Jon Snow (The Hedge Knight)

Lord Of Summerhall

Hand Of The King (Formerly, To Robb Stark)

Master Of Whispers (To Aegon VI)

House Arryn (By oath, When Squired to Jon Arryn)

Elia Martell (Step-Mother/Legal Mother, Deceased)

Rhaenys Targaryen (Half-Sister)

Aegon Targaryen (Half-Brother)

Eddard Stark (Uncle/Adopted Father, Deceased)

Robb Stark (Cousin/Adopted Brother)

Sansa Stark (Cousin/Adopted Sister, Lover)

Bran Stark (Cousing/Adopted Brother)

Arya Stark (Cousin/Adopted Sister and Squire)

Rickon Stark (Cousin/Adopted Brother)

Daenerys Targaryen (Aunt)

**Lord Jon Stark**, born **Prince** **Jon Targaryen** and also known as **Jon Snow**, is the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, the late Prince of Dragonstone. From infancy, Jon is presented as the bastard son of Lord Eddard Stark, Lyanna's brother, and raised alongside Eddard's lawful children at Winterfell. Jon's true parentage is kept secret from everyone, including Jon himself, in order to protect him from those that sought the complete annihilation of House Targaryen.

## Abilities

**Targaryen Ancestry:** Through his Valyrian heritage, Jon possesses a number of magical qualities.

* **Unburnt:** Jon possesses a degree of immunity to fire, as, during the battle of Duskendale, Jon was able to walk through a wall of fire separating him from Euron Greyjoy without harm to himself.
* **Dragon Connection:** Through his Targaryen ancestry, Jon was able to sense when Daenarys' dragons awoke.

**High-Level Intellect/Master Tactician/Master Investigator:** Highly intelligent from a young age, Jon grew up to be a very thoughtful, focused, and observant man, honing these qualities to his advantage as he got older, becoming very capable investigator, quickly noticing the similiaraties between Cersei's children and Ser Jaime as well as the increasingly odd behavior of Lysa Tully before her husband's death. Through his squiring to Jon Arryn and mentoring by Kevan Lannister, Jon became a very capable strategist, efficiently outsmarting Euron Greyjoy numerous times as well as match Tywin, Kevan And Jaime Lannister's wits on the battlefield numerous times during the War of the Five Kings, later forcing Tywin out of Harrenhal, his main command base.

* **Expert Negotiator:** During his time squired to Jon Arryn at The Eryie, Jon was schooled in diplomacy, often shadowing him during his dealings with many of the Vale houses. Jon apparently became a skilled diplomat, as he was able to talk Balon Greyjoy out of retaliation against the crown in his brother Euron's honour, as well as soundly negotiate the alliance between the Stark forces and House Frey, effectively deflecting Lord Walder's attempts to arrange marriages of his issue to Robb and Arya, seemingly without seriously offending Walder.
* **Expert Tracker:** Through his extensive hunting experience, Jon is a skilled tracker, which he later applied when hunting down Euron Greyjoy.
* **Master Spy:** During his time in the Red Keep, Jon shadowed Varys, observing a great deal of his tactics and methods of network..
* **Multilingual:** Through extensive private study, Jon is well learned in a number of languages, showing fluency in Dothraki, some dialects of Ghiscari and High Valyrian, as well as some degree of understanding of some of the varieties of Low Valyrian and The Old Tongue of the First Men.

**Master hand-to-hand combatant:** Wrestling and brawling with his brothers and Theon from a young age, Jon was already a skilled unarmed fighter before leaving Winterfell. After repeated conflict with the Ironborn, Jon has become an incredibly skilled unarmed combatant.

* **Master Swordsman**: Trained from childhood by Rodrik Cassel, Jon showed himself to be a natural swordsman, easily defeating his brother Robb and Theon Greyjoy as a teenager. Through the ancient spell of inheritance of the first men, Jon gained the training and education of both of his birth parents becoming an incredibly skilled swordsman like his father, his attendance in many tourneys over the years and his repeated conflict with the Ironborn tempering his skill to such a degree that he was able to fight and later defeat the extremely skilled Euron Greyjoy in single combat, a feat for which Jon earned great recognition. Jon Later shows his prowess during the battle of the Whispering Wood when faced against Jaime Lannister, who he is eventually able to outmatch following a fierce duel.
* **Master Archer**: Taught to a competent level with a bow as a child, Jon's archery skills improved through many hunts alongside Jon Arryn and later Robert Baratheon, becoming a highly skilled bowman.
* **Master Knife-fighter/Thrower:** Jon is shown to be skilled with knives, and carries a paired set on him as secondary weapons.

* **Expert Axe-wielder:** When escaping his imprisonment in the Ironborn-occupied Whispers, Jon takes an axe off of a warrior and proceeds to cut his way through the Ironborn with great skill, showing high prowess with the weapon.
* **Expert Marksman -** Jon also possesses exceptional skill with a crossbow, as shown during the battle of Duskendale.
* **Master Spearman -** Through his experience in many a tourney joust, Jon is a very skilled mounted spearmen, being able to unhorse both Jaime Lannister and Loras Tyrell during the Hand's Tourney, eventually winning the tournament. Jon is also shown to be very capable with pole-arms, as he was able to effectively fight evenly with Gregor Clegane with a halberd during their duel in the Riverlands.
* **Master Cavalryman:** Taught how to ride a horse from a young age, Jon was trained further through his squiring by Jon Arryn, and learned further from Jaime Lannister And Loras Tyrell throughout the years, steadily improving, as shown when he was able to outride all three in the Hand's Tourney, as well as later effectively hold his own against Gregor Clegane during their duel in the Riverlands, before eventually being forced to the ground

**Indomitable Will/High Pain Tolerance/Expert Surivor:** A man of Incredible conviction, Jon was able to endure weeks of torture at the hands of the Ironborn during his inprisonment in the Whispers, even later able to escape with help of Ramsay Snow.

**Master of Stealth/Infiltration:** Jon has shown many times to be exeedingly capable at subterfuge and stealth.