Ned Calls Jon His Blood- But Never His Son
In stark antithesis of the way that Cateyln treats Jon, Ned always treats him in the same way that he does his other trueborn children: Ricken, Bran, Arya, Sansa and Robb. Of course, part of the great success of George RR Martins novels stems from their method of narration, whereby during different chapters we see the divergent points of views of the narrating antagonists and protagonists. Revealingly, we never see Ned call Jon his son. Lets remember that he is a man of stringent honour, and would lie as little as possible whenever he could
Never ask me about Jon, he said, cold as ice. He is my blood, and that is all you need to know A Game of Thrones Similarly, we see this again from Neds perspective when he lists his children and fails to include Jon:
Ned thought, If it came to that, the life of some child I did not know, against Robb and Sansa and Arya and Bran and Rickon, what would I do? Even more so, what would Catelyn do, if it were Jons life, against the children of her body. He did not know. He prayed he never would A Game of Thrones What secret was Ned guarding, and why?