Season 1

You Win or You Die

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In King's Landing, Ned tells Cersei he knows that her children are Jaime's. They learn that Robert has been critically wounded by a boar while hunting.

A dying Robert names Ned the "Protector of the Realm" to rule until Joffrey reaches the legal age. Ned sends a message to Stannis, Robert's brother, intending to enthrone him, since Robert has no legal heirs.

Ned asks Petyr Baelish to gain the loyalty of the City Watch. After Robert's death, Ned confronts Cersei and Joffrey in the throne room, where Baelish and the City Watch betray Ned and attack his men. At the Wall, Ned's younger brother Benjen disappears during a foray to the north, beyond the Wall.

Jon and Sam are picked as stewards, with Jon assigned to Lord Commander Mormont. The stewards swear their loyalties to the Night's Watch. In Essos, Robert's assassin is exposed by Jorah before he can poison Daenerys.

Drogo vows to conquer the Seven Kingdoms and give that realm to his son. He starts marching towards Westeros.