frompillow:

Game of Thrones meme: four deaths [1/4]

↳ Eddard Stark

“Dimly, as if from far away, she heard a … a noise … a soft sighing sound, as if a million people had let out their breath at once.”

onionjulius:

hotpielookedlikehotpie:

#i would watch the buddy sitcom tbh.

 #he’s a lord! he’s a nice guy (tm) #together they try and hold the throne — but will the throne hold them? #cue cheesy music with montages of the city camera zooms in on their faces and the smile and wave

Arya felt tears well in her eyes. Thoros used a lot of words, but all they meant was no, that much she understood.

“Maester Luwin has delivered all my children,” Catelyn said. “This is no time for false modesty.” She slid the paper in among the kindling and placed the heavier logs on top of it. 

Ned crossed the room, took her by the arm, and pulled her to her feet. He held her there, his face inches from her. “My lady, tell me! What was this message?” 

Catelyn stiffened in his grasp. “A warning,” she said softly. “If we have the wits to hear.” 

His eyes searched her face. “Go on.” 

“Lysa says Jon Arryn was murdered.” 

His fingers tightened on her arm. “By whom?” 

“The Lannisters,” she told him. “The queen.” 

got meme → eight friendships and/or otps {3/8}  Ned Stark/Catelyn Tully

 “I have lost my Ned, the rock my life was built on…” 

rekkka:

favourite Game of Thrones ships | Ned x Cat

And after the war, at Winterfell, I had love enough for any woman, once I found the good sweet heart beneath Ned’s solemn face.

1x02 // 1x02

“A sword’s small payment for a life,” Mormont concluded. “Take it, I’ll hear no more of it, is that understood?”

“Yes, my lord.” The soft leather gave beneath Jon’s fingers, as if the sword were molding itself to his grip already. He knew he should be honored, and he was, and yet…

He is not my father. The thought leapt unbidden to Jon’s mind. Lord Eddard Stark is my father. I will not forget him, no matter how many swords they give me. Yet he could scarcely tell Lord Mormont that it was another man’s sword he dreamt of…
                — Jon Snow; A Game of Thrones

“As it please Your Grace, I ask mercy for my father, Lord Eddard Stark, who was the Hand of the King.” She had practiced the words a hundred times.