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The second episode of Game of thrones"The eighth and final season," A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, "contains a large Easter egg drawn from the books on which the show is based (as it was broadcast on Easter Sunday), and which could be a great prefiguration of in the future for Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen, and who can take the iron throne.
Towards the end of the episode, several knights – Jaime Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, Brienne of Tarth (who was knighted in this episode), Podrick (Squire of Brienne), Davos Seaworth and Tormund Giantsbane – drink together when Tyrion asks to the group of sing a song. All decline except Podrick, who begins to sing a dark melody.
"High in the corridors of the departed kings," sings Podrick. "Jenny would dance with her ghosts. The ones she had lost and the ones she had found. Those who liked it the most. "
The song also plays during the closing credits of the episode, where it is performed by Florence + The Machine.
In George R. R. Martin's A song of ice and fire novels, the song is known as "Jenny's Song"; it is a woman named Jenny of Oldstones and her prince, Duncan Targaryen, who was the great uncle of Daenerys Targaryen. And this is particularly interested in Dany's current romantic situation with Jon Snow and his vision of the Iron Throne.
Duncan Targaryen has abandoned the iron throne for love – Dany or Jon will they do the same?
The key to understanding "Jenny's Song" is in the Targaryen family tree. Daenerys had two brothers who are now dead: Viserys was killed in "A Golden Crown" and Rhaegar – who was also the father of Jon Snow – died before the series began.
Their father was Aerys II Targaryen, king of the mad king who was killed by Jaime "Kingslayer" Lannister. What is curious is that Aerys II was not the first in a row.
It would be Duncan Targaryen.
The television show simplifies and modifies the Targaryen family line; Duncan is the brother of Aerys II in the series and his uncle in books. All you need to know is that Duncan Targaryen has given up his claim to the Iron Throne.
He did it by marrying a woman named Jenny of Oldstones. This angered his family, who planned a political wedding. In the TV show, Aerys II was next in the lineup after Duncan moved into the background (in the books he was the father of Aerys II and then Aerys II). So, if it was not for Duncan to place Jenny above his claim to the Iron Throne, Aerys II might never have gone up there.
Anyway, the song Podrick sings about Jenny does not talk about Duncan's joy and Jenny's love. Instead, it's lost love. Here are the lyrics, some of which are original in the series (in the segment "Inside the Episode", animators David Benioff and Dan Weis have added additional lyrics):
High in the corridors of the departed kings
Jenny would dance with her ghosts.
The ones she had lost and the ones she had found.
And those who loved him the most.
Those who have been away for so long
She could not remember their names
They spun her on the wet and cold stone
Filer his sorrow and his pain
And she never wanted to leave
In the song, Jenny dances with ghosts – especially the ghosts "who loved her the most" in the "corridors of the departed kings".
It is a reference to what is said in Martin's books like Summerhall, a Targaryen castle and the scene of a great fire that killed Aegon V Targaryen alongside Jenny's Prince Duncan, two of the ghosts with which Jenny is supposed to dance to.
Game of thrones has completely diverged from its source at this point; The books spent a lot of time weaving "Jenny's Song" in the story of Rhaegar Targaryen (Dany's brother and Jon's father) and a prophecy (which involves Rhaegar) about a savior, The Prince who was promised . And although the show has referenced this prophecy, it has not really fleshed out Rhaegar's story like the books do.
But "Jenny's Song" still represents something important for the series.
Duncan and Jenny are similar to what happens to Jon and Daenerys. At the end of "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", Jon explains to Daenerys what he learned from Sam last week: Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark. She acknowledges that if this is true, then he is the last heir to the Targaryen family and the heir to the iron throne. Thus, for Jon or Dany to claim the iron throne, the other should theoretically abandon it, perhaps out of love.
It is much easier to imagine Jon taking Duncan's road than Dany, because Dany has long believed that the Iron Throne is part of his destiny, while Jon fell into his circumstances.
But we could be ahead of ourselves here.
To claim the iron throne, it means that the iron throne must exist, which will not be the case if the forces of Jon and Dany do not defeat the King of the night, as well as Cersei Lannister, who waits behind the scenes to join his army, the Golden Company. This is where the sad part of "Jenny's Song" comes in. The love of Jenny's life, Duncan, is dead; even though he abandoned his claim to the iron throne for her (though his sacrifice was theoretically theoretical since he eventually died alongside his father).
If Dany and Jon end up giving up their fate for love, there is no guarantee that they will both arrive at the end of Game of thrones living. And if only one survives, regardless of the sacrifices made by one or the other, they will be haunted by what has been lost.
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