Two decades before the War of the Five Kings, Lyanna Stark daughter of the Lord of Winterfell,
and the betrothed of the Lord of the Stormlands, disappeared, supposedly kidnapped by Rhaegar
Targaryen heir to the mad King Aerys II.
Tensions rose throughout the Seven Kingdoms but in 282 AC, after the king tortured and
murdered Lord Rickard Stark and his heir Brandon, war erupted, with Houses Baratheon, Stark,
Arryn and later Tully raising their banners in rebellion.
The war led to the death of thousands, culminating in the Battle of the Trident in 283 AC where
Robert Baratheon killed Rhaegar Targaryen, and the rebel army defeated loyalist forces.
With the war all but over, Lord Eddard Stark, led a small party to Dorne searching for the
Tower of Joy, where he hoped to find his sister Lyanna.
After engaging in battle with the 3 kingsguard, all were dead save Eddard and his companion
Howland Reed.
Ned then ran up the steps to find his sister Lyanna dying in pool of blood.
Although she was very weak, she spoke some final words asking him to make a promise before
passing away.
Sometime later, Ned returned North with the body of Lyanna, accompanied by Howland Reed
and a baby boy named Jon Snow, who he claimed was his bastard son, while refusing to speak
further on the issue.
Some came to believe Jon's mother was a Dornish wetnurse named Wylla, while others
believed the mother was perhaps Ashara Dayne, who Ned was rumored to have been involved
with in his youth.
There are those however who claim the truth is more complex than previously imagined.
Although all of Westeros believes Jon Snow to be the illegitimate son of Eddard Stark,
it is possible the Lord of Winterfell may have misled everyone about the boys parentage,
in order to respect the promise made to his sister Lyanna on her deathbed.
This theory states that the boy was fathered by Rhaegar, and Lyanna, knowing that Robert
might have the child killed for his Targaryen blood, asked Ned never reveal the child's
true origins.
This would mean that Jon Snow is really the child of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen,
who may also have been married beforehand, creating an argument that Jon may have a stronger
claim to the iron throne than Daenerys Targaryen, who would be his aunt, a younger sister of
his father Rhaegar.
Despite the many questions surrounding his birth, Jon Snow was raised as a son of Ned
Stark, brought up in Winterfell alongside his true born siblings, tutored by a Maester
and trained to fight by the Master-at-Arms, becoming an expert swordsmen.
Jon grew to be a kind and graceful young man, with a lean body and long face, as well as
dark brown hair and grey eyes, inheriting many Stark characteristics.
He was also observant, quiet and reserved always feeling like an outsider because of
his illegitimate status.
Though he was close to his half brother and best friend Robb as well as his younger half
sister Arya, he had no inheritance rights and no real prospects.
In addition his step-mother Catelyn Stark despised the boy, seeing him as constant reminder
of her husband's infidelity.
So as Jon grew into a young man he resolved to go North and join the Night's Watch,
where the manner of his birth would be of no consequence.
It may be possible, that Eddard Stark had a plan for the boy, which involved resettling
long abandoned fortresses in the New Gift, where Jon could go and rule as Lord of his
own Holdfast, but the end of a long summer and the harsh winter approaching laid waste
to his plans.
At the age of 14, while accompanying his father and brothers they encountered a litter of
5 Direwolf Pups, which jon pointed out may have been meant for their family, as Eddard
Stark had 5 legitimate children.
Lord Stark agreed and when they discovered a 6th albino Direwolf, it was given to Jon,
before returning to winterfell.
He grew close to the animal, naming him Ghost, and over time creating a deep connection that
awakened an ability to warg, and through this mysterious power able to see through the eyes
of his direwolf while he slept.
When King Robert Baratheon travelled North to visit his old friend Ned Stark in Winterfell
after the death of hand of the king Jon Arryn, a great feast was held in his honor.
Attending the event was Eddard's younger brother Benjen Stark, a well known ranger
of the night's watch.
Jon spoke to his uncle about joining the brotherhood, and Benjen agreed to help convince his father,
speaking to Maester Luwin, who then spoke to Eddard Stark, convincing him the Night's
Watch was a reasonable option, given that Lord Stark would soon be travelling south
to serve as the new Hand of the King.
And therefore could not protect the boy from Catelyn who would banish him from the fortress.
And so it was decided Jon would travel with his uncle north to the wall.
During the King's visit to Winterfell, his half brother Bran fell from a tower nearly
dying, and had not regained consciousness by the time of everyone's departure.
And so Jon could not say a proper goodbye, instead merely visiting him one last time
before leaving.
He then said goodbye to Robb and gifted a finely crafted lightweight sword to his half
sister arya, who named it needle.
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