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Släppt ut från Nattens Watch
Jon Snow skulle först bli släppt från Night's Watch; eftersom en medlem av Night Watch inte helt enkelt kan lämna "det är känt" ...
Enligt Robb och Catelyn Starks diskussion när de kommer från Riverrun till Twins for Edmures bröllop till Frey-flickan:
[Catelyn]: “If Jon is a brother of the Night’s Watch, sworn to take no wife and hold no lands. Those who take the black serve for life.”
[Robb]:“So do the knights of the Kingsguard. That did not stop the Lannisters from stripping the white cloaks from Ser Barristan Selmy and Ser Boros Blount when they had no more use for them. If I send the Watch a hundred men in Jon’s place, I’ll wager they find some way to release him from his vows.”
-A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Pt 2 - Blood and Gold (Catelyn).
En Bastard kan inte erftas
Nu kommer frågan om legitimitet och arv Jon skulle inte kunna lyckas någon oavsett om han befriades från Night Watch.
He is set on this. Catelyn knew how stubborn her son could be. “A bastard cannot inherit.”
“Not unless he’s legitimized by a royal decree,” said Robb. “There is more precedent for that than for releasing a Sworn Brother from his oath.”
“Precedent,” she said bitterly. “Yes, Aegon the Fourth legitimized all his bastards on his deathbed. ...
-A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Pt 2 - Blood and Gold (Catelyn).
Så Robb har gett så mycket tankar och vet att det är ett sätt att få Jon Snow släppt ur klockan och sedan också legitimerad så att Jon kan lyckas med Robb.
Robb skriver senare ett dokument; där jag tror att han bestämmer att Jon Snow bör legitimeras:
Robb stood, and as quick as that, her fate was settled. He picked up a sheet of parchment. “One more matter. Lord Balon has left chaos in his wake, we hope. I would not do the same. Yet I have no son as yet, my brothers Bran and Rickon are dead, and my sister is wed to a Lannister. I’ve thought long and hard about who might follow me. I command you now as my true and loyal lords to fix your seals to this document as witnesses to my decision.”
-A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Pt 2 - Blood and Gold (Catelyn).
Observera att Stannis försöker göra den exakta saken för Jon i Castle Black också.
Det stora rådet
Det stora rådet kunde sammankallas för att frigöra Jon från hans löften och erkänna honom som arvtagaren. Att skamlöst stjäla från mitt andra svar :
[Interviewer] Is there any chance that Jon could be released from his oaths of the nightwatch?
[George_RR_Martin] The great council would have released Aemon from his maester's oath, so I suppose it would be possible. With an appropriate authority.
http://web.archive.org/web/20001005212114/eventhorizon.com/sfzine/chats/transcripts/031899.html