Rickon Snow, however, denied the accusations and demanded a trial by combat. Edric Durrandon craftily agreed to hold a trial of the Seven, as the northern Hedge knight only had three companions with him, one not even a man-grown. After all, how could a small group of nameless wandering knights defeat the king, his heir, a demon with a greatsword, and five of the royal stormguards, chosen amongst the finest warriors in the Stormlands?