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Detta är Westerosi-versionen av den medeltida europeiska praxisen av främja :
Later in their childhood, between the ages of 8 and 10, boys – and
occasionally girls, too – of knightly and noble status would be sent away to live
with another noble family for a few years in a custom called fostering. Sometimes
the foster family would be related to the birth parents; William Marshal fostered
with his cousin William of Tancarville. More often than not, though, foster
parents were chosen for political rather than familial connections. The royal
household was an especially prestigious place to foster; some royal households
had upwards of 100 young men and women in their care.
Fostering helped young nobles make connections with other families while
training them in the skills they would need as adult members of the aristocracy.
Spending time with young people of a similar age and social class would – or so
their parents hoped – strengthen the political bonds among the next generation of
the nobility, and maybe even enable them to find a potential spouse.
Jon Arryn var som Värdens Herre en av de mäktigaste adelsmännen i de sju kungariket. På en personlig nivå var han känd för sin visdom och hederssinne. Därför var han ett logiskt val att främja sönerna till likaså kraftfulla familjer, som Starks och Baratheons.