As the secret of Jon Snow’s parentage hangs over Season 7, the most apparent theme has to do with inherited sin. Daenerys asks Jon not to judge her for her father, Aerys Targaryen, and Jon—who just gave a showy speech up North about second chances—had no choice but to oblige. Ned Stark has been looming large this season—larger than ever. It seems he is referenced or quoted in almost every scene. But Jon will soon have to grapple with the idea that he shares Daenerys’s more controversial heritage—even if Rhaegar did prefer singing to murdering—and learn to forgive everyone who played a part in his unhappy birth. That includes the honorable Ned Stark, who lied to Jon every single day of his life.