Episode 30: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD VII: "Asking Questions"

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Eddard VII in which in which the Hand’s Tourney comes to a bloody close and the titular Hand has some very revealing conversations with King Robert and Varys the Spider. This week, we: - Answer a question about the convenience of Ned figuring out that Jaime was the father of Cersei's children - Discuss Ser Hugh's life and death as representative of chivalry and knightly virtue - Robert Baratheon's hatred for rule and the crown vs his love for winning and fighting for the crown - The end of the Hand's Tourney and what Gregor represents - Varys and his spiderwebs - Foreshadowing Ned and Robert's death - Who killed Ser Hugh of the Vale   Next week: AGOT, Tyrion IV!   Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF  Our twitter: https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF  Emmett's tumblr: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/  Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn  Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish