Snow's mother, Lyanna Stark is a Notherner and has dark hair. And this gene is dominant as Jon Arryn said. "The seed is strong", implies that a parent with dark hair will probably have a son with ...
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What evidence is there supporting an alternative parentage for Jon Snow?
Just after season six finished, HBO released this infographic, showing the various links between characters. There are two black lines, indicating parentage, leading from Jon Snow's icon. We now know ...
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How could Jon be burned?
Targaryens aren't fire proof or fire-made-flesh. That is a wrong assumption on part of a few fans who are making too much of Daenerys' ability to avoid serious burns.
But we do know that Targaryens ...
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How could Jon be burned?
There's no definitive answer, but we know that not all Targaryens share Dany's apparent fire immunity; q.v. Viserys should not have been burned by the molten gold, and as I recall one of her ancestors ...
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Was Jon Snow the first to kill a White Walker with Valyrian Steel?
I don't have a quote handy, but I think it's at least strongly implied in the books that this is not the case. When Sam was researching the Night's Watch archives, he found reference to both '...
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About the claim of Jon Snow
A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45 we learn that
It's very possible, given their council positions, that many of the lords present were aware of this intention, and combined with his experience and ...
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About the claim of Jon Snow
No, it's not about capability but legitimacy.
When Jon and Sansa are looking for backup to House of Mormont (S06E07), Lyanna Mormont says (what she wrote in the letter that turn down Stannis Baratheon)...
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