King Euron Swagjoy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, I searched and couldn't find anything. I also don't remember if it has been addressed in the books, but I don't think it has.My question is, is why wasn't Edmure married by the time A Game of Thrones takes place? Surely he would be a match that many lords would want. He is described as attractive, and is the heir to Riverrun and the Lord Paramountcy of the Trident. But at the start of A Game of Thrones, he is 27, and still unmarried.What is everyone's thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Cersei I Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 His imfamous "floppy fish" may well have something to do with it. :uhoh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Mac Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Well, for the past couple years Hoster was sick, and Edmure was pretty much running things. It's possible he didn't want marriage. We all know he likes his women, and seemed reluctant to tie the knot with anyone. Not to mention it's peacetime and marraiges are usually saved for war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dǽmon Blackfyre Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 agreed with mr motte. Lord holster had been sick for years and thus unable to find a maiden for edmure as it is a lord's duty to apoint marrieges and stuff. also, edmure would be lord within a few years, so he might as well choose for himself and possibly there wasn't a worthy hand at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janicia Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Maybe he was still hoping to snag Arianne. I guess Asha could also have been a possibility.Maybe he was waiting for the next generation of women to come of age: Myrcella, Margery, Shireen, and Sansa were not bethrothed at the start of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay Gimp Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Not to mention it's peacetime and marraiges are usually saved for war.Huh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Maybe his father Hoster never pushed the issue, since he already alienated his brother by doing so, and stuck his daughter Lysa in a marriage that turned out worse than unhappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernest Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Not to mention it's peacetime and marraiges are usually saved for war.Not really... People wouldn't just wait and hope for wars to break out so that they might finally get married... Marriages in general at the time, at least a lot of them (I'm talking of nobles of course) were made to secure alliances in case of war. Other reason was that they hoped to expand family power. Tommen-Margaery marriage was made official much too soon because of war, but neither of them were kept unmarried just so that they could be used to secure an alliance should war break out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZone Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I think that only Hoster would be able to make a marriage pact and he was sick for the last few years . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsain Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Theres a few parts in the books when Cat is talking to Edmure and asking if he was out partying all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mountain That Flies Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Maybe he was still hoping to snag Arianne. I guess Asha could also have been a possibility.Besides these two and Margery Tyrell, were there any other good options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ab aeterno Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Besides these two and Margery Tyrell, were there any other good options?Potentially Margaery Tyrell, if she'd have him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogus Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Well, for the past couple years Hoster was sick, and Edmure was pretty much running things. It's possible he didn't want marriage. We all know he likes his women, and seemed reluctant to tie the knot with anyone. Not to mention it's peacetime and marraiges are usually saved for war.Are u suggestin that during Robert´s 15-year long peaceful reign nobles in Westeros didnt get merried.Marriage is used to make alliances, not only for war, but for lots of reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Blue Eyes Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Besides these two and Margery Tyrell, were there any other good options?Sansa and Arya Stark and Myrcella. Well, just Myrcella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordReaper Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Balon would not have given Asha, she's all the heirs he had left with two sons dead and one a hostage. I very much doubt she would have gone too - apparently she makes her own choices in men..Sansa maybe, but she's his cousin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ab aeterno Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sansa maybe, but she's his cousin..Actually, she's his niece, I think? Cat is his sister and Sansa is her daughter. Even if she weren't though, marrying Sansa would just double up their alliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywater Reed Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sansa and Arya Stark and Myrcella. Well, just Myrcella.Sansa and Arya are his nieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lord's Kiss Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 We don't really know the riverlord's daughters very well.. except for Frey's of course. Some of them were probably suitable but Edmure liked to party. He was running things while his dad was sick and he knew he would be Lord one day and that he'd have to marry then, I assume he was just putting it off as long as possible. I don't think he's like his uncle Brynden in this regard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeRuiner Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've always thought that Edmure was quite content to be a bachelor for the moment and Hoster had been too sick to impose a marriage on him.It also seems from Cat's POVs that Edmure has always been babied as the youngest child, so his family might have still been looking at him this way and they weren't putting much pressure on him to settle down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light a wight tonight Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 With Hoster's declining health they should have been looking for a match, so Edmure would have a chance at having an heir, "just in case". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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