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** Lady Fornlorn, another Valyrian steel blade belonging to Lynn Corbray. [[spoiler: It becomes Lightbringer, when both sword and wielder and burned on Jon's funeral pyre]].

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** As in canon, Lady Fornlorn, another Valyrian steel blade belonging to Ser Lynn Corbray. [[spoiler: It becomes Lightbringer, when both sword and wielder and burned on Jon's funeral pyre]].tranformes into Lightbringer after Corbray's execution/Jon's funeral.]].

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* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler: Stannis is turned into an Other after Davos' and Shireen's deaths drive him over the edge.]]

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* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Bloodraven tells Bran that Jon will die if he goes to the Wall. Bran does everything he can think of to protect his cousin, including possessing a giant to fight the Others with him. He thinks that he's changed Jon's fate, only for Bloodtaven to remind him that he said Jon would die if he ''went'' to the Wall, not ''at the Wall''. Sure enough, Jon is murdered on his way back to Winterfell, [[BackFromTheDead though it doesn't stick.]]]]
* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler: Stannis is turned into an Other after Davos' and Shireen's deaths drive him over the edge.edge and the Others promise him that he can get them back.]]



* HandicappedBadass: Aldred, one of the vassals of House Bolton, is still one of the best fighters in the story, even after losing a hand.

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* HandicappedBadass: Aldred, one of the vassals of House Bolton, is still one of the best fighters in the story, a capable warrior even after losing a hand.



* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis closer and closer to the edge. It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the fool is just a mouthpiece for the Others.]]

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* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis [[SanitySlippage closer and closer to the edge. edge.]] It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the fool is just a mouthpiece for the Others.]]



** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme TheNeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocents if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.

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** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme TheNeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocents if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.Others.
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: Bloodraven and Bran have a vision of Jon dying if he goes to the Wall. Bran is terrified of this outcome and tries everything to protect him, from appearing in Winterfell's godswood to warn him away, to possessing Wun Wun in order to fight with Jon against the Others. Despite this, Jon still dies on his way back from the Wall, betrayed by Stannis and his men, just like Bloodraven had warned Bran.]]
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* HandicappedBadass: Aldred is still one of the best fighters in the story, even after losing a hand.

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* HandicappedBadass: Aldred Aldred, one of the vassals of House Bolton, is still one of the best fighters in the story, even after losing a hand.



* ParentalSubstitute: Rickon asks both Sansa and Jon to be this to him. {{Deconstructed}} as both of them are too young to know how to parent a child with as many emotional problems as him, not to mention the unhealthiness of dealing with grief over losing his parents that way. In the end, they manage to convince him not to forget his parents, and that they would always love him as his older siblings.

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* ParentalSubstitute: Rickon asks both Sansa and Jon to be this to him. {{Deconstructed}} as However, both of them are too young to know how to parent a child with as many emotional problems as him, not to mention the unhealthiness of dealing with grief over losing his parents that way. In the end, they manage to convince him not to forget his parents, and that they would always love him as his older siblings.
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* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis closef and closer to the edge. It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the fool is just a mouthpiece for the Others.]]

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* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis closef closer and closer to the edge. It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the fool is just a mouthpiece for the Others.]]
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* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis closef and closer to the edge. It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the clown is just a mouthpiece for the Others.]]

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* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis closef and closer to the edge. It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the clown fool is just a mouthpiece for the Others.]]

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* HandicappedBadass: Aldred is still one of the best fighters in the story, even after losing a hand.



* MadeOfIron: Jon suffers all sorts of injuries over the course of the story, but never lets them slow him down for long. [[spoiler: Even dying isn't enough to stop Jon Snow.]]

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* MadeOfIron: Jon suffers all sorts of injuries over the course of the story, but never lets them slow him down for long. [[spoiler: Even [[BackFromTheDead dying isn't enough to stop Jon Snow.Snow]].]]
* MonsterClown: Patchface, even more than in canon, since [[spoiler: he's the one who made the Grey fever spread faster by contaminating the drinking water, and kills several of Stannis's men including Davos, to drive Stannis closef and closer to the edge. It's implied that there is no real Patchface, and the clown is just a mouthpiece for the Others.
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** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme NeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocents if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.

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** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme NeedsOfTheMany TheNeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocents if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.
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** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme NeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocent if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.

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** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme NeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocent innocents if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: Upon reuniting with Sansa, Jon takes note of how Sansa has grown from a little girl to a young woman.

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* ShesAllGrownUp: Upon reuniting with Sansa, Jon takes note of how Sansa has grown from a little girl to a young woman.woman.
* UnscrupulousHero: [[spoiler: Bran the Builder, who enslaved hundreds of giants in order to build the Wall and Winterfell.]]
** Also Bloodraven, who has an extreme NeedsOfTheMany mentality, saying he would kill thousands of innocent if it prevents ten times that number from falling to the Others.
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* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler: Stannis is turned into an other after Davos' and Shireen's deaths drive him over the edge.]]

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* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler: Stannis is turned into an other Other after Davos' and Shireen's deaths drive him over the edge.]]



* LikeASonToMe: Implied in Willem's relationship to Jon, like the time he tells him that the reason he can't bring himself to burn Jon even if he's turned into a wight because [[spoiler: he couldn't stand to see his son die in a fire again]].

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* LikeASonToMe: Implied in Willem's relationship to Jon, like the time he tells him that the reason he can't bring himself to burn Jon even if he's turned into a wight because [[spoiler: he couldn't stand to see his son son, also named Jon, die in a fire again]].

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* FaceMonsterTurn: [[spoiler: Stannis is turned into an other after Davos' and Shireen's deaths drive him over the edge.]]



** John still gets his hand burnt, though not the same way.

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** John Jon still gets his hand burnt, though not the same way.


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* LikeASonToMe: Implied in Willem's relationship to Jon, like the time he tells him that the reason he can't bring himself to burn Jon even if he's turned into a wight because [[spoiler: he couldn't stand to see his son die in a fire again]].
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** Lord Commander Mormont is still [[spoiler: betrayed and killed by his men in a mutiny, though his death mirrors Jon's from the books.]]
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* ParentalSubstitute: Rickon asks both Sansa and Jon to be this to him. {{Deconstructed}} as both of them are too young to know how to parent a child with as many emotional problems as him. Not to mention the unhealthiness of dealing with grief over losing his parents that way. In the end, they manage to convince him not to forget his parents, and that they would always love him as his older siblings.

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* ParentalSubstitute: Rickon asks both Sansa and Jon to be this to him. {{Deconstructed}} as both of them are too young to know how to parent a child with as many emotional problems as him. Not him, not to mention the unhealthiness of dealing with grief over losing his parents that way. In the end, they manage to convince him not to forget his parents, and that they would always love him as his older siblings.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Rickon asks both Sansa and Jon to be this to him. {{Deconstructed}} as both of them are too young to know how to parent a child with as many emotional problems as him. Not to mention the unhealthiness of dealing with grief over losing his parents that way. In the end, they manage to convince him not to forget his parents, and that they would always love him as his older siblings.
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* RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.

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* RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.castle.
* RescueRomance: Jon saves Sansa from wildling raiders, and she returns the favor by saving him from Littlefinger.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Upon reuniting with Sansa, Jon takes note of how Sansa has grown from a little girl to a young woman.
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* Jon reading Willem's letter, [[spoiler: while going through his belongings after the latter dies.]]

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* ** Jon reading Willem's letter, [[spoiler: while going through his belongings after the latter dies.]]
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* ActionizedAdaptation: As the focus is on [[ActionHero Jon]], there is a lot more emphasis on action and less on intrigue compared to the original books and show.
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Despite the added emphasis on action, as noted above, there are numerous moments of quiet and character building for the protagonists, most involving Jon. These include:
** Sansa comforting Jon in the godswood after they learn about his parents.
** Jon telling Rickon about his father, and assuring him that they shouldn't forget about him, no matter how much it hurts to remember.
* Jon reading Willem's letter, [[spoiler: while going through his belongings after the latter dies.]]

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* AChildShallLeadThem: Sansa is 14/13 when she becomes queen, [[spoiler: and Rickon is 5 when he is named king]].



* CoveredInScars: Jon has two healed slashes on his abdomen, lash scars from being flogged by the Freys, and of course, healed burns on his hand.



* RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Sansa is 14/13 when she becomes queen, [[spoiler: and Rickon is 5 when he is named king]].

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* RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Sansa is 14/13 when she becomes queen, [[spoiler: and Rickon is 5 when he is named king]].
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* IGaveMyWord: Jon braves all sorts of dangers, nearly dying twice, just to keep his promise to return Robar's sword to his family.



* MadeOfIron: Jon suffers all sorts of injuries over the course of the story, but never lets them slow him down for long. [[spoiler: Even dying isn't enough to stop Jon Snow.]]



* AChildShallLeadThem: Sansa is 14/13 when she becomes queen, [[spoiler: and Rickon is 5 when he is named king]].
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Sansa is 14/13 when she becomes queen, [[spoiler: and Rickon is 5 when he is named king]].
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* RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.

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* RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.castle.
*AChildShallLeadThem: Sansa is 14/13 when she becomes queen, [[spoiler: and Rickon is 5 when he is named king]].
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* FreakOut: Jon's reaction to learning the truth of his parentage, complete with a HowlOfSorrow.


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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Ser Willem becomes Jon's closest friend despite being at least fiteen years older than he is.


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* KnightInShiningArmor: Jon becomes a textbook example.
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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2115015 A Knight's Watch]] is a ‘’Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire’’ fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/DolorousEdditor/pseuds/DolorousEdditor DolorousEdditor]] where, rather than allowing him to go North to join the Night's Watch, Ned Stark instead arranges for him to go south and train to be a knight.

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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2115015 A Knight's Watch]] is a ‘’Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire’’ ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/DolorousEdditor/pseuds/DolorousEdditor DolorousEdditor]] where, rather than allowing him Jon Snow to go North to join the Night's Watch, Ned Stark instead arranges for him to go south and train to be a knight.



* AngerBornOfWorry: Sansa is often irate with Jon on account of his ChronicHeroSyndrom.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Sansa is often irate with Jon on account of his ChronicHeroSyndrom.ChronicHeroSyndrome.
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* PreatorianGuard: The Stark sisters create the Sworn Guard, the North's version of a Kinsguard. [[spoiler: Brienne of Tarth]] is the first to be named.

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* PreatorianGuard: PraetorianGuard: The Stark sisters create the Sworn Guard, the North's version of a Kinsguard. [[spoiler: Brienne of Tarth]] is the first to be named.

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* ChronicHeroSyndrom: Jon can't help but go on whatever dangerous mission that House Stark or the North requires at the time, even as more and more capable retainers join their cause.

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* ChronicHeroSyndrom: ChronicHeroSyndrome: Jon can't help but go on whatever dangerous mission that House Stark or the North requires at the time, even as more and more capable retainers join their cause.



* DontYouDareDieOnMe: Stannis, to [[spoiler: Shireen as she finally succumbs to greyscale.]]

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* DontYouDareDieOnMe: HowDareYouDieOnMe: Stannis, to [[spoiler: Shireen as she finally succumbs to greyscale.]]



* Knighting: Jon Snow is knighted by no less than Bronze Yohn Royce, who even modifies his vow to suit a follower of the old gods.

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* Knighting: {{Knighting}}: Jon Snow is knighted by no less than Bronze Yohn Royce, who even modifies his vow to suit a follower of the old gods.


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* PreatorianGuard: The Stark sisters create the Sworn Guard, the North's version of a Kinsguard. [[spoiler: Brienne of Tarth]] is the first to be named.

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[[archiveofourown.org/works/2115015 A Knight's Watch]] is a ‘’Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire’’ fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/DolorousEdditor/pseuds/DolorousEdditor DolorousEdditor]] where, rather than allowing him to go North to join the Night's Watch, Ned Stark instead arranges for him to go south and train to be a knight.

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[[archiveofourown.[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2115015 A Knight's Watch]] is a ‘’Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire’’ fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/DolorousEdditor/pseuds/DolorousEdditor DolorousEdditor]] where, rather than allowing him to go North to join the Night's Watch, Ned Stark instead arranges for him to go south and train to be a knight.



** As usual, Longclaw, which ends up in the possession of [[spoiler: Howland Reed]].
** Lady Fornlorn, another Valyrian steel blade belonging to Lynn Corbray. [[spoiler: It becomes Lightbringer, when both sword and wielder and burned on Jon's funeral pyre]].



* DeadpanSnarker: Ser Willem is of near-Tyrion Lannister levels of snark.



** He still gets his hand burnt, though not the same way.
** Despite Jon not being Lord Commander, they Watch still holds off until Stannis arrives, and Jeor Mormont gives him the same advice of enlisting the mountain clans.
** Subverted later, when

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** He John still gets his hand burnt, though not the same way.
** Despite Jon not being Lord Commander, in the watch, they Watch still holds off hold against the wildings until Stannis arrives, and Jeor Mormont gives him the same advice of enlisting the mountain clans.
** Jon still ends up beheading Janos Sylnt, this time for desertion of the Night's Watch.
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Subverted later, when it seems that after everything [[spoiler: Jon will have to take the black to break the stalemate in the Lord Commander's choosing. Instead, Howland Reed joins.]]



* OlderSidekick: Ser Willem to Ser Jon, as he had been old enough to fight in the battle of the trident and remember Rhaegar.



* ThePromise: Jon swears to return Robar's sword to his home.
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* ThePromise: Jon swears to return Robar's sword to his home.
home. [[spoiler: His success marks the divergence from events of the books]].
* RedeemingReplacement:RedeemingReplacement: After House Bolton is destroyed, Jon is awarded their lands and castle.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: [[spoiler: Whitefyre]], the name of Jon's newly created noble house.
* BaitAndSwitch: Done frequently. A segment's wording will imply something happening with certain characters, only to reveal it was someone else nearby.
** [[spoiler: Greatjon and Jorelle Mormont]] get married in the godswood of Winterfell, but the wording initially implies it was [[spoiler: Jon and Sansa]].
** Melissandre has [[spoiler: Gilly]] killed and glamors herself as her, but the wording initially implies it was [[spoiler: Val]].



* CanonForeigner: Ser Willem Royce, a cousin of Lord Yohn who ends up becoming Jon's best friend.
** Coll and Aldred, noble vassals of the Boltons.



* InspiteOfANail: Despite Jon being away from the wall and changing events after he gets to the Vale, certain events still occur.
** He still gets his hand burnt, though not the same way.
** Despite Jon not being Lord Commander, they Watch still holds off until Stannis arrives, and Jeor Mormont gives him the same advice of enlisting the mountain clans.
** Subverted later, when



* ThePromise: Jon swears to return Robar's sword to his home.

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* ThePromise: Jon swears to return Robar's sword to his home.home.
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* CanonForeigner: Ser Willem Royce, a cousin for Bronze Yohn who becomes Jon's best friend.

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* CanonForeigner: Ser Willem Royce, a cousin for Bronze Yohn who becomes Jon's best friend.AngerBornOfWorry: Sansa is often irate with Jon on account of his ChronicHeroSyndrom.



* CosmicPlaything: Stannis. After everything that's happened to him in canon up until going to the wall,

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* CosmicPlaything: Stannis. After everything that's happened to him in canon up until going to CoolSword: Robar's sword, which becomes the wall, object of Jon's promise.
* ChronicHeroSyndrom: Jon can't help but go on whatever dangerous mission that House Stark or the North requires at the time, even as more and more capable retainers join their cause.
* DontYouDareDieOnMe: Stannis, to [[spoiler: Shireen as she finally succumbs to greyscale.]]
* Knighting: Jon Snow is knighted by no less than Bronze Yohn Royce, who even modifies his vow to suit a follower of the old gods.



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* ThePromise: Jon swears to return Robar's sword to his home.
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[[archiveofourown.org/works/2115015 A Knight's Watch]] is a ‘’Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire’’ fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/DolorousEdditor/pseuds/DolorousEdditor DolorousEdditor]] where, rather than allowing him to go North to join the Night's Watch, Ned Stark instead arranges for him to go south and train to be a knight.

!!Tropes that appear in this fanfic:

* CanonForeigner: Ser Willem Royce, a cousin for Bronze Yohn who becomes Jon's best friend.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Jon Snow spends the earlier chapters as this. He goes all over the south, participating in various major events of the War of Five Kings; he accompanies Tyrion to the wall and then to the crossroads, squires to a member of Renly's Rainbow Guard, fights in the battle of Blackwater, joins the brotherhood without banners. It only diverges after the Red Wedding when Jon ends up in the Vale.
* CosmicPlaything: Stannis. After everything that's happened to him in canon up until going to the wall,
* PetTheDog: Lady Catelyn, who had long resented Jon and had earlier rebuked him at the crossroads, offers to let Jon join her and Brienne as they beat a retreat from Storm's End after Renly's death.
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