The “Crypts of Winterfell” teaser trailer for Season 8 seems to reinforce this idea, placing Jon in the halls of Starkdom, alongside the family that no true name can rob him of. As Jon tells Theon in Season 7, “You don’t have to choose.” Theon can be a Greyjoy and a Stark, and Jon can be a Targaryen and a Stark. These nightly taunts stem from Jon’s sense of unworthiness as a bastard, but also point to his eventual parentage reveal. I scream that I’m not a Stark, that this isn’t my place, but it’s no good, I have to go anyway.”
In A Game of Thrones, the first installment in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, Jon tells Sam about such a dream: “The old Kings of Winter are down there,” he says, “sitting on their thrones with stone wolves at their feet and iron swords across their laps, but it’s not them I’m afraid of. We’ve always known that the Winterfell crypts would be elemental to this story, a representation of identity and legacy, particularly for Jon, who dreams of them throughout the books. We’ve seen Sam reveal the truth of Jon’s parentage in front of Lyanna and Ned’s bones and Jon share that truth with Dany in the shadow of the mother he never knew. When Sansa notes that everyone who knew Ned’s face is dead, Arya says, “We’re not,” a hallmark of the perseverance that fuels them. We’ve seen Jon challenge Littlefinger as an intruder, saying, “You don’t belong down here.” We’ve seen Arya and Sansa reunite in front of Ned’s tomb, speaking of the horrors that tore their family apart. We’ve seen Sansa and Littlefinger speak, in front of Lyanna’s tomb, discussing the weight of the past. We’ve seen Bran and Rickon and their protectors seek shelter from those who would do them harm. We’ve seen Robert place a feather into Lyanna’s stone hand, a token of his undying, and deadly, love. The crypts have featured prominently in Game of Thrones since the pilot, a signifier of Stark identity and a setting for some of the most crucial conversations in the show. The White Walkers Take on Winterfell What Will Happen in the Battle of Winterfell on ‘Game of Thrones’? Everything You Need to Know About the History-and Secrets-of Winterfell It’s also in jeopardy of passing the Misnomer Championship Belt this weekend, to the Winterfell crypts. The “No safer place!” mantra is a myth masquerading as a truism, exposed time and again as a laughably naive dissociation from the blood-drenched reality playing out annually in Hogwarts’ halls. And those are only the atrocities that fit onto the back of a chocolate frog card! Hogwarts, meanwhile, plays host to lethal beasts, abusive teachers, myriad cases of stolen identity, a tournament that leads to maiming and death, more aerial accidents than anyone but Hermione can count, the great wizarding war, and actual murder. Gringotts witnesses break-ins, mind control, and the escape of a fire-breathing, ceiling-shattering dragon. Yet, spoiler: From the moment Hagrid praises the protective worth of these fine institutions, calamity ensues. It’s an oft-repeated sentiment throughout Harry’s saga, as the masses seek comfort in the face of encroaching death. Early in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, as the Boy Who Lived prepares to enter the magical realm for the first time since he was a baby, his chaperone Hagrid imparts a bit of wizarding world wisdom: “Gringotts,” the half-giant tells Harry, “is the safest place in the world fer anything yeh want ter keep safe-’cept maybe Hogwarts.”
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