I've spouted bits of this on various threads but never really brought it all together, so I wanted to just re-examine the question of the connection between these two men and it's implications. It could be more important than we sometimes make allowances for. Going right back to AGoT, I think there are signs of an early affinity between them that has been easy to overlook. We first encounter Thorne through Jon's POV, and though we notice the way he derides Jon , he derides his other charg