edd͜ard.ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ*̲ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠned.

⠀𝚑er eyes bur͟n͟e͟d, green fire in the dusk.

⠀𝚢ou were ne͟v͟er the boy you were.

the match is made—and so winterfell’s quiet wolf was betrothed to the light of the west, cersei lannister although no party to the match could be said to have been especially pleased.

the daughter of tywin lannister to put an end to the wealthy lord’s dubious motivations and secure a lasting peace. the responsibility, as always when robert refuses, falls upon his stalwart friend eddard. despite protests, citing his grievances with the lord of casterly rock,

set primarily between the events of the the tourney at harrenhal and the greyjoy rebellion.

𝟸𝟾𝟸—𝟸𝟿𝟷 A.C. events as depicted canonically within a song of ice and fire. eddard stark is named lord of winterfell following the deaths of rickard and brandon stark, thus setting off the war that would come to be known as robert’s rebellion.

@dutyhnr I’ll tell them the babe caught a chill, that you must attend him. You won’t be bothered again before they depart. We will make it through this, just as we have everything else. Don’t fret so much, love.

@wolvesblooded i promise you then, if you or lord hand speak to robert of an early departure, i won’t say a word.

@wolvesblooded i just feel suffocated within my own walls ever since they got here. it feels all encroached upon. am i allowed to feel that? as a stark?

@northernpetals “It’s a mightily misplaced distress…” Grumbling—a bit boyishly, more than he’s shown in quite some time. It shows when he’s at his wit’s end. “I do what I can to comfort her. Still, some days, there’s no end to it. It’s because I’m not Brandon, I know it is.”

@wolvesblooded i know you, and i believe there is no more honorable man in the seven kingdoms. nevertheless, i cannot help but sympathize with your lady wife’s distress.

ned, we need to talk.

If this is how Brandon lived, he was a more patient man than I ever knew.

@dutyhnr I only mean that you should not meet her there, cat. you know better than this. I can expect such behavior from the Lannister woman, but from within my own house? Surely not. I don’t know what’s gotten into you.

@wolvesblooded only one of us has stooped low, my lord, and we both know who it is. do as you wish.

@northernpetals Oh aye, and there’s a grumpkin living in the broken tower! I should think you, of all people, would know better than to give credence to that kind of gossip. Gods be good…

@wolvesblooded i am very concerned about that woman’s claims regarding your loyalty as a married man.

@dutyhnr But he is a reasonable man, and more a father to Robert than anyone else has been. He will heed him, or find some way to keep his lady wife from troubling you so. Don’t stoop so low.

@wolvesblooded well, what of me? would he scorn me? he holds me to some standard. respects me. should i make this request to him——i figure he might listen. the lord hand is as subservient as you, my dear.

@wolvesblooded it was a mistake to let that entourage through our walls, ned.