[Sirken]

and for everyone else that im too lazy to quote :P


firstly, Brandon and Lyanna arent the only non kings/lords within the crypt. Artos Stark (Artos the Implacable) was also laid to rest within the crypts, and was never a lord of winterfell or a king of the north.

as far as the swords, i dont believe they have any "magical" purpose. in the first book it clearly states that Ned notices that the oldest longswords have rusted away to nothing. which means they've been gone a long while, as iron doesnt rust away to dust over night.

GRRM doesnt have the balls to kill jon snow at this point. and if he did kill jon, itd be strictly to shock readers that figure things out in the 5+ years it takes him to write a damn book.

as far as Jon changing after rezz, one thing worth mentioning is that in book 4 Jon Snow dreams he is walking past the stone kings, who tell him there is no place for him in the crypt. so if there are any spirits in there, they already know who Jon Snow really is.

they will never recast Kit Harrington