Lonnel Snow (The Lion and the Dragon)

## Lonnel Snow

**Lonnel Snow** is the bastard son of Brandon Stark and Kyra Frey. He has a half-sibling: Lady Branda Stark. Lonnel was raised at Winterfell at the insistence of his uncle, Eddard Stark. At the age of fourteen, he joined the Night's Watch, where he earns the nickname **Lord Snow**.

## Appearance and Character

Lonnel has more Stark-like features than his half-sister. He is graceful and quick, and has a lean build. Lonnel has the long face of the Starks, with dark, brown hair and grey eyes so dark they almost seem black. Lonnel resembles his father, Brandon Stark.

Lonnel looks solemn and guarded, and is considered sullen and quick to sense a slight. Due to having been raised in a castle and trained by a master-at-arms, Lonnel is seen by some lower-born members of the Night's Watch as arrogant at first, though this changes when they become more friendly towards one another, as Lonnel is reminded of his nonetheless privileged background and decides to pass on his knowledge to them. Lonnel is observant, a trait he developed on account of being a bastard. He is a capable horseback rider and is well practiced in fighting with a sword. Lonnel has resented his bastard status most of the time. He desires to be viewed as honorable and wants to prove he can be as good and true as his cousin, Robb. Lonnel dreamed he would one day lead men to glory, or even become a conqueror, as a child. He feels strongly about not fathering a bastard himself.

While Lord Eddard openly acknowledged Lonnel as his brothers son and allowed him to live at Winterfell with his cousins, Lonnel felt like an outsider nonetheless. While Lonnel has good relationships with his cousins, especially Robb, with whom he trained since they were children, and Arya, whom he sees as somewhat of an outsider as well, Brandon's widow Catelyn, who was especially annoyed when Lonnel bested Robb in training or classes, ensured that Lonnel was never truly one of them.

Lonnel would often talk to his nuncle's Eddard and Benjen about his father, and he spoke to his half-grandaunt Morya Frey, wife of Ned, about his mother - her half-niece.

As a northerner raised at Winterfell, Lonnel keeps faith with the old gods.

## History

### Early life

Lonnel was born in late 282 AC, towards the end of the War of the Usurpers. He was the bastard son of Brandon Stark, who died before his birth, and Kyra Frey who died giving birth to Lonnel. His name was given to him by his uncle Eddard Stark, who brought the bastard boy back from The Twins after his marriage to Lonnel's half-grandaunt, Morya Frey.

Lonnel being brought back to Winterfell, and his uncle recognising him as his brothers son, was controversial within the Stark and Frey families. Lonnel's Stark grandfather Rickard feared that the bastard would one day claim Winterfell as his own, while his Frey grandfather Walder felt he should've remained at the Twins - potentially as a bargaining chip in the future.

The birth of Branda Stark by Catelyn Tully also complicated matters, with the heir to the North now being a girl. The last time this had happened was Rickon Stark's daughters in 161 AC, but at that time the succession went instead to the half-uncle of the girls, Lord Jonnel Stark, who married the eldest heir to Winterfell.