re: Crackpot ASOIAF Theories SPOILERS

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Why fight to death with Ned... Ned wasn't going to kill Lyanna or her baby. Ned killing babies is not his MO much less his sister's baby.

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Well, Ned was loyal to an absolute fault to Robert. I don't think they were concerned that Ned would kill Lyanna or Jon, but he very well may have turned them back over to Robert, which would be death for Jon. If Lyanna hadn't died and Robert hasn't done the "dragon-spawn" comment to Ned, I honestly think Ned would have returned Lyanna to Robert. None of the Kingsguard knew of their temporary falling out after the Sack of King's Landing, so I would have fought against Ned too. I think Lyanna trusted her other brothers more than Ned since he put honor above all else, and that's why she had to get the vow from him before she passed. Ned probably would have given a live Lyanna and Jon over if it weren't for the events of King's Landing, thinking that he could convince Robert to let the child live his days at the Wall. Once he saw that though, he knew there was no convincing Robert.