ASOIAF / Game of Thrones (SPOILERS INSIDE)

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Originally Posted by Elderan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

One theory is that Howland Reed warged into Arthur Dayne allowing Ned to kill him. Another is that Arthur Dayne is still alive and that Meera Reed is Jon Snows Twin.

I clearly have been reading http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/ too much.

for reference, the books tell us that 1 in 10,000 can warg, and 1 in 10,000 wargs can greensight. just because Jojen has certain abilities doesn't mean his father had them. also warging into people is a very rare ability, one that i really doubt Howland had.

/tinfoil on

so i have never noticed it before, but Meera and Jon are indeed the same age (both are 16 years old when Eddard gets executed). and IF Lyanna had twins, i could MAYBE see Eddard allowing Howland to raise the kid to protect her. Furthermore IF Lyanna was knight of the laughing tree (which i do believe she was, i also believe Rhaegar did find her, discovered it was a female, fell in love and came back with only the armor saying he found it stuffed inside an empty tree) then that means Lyanna protected Howland at the tourney of harrenhall, giving him reason to take on Lyanna's daughter as his own ward. (for those curious, Jojen is ~3.5 years younger than Meera).

/tinfoil off

however, for Meera to be the product of R&L, she should have grey or purple eyes, and she should have dark brown or silver blond hair. Meera and Jojen both have regular brown hair and both have green eyes. we are never told who their mother is, and we are never given a description of Howland Reed. So while anything is possible, i can not believe they are related, as genetic traits are one thing that this author has never overlooked.