Lord Jon Arryn is a pivotal offscreen figure in the HBO series Game of Thrones. As head of House Arryn, Warden of the East, and Defender of the Vale, he foster-fathered both Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon and led the rebellion that toppled the Targaryen dynasty, afterward serving seventeen years as the first Hand of the King to King Robert.
His sudden death in King's Landing, quietly engineered by his wife Lysa at Petyr Baelish's urging with the poison known as the Tears of Lys, opens the series: it draws Eddard Stark south as Hand and ignites the conflict between Houses Stark and Lannister. Near the end of his life Jon had uncovered the truth of Queen Cersei's children, dying with the words 'The seed is strong.' This overview is synthesized from the Game of Thrones Wiki and offered under CC BY-SA; see the Timeline for chronology.
Key people, factions, places, and events connected to Jon Arryn.
Related entities surfaced from across the OLN network.
Where Jon Arryn appears across works and media.
Discussion, insights, and theories from contributors.
This page is maintained and fact-checked by volunteer editors.