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I thought Aerys threw the basis of feudalism out the window with the whole burning Rickard alive bit. On the other hand, nobody seemed to think that Mycah was a member of the household aside from Arya, though there's also the murders of Ned's household (aside from Jeyne Poole) in King's Landing, which was after Robert was dead.

There might as well as been no archers at Moat Cailin since Victarion inexplicably kicked their asses.

If Robert had been at Casterly Rock I'm sure Tyrion would have mentioned it at some point. As far as Kingsguard knights visiting their homelands, the only one that comes close is Oswell Whent for the tourney at Harrenhal. Barristan Selmy considered taking a short break in his journey east by staying at Harvest Hall but he chose not to.

Which is kinda silly, since the events of Robert's Rebellion ground Ned's own house to four people, two of whom were infants, to say nothing of the Dustins being wiped off the map aside from Lord Dustin's widow?

If they had received orders from Ned, wouldn't they have been mentioned at any point?

Except for the weeks that the Tysha incident occurred.

I thought Ned was against Jaime being Warden of the East because that would mean the Lannisters would theoretically command a good chunk of the country's armies (I say theoretically since the function of a warden in Westeros is vague).

If that was the case, wouldn't the Glovers and Tallharts have less resources to draw on?

As a hypothetical question, if Viserys had lived long enough for Daenerys to hatch dragons, would he have been able to claim one?

So basically to subvert expectations?

If Renly had died prior to the first book, would his title as Lord of Storm's End revert back to the Crown then Robert would choose the next Lord of Storm's End, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands?

So something I was thinking about in regards to the Iron Throne and getting cut on it, but what are the chances that Viserys contracted his wasting illness/leprosy from the blood of an unfortunate soldier who was killed during the Conquest and was carrying a bloodborn pathogen? I can't imagine those blades have been washed at any point in the century following the Conquest, so tetanus is on the table for anyone sitting on the Iron Throne.

Like Martin saying Robert was a good man despite what he did to Cersei?

Again, I think this is something he put together for the readers to figure out/infer before the characters. And once Ned figures out that final bit, the readers can already seen the trainwreck coming.

Viserys doesn't have the same feelings that Dany does about the House with the Red Door; he's more focused on the Red Keep to give an example.

Because the Mormonts didn't feel like keeping it. To look at another case, why was Bloodraven allowed to keep Dark Sister?

And it's a wonder Cersei didn't.

The thing I don't quite get is without Cersei admitting that Jaime is the father, how would Ned be able to put his finger on that bit of info? At that stage of the story, all he's figured out is that Robert is not the father. Would that tidbit be irrelevant or would the readers be left to infer?

How is it unrealistic? Let's take a look on how he comes to this conclusion and this is part of the mystery portion of AGOT and it's for the readers to connect the dots. The readers know that Cersei and Jaime have a sexual relationship as early as Bran II of AGOT. Sansa makes a remark that Joffrey is nothing like Robert. Ned reads Grand Maester Pycelle's tome about how each member of each Great House looks, and sees that Joffrey is an outlier, thus he concludes that Cersei has been having an affair. But with whom? Technically we learn the answer when Cersei admits it in Eddard XII, but at this stage of the game, it could be anyone. To look at other aspects of this mystery, the other premise is that whenever a Baratheon sires a child, they always sport the Baratheon phenotype: black hair and blue eyes (or turquoise if you're Renly, maybe he got that from his mother Cassana). But not every child resembles their father; Ned Stark himself has four of five children who resemble their mother Catelyn, who has reddish hair and blue eyes. Does that mean that Catelyn has been sleeping around? Robin Arryn, unlike his blond father Jon, has dark hair and Martin has been non-committal on what color his eyes are, despite their large size which should show the reader their color. This is a big part of the theory that Robin is Petyr Baelish's son. On the other hand, Robert has a silver-blond allele in his genes from his paternal grandmother, Tommen has white-blond hair. He could be legitimate. Personality wise though, while Joffrey resembles his mother, he has Robert's liking for battle despite being dumb as a brick (Robert is supposed to be good with tactics) and domestic abuse tendencies (Joffrey for Sansa, Robert for Cersei). He has the worst traits of both his presumed parents. P.S. It would have been an interesting plot point to have Robb meet with some resistance in the North or the Riverlands because he doesn't look like a Stark, as Edward IV, one of his analogues, had bastardy rumors flying around him that persist to this day, to the point of making a documentary called Britain's Real Monarch. Now how would it be Jaime? Once it becomes apparent that Joffrey and his siblings aren't legitimate, who would Cersei tolerate to have sex with? Anyone who was highborn and in King's Landing during 285-286 AC, 289 to 290 AC, and 291-292 AC is on the table. She doesn't like Tyrion (and he would have been too young at least for Joffrey). Really, she doesn't like anyone... but Jaime. As an afterthought, I think Cersei's straight-up admission that Jaime is the father is the most unrealistic bit, given that it's out of character for her to straight-up admit something like that, in a Godswood, when she isn't a particularly religious person, let alone in a place of worship that she doesn't believe in. It wouldn't be out of character to straight-up lie... again.

And your evidence is...? Besides, if he was Brandon and Lyanna's son, he wouldn't have been born outside of the North and he's stated to have been born before Ned reached Moat Cailin on his ride back to Winterfell when everything was said and done.

I would point out however that Robert has a light-haired allele running around from his paternal grandmother Rhaelle. In theory, could that be a possible source of his children being blond? Tommen in particular has white-blond hair.

Westeros hinges on the father's bloodline pretty hard most of the time in-universe, which is why Ned's suspicions awaken regarding "Robert's" children... unless when Martin wishes it, as with Ned's own children with Catelyn, who mostly resemble their mother except for Arya, which serves as a means to emotionally isolate her.

On the other hand, Catelyn failed to properly vet Joffrey as a good suitor for Sansa's hand and found a septa who tended to bully Arya, so there's that. Catelyn does note that Brandon was the same age as Robb was at that point when he, Brandon, was betrothed to Catelyn. As far as women for Robb to marry, would Beth Cassel be on the table? The Cassels seem fairly low on the totem pole. Alys Karstark is a strange case since her father Rickard attempted to set her up with Robb, then gave up, which is out of character for him. Plus, Greatjon is mentioned to have daughters. Meanwhile, if Robb were to marry Arianne, would she have to give up being heir to the Princedom to be his bride, as Myriah Martell did when she married Daeron II?

If there are lawyers in Westeros; they seem to be in short supply. That is, none.

How so? Unless you're talking about show Aegon, who is Jon.