Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

[wufwugy]

I recall them saying things like that, but it doesn't make too much sense. Why was a Stark of Winterfell raised by the Warden of the East? And why also Robert Baratheon? It doesn't make much sense when the authors suggest some strong cultural and regional histories of the characters, but then also say they were super close buddies

The storytelling has these characters in two places at once, or at least that's the impression of it. It certainly appears that GRRM has some logistics problems. One example would be that the Greyjoys are any sort of threat to large inland nations

[BennyLaRue]

I recall them saying things like that, but it doesn't make too much sense. Why was a Stark of Winterfell raised by the Warden of the East? And why also Robert Baratheon?

A couple of different but necessary reasons in times of feudal warfare:

1) Keep some heirs with your buddies in case your shit gets wiped out.
2) As a guarantee of an otherwise shaky truce, ie. send me your kid as a preventative measure against you attacking me. In this, the kid is sort of a hostage. Theon would be classified in this category, although the Starks were much kinder to him than usual.