Rhaegar: was Jon’s father the true hero of Game of Thrones?

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Get 10% off a Squarespace website: http://bit.ly/ASXSquarespace Who was Jon Snow’s father, Rhaegar Targaryen? What were his political plans for his father, Mad King Aerys? What were his beliefs about the prophecy of Azor Ahai and the three heads of the dragon? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveZqqGewoyPiacooywP5Ig?sub_confirmation=1 Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AltShiftX Twitter: https://twitter.com/altshiftx More Game of Thrones videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6yDpEottdhisSEKJE3Sv5fpYQuej0Ju Buy A Game of Thrones (ASOIAF Book 1): http://amzn.to/292Jmwy Buy ASOIAF Books 1-5: http://amzn.to/2970vVu Buy The World of Ice and Fire: http://amzn.to/2j3Kggt Created with Adobe After Effects, a Rode Procaster microphone, and a Focusrite Scarlett audio interface: https://www.amazon.com/shop/altshiftx Images and video from Game of Thrones are the property of their creators, used here under fair use. Images from The World of Ice and Fire used with permission from Random House. References / further reading: https://warsandpoliticsoficeandfire.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/i-come-not-to-praise-rhaegar-targaryen/ https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4tdayj/spoilers_everything_i_have_bipolar_disorder_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/6ti602/spoilers_main_legit_azor_ahai_theory_that_makes/ http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/103266-r-l-lightbringer-updated-with-part-ii/ https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/77f9ue/spoilers_published_rhaegar_was_either_an_idiot_or/ https://warsandpoliticsoficeandfire.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/the-dragons-ladies-the-queens-of-rhaegar-targaryen-part-1-a-bride-for-a-prince/ Special thanks to the following Patrons: Reverend Xandria, Cameron Weiss, @Vineyarddawg, Maryam Essa, Neel Chopdekar, Michael Appell, Jason Rattray, Ryan Steele, Eric Louis-Dreyfus, Thee Stevie Franchise, Alex Kirkendall, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, AB3, I ♥ Mondays, Fred Petty, LightCraft Miniature Studios, David Howe, Matthew Elisha Williams, Jake Burling, Chris Amolsch, Chris Cole, Cregg Riley, Bobby Eales, Patrick Lorang Skoglund, Hank Lero, Zach Gordon, Gina Penney, Kara Schutter, Valentin Degen, DscoDan, Jesse Deal, DylanGeekozoid. 0:00 Rhaegar 2:49 Aerys 5:06 Prophecy 9:00 The Dragon Has Three Heads 9:57 A Son of Ice and Fire 12:25 Lightbringer