That Neds Ghost And Bones Are In A Constant State Of Restlessness After His Death Is So Interesting To

That Ned’s ghost and bones are in a constant state of restlessness after his death is so interesting to me. We haven’t heard much of Ned’s bones after Lady Catelyn sent Hallis Mollen north with them, but then Barbrey Dustin in ADWD says that she intends to block them from reaching Winterfell, and the reason for doing so is tied around her husband dying at the Tower of Joy and not returning home.

But what is more revealing is immediately after his death, Ned’s ghost gets to the crypts and wanders about restlessly, which is felt by the three Stark boys who have the power of prophetic dreams: Jon who constantly looks for his father in this “underworld” is pulled into searching for Ned before his execution, Rickon is called to the crypts and has a mysterious conversation with Ned where he promises to come back (but how will he be back if he’s dead?), and then there’s Bran who gets to have a more substantial conversation with his dead father’s ghost as he speaks sadly about Jon.

We know that even before death, Ned was surrounded by a sense of guilt and shame because of Jon, and he even expressed a deep desire to speak with the boy. Accounting for all these, it starts to look like Ned’s restlessness, dead or alive, is deeply rooted in the secret of Jon’s parentage and can only be alleviated once he confronts Jon about this truth. That might explain why Jon is constantly looking for Ned in the crypts and why he’s afraid of what he might find down there (and not who). So perhaps Ned’s bones can only be laid to rest once his ghost sets things right with Jon.

asoiaf + favorite literary quotes: house stark

The Field of Fire.

She took an arrow to the shoulder and I bet Vhagar was def not happy about it.

This is how ASOIAF ends, GRRM told me himself

GAME OF THRONES (2011-2019) S1.E1 | "Winter Is Coming"

THE WOLVES WILL COME AGAIN

gong yoo as ned stark, michelle yeoh as catelyn stark, park hyung-sik as robb stark, jang dong-yoon as jon snow, kim so-hyun as sansa stark, & suzuka ohgo as arya stark