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Jon Snow is a POV character and the supposed bastard son of Eddard, by a woman named Wylla, a wet nurse serving House Dayne. His direwolf companion is the silent, albino Ghost.
Jon is of an age with Robb. Ned brought him to Winterfell after Battle of the Tower of Joy, which only Ned and Howland Reed survived. Despite his wife Catelyn's objections, Ned insisted on taking responsibility for the boy, and he grew up side-by-side with the trueborn Starks. He has a long face, grey eyes and lean build, with strong Stark coloring; in fact, he looked more northern than any of Lady Stark's trueborn children (except Arya).
As Jon grew up, his position became increasingly awkward. Jon's uncle Benjen Stark suggested that the Watch could use a man like Jon. At the Wall, Jon initially felt contempt for the lowborn, often criminal members of the Watch. Eventually he put aside his prejudices and united the recruits first against the sadistic master-at-arms, and protected cowardly but good-natured Samwell Tarly. Jon came to accept the men of the Night's Watch as his new brothers. Initially resentful of his appointment to the steward corps, Jon soon came to realize he was being groomed for future leadership. Jon, as the Commander's eyes and ears, joined a scout expedition to investigate the disappearances of several rangers. Jon was ordered to infiltrate the wildings, He joined the massive wildling army, met Mance Rayder, and learned his plans to cross the Wall. Jon rejoined the Watch, taking command of the few men left defending the Wall. Despite overwhelming odds, Jon successfully held off the wildlings' assaults until the timely arrival of Stannis Baratheon's army, and "Lord Snow" was voted the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
Jon's next challenge was Lord Stannis. Stannis needed a new Lord at Winterfell, one who could secure the North; he offered in exchange his royal decree making Jon Snow into the Lord Jon Stark of Winterfell. Jon remembered his oath to the Night's Watch and refused Stannis's offer, while welcoming Stannis's support and coordinating the Wall's defense with him. However, Snow does not trust Stannis. He is also deeply suspicious of the Lannisters for murdering his father and brother—with the sole exception of the disfigured dwarf, Tyrion, to whom Jon pledged friendship before the war began.
Jon has no idea who his mother might be. In the first book of the series, Ned Stark claims that he "dishonored" his marriage to Catelyn with awet nurse named Wylla who was employed at Starfall, but nothing more is known about her; Catelyn has also speculated that his mother was Ashara Dayne, also of Starfall, but when she brought it up, Ned refused to answer. Howland Reed, who accompanied Ned to the Tower of Joy and from there to Starfall, is believed to be the only living character to know the truth.
Jon Snow is played by Kit Harington in the HBO adaption of the books.