Mon Aug 07, 2017 12:42 pm
Regarding Jon using Dawn, we'll have to pay attention to casting calls for next season to see if anyone is cast as Howland Reed. Since we know Jorah is going to refuse Longclaw, Dawn will somehow have to get in Jon's hands. It's possible Howland will bring it with him if everyone is forced to shelter at Winterfell as Sansa has said (which to me means that's what's going to happen).
Going by the leaks and what seems to make sense with the story we've been given, two people at Winterfell know that Jon is the legitimate Targaryen heir (awkward!!). There is no way they don't tell Jon. If Howland and Meera don't show up at Winterfell in distress, it's possible Jon will travel to Howland to get answers from someone who was there. Howland and Ned brought his mother's body back to Winterfell. He will WANT to talk to Howland. I think Howland will give Jon Dawn, and maybe he will feel some type of magical connection to the sword. Who knows how it will react in his hands? In turn, Jon will give Longclaw back to House Mormont.