The chapter starts off with Ned and the council. Surprisingly Robert is there. The councilmen begin to discuss Daenerys pregnancy. Robert wants her and her brother killed. Ned disagrees. Ned believes that it is murdering 3 instead of two. He believes if this were to happen then the baby is being murdered as well. Robert in anger denies this and states if it is a boy they will have a much larger issue on their hands. The council agrees with the King. Ned then places the badge of the kings hand back on the table and Robert kicks him out and threatens him. Ned then is upset, yet glad that he is returning to Winterfell. Soon after Lord Petyr comes in and offers to take Ned to the brothel he has been suspicious about.
This chapter really goes against normal medieval character. No one will argue with the king. Robert makes that very apparent to Ned and the small council. Ned has dignity to believe that they ended the Targaryen rule because of their father. Ned doesn't agree with the idea of murdering them over suspicion that it might be a boy. This shows Ned is a ruler with class so to say. In this time period you were told what to do and you did it without questions asked. Ned knows Robert is a friend and thought better of him. This is going to take a toll later in the book when the two meet again. Robert has a hidden background which we are beginning to see. Ned left in the right time before things began to get messy. Things are beginning to unfold as they happen. Robert will soon have trouble on his hands.
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