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Thorsteinn:


Discuss. Is Eddard Stark being Knightly?

Thorsteinn:


Are the McManus Brothers?

Sir Brian:

--- Quote from: RauttSkegg on 2012-04-03, 00:15:39 ---Discuss. Is Eddard Stark being Knightly?
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Yes he definitely was. The condemned admitted to being a deserter and he was in service to Eddard Stark in the first place IIRC, so it was his responsibility to uphold the laws of the realm.

Ian:
Ned is upholding a rather black and white interpretation of the law. In context, the reason the guy deserted was because his party was attacked by supernatural beings that massacred the other two people with him, and had he not fled he most certainly would have been killed as well with no chance of success. He fled out of panic.  So yes, he deserted, but not without legitimate reason driven by natural survival instinct in the face of certain doom.

 However, I do think that Ned's actions are knightly, mostly though in the aspect that he chooses to bare the burden of carrying out the punishment himself, and not delegating the grim responsibility to someone else.  After he carries out the execution he says "You understand why I did it?  You understand why I had to kill him?  The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." That is what makes his actions knightly.

Sir Brian:
Was he merciful?

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