--- title: Game of Thrones: HBO Toy Line Could Offer Clue About Jon Snow's Fate description: Spoiler alert, as always canonical: https://time.com/3973117/hbo-jon-snow-game-of-thrones-dead/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-27T15:56:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:29:26.160Z og:title: The New 'Game of Thrones' Toys Could Offer a Clue About Jon Snow's Fate og:description: Spoiler alert, as always og:url: https://time.com/3973117/hbo-jon-snow-game-of-thrones-dead/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt877c5a2ef0ee82bc/69885332cd6848cab50a0354/got-jon-snow-dance-of-dragons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4057 og:image:height: 2282 og:image:alt: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in 'Game of Thrones' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The New 'Game of Thrones' Toys Could Offer a Clue About Jon Snow's Fate twitter:description: Spoiler alert, as always twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt877c5a2ef0ee82bc/69885332cd6848cab50a0354/got-jon-snow-dance-of-dragons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # HBO Is Toying With Us Over Jon Snow's Fate > Sponsored content. 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As [Pedestrian](http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/hbo-might-have-accidentally-revealed-jon-snows-fat/f42ad335-56a8-4729-a828-63165d28bbc3.htm) reports, HBO recently sent out a press release promoting a sale of their latest collection of toys. While that is not particularly newsworthy the collection is called the “[Honor The Fallen: The Memoriam Collection](https://www.hboshopeu.com/en/gb/gift-finder/fallen.html?rel=1)” and features several beloved characters all killed before their time by the cruel hand of author George R. R. Martin and the writers of the HBO series, including Robb Stark, Khal Drogo, The Hound, Ned Stark, Oberyn Martell and the less beloved Joffrey Lannister. However there is one character noticeably absent from the toys of the dead (a concept that is suitably dark for the HBO series) — Jon Snow. The character, played by Kit Harington, died at the hands of his Watcher brethren and has had the internet buzzing with conspiracy theories since the scene aired in June. Yet he is not featured in the Memoriam Collection. Could that mean that he’s not actually dead? Or is HBO just prolonging its torture of fans like it’s been reading from the Ramsay Snow playbook? This is hardly the first instance of speculation that Jon Snow could be returning to the show. Rumors circulated when Harington showed up at the Wimbledon tennis championship sporting Snow’s [trademark shoulder-length hair](http://time.com/3945898/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-kit-harrington/) and again when he was[ spotted in Belfast ](http://time.com/3967082/kit-harington-belfast-jon-snow-game-thrones-season-6/)where _Game of Thrones_ is filming. Plus, in the words of [ _A Song of Ice and Fire_ creator Martin](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-jon-snow-really-dead): “If there’s one thing we know in _A Song of Ice and Fire_ is that death is not necessarily permanent.” ## Transcript The Game of Thrones season five finale aired sunday and with the end of the season the show has essentially caught up with George R. R. Martin's A song of Ice and Fire series. Throughout the course of the TV series websites like ScreenRant and CheatSheet have discussed the differences between the story told on TV and in Martin's books. But specifically in the last two episodes of season five, we saw new storylines not yet revealed to book readers, and some fans aren't so happy. Prepare for spoilers. In episode nine, Dance of Dragons, Stannis Baratheon most likely lost his entire fan base when he sacrificed his daughter at the stake in a last ditch effort to change his fate with the Lord of Light. Lord of Light, show us the way. Mother. This was one of the first plot lines that Martin suggested to show runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss making it a spoiler for his next book in the series. When George first told us about this, it was one of those moments where I remember looking at Dan I was just like, God that's so, it's so horrible, and so good in a story sense. Because it all comes together. As a result [ UNKNOWN ] wife [ UNKNOWN ] hangs herself in the season finale, right before [ UNKNOWN ] ill- fated march on Windsorfell. Stansis says later, seemingly murdered by, of all people [ UNKNOWN ]. Do you have any last words? In contrast the most recent book, A Dance with Dragons, has Stannis weathering a snow storm and managing depleting supplies and men. But the most confusing plot point for the show is one that the book readers new was coming, John Snows death. When John is stabbed at the end of the fifth novel it is unclear whether he just faints or actually dies. But in the show he's clearly murdered in a scene reminiscent of Julius Caesar's betrayal. This is obviously a big deal, the death of Jon Snow. It's something we've been thinking about for a long, long time. And although Kit Harrington, who plays Snow, and show runners David Benioff and Dan Weiss have all confirmed that Snow is Is in fact dead. Martin has avoided answering whether or not Snow will make appearance in the upcoming Winds for Windsor novel. The book is rumored for release later this year. 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