It was a practical decision to force Jon's hand, and by extension save Jon, and hopefully, the Night's Watch itself. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why did Qhorin Halfhand attack Jon Snow? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 3 months ago. Active 2 years, 11 months ago. Viewed k times.
Improve this question. Liath Liath Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Sayan Sayan I think it's important to remember that for many, The Night's Watch is perceived as a punishment; not a duty. Halfhand is obviously aware that Mance Rayder a former Crow knows this aswell, and as such stages a scenario where it appears Jon Snow is mutinous, because he doesn't want to be a Crow and has no Loyalty to them.
However, I will add some further clarification from the books: [ A Clash of Kings spoilers ahead] In the previous scenes, the wildlings are on Jon and Qhorin's tracks in the Skirling Pass. Community Bot 1. Rand al'Thor 7, 3 3 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 74 74 bronze badges. DukeZhou DukeZhou 6, 23 23 silver badges 54 54 bronze badges. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Version labels for answers. Related He urges Jon to ensure that the deaths of his men were not meaningless and says that he could be a valuable spy in the wildling ranks.
He then feigns anger with Jon to make him seem more sympathetic to Ygritte, and to make him look like a traitor to the Watch. Later on, Qhorin realizes that he will have to sacrifice himself in order to facilitate the ruse of Jon deserting to the wildlings, so he stuns one of his captors and acquires a sword, attacking Jon with the seeming intention of killing him for treachery.
The Lord of Bones lets them fight, and Ygritte gives Jon back his sword. Qhorin enrages Jon by insulting his parentage. After a fierce duel, Jon mortally stabs Qhorin per Qhorin's own instructions, who whispers to Jon "We are the watchers on the Wall" before he breathed his last, signaling to Jon that he has done the right thing and reminding him where his loyalties lie.
As planned, by killing Qhorin, the wildlings believe Jon has betrayed his oath and release him. On Rattleshirt's advice, Qhorin's body is burned to ensure he will not return as a wight. When Jon is put on trial before a panel of black brothers for his time with the wildlings, Ser Alliser Thorne and Janos Slynt accuse Jon of murdering Qhorin and initially refuse to believe that Qhorin would sacrifice himself so easily, despite Thorne having considered Qhorin like his own brother. Maester Aemon , however, believes Jon's claims and he is spared.
He is held in high esteem by Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. He has a clean shaven face and is tall. It is never explicitly stated he wears a hat. He is very calm and collected. Qhorin specifically lost three fingers on his right hand, all except his index finger and thumb thus he is still able to more or less functionally use his hand.
In the TV series, of course, the actor is wearing heavy gloves due to the cold, and this obscures that he actually has these fingers, but they do refer to him in dialogue as "Halfhand". His personality differs quite a bit from the books in the TV series in that while he is still a rather calm person, he is shown to be more gruff and shows a disdain for southerners. Unlike his counterpart in the books, he sports a mustache and a goatee. Qhorin's story is significantly different than in the TV series: first, his reason for sending the scout parties was to find out what was the secret power that Mance Rayder was looking for in the Frostfangs.
Second, Qhorin never ordered Jon to kill Ygritte : he told him "you must do what needs be done". After Jon let Ygritte go and returned to the others, Qhorin explained Jon it was not bad choice to spare her life. If he wanted to kill her, he'd do it himself, or order Ebben to do that. He left Ygritte's fate for Jon to decide in order to know him better.
Third, when they were chased by the wildlings and had no hope of survival, Qhorin specifically ordered Jon to yield: "If we are taken, you will go over to them, as the wildling girl you captured once urged you. They may demand that you cut your cloak to ribbons, that you swear them an oath on your father's grave, that you curse your brothers and your Lord Commander.
You must not balk, whatever is asked of you. Do as they bid you Ride with them, eat with them, fight with them, for as long as it takes". Qhorin also ordered Jon to find out what was the secret power that the wildlings sought. Once they were surrounded, Qhorin deliberately picked a fight with Jon, and let Jon kill him.
The ploy worked well, and the wildlings were convinced that Jon truly turned his cloak. Game of Thrones Wiki. Game of Thrones Wiki Explore. Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon. Peterson - linguist. Patel - director. Vhagar Caraxes Syrax Meleys Sunfyre. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?
View source. History Talk 0. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Qhorin : " Wild creatures have their own rules, their own reasons. You'll never know them.
The wildlings we're looking for sleep during the day and hunt at night. Qhorin : " Look around, boy. This look like home to you? You start thinking you know this place, it'll kill you. Do you understand me?
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