With Northern blood having been spilled, the Lannisters and Starks begin to move towards an endgame when out of the blue, a rider from the Stormlands arrives at the gates of King’s Landing, bearing news that ships bearing Dragon banners sail across the Narrow Sea, bound for the remote Island of Tarth. With Robert away, Eddard Stark is attacked in the streets of King’s Landing. Tensions emerge between the Lannisters and the Starks, and Catelyn Stark’s seizure of Tyrion Lannister, ‘the Imp’ almost brings the factions to blows. During this time, Eddard slowly discovers the truth behind the true parentage of Joffrey ‘Baratheon’. After the somewhat mysterious death of the previous hand, Lord Arryn, Eddard Stark reigns as Hand of the King while Robert is off hunting. The reign of Robert Baratheon has nearly bankrupted the Kingdoms.
The year is 297AL and the Seven Kingdoms are in strife.
