"Lyanna Stark was barely four and ten name days and looked a bit boyish. She was not ugly by any standard, but there were easily a dozen more beautiful maidens present, including Elia Martell," Barristan said dryly. "I do not know what possessed the Prince to crown his cousin's betrothed, but it was a great insult to House Baratheon and House Stark. But even then, it was nothing more than a scandal. However, a few moons later, when Lyanna was travelling around the Riverlands, her guards were killed and she was spirited away by the crown prince. There were many tales of what happened, but the dead guards could not be disputed, and all witnesses agreed that the prince did take her. When her eldest brother was on the way to his wedding in Riverrun and he heard of this, he and his friends changed their route to King's Landing. Brandon was young and brash, and when he rode in the Keep he shouted for Rhaegar to come out and die, not knowing that the crown prince was not even there."