Thoughts on A Dance With Dragons

[maniakes]

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[little_ribbit]

Maybe if Jon wargs into Ghost at the moment of death (thereby retaining his human consciousness), and then his body gets raised by Mellisandre (and the Red God would have very compelling reasons to want him for his own), he can then warg back into it without losing any of himself. I recall that Ser Beric kept losing pieces of himself and becoming less of a person each time he was raised, and Catelyn is only a hateful, vindictive husk of her old self after being dead for a couple days. Humanity loss seems to be a major risk the longer or more often a person is dead

[maniakes]

I'm actually leaning towards the theory that dying-and-getting-better does not entirely release Jon from his vows. The exact words of his vow are:Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
The second sentence implies that his death ends his watch, as confirmed by the funeral formula we've heard several times: "... and now his watch is over." But there's no time limit on the vows to take no wife, hold no lands, father no children, wear no crowns, and win no glory. Those appear to be absolute. And then there's the last line, ending "for this night and all nights to come", which