Buffy ,'Lessons'
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From the information that everyone has, Sansa should inherit, since they think there aren't any boy Starks left, and in the North, girls can inherit in that situation.
See exhibit A, Lady Mormont.
But yeah, if Bran decides to come back from being a tree wizard, he is technically Lord Stark now.
I suppose being a tree wizard might be like joining the Night's Watch or the King's Guard or whatever Ser Loras was joining before the sept went boom and entail giving up one's castles and whatnot.
Women can inherit in Dorne, although I don't know how clear that's been made on the show. It's not a North/South thing, I mean. I know women are not supposed to inherit the Iron Throne because of History, but I think everything below that can have their own traditions either way, as long as one's bannermen accept the heir.
Dorne isn't really South -- it's kind of its own thing.
It's south of South. But I'll grant the point.
Jon Snow infographic, making his parentage official: [link]
I know women are not supposed to inherit the Iron Throne because of History, but I think everything below that can have their own traditions either way, as long as one's bannermen accept the heir.
And Cersei just went and claimed it, so.
And Cersei just went and claimed it, so.
As somebody online pointed out, she didn't just blow up the Faith Militant and the Tyrells, she blew up the entire King's Landing court which would have included the heirs, claimaints and royalty of the other houses. In short, there's really not that many people left.
According to this Mashable post, Cersei may actually be the legitimate heir.
Huh. Interesting. But wasn't Robert's original claim legitimized in part by his relation to the Targaryens? Ned said he had the better claim, and I think that was why.
-t is correct. The founder of House Baratheon married a Targaryen, so all the Baratheons have Targaryen blood, which, yes, is why he had the best claim of the members of the Rebellion.
Barring them, some other house with similar heritage is likely to have the best claim. That may be House Martell, even, which would be interesting. There are any number of Targaryen women who married into noble houses and then had daughters, so who knows where they might have ended up, including, as the author points out, House Lannister. But, once they start down the Not A Baratheon path, any surviving nobles could easily raise a claim and an army, and, then, Even More War.