So are there any metas around about the significance of Jon burning his hand and getting a scar around the same time The Hound - noted for his burn marks - started interacting with Sansa more prominently?
He had burned himself more badly than he knew throwing the flaming drapes, and his right hand was swathed in silk halfway to the elbow. At the time he’d felt nothing; the agony had come after. His cracked red skin oozed fluid, and fearsome blood blisters rose between his fingers, big as roaches. “The maester says I’ll have scars, but otherwise the hand should be as good as it was before.”
- Jon, A Game of Thrones.
His ear had been burned away; there was nothing left but a hole. His eye was still good, but all around it was a twisted mass of scar, slick black flesh hard as leather, pocked with craters and fissured by deep cracks that gleamed red and wet when he moved.
- Sansa, A Game of Thrones.
Or of how Jon’s face is scratched and scarred through Orell’s bird clawing at him, around the same time Sansa is married to Tyrion, who’s scarred face from the Battle of the Blackwater became his new feature?
He had almost forgotten about his face. “A skinchanger tried to rip out my eye.”
Noye frowned. “Scarred or smooth, it’s a face I thought I’d seen the last of. We heard you’d gone over to Mance Rayder.”
- Jon, A Storm of Swords.
“I like your scar.” She traced it with her finger. “It makes you look very fierce and strong.”
He laughed. “Very ugly, you mean.”
“M’lord will never be ugly in my eyes.” She kissed the scab that covered the ragged stub of his nose.
- Tyrion, A Storm of Swords.
Then there’s also the mention of marrying Sansa to Willas Tyrell who has a bad leg that he acquired in his first tourney, and Jon getting shot in the leg with an arrow by Ygritte in the same book not long after.
“Willas has a bad leg but a good heart,” said Margaery. “He used to read to me when I was a little girl, and draw me pictures of the stars. You will love him as much as we do, Sansa.”
- Sansa, A Storm of Swords.
Noye crossed the room. “Your leg is drenched in blood.”
Jon looked down dully. It was true. His wound had opened again. “An arrow wound…”
“A wildling arrow.” It was not a question. Noye had only one arm, but that was thick with muscle. He slid it under Jon’s to help support him. “You’re white as milk, and burning hot besides. I’m taking you to Aemon.”
- Jon, A Storm of Swords.
I found it interesting nonetheless, the scars he acquired don’t often seem to get brought up!
Let me know your insights and what you guys think! x
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