If i had any doubts before that she actually ran away with rhaegar rather than got. This is my take on the mysterious tale of lyanna stark, the woman that unintentionally ignited a rebellion. His father was pickled with wrath, screaming in accusation at the prince and at the gods and at anything that crossed his ill mind. Her abduction by prince rhaegar targaryen was the event that ultimately triggered roberts rebellion and led to the downfall of the targaryen dynasty. What happened to rhaegar targaryen on game of thrones. The baratheonstark version of events is that rhaegar abducted and raped lyanna, and she died of her injuries before ned could get to the tower of joy to rescue her after rhaegars death at the battle of the trident.
The music dipped into an agonizing lament as rhaegar thought of this. Rhaegar did not abduct lyanna a blog of ice and fire. Spoilers all do you think lyanna stark ever actually loved robert. I want to talk about the show, but even more than that, i want to talk about the backstory in a song of ice and fire, because there. Embed story share via email read new reading list prince rhaegar loved his lady lyanna, and thousands died for it.
Rhaegar and lyanna had a proper marriage that was based on love. Feb 25, 2019 a song of ice and fire het pairing rhaegar targaryan and lyanna stark. Not once are we told that lyanna was in love with robert. Lets take a look at what we know, and ill weigh in wi. Spoilers all specifically where did rhaegar kidnap. Whats the story behind rhaegar targeryan and lyanna stark. If rhaegar and lyanna were married, that means jon is not a bastard. He was an idealist with his face in a book of prophecies, he had absolute faith in whatever led him to abduct lyanna stark and father jon snow, he would have made a good king and if hed been able to use the tourney at harrenhal as an informal great council to depose his father hed be celebrated as the greatest king since daeron ii, hailed as rhaegar the redeemer. Actress aisling franciosi appeared in only one scene in game of thrones season 6, but it was an important one.
Bran goes to a flashback and reveals jons true heritage and name, aegon targaryen. The first season of game of thrones is over, and given the most recent events in the land of westeros, i imagine that the minds of most viewers who have not read the books exploded approximately three times over the last two episodes. And after months of non continuous editing i can proudly say that i. She had two older brothers, brandon and eddard, and one younger brother, benjen. The events that lead to lyannas pregnancy goes as follows. As roberts rebellion was raging, rhaegar and robert clashed at the trident, where robert killed him.
He does not tell of lyannas tears over rhaegar singing, but he tells the other important part, how rhaegar won the tourney, and rode right past his wife, and crowned lyanna stark the queen of. Rhaegar and viserys similarities on game of thrones. See more ideas about rhaegar and lyanna, game of thrones art and winter is coming. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. She is portrayed by both cordelia hill as a child in season. You answered your own question quite well i must say. Thus robert baratheon, whom lyanna was betrothed to, started a war to save her that ultimately brought down the targaryen dynasty. List of a song of ice and fire characters wikipedia. Spoilers all do you think lyanna stark ever actually. The truth about what happened between rhaegar targaryen and lyanna stark has yet to be revealed on game of thrones. Rhaegar and lyannas relationship was the catalyst that set off a chain of events that is still playing out in the series. Season 7 is truly going to be the beginning of the end for game of thrones.
Rhaegar targaryen and lyanna stark may show up on the game of thrones finale, so were getting you up to speed on everything you. The sixth season of game of thrones confirmed one of the longestrunning fan theories jon snows true parents are indeed lyanna stark and rhaegar targaryen. I wonder if rhaegar loved lyanna, or was only going through the motions to fulfill the prophecy. Rhaegar, on the other hand, was called the last dragon by. In all likelihood, many of the mysteries of the series are bound to be explained, and the magic and battles to come will.
She was often called the wolf girl, or the shewolf. And that also means that as rhaegars trueborn son, he. One year later, she was said to have been abducted and raped by rhaegar, triggering a civil war that resulted in the overthrow of house targaryen. Rhaegar was the person accused of kidnapping lyanna stark, because he was enchanted by her beauty ever since the tourney of harrenhal. Lyanna was most likely on her way to riverrun for brandons wedding. This insane game of thrones theory about littlefinger.
The fact that lyanna was a wild spirit and was unhappy with her betrothal to robert, the fact that rhaegar was well loved by his people, and that everyone seemed to think highly of him including. Rhaegar left the pregnant lyanna to join the fray and ended up dying in the rebellion at roberts hand, after which the mountain murdered his family and lyanna gave birth at the tower of joy. Remember, lyannas abduction was the cause of brandons public denouncement of rhaegar which led to brandons arrest, etc. For the first time, rhaegar targaryen made an appearance on game of thrones and fans were excited to finally see him. The targaryen dynasty crumbled eventually and their reign came to an end. Im still just massively annoyed that in their determination to romanticise rhaegarlyanna they keep painting the rebellion as being a lie about roberts feelings for lyanna and the fact that he loved someone who didnt love him back, when the rebellion had nothing to do with how robert felt and he wasnt even the one who started it it only became known as roberts. The rhaegarlyanna situation was the cause of roberts rebellion and the overthrow of the targaryens, so it was a pretty major event. Rhaegar targaryen was a chronically depressed, gloomy fellow who could rouse himself up only for his prophecies. The scene establishes roberts obsession with lyanna and hatred of rhaegar and all targaryens.
He had turned a blind eye towards the senseless cruelty of aerys for a dangerous length of time, but now was the chance to voice his plans with the noble lords in attendance. Lyannas father described her as wild and having wolf blood. Ned, meanwhile, is protective of his sister even in death, while also trying to quickly dismiss. However, that means she would have had to have been separated from her group much earlier, since harrenhal is not on the way to riverrun if your coming from the north. At dusk, rhaegar returned to the castle clutching the shield that lyanna had wielded only one day before.
What this very likely means is that daeneryss brother, rhaegar, annulled his marriage to his first wife in order to marry jon snows mother, lyanna stark. Everything you need to know about this game of thrones. Game of thrones tv graphic depictions of violence, major character death, underage, rapenoncon. For me, it was important to present that scene in a kind of idyllic. Season 6 of game of thrones finally revealed that jon snow is almost certainly the child of lyanna stark and rhaegar targaryen, although hes still considered neds bastard. However, although rhaegars name has been dropped a few times over the course. All im re watching season 1 of got and came across the scene where robert and cersei talked about lyanna and how it was the only thing he loved. Martins characters usually have some gray to them, i see this as rhaegars stain. This was a purely ceremonial title, but despite his wife elia being present, rhaegar crowned lyanna stark, to the silent shock of all the great lords present. During this time, he was married to elia martell and gave the title to lyanna stark. The unexpected game of thrones event that could legitimize. Who exactly were lyanna stark and rhaegar targaryen.
Imo, this lends credibility to the idea that lyanna and rhaegar coordinated it together. If jons alleged mother lyanna, neds biological sister, died in childbirth after having sex with rhaegar targaryen, that means jon is actually both a stark and a targaryen, making him the. Lyanna starkrhaegar targaryen works archive of our own. Is it possible that rhaegar and lyanna married before they. The tower of joy events take place at the end of roberts rebellion, after rhaegar abducted lyanna and left for the battle of. The official story oftrepeated about the illfated affair between rhaegar targaryen and lyanna stark, the sister of ned stark, is that rhaegar abducted lyanna, raped her and killed her. Ned remembered the moment when all the smiles died, when prince rhaegar targaryen urged his horse past his own wife, the dornish princess elia martell, to lay the queen of beautys laurel in lyannas lap. Lyanna stark and rhaegar targaryen major spoilers for. I would think that if rhaegar and lyanna had made their marriage public, then the starks and the targaryens may have been able to settle on a diplomatic arrangement rather than war.