The Prime Suspects In The Righteous Regicide of Joffrey Baratheon


Petyr Baelish

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Sure Littlefinger wasn’t even at the wedding and he has been benefiting greatly from the Lannister’s largesse ever since he turned on Ned Stark but he is the sneakiest guy in Westeros with a lust for power that I think is unrivaled by anyone else in the Seven Kingdoms. However, Baelish has loved Catelyn Stark since they were kids and he has to be a bit miffed at her brutal murder on Tywin’s orders. So killing Joffrey could be revenge for Littlefinger while also throwing the kingdom into disarray which would open things up for him to gain even more power.

6 thoughts on “The Prime Suspects In The Righteous Regicide of Joffrey Baratheon

  1. Not a spoiler since we just saw it: If i reemmber correctly, there was zero mention of Theon in Storm of Swords, it wasn’t until the later books (not sure if it was feast or dragons) that you get introduced to some character named Reek and learn later on that it’s Theon. Same deal with Asha, no mention of her at all in the book. I thought it was a cool drop for the book nerds to end off with Ramsay coming up with Reek

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    1. I have to admit to enjoying the liberties the show has taken with the books…I am not that big of a hardliner when it comes to adaptations I guess.
      And Martin had a bit of a penchant for taking characters we know and having them function under aliases for long stretches without letting the readers in on just who they really were. That definitely wouldn’t work as well on TV.

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