Why did Ned Stark admit to treason?
Why did Ned Stark admit to treason?
Ned wants to protect his family from the potential consequences of his death and Joffrey’s reign, and, by confessing, he believes he is doing so.
Why didn’t Ned Stark take the throne?
Ned doesn’t seek power, he took on the role simply because it was his duty. Ned Stark never had the desire to sit on the Iron Throne. I believe he never really wanted to be Lord of Winterfell too but he did it because it was his duty (he was next in line after his brother died).
What if Ned took the black?
Robb would be recognized as Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, Hoster Tully would be recognized as Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Trident, and would be pardoned and welcomed back into the King’s Peace, Ned’s men’s bones would all return North (with Ice), Sansa and Arya would head North, Tommen …
What if Joffrey spared Ned?
Yes, he would be forced to take the black. I think. The original plan was for Ned to confess to treason, for Joffrey to commute his sentence of death to one of taking the Black, and then for Ned to travel up north via the Kingsroad all the way from King’s Landing to the Wall.
What if margaery survived?
If House Lannister will hurt Margaery, it shall lose a precious ally against Daenerys and every other enemy of the Seven Kingdoms. If Margaery alone had survived the wildfire explosion at the sept, she would be alone and friendless for her family beside Olenna who was not present in Kings Landing.
Would margaery be a good queen?
Even though she was manipulative, she wasn’t violent. She would have been a good queen for both Joffrey and Tommen. For Joffrey, she was able to control him. She was making him a better person.
What if Joffrey was good?
also if Joffrey was a great swordsman, he probably rides out and fights alongside his grandfather during the battle. Joffrey would not have been assassinated, because Sansa never tells the Tyrells hes a monster, nor would he be a monster.
Why is Joffrey afraid of Tyrion?
In his entire life, he wanted his father to respect him and love him as his son. He was even afraid that if somehow Shae comes under his eye she was as dead as Tysha. Tyrion was dead afraid of his father and he knew the true power that he holds.
Did Joffrey kill Ros?
When Littlefinger finds out she is spying on him for Varys, he gives her to King Joffrey, who wanted to try something “new and daring”. Joffrey uses Ros as a live target, brutally killing her by having her tied to his bed and shooting her multiple times with a crossbow, his first personal kill.
Did tywin like Joffrey?
Tywin’s attitude towards Joffrey is similar to his attitude towards Cersei. He thinks Joffrey is like Cersei: less capable, less competent than they think they are. Fast backward to Season 1, right after Ned’s execution and Jaime’s capture, Tywin told Tyrion to go back to King’s Landing to be Hand of the King.
Did Tywin know about Jaime and Cersei?
Tywin knows exactly what went on in his own home between Jaime and Cersei. He knows the 3 Baratheon children are Lannisters. As long as he refuses to acknowledge the rumors are true, his legacy and the Lannister name lives on. And that’s all Tywin Lannister cares about.
Did Joffrey know Jamie was his father?
To start with, he most certainly knew by the end of Game of Thrones that his parentage was in dispute. The entire reason he had Ned Stark beheaded was for claiming that Joffrey was Jaime’s son, not Roberts. Nothing Joffrey ever says or does indicates that he believes Jaime to be his father.
Why did tommen betray Cersei?
She’s a narcissist. She won’t blame herself for Tommen’s death so she has to rationalize it by convincing herself that Tommen betrayed her. Its because shes delusional, and she’s mad that he sided with the high sparrow.
Who is king after tommen dies?
Rhaegar
What was the secret tommen tell Cersei?
Cersei and Tommen meet up during “Book of the Stranger,” and Tommen confesses to Cersei that he’s been talking to High Sparrow. He then mentions that High Sparrow said something to him that he made Tommen swear not to tell anyone else.
Why didn’t they just kill the high Sparrow?
The High Sparrow has not been killed because that is one of the worst solutions to their problem. If it had been Joffrey, he would’ve done it without hesitating for a second. If it had been Joffrey, he would’ve done it without hesitating for a second.