Ned awakes to loud knocking at his door. He is informed Robert has been seriously injured during his hunt by a boar. He will likely die. Ned then goes to see Robert and Robert asks for everyone to leave him and Ned alone for a moment. Robert has Ned write down his last saying of who he passes the throne too. Ned is now in charge of the realm until his heir is of age. Ned makes sure not to put joff by name because he is really not his heir. Littlefinger then asks Ned to take action against the Lannisters and Ned knows this is a bad decision. He asked Littlefinger for his help in getting the backing of the city guard and he promises his cooperation.
This chapter shows the corruption that takes place in this time. Ned realizes that if the Lannisters get control of the throne they will not be wise with their rule. In this time in history family was large regarding a throne. Ned knows that Joff is not the true heir and tries to make Roberts bastard son the next in line for the throne after Ned knows he is of age. This era in history has been known for secrets and plots against higher powers. Ned does a good job of realizing this and understands what will happen if he makes certain actions. The whole story will change after this chapter.
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