Glancing through the forum, I have not seen many post of the historical basis of Jon snow, but Just started reading the Alexander Hamilton book, and the parallels between Hamilton and Jon Snow are amazing. Both are bastards, lose their entire family, lose their inheritance due to illegitimacy, move to a new land alone, become aide de camp to the leader, rise in power, commit adultery, stand up for the rights of the "enemy" and then are killed by colleagues