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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5535818" data-attributes="member: 56189">Ned was neither stupid nor selfish. He was simply ignorant. He had ruled in the north where the old ways reigned. Population density was low and the biggest problem he faced was killing deserters from the wall. He had only ever come south for a war that he was dragged into by Robert. It just so happened that he became a major player in that war.The game of thrones, however, was utterly foreign to him and he had no real training or experience dealing with it. Had he lasted at least a year or so in the position, I have no doubt that he would've learned what he needed to manoeuvre successfully without risking his family or self. But the situation was more pressing than that and he lost everything due to simple naivety.He was the wrong person for the job, period. It's Robert who did wrong by putting him there in the first place. Ned simply lacked the knowledge to say no.</blockquote>