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Game of Thrones ’s Jon Snow , a man tragically unequal to of knowing anything , may be on the verge of finally learn something about himself : the secret of his lineage . A brief minute in the teaser trailer for " Eastwatch , " the 5th episode of season seven , suggest that Jon could begin to piece together the truth about his Targaryen lineage as soon as next week .
The time of year six finaleconfirmedthe long debated R + L = J fan theory for the consultation . Jon is not Ned Stark ’s bastard , but the illegitimate tyke of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen . That cook him a Targaryen by bloodline — and Daenerys ’s nephew . Neither of them know this , of course , and Daenerys told Jon she was the last Targaryen as of late as last week ’s installment .
But , in a snipping of the episode 5 tormenter , HBO hints at a moment in next week ’s show that could put the duo on the path to enlightenment . About 15 seconds into the prevue , Jon comes face to face with a flying lizard for the first time .
It ’s possible that Drogon , the flying dragon Daenerys rode into battle in larger-than-life fashion in " The Spoils of War , " will recognize Jon ’s Targaryen blood . Drogon may behave differently around him , show the same sort of deference that is usually only reserved for Daenerys . If the queen realize Jon and Drogon have a connection , she may offer to let him ride another dragon — perhaps Rhaegal , the one mention after his forefather . That would move us one step nearer to the completion of theThree - Headed Dragon hypothesis , which prognosticate a passenger for each of Daenerys ’s three flying dragon .
Jon ’s discovery of his lineage would n’t come a present moment too soon . With Jon bait into struggle on a dragon ’s back , the Night King ’s army would n’t seem nearly so unstoppable . It might also put the brakes on the force of attraction that is likely pluck Jon and Daenerys together since their outing through the caves of Dragonstone . It ’s unclear if this serial has room for another incestuous principal character duad , but Kit Harington has confirmed that the King in the North is definitelycrushingon his aunt .
