A Dance with Dragons Questions

Through my reading of the entire A Song of Ice and Fire series, there are a few questions I still have:

Who is Azor Ahai reborn?
It is believed that Stannis Baratheon is Azor Ahai reborn, his sword Lightbringer, Melisandre's claim, and Stannis's dragon blood are his only claims.

Daenerys Targaryen is also a likely possibility. She is of the dragon blood, and is unscathed by fire; Aemon Targaryen believes her to be Azor Ahai reborn, as a dragon has no gender.

Jon Snow is my personal most likely contender. Melisandre has only seen him in her fires, Jon has a dream where he fights the White Walkers with a burning red sword in his hand. There is a theory that Jon is actually the son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, and Eddard made a promise to Lyanna that he would raise the boy as his own, this would mean he would have the dragon blood within him. Jon chose his duty to the Night's Watch over his love for Ygritte. He indirectly caused her death by warning Castle Black of the incoming wildling raid. Similar to Azor Ahai sacrificing  Nissa to complete Lightbringer, thus I believe Jon to be Azor Ahai reborn.

Victarion Greyjoy is another possibility. Although he is not of the dragon blood, a ritual was performed at sea, which provided the salt and the smoke. He also beat his previous wife to death, which is a connection to Nissa Nissa.

Azor Ahai completing Lighbringer by sacrificing Nissa Nissa.



What is "Griff's Motivation?
Griff's identity is actually Jon Connington, a personal friend of Rhaegar Targaryen, who is believed to gave drank himself to death. Instead he has raised Rhaegar's surviving son Aegon so he could one day take the Iron Throne, but why is Jon doing this? It was implied that Jon actually fell in love with Rhaegar, as Jon often refers to Rhaegar as his "silver prince," this is strengthened by his disdain for Elia Martell, Rhaegar's wife. It is stated that Griff has failed the father, but he will not fail the son, but I believe there is something more going on, but I don't know what.

How did Maegor the Cruel die?
Although this is before the book's time, one question I often wonder is how Maegor I Targaryen died. Maegor was the son of Aegon the Conqueror by Visenya and was the third Targaryen king to sit on the Iron Throne. He was one of the greater Targaryen warriors, he was even larger than his father at a young age, but his rule was not peaceful. He had many polygamous marriages, and sired many still-born monsters, and he often executed those who defied him. After rebellion started and many of his supporters left him, he was left a broken man. He was left alone to brood on the Iron Throne, but the next morning they found him dead with his wrists slit. Some say he was killed by one of his kingsguard, most say the Throne itself killed him, as the throne is made of swords. It is most likely that he had killed himself by slitting his own wrists on the blades of the throne and left himself to bleed out, but it is still unknown how he was killed.

Maegor I Targaryen, third King of Westeros, often called "Maegor the Cruel."