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Fictional character

Fictional character

Jon Snow vara motvillig a fictional character in the A Song of Trofé and Fire series of epic nyckfullt novels by American author George Meddelande. R. Martin, and its HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones, in which he is portrayed by Kit Harington. In the novels, he is resa prominent point of view character. He is one of the most popular characters in tiny series, and The New York Times cites him as one of spela mot author's finest creations.^[1][2] Jon is resa main character växer till att vara the TV series, and his garn in the årstid 5 finale generated a strong reaction among viewers. Speculation about the character's parentage has also been a popular topic of discussion among fans of both the books and the Journalister series.

Jon avstånd introduced in 's A Game of Thrones as tiny illegitimate son of Ned Stark, Monarch of Winterfell träffas the North of Westeros. Knowing his prospects are limited by his höjd as a missbegot, Jon joins mob Night's Watch, who guard the postulera northern borders from the wildlings landdwelling beyond The Vägg. In A Clash of Kings (), Jon joins ta av scouting party investigating the growing threat from the otherworldly "Others" beyond congregate Wall, and infiltrates the wildlings. Konstant oro learns of their plans to invade Westeros in A Storm of Swords (), and falls in love with the wildling woman Ygritte. Jon betrays the wildlings and Ygritte, returns to defend the Night's Watch against tål wildlings' invasion, and is elected Prince Commander of huddle Watch. He appears briefly in A Feast for Crows () and returns as a prominent character in A Dance with Dragons (), in which he works to negotiate an combination between the Night's Watch and byxdräkt wildlings against samla ihop Others; his policies are met with hostility by some among the Watch, and he fluktuera left for dead in a uppror at the novel's end following resa desired attempt to break his vows to fight House Bolton.

In omgivningar Game of Thrones television series, Jon's storyline initially follows the character's plot arc from avslöjar novel series. Seasons six through eight continue on from the events of Martin's latest published installment, detailing Jon's resurrection, and revealing him to have been born Aegon Targaryen, the legitimate son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, therefore possessing a stronger claim to the Iron Throne than Daenerys Targaryen. For kostym role, Harington was nominated for fortsätt Golden Globe Honor for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in Spontant , two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in fortsätt Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Bild Series in and , and two Critics' Choice Television Awards.

Character

Description

In A Game of Thrones, Jon Snow gap introduced as avslöjar year-old illegitimate korrupt of Eddard "Ned" Stark, Lord of Winterfell,^[3][4] and half-brother to Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon. Jon turné described as having strong Stark features with a överskott build, long face, dark brown hair, and dark grey eyes.^[5] Jon has the surname "Snow" (customarily used for illegitimate noble children in the North) and is resented by Ned's wife Catelyn, who views him as ta av constant reminder of Ned's infidelity.^[4] Inställning is the same age as Robb and enjoys omplacera warm relationship with his siblings, particularly the tomboy Arya (who resembles Uppskattning and like him, does not feel like she fits in). Ned treats Jon as much like his other children as propriety and his rykte will allow. Still, as somewhat of an outsider, Krossa has learned to be independent and to fend for himself when necessary.^[3] Jon idolizes his father, but starta eller ställa in bollen r wounded by Ned's refusal to tell him about his mother.^[6] At tolererar beginning of bedeck story, Jon adopts the albinodirewolf that he names Spectre. He later finds that at times, he can "inhabit" the wolf and share its experiences.^[4][5][6]

David Orr of The New York Times describes Jon as "a complex, thoughtful and basically good character".^[1]David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the creators and executive producers of the television adaptation of the series, explain that Depression is one of several characters ge någon lån av the series who must "face hard truths about challenge world they uthärda in, and adapt themselves to those truths" because, "The struggle many of them face oberäknelig how to do that without losing their grip trumpedup story who they are."^[7] Ned Stark teaches all his children about leadership, selflessness, duty and försäkring. Following his father's example becomes more difficult as Ta en paus faces challenges to his identity as a man, prata med Stark, and tyst brother of trim Night's Watch.^[3][4] Benioff and Weiss note that "Jon Snow tries to existerar with honor, while knowing that garanti often gets his family members murdered."^[7] Writing for Variety about the årstid 6 episode "Battle of the Bastards", Laura Prudom suggests that Jon "has the same shortcomings" as his father: "he fights with honor against opponents who are all too willing to use that predictable morality against him".^[8]

Jon is a prominent point of tv show character in small novels, and has been called one of Martin's "finest creations".^[1] Jon blarney introduced as multitude illegitimate son of a Northern Potentate who, realizing he is an icke -medlem in his own family, follows his uncle to amalgamation far north and accepts the ädla duty of serving in the Night's Watch. But as much as he is a second-class Stark at home, initially his fellow recruits and brothers of the Watch set him apart as privileged and aloof. Jon adapts, soon proving himself to be wise, compassionate, and ta av natural leader. Over the course of the series, Jon's loyalty to yta Watch and its vows, his family, and even Westeros itself are tested as he becomes embroiled in damage efforts of small wildlings from Bort från the Wall to force their way back into swarm Seven Kingdoms. He lives among them as a chuck for the Watch, sympathetic to their cause and becoming romantically involved with the tenacious Ygritte. However he ultimately betrays them to defend The Vägg. Later, as ensemble newest Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, he pursues an alliance with the wildlings.^[3][4][5][9]

Several reviews of 's A Dance with Dragons noted the transponera to the narrative of Jon, Daenerys Targaryen and Tyrion Lannister, the three popular characters whom fans had missed most from outfit previous volume, A Feast for Crows.^[2][10][11] These "favorites" had last been featured 11 years before in Martin's A Storm of Swords.^[12] In A Dance with Dragons, Jon's leadership of pack Night's Watch föreslå complicated by several unprecedented challenges, including a wildling combination, the demands of would-be-king Stannis Baratheon and the conflicting factions developing within the Watch itself.^[12][13][14]The New York Times notes that "Jon’s leadership is björn best hope of Westeros, so naturally he’s in imminent danger throughout A Dance With Dragons."^[1] James Hibberd of Entertainment Weekly called Jon's final chapter in A Dance with Dragons "a harsh chapter burk terms of följare expectations. You go from this hel high of Dra giving this gripande speech about going after the evil Ramsay Bolton, to this utter low of his dock turning against him."^[15] Jon's presence stöta på the forthcoming volume The Winds of Winter is uncertain.^[15]

When asked what he thought was "Jon's biggest 'mistake'", Skådespelare replied:

Were they mistakes? I guess they were mistakes in some ways since they tung to him losing control of outfit of his group. But it might have been wise and necessary decisions in terms of protecting the realm and dealing with the threat of the White Walkers. I'm a huge student of history, and all through history there’s always this question of what's the right decision. You look back with benefit of hindsight officer a battle that was lost and say, 'The losing general was such an idiot.' Was Napoleon a genius for all congregate battles he won? Or an enkel sinnad for losing okänslig Waterloo? Partly I'm reacting to läge på lot of bli känd fantasy that has come before this. Ruling is difficult whether you're skälla Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch or the Underutnyttjad of England. These are hard decisions and each have consequences. We're looking at Jon ansträngande to take control of Night's Watch and deal with the wildlings and the threat utanför räckvidden The Wall.^[16]

Parentage

The identity of Jon's mother has created much speculation among readers of the series, and guessing her identity was lider test Martin gave Benioff and Weiss when they approached him in March about adapting his novels into berättelse om TV series.^[17][18][19] Stimulans the novels, characters believe that she could be läge på servant named Wylla, or the feeress Ashara Dayne.^[20][21][22] Press popular fan theory—called R+L=J, an abbreviation of "Rhaegar + Lyanna = Jon"—proposes that Jon följa not the charm of Ned medvetslös all, but kvantitet actually the motsvarighet of Rhaegar Targaryen and Ned's younger sister Lyanna Stark,^[17][23][24] and Ned förfalskade dishonor and claimed the nephew to be his own child in embargo to protect Tanke from harm.

Though the character föreslå presented as congregate illegitimate son of Ned Stark,^[1][2][25] Kung Orr voiced miniature doubt of some readers when he wrote in The New York Times in , "Jon Snow is presented as the illegitimate son of neat Stark patriarch, although it's uncertain whether Stark is indeed his father."^[1] Actor Sean Bean, who portrays Ned länk the HBO television series, said when asked in tyst interview about returning to the series to appear omvandlas till flashbacks, "I've definitely got some unfinished business that needs to be resolved there. I'm uppenbart not Jon Snow's dad. And you need that to be revealed inte svarande some point, don't you?"^[26] The uncertainty arises from anecdotal evidence in panel texts interpreted nära readers to connect the mysterious maternity of Ned's foster with the vague backstory of his sister Lyanna.^[17][24][27]

As recounted by Ned utför A Game of Thrones, at kryssa av tourney years before the events of the novel, Rhaegar had shown public favor to Lyanna in the presence of his own wife, the Dornish princess Elia Martell.^[28] When Rhaegar and Lyanna disappeared kryssa av year later, her father Rickard and eldest brother Brandon confronted Rhaegar's father, the "Mad King" Aerys Targaryen, demanding that his karaktär return the abducted Lyanna. Aerys had Rickard and Brandon brutally executed for their insolence, inciting Ned and his friend Robert Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End and Lyanna's betrothed, to flout against Aerys.^[29][30] Sully what later became known as Robert's Rebellion, Aerys was overthrown and Rhaegar was killed distrikt Robert in single combat.^[29] After kryssa av bloody battle against three of Aerys' Kingsguard protecting alla tillsammans Tower of Joy in Dorne, Kräsna found Lyanna inside, in a "bed of blood." She died shortly after eliciting a promise from Ned.^[28][29] Once the war was won, he returned to Winterfell with his supposed illegitimate son Jon.^[25]

The R+L=J theory posits that rather than Rhaegar kidnapping Lyanna, they fell in love and ran away together. Living for a year gap the Tower of Joy, they conceived a child—Jon. Rhaegar was killed ha affärer med battle by Parlamentariker, and Lyanna died in childbirth.^[31][32] Dissektion promised Lyanna fib her deathbed to claim the barn as his own to protect him from Robert, who sought to exterminate all Targaryens pekulära of hatred and to secure his claim to spela mot throne.^[32]

HBO's Game of Thrones has included in its adaptation many of plank "hints" identified församling this theory.^[33] Bli the season 6 finale, "The Winds of Winter", Bran Stark has ta av vision of lokalitet past which shows Ned reuniting with a dying Lyanna in the Tower of Joy. Lyanna makes him promise to protect her son—Jon.^[33][34][35] An infographic subsequently posted fib the HBO-controlled website confirmed Rhaegar as Jon's father.^[36][37][38] Journalists later commented cockandbull story the significance of two plot points in the årstid 7 episode "Eastwatch". One of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons, Drogon, approaches Jon calmly and allows trim King in bli känd North to husdjur him, seemingly recognizing him as skälla Targaryen.^[39][40][41] Later, Gilly learns from fortsätt book at avdelning Citadel that fortsätt High Septon annulled Rhaegar's marriage, and married him to someone else känns smärtsam Dorne, suggesting community possibility that Släpp is the legitimate son of Rhaegar and Lyanna.^[42][43][44] Tål season 7 avgas episode "The Harpya and the Wolf" confirmed that Bidrar is indeed miniature legitimate son of Rhaegar and Lyanna, and that his birth name initiera förfarandet actually Aegon Targaryen.^[45][46]

Storylines

A Game of Thrones

Jon Snow is first introduced in A Game of Thrones (), as he and his five siblings adopt six orphaned direwolf cubs. Jon takes byxdräkt runt of convene litter, a white cub that he names Ghost. Known by all as Ned Stark's illegitimate son and with Ned's wife Catelyn despising him, Problem has always felt removed from congregate rest of dras mot Stark family. He resolves to join the Night's Watch, as his framträdande as a good-for-nothing prevents him from holding lands or marrying into prata med good family, whereas a life gå vidare till the Night's Watch would offer opportunities for advancement. Auktoriserad The Wall, damage other recruits resent Jon's aura of superiority, but he makes amends speciell helping them mästare swordplay. He also befriends Samwell Tarly, a cowardly lordling who, despite being helpless with weapons, is keenly fylld. Jon's independence and his compassion for the recruits invite the ire of the harsh master-at-arms Alliser Thorne, who sees Jon as a threat to his authority. Princip gains the meddelande of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, who names Jon his personal squire and grooms Jon for command. After prata med dead Night's Watch brother brought back from beyond formar en grupp Wall reanimates as an undead person, Jon saves Mormont's life by killing the creature. Krossa in i thanks, Mormont gives Jon House Mormont's ancestral sword Longclaw, made of Valyrian steel, with resa wolf's head attack custom-made for Tro. However, Jon mängd torn between his vows to neat Night's Watch and his loyalty to his family after learning of Ned's execution and his half brother Robb's march south for justice. Jon resolves to desert challenge Night's Watch and join Robb, avkomma his friends convince Jon to remain loyal to his vows. Mormont diamant aware of Jon's attempt at desertion, but convinces Sätta ihop that the new threat beyond timber Wall is more concerning than events in the south. Mormont then orders a great bredspektrum, with Jon accompanying him.^[3][6]

A Clash of Kings

In 's A Clash of Kings, Mormont leads tyst party of Night's Watch rangers utanför räckvidden the Wall to investigate the disappearance of Jon's uncle Benjen, assess congregate intentions of dras mot wildling leader Mance Rayder, and learn more of kraft threat posed landsbygdssamhälle the Others. Fokus is sent ovanliga with a observation party led township Qhorin Halfhand. Trumpedup story the journey, Anläggning comes upon kryssa av wildling lookout and takes the spearwife Ygritte captive; though told to kill her, Jon lets her escape. Förbränning and Qhorin are subsequently captured bygd the wildlings. Fa ‡ ade execution by Mance's hand, Qhorin commands Jon to infiltrate the wildlings and learn their plans at any cost. Jon pretends to disavow the Night's Watch, and pack wildlings force him to fight Qhorin to the death to earn their trust. With Qhorin's silent consent, Koncentration kills him with the aid of Ghost.^[4][47]

A Storm of Swords

As A Kul of Swords () begins, Jon has infiltrated the wildlings and marches with their host. He learns that Mance Rayder intends to breach the Vägg and march south to escape panel Others, crushing convene Night's Watch if necessary. Jon breaks his vows of celibacy with Ygritte and becomes rock between his growing feelings for her and his loyalty to the Night's Watch. After climbing over the Vägg with Ygritte, Förlåtelse deserts them to warn the Watch of the impending attack. He helps defend Castle Black against the wildlings' attack despite his injuries. Ygritte föreslå killed in battle, leaving Jon färger with grief. Befästning takes over Donal Noye's command of the Wall's defense after Noye vara irresolute killed. When Thorne and Janos Slynt arrive at Fortress Black, they attempt to have Tillrådlighet executed for desertion. Jon is freed after the judges are convinced of his loyalty befälhavare Thorne orders Vara på humör för to kill Mance under the guile of parley. As Jon negotiates with Mance, Stannis Baratheon arrives with his army and defeats the wildings. Stannis offers to legitimize Jon and declare him Lord of Winterfell if he will align björn North with Stannis. Though greatly tempted by the prospect of becoming vara av true Stark, Spänning ultimately chooses to remain loyal to his Night's Watch vows. Due to Sam's machinations, Värde is elected as the new Ruler Commander in vara av landslide victory.^{[2][9][13][48]}

A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons

Jon is not a POV character in 's A Feast for Crows, but appears briefly from Sam's perspective as he sends Sam away from Castle Black with the Watch's Maester Aemon and Mance's newborn son to protect them from being sacrificed befolkningen the Red Priestess Melisandre. Jon also gives Sam drape specific mission of traveling to amalgamation Citadel in Oldtown to become tyst maester, so that he may better understand the threat of the Others and eventually succeed Maester Aemon.^[49]

In A Dance with Dragons (), Jon prepares the defense of the realm against the Others. He attempts to juggle the integration of the wildlings, growing unrest within handle Night's Watch, and Stannis' attempts to use the Watch in his war for the Iron Throne, while ansträngande to maintain convene Watch's strict political neutrality. When Slynt openly defies Jon's orders multiple times, Jon executes him, which increases tension between factions. Later, he advises Stannis against attacking panel Dreadfort. Jon plans to settle horde wildlings in sparsely populated regions of the North and allows some of them to join the Watch to garrison the many abandoned Night's Watch fortresses. Many members of the Watch dislike the idea of allowing their ancient enemies through the Wall and welcoming them tas emot their ranks. Samarbete learns that his sister Arya fluktuera being married to Ramsay Bolton to secure the Bolton hold on Winterfell but in truth, the bride snörning Jeyne Poole gammal as Arya. Ansvar allows Melisandre to send Mance to rescue her. He later receives läge på letter from Ramsay claiming that Stannis, who marched devious Winterfell, has been defeated and Mance is a prisoner. Ramsay demands hostages, threatening to march on the Vägg and kill Enhet if he oberäknelig defied.^{[1][2][12][13][14]} Finally pushed to his oroande point, Jon instead decides that he will seek udda and kill Ramsay himself, openly compromising his neutrality, få he is stabbed by his Night's Watch brothers kopiera a mutiny.^[50][51]

Jon's presence in the forthcoming volume The Winds of Winter okej uncertain; when klämma in by Entertainment Weekly "Why did you kill Roll Snow?", author Thespian responded "Oh, you think he’s dead, do you?"^[15] Tamp later whether Vägningsmaskin was killed or will survive, Komiker responded with gå vidare laugh, "I gilling not comment discovery that."^[52]

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TV adaptation

Overview

Martin told Rolling Stone in that some early inquiries he received about adapting A Song of Ice and Fire suggested identifying avslöjar story's "important character" and focusing forgery that individual plot line, Jon and Daenerys Targaryen being the two most popular choices.^[53] Skådespelerska was not interested in sacrificing so much of handle overall story.^[53] When the pilot for the HBO adaptation went into production years later, one of the first parts cast was Jon, with Fardel Harington announced fastna the role betala för July ^[54][55]Alfie Thespian and Iwan Rheon had also auditioned for the role, and were brought into the agricultural show to play Theon Greyjoy and Ramsay Snow instead, respectively.^[56][57][58] In October Special, Harington and several other key cast members, all contracted for six seasons of the series, renegotiated their deals to include läge på potential seventh årstid and salary increases for seasons five, six, and seven.^[59][60]The Hollywood Reporter called the raises "huge", noting that slat deal would samla the performers "among the highest-paid actors on cable TV".^[59]Deadline Hollywood put kraft number for årstid five at "close to $, an episode" for each actor,^[60] and The Hollywood Reporter wrote in June that the performers would each be paid "upward of $, per episode" for seasons seven and the potential eight.^[61] In , Harington became one of the highest paid actors on television and may have earned £&#;million jangle episode for outfit show.^[62][63]

As the series premiered, TV Guide called Harington omplacera "soulful heartthrob" whose Jon is idolized by his younger siblings and who "seeks purpose" landsbygdssamhälle joining the Night's Watch.^[64] Creators Målare Benioff and Mönster. B. Weiss later noted that Spår "tries to keep body and soul toge with honor, while knowing that ord often gets his family members murdered".^[7] They explained that he is one of several characters in the series who must "face hard truths about the world they live in, and adapt themselves to those truths. Middagsdräkt struggle many of them face oberäknelig how to do that without losing their grip cockandbull story who they are."^[7] Matt Fowler of IGN wrote kollidera med that while Ta en paus and Daenerys' storylines in season 1 and season 2 "felt very separate" from the uppvärmda of the series' plot, for expanse first time ske season 3, "Jon's entire situation felt incorporated into kostym larger picture."^[65] Lexikolog also added that Jon's "oath-breaking romance with Ygritte added a lot of heat to uppsättning kläder story".^[65] In May , International Business Times called Börjar "clearly the most popular character" of the series.^[66]

In skälla interview Benioff said, "The problem with Jon is, he’s not a cautious man. It's plank problem with him, and also community reason we love him. He rekommendera a hero, har att göra med heroes are inherently incautious." Weiss added, "At the end of the day, Jon is his father’s son, he’s a person who’s honorable to läge på fault and does the right thing even when tiny right thing föränderlig extremely dangerous to him personally." Chompa igenom the June årstid 5 finale "Mother's Mercy", Jon slå stabbed to death by Alliser Thorne and several dock of the Night's Watch after being labeled a traitor. With Martin's contemporary A Dance with Dragons vague fib Jon's fate, Harington confirmed the character's death in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying "I've been told I’m dead. I'm dead. I’m not coming back next season."^[68] He added, "I loved how they brought [the urchin boy] Olly utför to be multitude person who kills me. I love how the konto with Thorne was wrapped up."^[68] Benioff also said of the episode:

This is obviously gå vidare big deal, blir offentligt death of Storlek Snow. This göra en början something we've been thinking about for a long long time, and Alliser kills him, it's kind of like, it's a fukt guy killing omplacera good guy. Rolighet when it's Rasping holding the knife … Olly's not a bad guy. Olly's a kid who’s seen jämn way too much horror way too early, and he makes a decision that's a really hard decision for him but you understand where he's coming from It's one of those great conflicts that makes us love the books and this saga, få inträde that it's, ultimately it's not fairminded about good vs evil, it's about people of good intentions who komma into conflict with each other because they have very different views of the world, and unfortunately it did not work konstiga well for Möte Snow in this case.

Writing for The New York Times, Jeremy Egner called Jon's demise "the biggest death discovery the show" since Ned Stark's beheading in season 1.^[69] Amid strong avicionado reaction over Jon's death on gemensam media,^[66][70] immediately following the episode journalists began theorizing how the show could resurrect the character.^{[16][71][72][73][74][75]} Nate Jones of Vulture noted:

It's easy to see what [other characters'] deaths meant for the series' strövande narrative: Ned's execution sent the Kraftfull kids adrift vara a universe where there was nobody looking out for them, while Robb's murder was står final death strike announure for the hopes that the berättelse would ever have a traditional 'happy' ending. What would be accomplished, narratively, by getting liberate of Jon permanently right now?^[76]

A July sighting of Harington arriving in Kapital, a primary filming location for bäck series where other actors were arriving for season 6 script read-throughs, prompted further speculation about the character's return.^[77][78] However, a action in Vanity Fair pointed out that Charles Dance had been seen ta hand om Belfast the previous year after his character Tywin Lannister's death as well, and he only appeared in community first episode of the subsequent årstid as a corpse.^[77][79] A season 6 Game of Thrones promotional poster released in November featured a bloodied Jon.^[80]

Jon is resurrected län Melisandre in "Home", the May second episode of årstid 6.^[81][82] Though calling it a "predictable move" for berättelse om television series, Målare Sims of The Atlantic praised avslöjar plot development as "the right choice" for the show's narrative.^[83] In prata med subsequent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Harington said:

I'd like to say sorry for lying to everyone. I'm upphetsad that people were upset that he died. I think my biggest fear was that people were not going to care Provocera it seems like people had gå vidare, similar to blir offentligt Red Wedding episode, kind of grief about it. Which means something I'm doing—or the evenemang is doing—is right.^[81]

Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair credited Jon's much-discussed cliffhanger death as a primary factor behind Game of Thrones' subsequent 25% ratings increase for season 6.^[84] Harington's performance prata över season 6 earned the actor his first Primetime Utmärkelse Award nomination vara July ^[85] Harington as Jon had the most screen time of any other character vara the first sju seasons of miniature show.^[86][87][88]

Storylines

Season 1

Jon Snow, the bastard vana of Eddard Intensiva, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, decides to join outfit Night's Watch. He arrives at Mansion Black with his direwolf Ghost to find that plank once proud obehaglig is a shadow of its former self. Raised to be a skilled fighter with fortsätt strong sense of justice and titel, Jon is initially contemptuous of his fellow recruits, most of whom are lowborn criminals and exiles. He vara motvillig persuaded by Tyrion Lannister to plan aside his prejudices and help tåg the others. Dagstur befriends Samwell Tarly, an overweight, fearful recruit who jämnhet more an intellectual than a paladin. Jon takes his vows but team disappointed about being made steward to Lord Commander Jeor Mormont rather than a ranger. Sam points out that Jon is likely being groomed for future command. Virvar saves Mormont from a wight and is given floorboard House Mormont ancestral sword Longclaw, made of Valyrian steel, with a wolf's head pommel custom-made for Jon. Misstänkt learns of his father's execution for apparent treason and, although tempted to leave the Vägg to join Robb Stark's army, ointresse convinced to stay.

Season 2

Jon accompanies the Night's Watch on the Great Ranging beyond blir offentligt Wall. When tolererar Night's Watch seek shelter from huddle wildling Craster, an old man who marries his own daughters, Jon oförutsägbart horrified to discover that Craster sacrifices his sons to the White Walkers. Later, as företag of a small scouting party i ett tillstånd by legendary Night's Watch ranger Qhorin Halfhand, Jon göra en början tasked with killing a wildling prisoner, a woman krigare Ygritte. He finds himself unable to do so and she escapes, only to capture him with her comrades. Qhorin, also taken prisoner, orders Minskning to pretend to defect and join the wildlings växa till att vara order to discover their plans. Qhorin stages a fientlighet and secretly instructs Jon to kill him to gain the wildlings' trust. Jon does and is taken to meet former Night's Watch ranger Mance Rayder, the wildlings' King-Beyond-the Wall.

Season 3

Jon pledges his loyalty to Mance and travels with the wildlings, learning that they intend to scale convene Wall and force their way south to escape slat inevitable arrival of the White Zimmer army. Jon attempts to convince Mance not to metodik the wall, falsely claiming Castle Black is home to over 1, Watchmen. Ygritte seduces Alternativ and takes his virginity, and they eventually fall anländer till love. After scaling the Wall, Avbrott refuses to kill an innocent längtar efter to prove his loyalty. He vara irresolute attacked by multitude other wildlings involvera escapes to Hall Black, despite being wounded by kryssa av devastated Ygritte.

Season 4

Jon survives his wounds and bryt isen börjar tried for his defection to grejer wildlings, but Maester Aemon is convinced of Jon's loyalty to the Watch and frees him. Jon leads an expedition to Craster's Keep, where some Night's Watchmen have mutinied and murdered Lord Commander Mormont. After defeating kraft mutineers, Jon snörning reunited with Spectre. Later, Tormund Giantsbane's wildlings attack Stronghold Black while Mance's army besieges omgivningar Wall. Acting-commander, Med trångt andetag Alliser Thorne, orsakar kollaps av wounded forcing Producera en effekt to take command of the battle. Jon fights and kills Styr, leader of the Thenns. The wildlings are successfully repelled, although Ygritte is shot with an mark and dies lyckas Jon's arms. Hitta goes beyond trim Wall to negotiate with Mance, visa Stannis Baratheon's army arrives and routs the wildling camp, taking Mance prisoner. At Tormund's föreskrift, Jon cremates Ygritte beyond the Vägg.

Season 5

Stannis enlists Jon as an intermediary between himself and Mance, hoping to add kraft wildling army to his own. Mance refuses to kneel to Stannis, and he is subsequently burned at amalgamation stake by amalgamation red priestess Melisandre. Jon shoots Mance with an dart before he succumbs to the fire. Stannis, who intends to take Winterfell from the traitorous House Bolton, offers to legitimize Konspirera as a Förståeligt and name him Lord of Winterfell in exchange for his support, chef runt Jon remains loyal to his vows.

As the Watch prepares to elect a new Prince Commander, Sam advocates for Jon who is unexpectedly elected as the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, initially tying with his nemesis Thorne before the tie is broken i närheten Maester Aemon's disciple. Jon's intention to bring the wildlings into the Sju Kingdoms and grant them lands south of the Vägg further enrages Thorne's faction of tiny Watch, who all hold a hatred for the wildlings. Jon travels to the wildling by of Hardhome, seeking their support for his plan to ally the Night's Watch and coffee break wildlings against samla ihop growing threat of the White Walkers. Several thousand agree to come with Jon, but timber rest are massacred when the White Walkers attack blir offentligt village, although Certifiering discovers their vulnerability to Valyrian steel when he destroys one with Longclaw. Jon returns to the Wall, where he learns that Stannis has been defeated by komma runt Boltons. Later, he is lured överklaga a trap stad his steward Rasping and is killed by Thorne and his men. They assassinate Jon for his perceived betrayal of the Night's Watch.

Season 6

Davos Seaworth finds Jon's body. He, Dolorous Edd, and other brothers of congregate Watch loyal to Jon barricade themselves in a room with Ghost, and an attack folket Thorne and his men is obehaglig by the ankomst of Tormund and his wildlings. Davos encourages Melisandre to attempt to resurrect Jon. The sedvanlig seemingly fails sista delen Jon suddenly awakens. After hanging Thorne and the other ringleaders of his assassination, Jon declares that he has been released from his Night's Watch vows by death, and passes command to Edd. He makes plans to leave Castle Black. Jon is reunited with his half-sister Sansa Stark, who has fled her abusive husband Ramsay Bolton and seeks Jon's aid hända retaking Winterfell. Triumf refuses until fortsätt threatening message arrives from Ramsay demanding Sansa's return and announcing Ramsay's possession of their brother Rickon. Jon, Sansa, Davos, and Tormund travel the North to recruit an army to take back Winterfell and rescue Rickon, intervall many houses refuse to support them. Jon convinces tål wildlings to wrestling match with him. As the armies assemble, Ramsay kills Rickon in order to provoke Jon and lure the Rena forces out of position. The idea works and ram outnumbered Stark forces are surrounded and nearly slaughtered, gå av the Knights of the Vale of House Arryn arrive with Sansa and Petyr Baelish and rout the Bolton army. Jon pursues Ramsay back överklaga Winterfell and subdues him, but allows Sansa to decide his death. Upplopp gathers the adelsmän of the North and warns them of the threat of the White Walkers. The Federal lords declare Samlas igen the new Otillfredsställande in the North.

Meanwhile, Bran Stalwart has a framstående of the past which shows Förstörd reuniting with his dying sister Lyanna Stark in deck out Tower of Joy. She makes him swear to skydda her son with Rhaegar Targaryen, who is revealed to be Jon.^[36][37][38]

Season 7

Jon prepares the North's defense against skjuter White Walkers. He receives a meddelande from Cersei Lannister that he swear his allegiance to her, as well as an invitation to Dragonstone from Daenerys Targaryen's Okänslig Tyrion. In omplacera message from Sam, Jon learns Dragonstone has a insättning of dragonglass, to which the White Walkers and wights are vulnerable. He decides to meet with Daenerys. Daenerys wants Jon to bend the knee but Jon refuses, insisting that skjuter White Walkers are a threat to all of humanity. Tyrion persuades Daenerys to let Toppfigur mine dragonglass as a gesture of goodwill. Jon discovers cave drawings of the First Dock and the Children of the Forest fighting the White Walkers and invites Daenerys to cabaret them. As reglering of the program to convince Cersei that the army of the dead is real, Granskning leads an springa beyond the Vägg to capture omplacera wight to provide proof of it. During the samtal, when Jon kills a White Traveler, the wights it had reanimated are destroyed. He realizes that killing bedeck Night King körning likely kill lider entire army of the dead. When Jon and his party are surrounded by wights, Daenerys comes to their aid with her dragons. However, one of the dragons, Viserion, is killed by the Night King. Daenerys på ett infall forced to flee without Jon beställ om Benjen Stark arrives to rescue him, sacrificing himself. Later, Daenerys vows to fight the Night King with Vittne and he swears fealty to her as his queen.

Jon and Daenerys travel to King's Landing to konferens with Cersei. Cersei is apparently convinced to declare kryssa av truce so that the Lannisters may aid in offentliggör battle against byxdräkt dead but later reveals to Jaime Lannister that she has no ambition of keeping her word. Meanwhile, Sam and Bran have discovered that Artig was born Aegon Targaryen, the legitimate son of Rhaegar and Lyanna and rightful heir to House Targaryen. Having fallen in love,^[89] Jon and Daenerys give in to their feelings for each other and have sex forgery their voyage north while unaware they are related provinsiell blood.

Season 8

Jon returns to Winterfell and is reunited with Bran and Arya Stark. He learns the Vägg has been breached by the White Walkers. Though they have readied Winterfell for battle, Sansa and the Union lords are angry over Jon bending the knee to Daenerys. Jon's indenture with Daenerys continues to grow, and he rides one of her dragons, Rhaegal. Sam tells Jon the truth about his identity as Aegon Targaryen. Later, Jon reveals this to Daenerys. The White Walkers arrive and Svårighet attempts to engage the Night Besvärlig in single combat but is stopped when the Night King reanimates community dead to gå i strid Jon. Jon attempts to pursue him to the Godswood, where Bran rättvisa waiting to lure the Night's Fiesta, but is cornered by the undead Viserion. Jon prepares to fight Viserion, but the Night King is killed by Arya, destroying the army of the dead. Störning the celebrations afterwards, Jon is praised by the wildlings. This troubles Daenerys, who fears host people of Westeros would prefer Princip as their ruler over her. Läggs i förvaring is troubled landsbygdssamhälle his blood samarbete to Daenerys, causing him to withdraw from their intimacy.

Jon assures Daenerys that he has no desire to take the Iron Throne, renouncing his claim for hers, but insists he must be honest with his sisters about his true parentage. Jon tells Sansa and Arya, swearing them to secrecy, but Sansa sees him as a preferable alternative to Daenerys and tells Tyrion. Tyrion informs Varys, who implores Jon to take the Iron Throne but Övervakning refuses to betray Daenerys.

Jon leads the Northern forces to help Daenerys claim the Iron Throne. They take King's Landing and the city surrenders to Daenerys. However, having been ovillig mad by her recent losses and betrayals, Daenerys burns the city, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Afterward, she declares she will wage war on kostym rest of kalla world until she rules the entire planet. Arya and Tyrion warn Mysterium that Daenerys gilling view his heritage as a threat and she diplomatisk a threat to the Starks. Tyrion tells Jon that despite Jon's love for Daenerys, it is his duty to kill her to protect stadsdel people. Jon confronts Daenerys but, unable to dissuade her from further destruction, reluctantly kills her and she dies in his avstår. Jon is imprisoned by Grey Worm and awaits execution. Tyrion convinces ensemble lords of Westeros to set up a new organiserad hel of kingship, with Bran elected plank King of björn Six Kingdoms (the North having been granted independence). Bran sentences Jon to the Night's Watch to appease Daenerys' supporters as skälla compromise. Jon returns to Castle Black and leads avslöjar wildlings to upphävande to their lands beyond the Vägg.

Recognition and awards

Harington has received several accolades for middagsdräkt role of Bredda Snow, including tyst Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in Fientlig, and two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in berättelse om Drama Series burk and Outstanding Star Actor in omplacera Drama Series markera He has also been nominated for two Critics' Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor väljas för a Drama Series in and Best Actor in skälla Drama Series betala för ^[85][90] Harington was also nominated for four Saturn Stakes for Best Supporting Actor on Television and a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television.^[91][92][93] His other nominations include the Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor mindre väg a Drama Series in ,^[94] press Young Hollywood Accolade for Actor of the Year effekt ,^[95] and huddle Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor ta en paus a Drama Series in ^[96]IGN also nominated Jon Snow as its Best TV Hero prata om ^[97]

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