Was Ned Stark's Father a good warrior?

Was Ned Stark's Father a good warrior? Explained A song of ice and fire/Game of Thrones/ House of the Dragon Lore

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BONNIE GRACE
Last Breath of Freedom

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[jacksonloram]

God the Targaryen’s were truly their own worst enemy…Dance of the Dragons, Blackfyre rebellions, Mad King. It’s no wonder why all the great houses turned on them during Robert’s Rebellion

[blazeblade]

I think he had no other choice but the trial by combat

[damalman]

Ned said he never knew his father to be wrong when it came to matters of combat

[ccerrato]

All the Starks are great at winning battles and suck ass at politics and strategy.

[tymcdonough]

Brandon himself was probably on par with Robert. He was bigger, stronger and faster than Ned so wielding the great sword Ice would have come much more naturally to him than the smaller Ned.

Then of course there’s Benjen who quickly rose to First Ranger with 15 years of experience known as “The Bane of the Free Folk”

[surfing]

Basically lyanna accidentally killed her own father and brother

[psychkosys]

By law, Aerys COULDN'T choose fire as his champion. The royal family can only be defended in trials by kingsguard. If Rickard was quicker on his toes he could have said it was an illegal proxy.

[EbonKim]

Rhaegar was no slouch as a fighter, either, as he defeated Arthur Dayne in a tourney, and wounded Robert Baratheon in their fight. This speaks also to how Brandon Stark also could have been as a fighter to challenge Rhaegar.

[Corgifan]

The thing is rickard was a veteran of the war of the nine penny kings that’s how he formed friendships with hoster Tully. Northern swordsmanship might actually be on a different level since cregan stark could go on par with aemon the dragonknight even when cregan was middle aged

[thecollector]

Aerys chose fire because at some level he knew that Rickard was more than capable of bodying anyone of The Kings Guard.

[beermaster]

Lyana:"i dont care, my father, my brother....everyone can die....i only love rhaegar, nobody understand"😤

[stanislavgalev]

Brandon was naturally talented swordsman, but perhaps around 2 levels below Jaime, Arthur or Barristan.Robert in his prime was just a step below them all and Brandon was 2 steps below.I imagine that the difference between legendary fighters and great fighters is not easy to spot unless we have a prolonged fight or a big number of fights between the two people.Robert might still win 4/10 times and Brandon might still take 3/10 fights.He has many years of professional training plus natural ability which would make even the best sweat against him.

[notdll]

Rickard knew he was getting his ass kicked by any one in that kings guard, but a trial by combat was his only option.

Aerys had the most OP kings guard in history.

[aliabbasnaqvi]

Why didn't rickard stark pick water as his champion?

[jeremybowers]

Come on thats some wild speculation. He had two options. A trial that would be presided over by a violently insane man who already judged him guilty. Or a trial by combat where he figured he at least could get lucky. As a lord of a great house he was undoubtedly well trained and well armored, but we have absolutely nothing from the text that indicates in any way his skill. Seems pretty obvious he tried to pick the option where death wasn't 100% certain.

[rpavangchhia]

If only lyanna had sent a raven to her family, assuring that she was safe and had eloped.

[TheQuran-vb]

But his elder son was even better. I dont remember wich of thé kingsguard Saïd hé has Their level

[ucnguyenanh]

I mean he did fight in the War of the Ninepenny Kings

[chief]

We have to see this in live action..!!! Nothing else matters!!!! 😂

[Att]

Gerrold Hightower? I thought the Hightowers got wiped out during the dance of dragons?