Meanwhile the Queen’s family, the Lannisters, may be hatching a plot to take power.Īcross the sea, the last members of the previous and deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also scheming to regain the throne. Secretly warned that the previous Hand was assassinated, Eddard accepts in order to investigate further. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard, Lord Stark, to serve as Hand of the King, or highest official.
