WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Game of Thrones season eight, episode two.
As Winterfell prepares for battle, Game of Thrones’s Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington) revealed to lover Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) his true identity that they are related.
She was evidently shocked and could not hide her anger at the prospect of Jon being the only male heir to the Iron Throne and usurping her.
Jon only found in the previous episode of the HBO series that he was a Targaryen after it was confirmed to him by best friend Samwell Tarly (John Bradley).
Fans were left wondering after episode one whether he would reveal his true identity to Daenerys and they did not have to wait long to find out.
Jon proceeded to tell her about the true story of Lyanna Stark (Aisling Franciosi) and Rhaegar Targaryen’s (Wilf Scolding) love affair and how he was passed onto Lyanna’s brother Ned Stark (Sean Bean) after her death and raised as his child.
She was shocked the story of Rhaegar raping her was untrue.
Jon also revealed his real name is Aegon Targaryen and is the rightful male heir to the throne.
She appeared to question the validity of his claim by saying that it was first his brother Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) that saw his true identity and then his best friend Samwell who confirmed it.
The conversation was left unfinished after a call to war was sounded and by the look on Daenerys’s face, it looks like it will not be long before she speaks to her newly-discovered nephew again.
Game of Thrones season 8, episode 2: Jon Snow to be killed by Daenerys Targaryen (Image: HBO *
