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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal" data-source="post: 5535351" data-attributes="member: 10433">I believe Ned had a chance to wrest power for himself and some allies when the chips were down. One of the known powerful nobles approached him and said something like "We know we can't have the Lannister's running the show, and we can seize power, but only if you are with us. And, it has to be you, because of your honorable reputation. If you are involved, people will know it's just."But, Ned chooses a legalistic method to remove the Lannisters because rebellion wouldn't be honorable. He discovers that pieces of paper can be poor chains for a determined person with a sword. If he had sided with the coup, things could have been a lot different.</blockquote>