Överväg denna konversation mellan Cersei och Ned Stark på Kapitel 45 i ett spel av troner :
The queen stood. "And what of my wrath, Lord Stark?" she asked softly. Her eyes searched his face. "You should have taken the realm for yourself. It was there for the taking. Jaime told me how you found him on the Iron Throne the day King's Landing fell, and made him yield it up. That was your moment. All you needed to do was climb those steps, and sit. Such a sad mistake."
"I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine," Ned said, "but that was not one of them."
A Game of Thrones, Eddard XII
Ned ville aldrig ha Iron Throne för sig själv. Särskilt sedan, som Dan påpekade, hade Neds goda vän Robert bättre krav.