Thread:Patrick.vtap/@comment-27097330-20170401230622/@comment-27097330-20170401235933

So think about this. The Starks have sent one child to foster with Jon Arryn, another to marry a Baratheon, another to marry a Tully. The Baratheons similar have sent a child to Jon Arryn and to wed a Stark. Meanwhile a Tully is marrying a Stark, and (originally) a Lannister. This links the Starks, the Lannisters, the Tullys, and the Baratheons. No need for a peace treaty. No need for an alliance. They're better off strengthening their alliance with their bannermen. So what's going on?

To figure it out we have to go back to the War of the Ninepenny kings, where Steffon Baratheon, Richard Stark, Tywin Lannister, and Hoster Tully all fought together. They're war brothers. And after that war, with the exception of Tywin Lannister, they seemed to have remained friends. They all seemed to have remained in communication. And what happens next on the GoT timeline? The reign of Aerys.

So Aerys is now going mad. He's slaughtering people left and right, he's basically the worst possible king, and even scarier, he's alienated Tywin. So the lords naturally react. And here's the cusp of the theory. Richard Stark did have "Southron Ambitions." He and other lords planned to dispose of Aerys, and possibly the monarchy for good.

It seems outlandish I know, but it actually makes logical sense. Why else would so many alliance's being taking place? Perhaps you could dismiss it when it's just the Tullys, Baratheons, Arryns, and Starks, though now I type that out it's still quite a lot. But what about the Lannisters, who clearly had no love for the other lords and only married off his children for plotical gain? Also, let's look at who's left out of the alliance. The Greyjoy's, who wouldn't take part anyway. And then the Tyrells and the Martells. Guess who sides with Aerys when Robert's rebellion plays out? The Tyrell's and the Martell's. Final part soon.