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Originally Posted by notorious
I always thought Baratheon hooked up with Ned's sister and made Jon Snow.
Ned covered for Baratheon by claiming Jon was his own.
This other stuff just doesn't make since to me. Why would Ned protect the Mad King's son? Did the Mad King marry his sister?
It's probably obvious, but someone needs to draw it out in crayon for me.
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The Mad Kings son was Rhaegar. Ned and Robert were being fostered by Jon Arryn. Lyanna was promised to Robert. Rhaegar supposedly kidnapped her. Ned's dad and older brother rode to Kings Landing demanding her back. The Mad King burned them instead. Ned, Robert, and Jon Arryn rebelled. The Tullys joined in by marriage and Robert was able to convince Stannis to join as well.
After the battle of the Trident where Robert killed Rhaegar. Ned rode to Dorne to find Lyanna. Lyanna died in childbirth and that child was Jon. Robert and the Lannisters killed the rest of the Targaryeans that they could find in Westros with the exception of Maester Aemon at the Wall who everybody forgot about and Jon. Ned said that Jon was his bastard and not the kid of Lyanna and Rhaegar as Robert would want to kill him. To further keep him out of reach Ned brought up Jon to go to the wall and join the Nights Watch.