Well, there are certainly plenty of stories around - GRRM's making it as hard as possible to be sure, but we *can* be sure that either Ned or Lyanna was a parent... The options: Ned, with Ashara Dayne - Ned met Ashara at Harrenhal, and they fell in love, but then Brandon was killed and he had to marry Cat in Brandon's place. After the Tower of Joy, Ned went to Starfall where he fathered Jon on Ashara. Ned, with Wylla - Read as above. When Ned went to Starfall, he fathered Jon on Edric Dayne's wet nurse, Wylla. This version is told by Ned Dayne himself, and in aGoT Eddard says Jon's mother was called Wylla. Rhaegar and Lyanna - Rhaegar did not kidnap and rape Lyanna, they were in love, and he took her away to the Tower of Joy so they could be together. When Ned found her, she was giving/had just given birth. She makes him promise to keep Jon safe. Ned takes Jon to Starfall when he returns Dawn, and Wylla agrees to pretend she was his mother. And the last - *spoiler* (can't completely hide this, but at least it won't stand out)In aFfC Davos is told that Ned fathered Jon on a fisherman's daughter on the Sisters.
Wylla and R+L=J are the most likely (the spoiler one isn't even on the right timescale) - We've been told outright that Wylla was the mother from several sources including Ned, but because the Wylla story can be said to support the Rhaegar/Lyanna cover-up, I have no idea which is right.
I'm not gonna vote until we get more clues. <i>Edited by: Murrin a at: 1/31/04 2:14 pm </i>
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