Aitch stated the ultimate purpose of the meeting: "I intend for you to apply before the King to give Jon your last name so that he can become a Stark." ”Edge's proposal is feasible.The status of bastards in Westeros is very low, and even surnames can only be used by the name of the place where they were born, Snow if they were born in the north, and Sand when they were born in the Dorne region of the south.Jon was actually born in the South, so in the TV series, later after Bran saw Snow's birth with a green vision, he immediately thought that Snow should change his surname to Sand, but later learned that Rhaegar stopped his wife and remarried, which is a legal marriage, so Jon is not an illegitimate child, and the surname should be Targaryen.As mentioned earlier, although the status of bastards in Westeros is very low, some great nobles can ask the king of King's Landing to give their surname to their illegitimate children when their bastards have high merit, or are recognized by themselves, or have no legitimate heirs themselves.But there are generally few people who do this, because this will cause a lot of problems within the family, first of all, it is an insult to the original wife, and secondly, although the inheritance rights of the illegitimate son who has obtained the surname are more than that of the son-in-law, but it has changed from an illegitimate child who has no inheritance right to a competitor who will threaten the son-in-law, which may cause disputes within the family; Moreover, even if there was no son-in-law, then the younger brother of this nobleman could have inherited the family, but was snatched away by an illegitimate child, which could easily trigger conflicts; Finally, the king does not necessarily agree, and usually the king charges a large fee.As a result, very few nobles would apply for a surname for an illegitimate child.In history, the Targaryen family had given the surname of many of the king's illegitimate sons Targaryen for a period of time, but later the illegitimate sons rebelled and launched the great turmoil of the Targaryen family, which made the dragons of the Targaryen family kill each other, and the number of them decreased greatly, and began the decline of the Targaryen family, and since then, the surname given to the bastard child has become less and less.In the original book, there is only Luce in the North?
After Bolton rebelled, he became the new Duke of the North, and after having no heir and an illegitimate son, Rams?
Snow's contribution to the rebellion led to the king's application, which allowed Rams to receive the surname Bolton, the hated "little skin".Of course, the result of that time was not good, in old Luce?
After Burton's newly married wife gave birth to a son, Rams's inheritance fell behind, and the anxious Rams immediately killed the elder Bolton and his younger brother, and quickly inherited the title of Duke of the North.It can be seen that there is a certain risk in giving bastard noble surnames to illegitimate children.So Ed.
Stark was taken aback when he heard of Edge's plan, he hadn't thought about it before.On the one hand, he tried his best to make Jon fade out of King Lauber's sight, and on the other hand, his wife had always had a thorn in her heart because of the illegitimate child, and now if she plans to give Jon her own surname again, it is estimated that it is possible for the two to separate, so Ed subconsciously wants to refuse.At this time, Aitch persuaded: "Actually, you don't have to worry, this matter is very feasible.First of all, you have only just taken office as prime minister, and Lauber himself trusts you very much, and this little thing will follow you.Secondly, your reasons are very strong.Generally speaking, there's no reason why you wouldn't give a bastard a surname, but your reason is ready-made, because Jon happened to be on the Night's Watch, and whatever the Night's Watch was now, it was at least as much of a symbol of glory as the Guards, both overtly and legally.And basically every generation of Stark family will send a child who has no inheritance rights to participate in the night watch, generally the eldest son inherits the family business, the second son assists, and acts as the second heir in the event of an accident to the heir, and the third son is often sent out to reduce the threat of inheritance.Just like your younger brother Bunyan, it's the third son who joins the Night's Watch (Ed is the second, the eldest was killed by the Mad King, and the typical second son spare tire comes in handy).Look at your next generation, Rob is your heir, and the original second son, Bran, is now paralyzed and has difficulty traveling the duties of the second heir, so the third son, Rickon, can't easily leave to join the Night's Watch or the Academy.In this way, Snow is the heir to the Night's Watch on behalf of the Stark family, and you can use this as a reason to apply to the King to give Jon the last name Stark.And because Jon has already served on the Great Wall of Beijing and can't leave his post, he can't come to the capital now, so he doesn't have to be in the king's sight, and all rituals can be performed at the Great Wall of Desperation.You don't have to worry about inheritance, the status of illegitimate children who have acquired their own surname is lower than that of concubines, and Jon joined the Night's Watch and gave up all inheritance rights when he took the oath, even more so.As for Lady Caitlin, I don't think you'll tell her the truth, but that's okay, you can say that I asked you for it, and for the sake of me treating Bran, Catherine should be able to say the same.This is your chance to compensate your nephew.Jon lost his own surname, was treated as an illegitimate child, and was blinded for more than a decade, not knowing his true identity.Although all this doomed him to not live as a Targaryen, let him live as a Stark.Can you bear the surname 'Snow' for your nephew for the rest of his life?
So you feel worthy of the dead Lyanna.
Stark?
”Ed had to admit that what Aitch said was very reasonable, and the analysis of the reasons and feasibility was well-founded.finally mentioned his sister Lyanna, which reminded Ed of the time when his brother and sister were together.If he really didn't care about Jon, he wouldn't have the face to see his sister after he died.And the eldest son, Rob, has always had a good relationship with Jon, and if Jon Stark is given the name, Rob will probably not object.Remembering that his younger brother Bunyan, who was also offered the position of Ranger leader among the Night's Watch with his own support, did he want to leave Jon alone after giving up everything?
Ed couldn't speak for a long time, thinking about it repeatedly.In the end, I felt that if I didn't do anything, I would really feel sorry for Lyanna and Jon, as for my wife......
Presumably she would understand herself, and now that the two were separated, there was nothing that Caitlyn couldn't express, and Ed felt that this plan was feasible.So, Ed and Aitch discussed some specific details, and Aitch meant that everything should be done as soon as possible (because you will be beheaded for treason in a few months......
The ceremony was held at the Great Wall of Desperation, and everything was simple.Then the two parted satisfactorily.Aitch was ashamed to leave, after all, he wanted Jon to use the Stark name to inherit the throne of the North after the fall of House Stark.When House Stark is liquidated, Jon's Night's Watch will protect him, just as the Old Master escaped the Targaryen's purge; When someone needs to carry the banner of the Stark family, everyone's first choice will not be the three-fool who has married twice or Bran, who has been a three-eyed crow, but the heroic and warlike Jon.What Jon was able to do with the name "Snow" in the original books, it is definitely better to do it now under the name "Stark".Aitch is here to drink and talk with others, but in fact he is thinking about the interests left by the other party's death, which is a bit insidious, but this is the true meaning of Game of Thrones, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only eternal interests, and honest people like Ed are always the losers in such struggles.Later, Eddard applied to the king the next day to let the bastard inherit his surname, Stark.King Lauber was surprised, but Ed's reasons were very good, and Lauber always knew that Ed loved the illegitimate child's mother (nonsense, that was his sister and your fiancée back then), and Lauber didn't care about this little thing, and even saved the fee, and immediately sent the ceremonial officer to the Great Wall of Desperation to preside over Jon's surname ceremony.As for Caitlin's reaction when she heard this, Aitch didn't care.The master of ceremonies quickly stepped up and arrived in the north more than a month later, by which time Jon had already begun to gain a certain prestige among the Night's Watch, and the newcomers regarded him as a good big brother, and the upper echelons were mostly optimistic about Jon for various reasons.On this day, there was a sudden news that Jon was given the surname Stark by the king, and everyone sighed that Jon had a good life, and was more optimistic about Jon's future, but Jon was stunned by this sudden surprise, and when Ed's letter learned that the person who caused all this was Edge, Jon was even more obedient to Edge, and vowed to repay this kindness.But that's all for later.At this time, Aitch had just separated from Eddard, opened the portal, and returned to Westeros.