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Originally Posted by notorious
(Post 13041928)
I always thought Baratheon hooked up with Ned's sister and made Jon Snow.
Ned covered for Baratheon by claiming Jon was his own.
This other stuff just doesn't make since to me. Why would Ned protect the Mad King's son? Did the Mad King marry his sister?
It's probably obvious, but someone needs to draw it out in crayon for me.
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In crayon? Ok, you asked...
So Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark were foster-children or whatever of Jon Arryn, sent to the Vale as boys and spent several years there. Became BEST buddies. Eventually (don't remember details), Ned's sister Lyanna is pledged in marriage to Robert Barathon. Great match, two great houses, and Robert apparently was head-over-heels for Lyanna.
Meanwhile, Mad King Aerys is doing mad king things. His son, Rhaegar, by all accounts is a really good guy. Great with a sword and great with musical instruments. He is also married to a member of House Martell, which rules Dorne, and they have some kids together.
Welp, from the point of view of Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, Prince Rhaegar kidnaps Lyanna. They complain to Mad King Aerys about this, but the Mad King says **** off and brutally kills both Ned's father and older brother. That kicks off Robert's Rebellion, and results in the fall of House Targaryen. This includes (1) Robert killing Rhaegar at the Battle of the Trident, and (2) The Mountain killing Rhaegar's children (think little kids here) by bashing their head into a wall, ending the entire Targaryen line except for Viserys and Danaerys who are smuggled out of the country. Robert takes the throne, laments the loss of his love Lyanna and marries Cercei, and off we go.
HOWEVER, apparently Rhaegar didn't kidnap Lyanna at all. It seems they genuinely loved one another, and Rhaegar formally annulled his marriage and remarried Lyanna. The ENTIRE REASON for Robert's Rebellion was a complete fiction. And the child that Lyanna bore (Jon Snow nee Aegon Targaryen) is the true and rightful King of Westeros.
Ned, of course, had promised Lyanna on her death bed that he would protect little Aegon/Jon.
Telling Robert the whole truth (though who knows if Ned knew about the annulment) would not have been a good thing toward protecting Aegon/Jon's health.
So Ned takes Jon back to Winterfell and pretends he had a bastard child, who is actually his nephew, and raises as his own, much to the bitterness of his wife.
EDIT: I fixed the spelling or Rhaegar (not Rhaeger) and Lyanna (not Lyssa).