TEXT: [King's Landing - Ned Stark crosses the stone bridge to the Tourney of the Hand's grounds. He passes workers as they prepare for the day's games and enters the fallen Ser Hugh's tent where he joins Barristan Selmy watching over the dead knight's burial preparations.] NED: Does Ser Hugh have any family in the capital? BARRISTAN: No. I stood vigil for him myself last night. He had no one else. NED: He'd never worn this armor before. BARRISTAN: Bad luck for him... going against the Mountain. NED: Who determines the draw? BARRISTAN: All the knights draw straws, Lord Stark. NED: Aye... but who holds the straws? (addressing the body's attendants) You've done good work, sisters. [Both Ned and Barristan exit the tent and walk along the other tents as they talk.] BARRISTAN: Life is strange. Not so many years ago we fought as enemies at the Trident. NED: I'm glad we never met on the field, Ser Barristan... as is my wife. I don't think the widow's life would suit her. BARRISTAN: (chuckles) You're too modest. I've seen you cut down a dozen great knights. NED: My father once told me you were the best he'd ever seen. I never knew the man to be wrong about matters of combat. BARRISTAN: He was a fine man, your father. What the Mad King did to him was a terrible crime. NED: (pointing back to Ser Hugh's tent) And that lad... he was a squire until a few months ago. How could he afford a new suit of armor? BARRISTAN: Perhaps Lord Arryn left him some money? I hear the King wants to joust today. NED: Yes. That will never happen. BARRISTAN: (chuckles) Robert tends to do what he wants. NED: If the King got what he wanted all the time, we'd still be fighting a
SUMMARY:
King Robert's eunuch spy, Varys, has uncovered that Daenerys Targaryen is pregnant. Ned rejects Robert's plan to assassinate her, considering Daenerys a non-threat. He resigns in protest as Robert's Hand, angering the king. Catelyn and her prisoner, Tyrion, arrive at her sister Lysa Arryn's fortress home in the Eyrie. News of Tyrion's capture reaches King's Landing where Jaime Lannister, the Queen's twin brother, demands answers from Ned. A vengeful Jaime orders Ned's men killed and fights Ned until Jaime's man stabs Ned in the leg from behind, leaving him wounded.