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   The Hand that Remains by King_valkyrie121 for AsNightFalls

   Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)  

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   12 Aug 2025

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   • Jon Snow & Ned Stark
   • Robert Baratheon & Ned Stark
   • Jon Snow & Robb Stark
   • Ned Stark & Robb Stark
   • Jon Snow & Bran Stark
   • Bran Stark & Robb Stark
   • Bran Stark & Ned Stark
   • Arya Stark & Ned Stark
   • Arya Stark & Sansa Stark
   • Ned Stark & Sansa Stark
   • Ned Stark
   • Bran Stark
   • Robb Stark
   • Jon Snow
   • Robert Baratheon
   • Cersei Lannister
   • Jaime Lannister
   • Arya Stark
   • Sansa Stark
   • Joffrey Baratheon
   • Spanking
   • Non-Consensual Spanking
   • Non-Sexual Spanking
   • Hardass Dads
   • Power Dynamics
   • Authority Figures
   • Stark Family Feels (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Winterfell (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Ned Stark Lives
   • Protective Ned Stark
   • Good Parent Ned Stark
   • Canon-Typical Violence

   Summary

   When Bran climbs the wrong tower and lives to tell the tale, the entire course of the realm begins to shift. Lord Eddard Stark refuses Robert’s offer to become Hand of the King—setting off a chain of revelations, reckonings, and royal fallout before the wheelhouse ever leaves Winterfell. The burden of raising a pack of wolves in a kingdom full of lions hits Ned full force.

   He may not ride south with a crown’s burden on his shoulders. But in a week where nearly all his children find themselves hauled in front of him for one reason or another, Eddard Stark remains exactly where his hand is needed most.

   At home.

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   English

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   Chapters:

   6/?

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   Bookmarked by elshitsu

   01 Sep 2025

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