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Lord Eddard Stark och följeslagare kämpade mot döden med tre av Aerys Kingsguard: Ser Gerold Hightower, Ser Arthur Dayne och Ser Oswell Whent, men varför slog de alls? Eddard hade kommit från kongens landningssäck, så att han kunde ha sagt till dem att Aerys och Rhaegar var döda och att Robert nu satt på Iron Throne med stöd av Lannisters.Eftersom Robert förlåtit Ser Barristan Selmy skulle han troligen göra detsamma för dessa tre, särskilt eftersom de inte ens hade kämpat mot honom. De måste också ha vetat att Lyanna var utan fara från Eddard.
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Charged by Prince Rhaegar to protect his paramour Lyanna Stark and their child, Jon "Probably a Targaryen" Snow. Rhaegar was obsessed with an old prophecy of a prince that was promised and he may have believed that Jon was that prince, who shall be born with the Song of Ice and fire. Rhaegar thought of the child's security as imperative not just for the Targaryens but for whole humanity.
Det här är vad som hände i tornet:
Kingsguards förändrade aldrig sin lojalitet, åtminstone inte de tre i tornet. För dem var drakarna kungen och Robert en usurper och de var ära bundna att uppfylla den sista plikten Prince of Dragonstone lade dem med.“I looked for you on the Trident,” Ned said to them.
“We were not there,” Ser Gerold answered. “Woe to the Usurper if we had been,” said Ser Oswell.
“When King's Landing fell, Ser Jaime slew your king with a golden sword, and I wondered where you were.”
“Far away,” Ser Gerold said, “or Aerys would yet sit the Iron Throne, and our false brother would burn in seven hells.”
“I came down on Storm's End to lift the siege,” Ned told them, and the Lords Tyrell and Redwyne dipped their banners, and all their knights bent the knee to pledge us fealty. I was certain you would be among them.”
“Our knees do not bend easily,” said Ser Arthur Dayne.
“Ser Willem Darry is fled to Dragonstone, with your queen and Prince Viserys. I thought you might have sailed with him.”
“Ser Willem is a good man and true,” said Ser Oswell.
“But not of the Kingsguard,” Ser Gerold pointed out. “The Kingsguard does not flee.”
“Then or now,” said Ser Arthur. He donned his helm.
“We swore a vow,” explained old Ser Gerold.
Ned’s wraiths moved up beside him, with shadow swords in hand. They were seven against three.
“And now it begins,” said Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning. He unsheathed Dawn and held it with both hands. The blade was pale as milkglass, alive with light.
“No,” Ned said with sadness in his voice. “Now it ends.”
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Selmy gjorde det på grund av sina egna känslor. Han visste vad Aerys var och Robert slog honom som en bättre man. Men senare beklagade han dessa känslor efteråt i livet som han såg att Robert blev det han blev.
Robert värderade karaktär och ridderlighet. Från Eddard XII i AGOT:
Robert vägrade att döda Selmy för att slåss mot honom. Från AGOT :Robert could be merciful. Ser Barristan was scarcely the only man he had pardoned. Grand Maester Pycelle, Varys the Spider, Lord Balon Greyjoy; each had been counted an enemy to Robert once, and each had been welcomed into friendship and allowed to retain honors and office for a pledge of fealty. So long as a man was brave and honest, Robert would treat him with all the honor and respect due a valiant enemy.
"Roose Bolton urged us to cut his throat, but your brother said, 'I will not kill a man for loyalty, nor for fighting well,' and sent his own maester to tend Ser Barristan's wounds." He gave the king a long cool look. "Would that man were here today."
Så det måste ha varit en bra chock för Selmy som hade sett sin ljung herre Aerys bränner sina fiender för obefintliga treåringar. Således vann Robert sitt hjärta. Men han kom till slut att ångra det.
Från ASOS, Daenerys V:
Ser Barristan had tears in his eyes. "I took Robert's pardon, aye. I served him in Kingsguard and council. Served with the Kingslayer and others near as bad, who soiled the white cloak I wore. Nothing will excuse that. I might be serving in King's Landing still if the vile boy upon the Iron Throne had not cast me aside, it shames me to admit. But when he took the cloak that the White Bull had draped about my shoulders, and sent men to kill me that selfsame day, it was as though he'd ripped a caul off my eyes. That was when I knew I must find my true king, and die in his service—"
Det är sant. Men Jon skulle vara. De kämpade för draken inuti Lyannas livmoder främst, inte Lyanna själv.
Rhaegar kan ha vetat att de första rebellerna kommer att vara att utplåna alla potentiella sökande från Kungliga huset om de hade något hopp att stabilisera Roberts regel. Således känner han en fara för det ofödda barnet, kan han ha lämnat Kingsguard bakom sig.
Vilka beställningar gav han? Varför gjorde han det? Vi vet inte. Vi vet dock att det var Lyannas ord och Eddards ära som skydde Jon efteråt, inte de vita svärtarna. Robert skulle ha dödat Jon om han hade fått så mycket som en whiff av vem han verkligen var.
GRRM har talat om detta i en korrespondens med en fläkt :
Q: The top three kingsguards, including the lord commander amd [sic] the best knight in ages, Ser Arthur Dayne are present there. Lyanna is in the tower, she asked Ned to promise him something. This, so says the general consensus us little Jon Snow, who is Lyanna's and Rhaegar's. No sense denying this ;) However, what are the Kingsguards doing fighting Eddard? Eddard would never hurt Lyanna, nor her child. The little one would be safe with Eddard as well, him being a close relative. So I ask you, was there someone else with Lyanna and Jon?
A: You'll need to wait for future books to find out more about the Tower of Joy and what happened there, I fear.
I might mention, though, that Ned's account, which you refer to, was in the context of a dream... and a fever dream at that. Our dreams are not always literal.
Q: Also, did the Kingsguards know what was in the Tower?
A: Certainly.
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