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The Duel for Catelyn's Hand


Tywin Manderly

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No, he made a deal with the Starks, and you don't break such things. Besides, the Starks are a great house, but House Baelish wasn't anything back then. Just a petty lord with a young son.

Above all, the second Hoster got wind of Lysa's pregnancy (also thanks to littlefinger), he sent Petyr home. No man will wed his highborn daughter to a lowborn man, whilst that same lowbornman took the virginity of the second daughter (and getting her pregnant, thus ruining many potential marriage deals for her in the proces). Getting the daughter pregnant of the lord that took you in as a ward, is a great insult to that lord.

So there are many reasons not to consider Petyr as a possible husband for his little Cat. :) I don't think he ever could have passed Hosters mind

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No. LittleFinger was a nobody from a nobody house, he wasn't about to marry his daughter to him no matter what. Also, Littlefinger didn't have a snowball's chance in hell to win that fight.

No, he made a deal with the Starks, and you don't break such things. Besides, the Starks are a great house, but House Baelish wasn't anything back then. Just a petty lord with a young son.

Above all, the second Hoster got wind of Lysa's pregnancy (also thanks to littlefinger), he sent Petyr home. No man will wed his highborn daughter to a lowborn man, whilst that same lowbornman took the virginity of the second daughter (and getting her pregnant, thus ruining many potential marriage deals for her in the proces). Getting the daughter pregnant of the lord that took you in as a ward, is a great insult to that lord.

So there are many reasons not to consider Petyr as a possible husband for his little Cat. :) I don't think he ever could have passed Hosters mind

* Oberyn Martell drops by to challenge Brandon Stark for Catelyn's hand. * ;)

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* Oberyn Martell drops by to challenge Brandon Stark for Catelyn's hand. * ;)

Aah, no fair! :P That would have been such an epic fight though! I totally am an Oberyn fan!

Sidenote, if Oberyn and Brandon would fight for Catelyn, Oberyn would use poison and win and Brandon would die and Hoster would need to find Cat a new husband. O look, Oberyn is available. Problem solved :)

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Nope

Agreed, LF was the smallest of lords from a new, relatively poor house while Brandon was the heir to WF. Brandon was the best offer Hoster received for Cat, and if Brandon died in the duel then Cat would just be married off to Ned, since he was next in line to WF.

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Aah, no fair! :P That would have been such an epic fight though! I totally am an Oberyn fan!

Sidenote, if Oberyn and Brandon would fight for Catelyn, Oberyn would use poison and win and Brandon would die and Hoster would need to find Cat a new husband. O look, Oberyn is available. Problem solved :)

I'm sure he would have tried to use poison but he wouldn't have such an easy time making contact as he did against the mountain. It would be an epic fight but I believe that I would have to go with Brandon. From what we know he was supposed to be a great warrior and more than a match for Rhaegar had the battle taken place.

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Would Hoster Tully be compelled to marry Catelyn off to Littlefinger in the very unlikely event that he had won the duel with Brandon Stark?

You know, I think he would, if this duel was "official" like a trial by combat is. He'd hate the result, but the law is the law. Then he'd pine about having lost the investment Catelyn represented or something.

If it was just some unofficial thing between the boys with Edmure officiating, then he might do as he liked.

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I think in a duel scenario if you are bad ass enough to win a fight to the death as an underdog, you're also bad enough to steal your woman away and go on the run. But in reality, Cat didn't love LF. Hoster didn't want Cat to marry LF. And Brandon was tougher than LF. It was a no win scenario for the little lad.


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You know, I think he would, if this duel was "official" like a trial by combat is. He'd hate the result, but the law is the law. Then he'd pine about having lost the investment Catelyn represented or something.

If it was just some unofficial thing between the boys with Edmure officiating, then he might do as he liked.

This! :agree:

I think in a duel scenario if you are bad ass enough to win a fight to the death as an underdog, you're also bad enough to steal your woman away and go on the run. But in reality, Cat didn't love LF. Hoster didn't want Cat to marry LF. And Brandon was tougher than LF. It was a no win scenario for the little lad.

And this!

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Aah, no fair! :P That would have been such an epic fight though! I totally am an Oberyn fan!

Sidenote, if Oberyn and Brandon would fight for Catelyn, Oberyn would use poison and win and Brandon would die and Hoster would need to find Cat a new husband. O look, Oberyn is available. Problem solved :)

Oberyn, though from a very interesting family, is a younger son and thus not heir to anything. Not really interesting for Hoster.

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