Maester Joergensen

That would be correct. Robert only bring two knights of the kingsguard north. If I remember correctly Robert didn´t want to burden Ned with to many mouths to feed, so Barristan and Renly meat up with Roberts party at the Darry castle. I just wanted to flash my new user name. I lay claim to the south east.

I don´t think aging the children a bit would hurt. But please not to much. I don´t think Sansas and Danys characters would be realistic if they were to old. Innocence and cming of age, is an important part of their characters. In the case of Dany, why not use a bodydouble for eventual nudity.

When ever i read the scene where Randyll Tarly takes Sam into the forest and threatens to cut out his heart if he doesn´t go to the wall, i think of the scene in snow white, where the evil queen, sends a hunter out into the forest to cut out snow whites heart. In the scene Randyl cuts out the heart of an animal, to prove what would happen to Sam if he doesn´t go to the wall. A dear i think. In the fairy tale, the hunter cut out the heart of a dear, and bring it back to the evil queen to prove snow white is dead. And the sigil of House Tarly is a huntsman. The scenes are just similar. I think it could be inspiration.