Had it not been for this murder attempt and Littlefinger's lie about the identity of the owner of the Valyrian Dagger (which Baelish had really lost to Robert and not Tyrion), the conflict between Starks & Lannisters may have been harder to spark.
In the books, Jaime says it was Joffrey that gave the order, maybe "to impress Robert", he had thought. But Joffrey didn't show any interest in Bran in all of his time at Winterfell. He may have wanted to kill Summer, Bran's howling direwolf, once or twice, but he never cared for Bran. And if murdering Bran was a mean to impress Robert like Jaime had thought, it would have been counterproductive. Telling Robert you have murdered his best friend's son couldn't possibly result in him being proud of you. Even Joffrey knew that. And if Joffrey did not plan on telling Robert, then there was no point in doing it in the first place.
On the other hand, it could not have been any other Lannister as Bran was guarded day and night. Any attempt against his life would have been noticed. And if Cersei had wanted him dead, she'd have poisoned him or used a better stratagem than hiring a middle aged man, past his prime, and hoping he would single-handedly assassinate one of the most powerful little lords in the North.
Like the Order of the Green Hand stated (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z22hStz-oLs), the Lannisters left Winterfell two weeks prior to the event. Had it been them, the Cat's paw would have been paid before their departure. But once in possession of the gold, since there was no way the Lannisters would track a random like him in the North, he would have simply ran away with the valuable dagger & the money after a week or two. Why risk his life trying to kill the son of the mightiest Lord in the North, when he had already been paid?
And if the real intention was to get rid of Bran, why hire a middle-aged local that even struggled against the unarmed Catelyn? A man that looked more like a random farmer wanting to make an extra buck than anything resembling a skilled assassin, fit to kill a Lord.
Furthermore, when he entered Bran's chambers and ran into Catelyn, the assassin said: "You weren't supposed to be here. No one was supposed to be here". Everybody in Winterfell knew Catelyn had not left Bran's side in weeks. So this means the assassin had been ensured by an employer he had thought knowledgeable enough, to have given him up to date information.
The catspaw assassin had been deceived. As it clearly looks like his employer's intentions were never to kill Bran, but to frame the Lannisters for a murder attempt.
So it must have been someone who wanted to turn the Wolves vs the Lions and frame the Lannisters. Someone that a middle-aged assassin from the North would trust to know when Bran would be vulnerable and alone. Someone that would have discretely started a fire in Winterfell, while providing the Cat's paw with the Valyrian steel dagger as prepayment and assuring the man he wouldn't meet anyone by Bran's side (which was a blatant lie as every one knew Catelyn and the Direwolf had not left Bran).
Once you take away the Starks and Theon from the equation, there is only one strong candidate left, the traitorous Maester Luwin.
He was one of the few an outsider would reasonably trust to possess accurate information regarding Bran's status. He would have known exactly where to go to hire the right man for the job. He was the only one who could have sent information to King's Landing and plot the framing of the Lannisters (Master of Ravens is a key position for a spy).
And if you pay close attention to this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLo7gef6Gs&t=65s (1:05 - 1:50), this could have happened:
- Luwin went in Bran's chambers to talk to Catelyn;
- Right after he left, he told the Cat's paw "The way is clear. No one is by Bran's side";
- Then, he then started a fire very shortly after leaving Rob and Cat talking;
- At which point the assassin went in the room as he had been advised.
- However, to make sure the Cat's paw would not kill Bran, he immediately sent Summer after him to protect Catelyn.
Isn't the timing of this series of events insanely suspicious?
Why would he have done it then? For the same reason Maester Luwin had previously plotted to send Jon Snow to the Wall. Because he is one of the corrupted Maesters, working hand to hand with Littlefinger to turn Starks vs. Lannisters and plunge the 7 Kingdoms into Chaos.
In short, Maester Luwin is the corrupted traitor than sent the Catspaw assassin. All to frame the Lannisters for an attempted murder on Bran.
Submitted March 31, 2018 at 06:43AM by MrSilenceT https://ift.tt/2GnEkrv
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