When Ned was at King's landing, in the book where catelyn's chapter is in the middle of two Eddard chapters. The first one ends with Petry (lord baelish) telling ned to come visit the brothel and that he won't tell catelyn if he sleeps with one of his girls. In the next chapter it just explains how he's coming out of there wtf??? did he actually sleep with one of the whores??? i don't understand i thought the whole book was about Ned being faithful to catelyn and how he learned his lesson since he took Jon under his household. The author made it clear that Ned felt bad and would never do that again, why would he sleep with a whore???? and i'm pretty sure Jon snow's mother wasn't a whore from what i know. Plus in the book Ned figures out Joeffrey's secret and how Jon arryn was killed for knowing it, why would he repeat the same mistake as the previous hand?? it doesn't make sense to me it just seems like the author needed an excuse just to set up a war between the lannisters and the starks.....The author talks about how Ned fault all these wars and how smart he is, especially how he advises the King, so why would he make a stupid mistake like that?? it just feels like the character is not stable, is it just me or did the author mess up there somewhere...Can someone please explain Game of thrones?
Just to add to what Kelley said, and to shed light on your question why did Ned make the same mistake as Jon Arryn well, they are both similar in characteristics in the fact that they're too loyal too 'wholesome' almost to do anything about it. What Ned did was confront Cersei and basically oust her that way instead of rounding her up and the Lannisters in the first place and holding them under due arrest after Robert Baratheon was killed by the boar.
In parts it was Ned's fault why the war started, but if you look at it again its more a Lannister doing than anything else. Gregor Clegane attacks holdfasts near Riverrun (I think its Riverrun) or territories outside of Casterly Rock. This makes Ned react, being a 'wholesome' good guy (and also being the hand) he sends Beric Dondarrion to arrest Gregor, further alienating his allies at Kings Landing. With Beric gone, plus the Baratheon brothers leaving Kings Landing on Roberts death it leaves Ned with few allies and practical out foxed by Cersei to do anything other than give in.
Cersei was too clever, too conniving and too manipulative and she out moved both Ned and Jon before each of them could do anything about it.Can someone please explain Game of thrones?
Some men claim to stay faithful but they repeat the mistake. And some men see whores as something closer to animals, that sex with them doesn't count as cheating.Can someone please explain Game of thrones?
The series is called A Song of Ice and Fire. The first title in the series is A Game of Thrones. If the next season will be A Clash of Kings, after the title of the next book, I don't know.
Robb doesn't have a chapter with his name attached because he's not an integral part of the story in the first book.
Petyr was teasing Ned by saying he wouldn't tell Catelyn if he took a whore. Ned had no intention of sleeping with a whore, he went there to talk to the whore who was the mother of King Robert's newest bastard. The first part of that chapter, Ned is in the common room with Petyr, pulling on his gloves and saying his business here is done. But the chapter goes on to explain exactly what Ned's business was with the whore.
Jon Arryn was Ned's brother-in-law. Ned wanted to know why Arryn had been murdered. He had no fear that knowing the big secret would cause his death. The story is also about loyalty and honor which Eddard Stark has in great supply. He's not going to be afraid for his life if he goes poking into the same things Jon Arryn poked into. I don't think for a minute that it was just a convenient way to set the stage for war. War with the Targaryen was inevitable after Robert took the Seven Kingdoms in the same way the war is inevitable when there are power hungry families all trying to rule.
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