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Originally Posted by vailpass
I kinda like that. The new power would be consolidated at Winterfell with Sansa the Lady of the house and Bran the castle wizard warg weirdo, Arya taking over River Run with Gendry as Lord and Hotpie running the kitchens.
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There is a huge power vacuum. Almost all the major houses have been wiped out, some for a couple years. The symbol of unity for the kingdom is ash by a foreign invader who just got murdered. Simply put if there is some one on the iron throne there will be years of war ahead as things will need to be pacified.
Jon probably doesn't want that on his hands and living a life of relative peace would probably appeal to him. Sure the North plus Vale and maybe Riverlands will be a power but there would be little they can do to project that power outside their kingdoms and probably the Vale and North would have a heck of a time pacifying the riverlands.