But Jon takes it at face value, and these revelations seem to shatter him. "Keep them from me, and I will cut out your bastard's heart and eat it," the letter concludes.įans have hotly debated whether the letter is accurate, and whether it was even written by Ramsay in the first place. The letter-writer demands that Jon return his bride and Theon (who escaped with Mance’s help, though this is the first Jon’s heard of this success), as well as Melisandre, Selyse, Shireen, and some wildling hostages. It also accuses Jon of sending Mance Rayder to "steal my bride from me," and says Mance has been captured. The taunting letter, which addresses Jon as "Bastard," announces that the Boltons have defeated and killed Stannis. That’s the context for the shocking and mysterious "Pink Letter" Jon receives at the end of A Dance With Dragons, seemingly signed by Ramsay Bolton. She reveals that wildling king Mance Rayder has survived his apparent burning through a magical trick, and suggests Jon send him south in secret to retrieve "Arya." Jon agrees. (In truth, Ramsay was to marry a Northern girl the Boltons are passing off as Arya to solidify their claim.) Jon wants to help his sister, but fears doing so will conflict with his Night’s Watch vows of non-interference. Earlier in A Dance With Dragons, Jon finds out that Ramsay Bolton will be marrying his sister Arya. To understand why, we first have to refer back to a previous change the show made. In the books, the outcome is the same, but the Watch has a much better reason to get stabby. His guard down, Jon went out to talk to the man - only to be ambushed and stabbed to death by his own men. Jon Snow's steward, Olly, told him there was a wildling that knew of his long-missing uncle, Benjen Stark. This week's episode ended with a cruel trick.