![]() ![]() Robert is smuggled into the Stormlands (because presumably the royal navy was sent to Storm’s End to stop him from being able to call his banners?) and does the same. Ned returns to Winterfell and calls his banners. Things appear to happen quite quickly after Aerys roasts the Starks, but do they? How long does it take for war to start?Īerys sends a raven to the Vale, demanding Jon Arryn kill his wards Robert Baratheon (Lyanna’s betrothed) and Ned Stark (the new heir of Winterfell) because obviously there’s a massive conspiracy going on (I mean there was, but Rhaegar had nothing to do with it….) Rickard travels to King’s Landing as fast as possible, because you don’t keep the Mad King waiting. We have no idea what he thought of it.īut Aerys II heard it: he had Brandon Stark and his companions locked up for treason, and demanded Rickard Stark come south to answer for his son’s insolence.Īnyway. The shit hits the fan when Brandon Stark charges into King’s Landing calling for Rhaegar Targaryen, the Crown Prince, to come out and duel him for the insult of taking his sister Lyanna. This was preceded by the romantic tragedy (or the tragic romance) of Rhaegar and Lyanna, and Robert Baratheon holds on to that moment as being the start… but it wasn’t.Īnd even calling the banners, that wasn’t the start of Shit Hitting The Fan, it was just the start of the Rebellion as an actuall rebellion proper. The decisive act of “OK, it’s on” is when Jon Arryn refused to give the Mad King the heads of Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, and then the lords of the Vale, the North and the Stormlands called their banners for war. Rhaegar ‘taking’ Lyanna is the event which set in motion the Rebellion, but it isn’t the start of the Rebellion. Who did what when? When does the Rebellion start – officially? And some months after that, Rhaegar was dying in battle, and Lyanna was dying in a bed of blood…. And sometime before and after that, Elia Martell was nearly dying in childbirth. So some months before the shit hit the fan with Lyanna and Rhaegar, there was the Tourney of Harrenhal. This is what I reckon happened, and when.ĮDIT: Updated to include a clearer, shorter timetable/spreadsheet at the bottom. because who needs to write their postgrad papers huh? I got sick of not being sure, so I investigated procrastinated one night and worked it all out. It took somewhere around 9-18 months? Maybe? The Rebellion is one of these awkward, fuzzy, vague timelines. GRRM is pretty fuzzy with dates, which can be rather annoying when you’re trying to work out who was where and when, and how long things took (and when babies were born…) ![]() The ethics of caring in Game of Thrones.This Is It: The End of Game of Thrones Will Be The End of ASOIAF.
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