Benjen loves Jon but does not let his affection for his nephew override his duties as a high-ranking Night's Watch officer because he believes it's unfair to give Jon preferential treatment only because he's his nephew. Catelyn invokes this trope by thinking Jon would be the son Benjen never had while she argues with a reluctant Ned to allow Jon to join the Night's Watch as Ned doesn't wish for Jon to go. Like a Son to Me: He obviously love all his nephews, but seems to have a soft spot for his nephew Jon, and even slips into calling him "son" once, which - because they are arguing at this point - Jon corrects him on.As it's common, Benjen joined the Night's Watch as a nobleman without any claims to land or vassal houses, mostly to avoid being used as a political pawn against his brother likewise, his nephew Jon Snow joined the Night's Watch to prevent the same and he holds true to this fact by refusing to be named Lord of Winterfell by King Stannis Baratheon for the sake of his own siblings' claims on Winterfell.Afterward, both Benjen and Bran followed common paths northwards and because very few know what happened to them in the far north, they are believed to be dead or MIA by the rest of the world. Benjen was the Stark at Winterfell while his brother Eddard warred in the South during Robert's Rebellion his nephew Bran was the Stark at Winterfell while his brother Robb warred in the South during the War of the Five Kings.Likewise, Robb, Bran and Arya adore Benjen as well and basically, all his nephews and nieces think he is so cool. Cool Uncle: Jon definitely thinks of Benjen as this - repeatedly - as he adores his uncle.His disappearance has been frequently mentioned since then, but he has yet to reappear and no clues to his fate have been found. Chekhov M.I.A.: Disappears after going on a mission to find some missing rangers, and two members of his party were found as wights.He cautions him about how hard life on the Wall can be, and tells him that he has to earn respect and power and can't expect it just because he is related to the First Ranger. It's kinda lampshaded in the Knight of the Laughing Tree tale - his siblings are fittingly the wild wolf, the quiet wolf and the she-wolf, while he's just the pup. His older brothers were, instead, first fostered away from home and then became the fulcrum of Rebellion, while he had to stay at home (remember the thing about "a Stark must be always in Winterfell?"). The Baby of the Bunch: He was the youngest child of Ned's generation and the one perpetually stuck in Winterfell because he was too young to be of any help.Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He was not made First Ranger simply because he's a Stark - he's just that good and everybody knows it as most have seen him outperform others on a regular basis.
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His disappearance is one of the major mysteries of the series and weighs heavily on Jon. He inspires his nephew Jon Snow, the illegitimate son of his brother Eddard, to join the Night's Watch, but disappears shortly afterwards on a ranging beyond the Wall while trying to locate other missing rangers. He joins the Night's Watch shortly after Robert's Rebellion ended. Benjen is uncle to Robb, Jon, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon and, in addition to his older brother Eddard, has two other siblings - Brandon and Lyanna - who are deceased. "On the Wall, a man gets only what he earns."Įddard (Ned) Stark's youngest sibling, Benjen is First Ranger of the Night's Watch at the beginning of the series.
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