Carcass Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 So I've seen the first season but I just started the first book. Are the Targaryens friends with the Starks or is it every house for themselves at the start of the series? I mean, I know what happens eventually and the fallout of the ending from season/book 1 (but I don't know how everything happens in the book) but I'm not exactly sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinjoz Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Starks and Targaryens don't get along too well. Since Dany and Viserys are the last in the line there isn't at of interaction between them on the book or show but in the history they didn't get along very well as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byfort of Corfe Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Dany and Viseryis hate Ned and everyone who helped Robert in his rebellion. Ser Jorah hated Ned Stark as well, although IIRC he does refer to him an an honorable man, maybe hate is the wrong word but let's just say he doesn't have warm fuzzy feelings for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The Targaryens conquered Westeros 300 years before the start of the books. They warred and defeated pretty much everyone, and when they got to the North, the current king chose to kneel and accept Aegon I as King instead of endangering his people fighting against Dragons. They've been in very good relationship since there until the events the books call Robert's Rebellion. Brandon Stark (Ned's brother) went to the Red Keep to demand Rhaegar to "come out and die" because he took his sister, Lyanna. Rhaegar wasn't there and the King Aerys arrested him. When his father, Rickard Stark, arrived to answer in name of his son, Aerys very much executed them. The Starks, Baratheons, Arryns and Tullys rebelled against the Targaryens, and eventually, the rest of the Realms joined them. The Targaryens lost the war and were killed, and Viserys and Dany (who were kids) had to run and ended up exiled. They hate the Starks because they were involved in the War, even though Ned wasn't involved in killing their family but the Lannisters and Baratheons, and he was in fact shocked at how the Targaryen babies were butchered. After that, every other House in Westeros has been under the new rule of the Baratheons, whom Dany and Viserys see as Usurpers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e22ddie46 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah, basically Starks and Baratheons are usurpers. To the remaining Targ kids, they see those two families (as well as the Lannisters) as being traitors (which they are) and blame them for their family being deposed and being forced into being a beggar. Jorah hates ned because of a legal issue between them (Mormont is loyal to, and under the dominion of Starks) which I won't get into since I can't remember when exactly the reason is revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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