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A Heartbreaking Detail You May Have Missed In The 'Game Of Thrones' Finale

A Heartbreaking Detail You May Have Missed In The 'Game Of Thrones' Finale

Warning! Spoilers below for “Game of Thrones” Season 7!

All men (who get married in the woods) must die.

In the “Game of Thrones” Season 7 finale, we learn that the title of the episode, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” isn’t just referring to Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke). It also represents the union between Lyanna Stark (Aisling Franciosi), Jon’s mom, and Rhaegar Targaryen (Wilf Scolding), Jon’s dad.

Now, it turns out the episode may have been referencing another “wolf,” as well.

With the flashback scene of Rhaegar and Lyanna’s forest marriage, fans finally have proof that Jon Snow is a Targaryen and the rightful heir to the Iron Throne.

This changes everything we knew about “Game of Thrones” ― not only concerning the revelation about who Jon truly is, but also how it happened.

In George R.R. Martin’s books, readers are led to think Rhaegar trusts in a prophecy claiming “the dragon has three heads,” and that he must have a third child to fulfill it. It’s partly because of this that fans theorized he left his wife, Elia Martell, and married Lyanna Stark (an idea that’s now been confirmed).

But, in the show, Bran doesn’t say anything about a prophecy. He says Rhaegar and Lyanna were simply in love.

Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO

Perhaps to reinforce the idea that love was the reason they married, the scene appears to call back to another tragic romance.