When Cersei is leaving the Great Sept, she remembers when Joffrey ordered Ned killed and reflects that if he had followed the plan and sent Ned to the Wall, the Starks wouldn't go to war.
If Joff had only done as he was told, Winterfell would never have gone to war, and Father would have dealt with Robert's brothers.
However, Robb called the banners and marched south as soon as he learned of his father's imprisonment, and it is unlikely that he would go back home if Ned was just sent to the Wall, although negotiations would certainly be easier. Is this passage a slip from Cersei, or perhaps from the author himself?
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When Cersei is leaving the Great Sept, she remembers when Joffrey ordered Ned killed and reflects that if he had followed the plan and sent Ned to the Wall, the Starks wouldn't go to war.
However, Robb called the banners and marched south as soon as he learned of his father's imprisonment, and it is unlikely that he would go back home if Ned was just sent to the Wall, although negotiations would certainly be easier. Is this passage a slip from Cersei, or perhaps from the author himself?