Your right, I used the wrong word. My point was that this scenario is possible without Ramsay forgoing any personal hungers for the greater good. His motivation could be just as psychopathic as usual.

He doesn't need a benevolent motivation to have Jon surrender to him. He'd be adding forces to his army, and validity to his (then unquestioned) claim to Winterfell. Plus we know how much he loves keeping his enemies close to him in subservient positions.

Who said anything about forgiveness? Jon, Sansa and the wildlings would be surrendering to him and joining his army . It would reinforce his sense of power. We know how much he loves keeping his enemies close to him in subservient positions.

My bet is that Arya's boat to Westeros gets hijacked by the Iron Island armada. She ends the season on her way to Mereen with the Greyjoys.

Big twist at the end of this episode: Jon Snow surrenders and then teams up with Ramsay Bolton (with Ramsay holding the upper hand). This is after both sides take heavy losses and then something big happens to drive home the white walker threat (like the walkers breaking through the wall).