This post will be dealing with plot points in Game of Thrones, you know, that awesome TV show on HBO. (Which is starting up again this weekend. FINALLY!)
Anyway, if you’re not caught up with the show, then
- You smell.
- This is your only spoiler warning.
Four years ago (in “our” time, not TV time), Lord Eddard “while Cat’s away, Ned will play” Stark got some bad news. Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, had died.
It wasn’t revealed at the time, but the Hand of the King had been killed by a family member, who then quickly fled the capital.
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