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Character Basics:

Character Name: Jon Snow
Journal: starkbastard
Age: seven-and-ten
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire
Canon Point: End of the third book, A Storm of Swords, as he is being elected as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but before he tells Stannis
Debt:

Class A:
80 years for betrayal of his vows (one year for each time he bedded the Wildling Ygritte)
125 years for homicide/manslaughter, for each Wildlings he killed or was responsible of their deaths while commanding the Night's Watch during the battle for the Wall
1 year for homicide, for the murder of Qhorin Halfhand

Class B:
2 x 6 months for assault on Allister Thorne

Class C:
2 x 1 month, for the attempted murder of Mance Raider
1 month for trespassing, for climbing the Wall with the Wildlings
1 month for perjury, for playing a turncloak with the Wildlings

• -Insubordination

GRAND TOTAL: 207 years and 5 months

Canon Character Section:

History: Wikipedia article
Jon’s Wikipedia article
Jon’s fan wiki article

Personality:

Raised as a Northerner in the house of his father, Lord Eddard Stark, Jon retains everything of that family, except for the name. Righteous and honorable, he is very loyal to his friends and family. The series starts with him being very much a typical teenager: prideful and quick to temper flares, he has trouble with authority that isn’t his father. But by the end of the third book (A Storm of Swords), Jon has matured into a brave man, more than ready to give his life to save the ones of his brothers.

In Winterfell, while he was raised as equal to his father's trueborn children, the shadow of his own birth circumstances never truly leaves him. It helps shape his personality: it develops his sense of honor, because he sees his father as a very honorable man despite him having fathered a bastard, but it also makes him feel like he doesn’t belong in Winterfell. From a very young age, he knows that he will not inherited any of the holdfasts in his father’s land and because of that, Jon wants to find glory and honor in another way. When his uncle Benjen Stark visits from the Wall, he sees it as an opportunity to join the Night’s Watch, a thousand of years old Brotherhood that mans the Wall up North, the guardians of the realm. The legends of the Night's Watch are well known, and the young man hopes to become part of it. His disappointment and resentment is clearly felt when he discovers that most of the Black Brothers is mostly composed of thieves and rapists that were given the choice between death or taking the oath. He feels cheated by this 'secret' and tells Tyrion Lannister so, letting the dwarf know that he had been the only one truthful about the Order. This shows that Jon can be naïve at times and that while he can take on the hard truth, he doesn’t like being kept in the dark.

Being upfront and honest is something he holds dear, but at the same time he knows how to be diplomatic. This is shown when Robb asks Jon about how his mother reacted to him saying goodbye to Bran. While the grieving woman was harsh and cruel with him, bidding him to leave and letting him know that he should have been the one crippled and in bed, Jon lies to Robb and says that his mother had been very kind, so he can spare his brother's feelings.

At the Wall, Jon starts to show the qualities needed to be a good leader and that despite a harsh and cold look on the outside, he cares about others, especially the unfortunates. He lets himself be touched by Samwell's story, a fat boy that joined the ranks of the Night’s Watch months after Jon's arrival. He defends the lordling when Thorne asks the other boys to beat him up into picking his sword, feeling that there is no honor in hitting a man that yielded. Later on, he manages to get the other boys to agree to not hurt Sam while training. He uses cajoleries, shame and threats where needed to convince the other recruits to include Sam amongst them. He even goes as far as using Ghost, his albino direwolf, to scare one of the recruits into falling in line with the rest. While Sam doesn't know how Jon managed it, he thanks the bastard, letting him know that he's a good man for what he's done.

Jon's adventures beyond the Wall and deep into Wildlings territory define his personality further more. He shows a kindness that few Northeners have: he's repulsed by Craster's dealing with the baby boys his daughter/wives have and when he tells the Lord Commander, the Old Bear only comments that his heart is noble, but that he needs to learn to discern what's most important. Even Qhorin Halfhand, the ranger who asked for Jon when he was commanded by Mormont to look for Wildlings, notices the boy's kind heart. This is shown when he comments that if he truly had wanted Ygritte dead, he would have done it himself, hinting that he suspected that Jon would let her go. When commanded by the Halfhand to join the Wildlings to observe them and find out what their plans are, Jon refuses at first, not wanting to break his vows, not wanting to forsake his honor. But he follows what's asked of him by Qhorin, going as far as killing the Ranger to prove he truly has turned his cloak. This decision, and this command, is something that will haunt him for the several months he spends with the Wildlings. As he lives with them, and even comes to love some, Jon discovers that it’s not that easy to be honorable and he often feels confused and lost at what to do. Still, he demonstrates a talent for playing a part, always thinking of his vows and brothers at the Wall as he pretends to be a traitor to them.

Jon is a very introverted person, always observing and thinking to himself before speaking out loud. The months spent with Mance's army shapes him to be more determined and more assertive of what he wants and what he believes in. He also shows capacity to let his opinions of others change and befriend others without judging them as well. He also has a capacity for love, and while breaking his vows of celibacy with Ygritte, he finds that he cares for her and that is the reason why he regrets having to leave her behind. But by returning to Castle Black, Jon proves that he values duty and honor above all else, even if it is at his own detriment and at the cost of his own happiness.

Upon his return in Castle Black, he continues to show solid leadership qualities. He helps with the defense of the Night's Watch stronghold with Donal Noye, commanding the men of the Night's Watch and boys from Mole Town alike, and even takes over Noye when the older man sacrifices his life to seal the tunnel that passes through the Wall. Jon is also a rather carefully optimistic person, bordering on being a realist in most situation he's faced with. When face with the threat of being raided by Ygritte's band, he reflects that the Night's Watch may suffer a hard blow from the Thenns, but at least they wouldn't be butchered in their sleep. Or when he meets Mance to call up a truce, he is smart enough to admit that he knows the Watch is not nearly numbered enough to face the Wildlings, and that the Wall is the only thing that gives the Watch an advantage on Mance's army.

Jon is also a very stubborn boy in his honor loving ways: it shows in his resiliency to fight despite limping on a leg, it shows in the way he refuses to deny what happened with Ygritte beyond the Wall just to save his neck. When confronted with his momentary defection from the Watch, by either Stannis or Thorne and Slynt, Jon keeps to the truth where most people would have lied. It also makes him able to give credit where it's due and when people tells him he was the one that held the Wall before Stannis' arrival, Jon is quick to remind them of his brothers-in-arms feats as well, that he did not held it on his own. He also keeps training the recruits in Castle Black even though he's been relieved from his duties (but not his vows) while the senior members decide what's to be done with him.

But despite all the great and honorable deeds Jon has done for the Night's Watch, when offered Winterfell by Stannis, he finds that his issues with his bastardy are not really as buried as he thought. The offer reveals to him that despite loving his brothers and sisters very much and not wanting any hurt to ever come to them, he's also been wanting to be a trueborn as well. He realizes that many things he's denied himself, like sons of his own, are things he still may want despite having taken the black. It makes him truly conflicted as to who he is, to the point where he wonders what's he been wanting all along since most of the things he's done in his life were to please others. But the coming back of Ghost, his direwolf, to him at Castle Black, Jon realizes that he's given himself to the Old Gods and that yet again, no matter what he wants, he has no choice but to honor his vows. Finally, in the way he's truly surprised by his name being put forth in the choosing of the next Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jon shows that he's a rather humble person, not having even considered himself for such a position. The fact that he gets elected rather easily despite Samwell's intrigue, it shows that despite his young age, Jon is already seen as a strong leader, a brave and honorable man, truthful and honest.

Powers/Abilities: Jon is a skilled swordman, a decent rider and a decent archer as well. His direwolf, Ghost, is described as having white fur and red eyes. He also never makes a sound and can easily sneak up on people. Ghost shows a great deal of intelligence and insight for an animal, and Jon has developed a warg bond with him.  N.B. I am well aware that Ghost will not arrive with Jon, but I still wanted to list him as an 'ability'.

Appearance: Played by Kit Harington

Samples:

Actionspam Sample:

[He's been in Asgard for a few days, learning as much as he can about this world, its many Gods and the way things work around. But still, there is something that he is still wondering about. And he supposes the best way to have answers to his questions is to ask them out.]

Many of my questions have been answered by many of you, and for that I am grateful. I however find myself wondering about many things still.

Before I was brought here, I was with others and I can not help but to ask of them. Would they not know of my absence? Would they not try to find me? How am I to explain my leaving to them in a way that will be believed?

[That's a rather important question for Jon, seeing as his absence can only be seen as defection from the Night's Watch. 'And on the night of my election, too,' he thinks, hating that he can not explain himself to his men.]

I know it is an honor to be chosen by the Gods of this place, but I still have a duty to the Night's Watch in my world and I can not help but to worry about the men I left behind.

Prose Sample:

Jon sat in a daze on the stairs of the large home he had been sent to after seemingly appearing out of nowhere in this new world. His head had already been swinging with the thought of having become the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, surely the youngest one in history as well, that what he had been told in the circle by the priestess still seemed so unbelievable. And yet, he was still here, very much awake and very much away from the Wall. The bracelet around his left wrist seemed to weight a ton and Jon touched it lightly, not sure he could trust it at all. The woman had been rather courteous with him, but left him with so little information that he couldn't help the wave of wariness that came upon him.

'The Night's Watch takes no part' he thought as he frowned. He couldn't fight in a war that wasn't his own, that wasn't to defend the realm against invaders from the North. 'Against the Others mostly now, I supposes.' The Wildings host had broken up, scattered back to the Haunted Forest and the plains beyond. And yet there was still so many things that needed his attention, the Lord Commander's attention at caslte Black. The reconstruction of the stronghold, the redivision of the men to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea and the Shadow Tower. The taking of vows of the recruits, the choosing of his steward, the list was endless in Jon's head. 'I should not be here, no matter what they say. I need to get back to my brothers.' Would they know about his leaving? Or would they think he's ran away, taking the King's offer for the seat of his father? He had told Mallister and Pyke he would honor the fact that they had taken their names to support his, and this was the apparent way he was thanking them for it. It wouldn't surprise Jon that when he finally returned to Castle Black, he'd be welcomed by a noose.

He felt a rough wetness on his cheek that pulled him out his musings and Jon turned his head to face his direwolf, Ghost. It was strange how here he could not feel him, anymore than he could since the day he had sent the beast away before he climbed the Wall with Ygritte's band. Seeing the red eyes on the white fur still left an emptiness in his heart: he had barely found his connection to his companion and now he had lost it again.

"At least, I have you, boy," he whispered against the thick fur, thinking on the moment he'd seen the direwolf run out of the forest, barely hours ago in his mind. He had been reminded of the Old Gods of his father, his Gods as well, those he had taken his vows in front of. It made him wonder about how the Gods of this place seemed to hold little respect to the words he had said in front of the heart tree, in the weirwood grove beyond the Wall. He belonged to the Night's Watch, not to the House of Heimdall the Watcher, though he supposed it was rather fitting. 'I am the Watcher on the Wall', bound by duty and now bound to a new place, he thought, part of him knowing he would honor his choosing to be brought in Asgard, at least until he would be permitted to go home.

The sound of wings flapping made Jon look up and there was a flurry of black that obscured his view before he felt talons claw through the thick boiled leather of his doublet. Of course, the Old Bear's raven had followed him as well, and it came to no surprise that the bird coaked in his ears: "Corn, corn, corn!" Jon shook his head as he stood up, knowing his pockets had long been emptied of corn grains and he gestured to Ghost, watching the direwolf silently trot to him before he turned his gaze back to the raven:

"I have none on me right now, but I can try to find some, here. I suppose they would have some." The bird made a sound again, almost an happy one at that and Jon left the stairs to explore this as the raven kept going on: "Snow, snow, snow."