AGOT: Jon I

A Game of Thrones

JON I

Characters:

Jon

Eddard

Cersei

Robert

Catelyn

Jaime

Tyrion

Robb

Myrcella Baratheon

Tommen

Arya

Joffrey

Sansa

Rickon

Benjen

Theon

Ghost (Jon)

Important Characters:

Daeron I Targaryen "The Young Dragon" conquered Dorne at 14, immediate uprising and lost until Baelor the Blessed

Notes:

Jon is excluded from the the platform for Robert's welcoming feast

This allows him to get drunk

Theon is included in the procession

Jon thinks Jaime is what a king should look like

Ghost never makes a sound

Jon usually eats with the family but Catelyn thought it would insult the royal family

Jon wants to go to the Wall with Benjen, to serve in the Night's Watch

Benjen tries to tell Jon what he will be giving up, that he is too young to make that decision

Tyrion acrobatics

Jon has more of the North in him than his half-brothers

Tyrion tells Jon to make being a bastard a strength

Tyrion seen as a bastard in his father's eyes because he is a dwarf

His mother died in child birth, so his father could never be sure he was his

A short chapter and the beginning of a friendship between Jon and Tyrion, two of the most popular characters. One of the best parts of rereading the books is to compare the characters when we first meet them to what they are like now. You can definitely see the outlines of the characters they will become, but they are different at the same time.

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