Chapter 0750: Jon's Background
At the end of the reign of Aegon V Targaryen, he became increasingly fascinated by the dream of bringing dragons back into the world. He even sent people to the most mysterious eastern Yasha in the continent of Essos to try to collect ancient scrolls and legends about dragons.
In the year 259 A.D. (now Aegon 299), Aegon Targaryen gathered his friends and family to the Summer Hall to celebrate the birth of his first great-grandson, Rhaegar Targaryen (Daenerys' father), and he also decided to bring the dragon back to the world of Targaryen.
Aegon V Targaryen prepared seven dragon eggs as a sign of respect for the seven gods, but the king's monks warned him to be careful, as there was no precedent for the collection of dragons to be successfully hatched in wildfire.
But King Aegon Targaryen is determined to go his own way, eager to bring the dragon back to the dynasty and restore the prestige and power of the Targaryens. With the help of the pyromancers of the time (who called themselves wise men), the pyromancers decided to use wildfire to hatch seven dragon eggs.
Wildfires are flammable and easily out of control, even stones can be ignited by wildfires, and even in rivers, wildfires burn so violently that water cannot extinguish them.
As a result, the wildfire material burned violently, and finally it was completely out of control, and the flames spread.
Sir Duncan, the Tallest of the Kingsguard, came in and out a few times, first rescuing the children and then some noblewomen, and when he returned to the fire again, he never came out again.
The fire burned Duncan the Tall, the captain of the Kingsguard, and Aegon V, who insisted that the children and women flee first when the fire came, including his own eldest son, Prince Duncan the Short.
Both the Kingsguard and the Prince are named Duncan, and in order to distinguish between the two, they are distinguished by their height, Duncan the Kingsguard is called Tall Duncan because he is tall and mighty, and the Prince is short, so he is called Short Duncan.
The fire also burned down Princess Jenny, who was once looked down upon by the royal family, a commoner woman the short Duncan fell in love with in Rocky City while traveling in the Riverlands.
Aegon V's great scholar, Maester Gerdan, was killed.
Among the children and girls rescued by the tall Duncan were Aegon V's granddaughter Layla (who was Rhaegar's mother and Daenerys' grandmother) and her eldest son, Rhaegar Targaryen (Jon Targaryen's father), born to her brother Aerys Targaryen (known as the Mad King in history)
The few who survived the fire will not want to speak of the tragedy for the rest of their lives.
The tragedy of the Summer Hall has also become a taboo for the Targaryens. A scar!
Prince Rhaegar was born in the Midsummer Hall, a place that has a mysterious and complex attraction for him. When he was a teenager, he often returned to the ruins alone to remember the people who died in the fire. The ghost known as the noble heart, a mysterious dwarf old woman in the Riverlands, has long been rumored to be associated with the tragedy of Midsummer Hall, she is the friend of Prince Duncan and Princess Jane in Badstone City, Lady Leaf of the Children of the Forest.
Madame Leaf is invited by the prince and princess to a banquet in the Summer Hall to celebrate Prince Rhaeggar's birthday, and she witnesses the fire.
Lady Leaf is too mysterious because of her status as a wizard, and the princess and prince who trusted her died in the fire, and she is suspected of being involved in the conspiracy of the fire by her new successor and is wanted by the Targaryen royal family, but she anticipates all the ambushes and pursuits, and she escapes the pursuit and returns to the Riverlands. From then on, Lady Leaf lived in the treehouse of the noble heart of the Riverlands, and did not associate with anyone again. Until Will and Tyrion go to the High Heart......
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Arya soars in the blue sky with Will on Aquamarine's back.
The sky is blue, the sun is good, and the autumn is crisp. Will detailed to Arya the story of the tragedy in the Summer Hall, a story that had happened forty years ago and now sounded as if it were four hundred years away.
Arya listened with relish.
"Arya, do you know who Jon Snow's mother is?"
"Of course I don't know, you know?"
"I know. ”
"Who?"
"Eddard Stark's sister, Lyanna Stark. Your aunt. ”
Arya's eyes widened.
If she wears long hair, dresses in a modest dress, and wears a wreath of blue roses, she is another beautiful Lyanna.
"You fart!"
Only Arya would have the audacity to say something uncivil, and Sansa Stark wouldn't be able to say anything like that. Not ladylike, not elegant, and lacking aristocratic demeanor and upbringing.
Will smiled, he liked the way Arya was angry.
"If you weren't for Will, I'd kill you. Arya's hand pressed the hilt of the narrow sword.
Will laughed.
"Jon Snow's real name is Jon Targaryen. ”
"Targaryen?Jon is Targaryen?" Arya almost stood up from Aquamarine's back.
Luckily, the tendons that Will gave her were tough.
Will is not afraid of Arya falling, the height is high enough, and Azubra will catch up with Arya when she falls, and grab her body, like an eagle grabbing a chick.
"Jon Snow's father is Rhaegar Targaryen. ”
Arya sat down, shocked, and then angry, "Rhaegar captured my aunt and strengthened her?"
"He didn't have a strong Lyanna, they were legally married. ”
"You're crazy, Will!" said Arya, angrily, "you're full of nonsense. ”
"I have proof. Will said unhurriedly.
"Take it out. ”
"The evidence is in the Church of the Stars in Old Town, which contains evidence left by Archbishop Maynard, who married them, so that the time will come one day to make their legal relationship public. It's a pity that Prince Rhaegar and Lady Lyanna didn't wait for that day to come. ”
"Rhaegar was married to Princess Elijah Martell of Dorne. ”
"Yes. But Rhaegar has secretly divorced Ilya Martel and taken your aunt Lyanna with her. ”
"He snatched my aunt. ”
"No, it's elopement. ”
Arya's little chest rose and fell, and after a while she said, "My father never said these things, and Jon has always been discriminated against by his mother. ”
"Your father knows Jon Snow's true identity, but how dare he say it. The Targaryens' enemy, Robert Baratheon, was his best friend and king of the Seven Kingdoms. ”
Arya was speechless.
"Eddard Stark never said who Jon Snow's mother was? He also never betrayed his honor. Arya, there is no man in this world as great as your father. Even if he gave with his life, he would not tarnish his honor. ”
"But Jon Snow is a stain on his honor. ”
"He endured it all, Jon Snow was the blood and blood that Lyanna entrusted to him before he died, he was Jon's uncle, he was Lyanna's brother. Jon Snow's real name is Jon Targaryen. ”