Regarding Lu Xue's origins, everyone knows that he is the child of Rhaegar and Lyanna, and this matter is basically close to the official announcement. But how did Rhaegar and Lyanna get together?
What we learn is usually like this: the two meet and fall in love at the Herrenberg Tournament, and Rhaegar wins the tournament, and in full view of everyone, in front of his wife Ilia, he presents the laurels of the Queen of Love and Beauty to Lyanna, and the audience is full of surprise. Later, the two men eloped, and Rhaegar hid Lyanna in the Tower of Dorn Elysium, and the two of them fell into the snow.
But, is that really the case? This widely circulated love affair, there are many places that cannot withstand scrutiny.
Lyanna
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" what kind of person is Lyanna >? </h1>
Lyanna Stark, daughter of Duke Rickard, sister of Ned and Brandon, sister of Bunyan, fiancée of Robert. She is beautiful and brave, stubborn and willful, outstanding in martial arts, and extraordinary equestrianism.
Volume Five Bran saw such a scene through the "link" of the heart tree: a boy and a girl competing with a branch. The girl was older and taller, and in the match she hit the boy in the thigh with a branch, and the boy fell into the pond. Then the girl pulled him out.
The girls and boys in this scene are the young Lyanna and Bunyan, because Bran sees the girl and Arya in her eyes. Ned also said that Lyanna liked to dance swords since she was a child, and said that Arya was very similar to Lyanna.
"Robert will never settle down in the same room." A long time ago, on the night their father had promised her to the young Duke of Windsor Castle, Lyanna had said this to him in Winterfell. "I heard he had a baby with a girl in The Valley." Ned himself had held the baby, and he couldn't deny her words, and he didn't want to deceive his sister, so he assured her that whatever Robert had done before the marriage contract, it wouldn't matter, because he was a good person with sincere feelings, and loved her wholeheartedly. However, Lyanna just smiled. "My dearest Ned, love is precious, but it cannot change a person's nature after all."
—Lyanna's assessment of Robert. Lyanna was only sixteen when she died, and she was even younger when she said this, but we should be able to see that she was a girl who was quite clear about love.
Robert Baratheon
In Volume THREE, Mela Reed tells Bran the story of a Laughing Tree Knight. Mera and Jiujian's father, Holland Rieder, also went to the tournament in Herrenberg that year, and he was bullied by three squires for his short stature, and Lyanna stepped in to help her, repelling them with the blunt sword of the competition. She also helped Reed heal his wounds and took him to dinner. At the dinner, Lyanna shed tears over Prince Rhaegar's sad song. This allows us to see the kind and emotional side of Lyanna.
The three attendants who bullied Reed were Pitchfork, Porcupine, and Twin Towers, and their masters all won the first day of the tournament. The next day, a mysterious Smiley Tree Knight suddenly appears, who defeats the three and asks them to teach his attendants how to understand honor.
The coat of arms of the Knight of the Smiley Tree is a heart tree painted with a smiling face, and he is small in stature and wears a patchwork armor.
- This Smiley Tree Knight is our heroine Lyanna. She was a girl who was naturally shorter than the average knight and did not have her own armor; the Heart Tree was a belief in the North; Lyanna was good at martial arts, although she could not compete with a top warrior like Robert Rega, and it was more than enough to clean up Hay (Grassfork), Braun (Porcupine) and Frey (Twin Towers); the point was that the storytellers Mera and JiuJian were surprised that Bran did not know the story, which showed that the Smiley Tree Knight should be a Stark.
The story of the Smiley Tree highlights Lyanna's sense of justice. After teaching the three knights and their attendants, she mysteriously disappears. This shows that she is not the kind of vanity who will be carried away by a little achievement, and although the mysterious knight's actions are bold, this girl still has a measure in her heart.
Smiley Tree Knight
- So the question is, will this measured and clear girl in love really elope with Rhaegar recklessly?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="5" What kind of person is Rhaegar >? </h1>
Looking at the whole book of ice and fire, except for Robert, no one thinks that Rhaegar is bad. When Iris was detained in Twilight, Tywin pointed to Rhaegar as the "better king"; Cersei fell in love with Rhaegar at first sight, and felt that even Jaime was like a cowherd compared to Rhaegar; Ned recalled Lyanna's evaluation of Robert and thought of "Rhaegar would not go to brothels"; Jon Clinton defamed himself after Rhaegar's death, and endured humiliation to raise his orphan Egen for him; the legendary Iron Guard Gossipstein believed that Ray was strengthened by any monarch he had served...
- But elopement? What did Illya do wrong? This seems to be enough to overturn all of the above and turn Rhaegar from a perfect gentleman into a scumbag! Is this really the case?
Rhaegar Targaryen
According to the memories of Grandpa Bagua Stan, Rhaegar was a quiet, bookish child when he was a child, he was very musically gifted, and he also liked to study prophecy, especially for the "prince of prophecy" such a hellish thing, especially deeply studied. Then suddenly one day, he left his books and walked into the school grounds, announcing that he was going to become a warrior.
This abrupt shift should be related to the prophecies he studied. There is no denying that Rhaegar was an extremely intelligent man, and he quickly became a powerful warrior. But cleverness doesn't seem to help much with the prophecy, and Rhaegar at first thought he was the prince of the prophecy, and later thought that his son Little Egon was the one who didn't seem to be right.
Let's look back at the Herrenberg Tournament. After the Knight of the Smiley Tree disappears, the Mad King Iris believes that this person is the enemy, so he sends Prince Rhaegar to track him down. In the end, Rhaegar only brought back the shield of the Smiley Tree. Then came the tournament champion Rega crowned Lyanna as the queen of love and beauty, and presented the crown of winter snow roses.
Rhaegar presents the Winter Snow Rose to Lyanna
Didn't anyone ask how Illya, who was also present at the time, reacted? It seems that "there is no response", if there is any, it will definitely be a close-up of posterity. So that's weird.
Did Rhaegar really break up with Illya? It should be noted that eloping with Lyanna not only failed to bring allegiance to the North, but also established himself as an enemy of windswept castles, and Ilia represented the power of Dorne. --------------------------------- Or is he actually a well-disguised lunatic, crazy enough to provoke a nationwide war for the fulfillment of his prophecy?
After James broke his hand, he once had a dream with a stump of a fish beam. Rhaegar, who appeared in the dream, said to him, "I have given you my wife and children." ”
Then there's the location where Rhaegar hid Lyanna: the Tower of Elysium. This is Dorne's turf! Have you ever seen a cheating man hide Xiao San in his wife's house?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > another possibility for a story</h1>
Background to the Herrenberg Tournament
The Mad King Iris became more and more mad after passing through the Twilight Town Rebellion, and he hid in the Red Fort for several years and did not allow anyone to touch it. So why did he come to Herrenberg this time?
Mad King Iris
The lord of Herrenburg at that time was the Earl of Ha An (the name is too troublesome for me to say the full name, it is good to understand), and his brother was Oswell Ha An of the Imperial Guard. After visiting his brothers, the Count decided to hold a grand tournament. The prize money for this tournament was even greater than Tywin's previous tournament in Port Lannis. This is easy to arouse the suspicion of those who have a heart: the lion family has a gold mine, where did you Get so much money from the Earl of Ha'an?
So someone told King Iris that Prince Rhaegar was behind it, and he wanted to contact the princes to plot to overthrow your rule. This "man" includes Varys.
The position of "prince" is always not embarrassing, and most of the princes in ancient times have not had a good ending, because the emperor's father is always worried that you plan to take over in advance. Iris II was even more of a "persecuted paranoia", so he was not at ease, so he decided to sit in Herrenberg himself.
The Smiley Tree Knight appears and disappears, Iris believes that this is an enemy, and sends Rhaegar to track him down, only to get back a shield, how can this not make Iris suspicious? - Don't you two be together anymore? So Iris's mentality is that something has to happen.
Rhaegar presents the Crown of Winter Snow Roses to Lyanna, confirming Iris's "inference": You boy wants to contact the North! You must not sit still!
Herrenberg Tournament
Rhaegar's relationship with Ilia
Rhaegar's relationship with Ilia should not have broken down.
Rhaegar's son, Egon Jr., was born in late 281AC or early 282AC. Extrapolating it is clear that the time when Ilia was pregnant with little Egon should be the first half of 281AC. The time of the Herrenberg Tournament is 281AC.
Rhaegar married Ilia at 280AC, and according to Volume V Jon Clinton's recollection, Illya was bedridden for half a year after giving birth to her daughter. But Illya attended the Herrenberg Tournament, which shows that her body is recovering well at this time, and according to the time calculation, it is likely that little Egon was pregnant during this time.
Rhaegar took Lyanna several months after the tournament (another account says it was a year later), that is, it was the beginning of 282AC, and Rhaegar was accompanied by Arthur Dane and Oswell Ha'an.
In James's memories, these Imperial Guard guards were a good man and valued honor. What is it that makes these chivalrous people an accessory to abducting young girls? After Rhaegar hid Lyanna in the Tower of Bliss in Dorne, he returned to deal with the Robert Rebellion, and the Dorne Army had been a supporter of targaryens.
Rhaegar fights Robert
Brain Hole Edition Story
Prince Rhaegar catches up with the Smiley Tree Knight, who is forced to reveal his true identity: Miss Lyanna of the Stark family. She told the prince the ins and outs of the matter, and Rhaegar, sensing the beauty and bravery of the girl, decided to let her go. Rhaegar, who won the tournament, presented a wreath of flowers to pay tribute to this unusual girl. The two have a crush on each other.
This scene took Iris II to heart, so he had a way to deal with his son. A few months later, Iris sent his men to kidnap Lyanna, and with this hostage in hand, Neither Rhaegar nor Norver dared to act rashly, and perhaps even Fort Windshoe. The Mad King felt he was simply too clever.
Unfortunately, Lyanna was rescued by Prince Rhaegar and his party, who had arrived. When Rhaegar learns that the mastermind of the kidnapping is his father, the king, is determined to conceal the matter and cannot send Lyanna home immediately, so as not to aggravate the conflict between the prince and the king. So he escorts Lyanna to Dorne to hide, and during the journey Lyanna and Rhaegar finally can't help but understand... Soon after, they discovered that Lyanna was pregnant.
Rhaegar and Lyanna
By the time Ned arrives at the Tower of Bliss, Rhaegar is dead, King's Landing is broken, and the war is almost over. Lyanna gave birth to a son. The Iron Guards may not let Ned take Lyanna, but Rhaegar's last son said that he could not give up, so the Battle of the Tower of Bliss occurred...
In the end, everyone died, leaving only Ned and Holland Reed, and Ned named the baby 囧雪... Later you know.
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