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Originally Posted by NewChief

Yeah. There is ALL kind of speculation on the internet about all kinds of ridiculousness, such as Sir Pounce (Tommen's cat) actually being a long-disappeared Targaryen warged into it. Some of the theories are more plausible than others. Please don't consider the above a spoiler, as it's just a wacky theory someone threw out.

People are kind of crazy on the Tower of the Hand and write huge essays exploring all sorts of wacky theories. One of the things the books have, though, that we don't see in the series is a bunch of ancient prophecies/poems that people often use to base their theories upon.

Spoiler!

I tend to agree, but of all the theories I've seen out there, I think the Jon Snow one is far and away the best. Waaay too many hints about it to ignore.

Here's the description of the whole thing on Wikipedia:

"Only Ned and his bannerman Howland Reed survived the ensuing battle. Ned found Lyanna inside the tower in a "bed of blood", dying. When Eddard recalls the conflict in a dream, there is an additional detail. While the combatants clash, Lyanna screams. The dream then switches to a storm of blue rose petals, blowing across a blood-streaked sky. It is uncertain if these details are accurate memories.[28]

Lyanna died in a room that smelled of "blood and roses". A fever had taken her strength. Her voice had been faint as a whisper. There was fear in her eyes, while she called for "Ned" to promise her something. When her brother gave his word, the fear left her. She smiled, and her fingers clutched his own in a tight grip. They were still holding each other as she "gave up her hold on life". Rose petals slipped from her palm, dead and black. Later, Howland Reed found Eddard still holding the corpse. Howland managed to separate the hands of the living man and the dying girl, though Eddard had no recollection of what happened after Lyanna died.[7] Shortly before her death, Lyanna extracted a promise from Ned.[10] Neither the content of the promise nor the cause of her death are currently known. Her final words were a phrase that would haunt her brother for the rest of his life:

“ Promise me, Ned.[7] ”