ned stark died in game of thrones season 1.
ned stark died in game of thrones season 1.
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season 1
robert baratheon (season 1) portrayed by mark addy. robert baratheon of house baratheon, formerly a fierce warrior, became king of the seven kingdoms after leading a rebellion against aerys ii targaryen. he was betrothed to ned stark's sister lyanna and loved her deeply, and she was kidnapped by rhaegar targaryen. her father and another brother were killed when they went to king's landing to reclaim her, which resulted in robert and ned stark's revolt known as robert's rebellion, whereupon the targaryens were all slaughtered or routed from the kingdoms. since robert's family had closer ties to the former royal family, this put robert on the iron throne. now, robert has grown fat and miserable; he has no more wars to fight, is surrounded by plotters and sycophants, hates and is bored by the constant work needed to manage the kingdoms properly, and trapped in a political marriage to the scheming cersei lannister, whom he has never loved. he is unaware that none of his three children are his, but instead jaime lannister's. under his reign, the realm has been bankrupted, and robert is deeply in debt to his wife's family. killed while hunting, he unknowingly leaves no rightful heir behind. his bastards are ordered dead by joffrey, many of which are killed, and gendry is subsequently forced to flee the capital.
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in a review of the "game of thrones" tv episode "baelor", james poniewozik wrote in "time" that "the execution of eddard stark is crucial to the story and its themes and everything that follows, but it's also a meta-message to the reader: don't take anything for granted here". james hibberd of "entertainment weekly" stated that tricking the audience into thinking ned is the hero and then killing him makes the series' story better. writing that "the big twist here isn't that ned stark dies, but who the true protagonists of "game of thrones" are", hibberd pointed out that the series' focus proves to be the "new generation" of leaders, in particular the stark children but also daenerys and even tyrion. he noted:
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