"Yes, Father," Jon said, recalling the story. "Rhaegar Targaryen abducted Lyanna and raped her. That was the whole reason that King Robert rebelled against the Mad King and why the Targaryens are no more. She'd died because of him."

The Targaryens had brought House Stark quite a lot of grief, actually. "Was my mother someone you'd met in the south, during the war?"