He lies when he’s writing Robert’s will. When Robert names Ned as Lord Regant and Protector of the Realm until his son Joffrey comes of age. Ned couldn’t bear to tell Robert that Joffrey wasn’t his son.
So Ned bent his head and wrote, but where the king had said “my son Joffrey,” he scrawled “my heir” instead. The deceit made him feel soiled. The lies we tell for love, he thought. May the gods forgive me.
So Ned bent his head and wrote, but where the king had said “my son Joffrey,” he scrawled “my heir” instead. The deceit made him feel soiled. The lies we tell for love, he thought. May the gods forgive me.A Game of Thrones, Chapter 47 Eddard XIII — George R. R. Martin
- A Game of Thrones, Chapter 47 Eddard XIII —George R. R. Martin
“The lies we tell for love” is likely a reference to the other major lie he tells for Lyanna.
