

He was three-and-thirty when the Great Council chose him to mount the Iron Throne. “Allow me to give my lord one last piece of counsel,” the old man had said, “the same counsel that I once gave my brother when we parted for the last time. In fact, the most recent discussion they have is one in which Aemon give Jon some advice about how to 'rule' succesfully as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch:Īemon’s final words. There are also many situations where Aemon speaks with Jon and tells him things in reference to his family, The Starks - and not anyone else - not even a single allusion to anything extra.

A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four - A Feast for Crows, Chapter 35 ( Samwell IV).

Would that I was even ten years younger.” The dragons prove it.” Just talking of her seemed to make him stronger. Daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The language misled us all for a thousand years. Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. He shared my belief when he was young, but later he became persuaded that it was his own son who fulfilled the prophecy, for a comet had been seen above King’s Landing on the night Aegon was conceived, and Rhaegar was certain the bleeding star had to be a comet. the smoke was from the fire that devoured Summerhall on the day of hisīirth, the salt from the tears shed for those who died.

“It was a prince that was promised, not a princess. “No one ever looked for a girl,” he said. That night he ate every bite Sam put before him. Xhondo’s talk of dragons had almost seemed to restore the old man to himself. On Braavos, it had seemed possible that Aemon might recover. In reference to Azor Ahai, Aemon has a realisation that it must be Daenerys, meaning that he believes her to be the only possible option: There is a comprehensive list of who knows about Jon's parentage in Who knows the truth about Jon Snow's parentage (father & mother), in which Aemon does not appear as a likely candidate. Remember that the theory about Jon's parentage, is still a theory.įrom the books, Aemon Targaryen was not aware of Jon Snow's parentage.
