"Aye, what he said was treason, but the words were simply spoken in anger and it was not intended as such. The situation could easily have been salvaged, but alas. As you can imagine, Aerys did not take that very well. He had most of the men killed and threw Brandon into the dungeons. The heir of the Vale, Elbert Arryn, Kyle Royce of Runestone, and Jeffory Mallister of Seaguard were among his killed companions. Then the king called their parents to come and answer for their crimes. Rickard Stark travelled south to King's Landing, and called for a trial by combat, expecting to fight a member of the kingsguard for the life of his son. Aerys agreed, and then for a short moment, we thought that his sanity had finally returned – until he announced that his champion was fire. All Lord Stark had to do to prove his son innocent was to not burn."