And yes, Ned would have received a political education, as a younger son might well end up governing a holdfast of his own. But he wouldn’t have been given as thorough an education – or perhaps it’s more accurate to say that the expectations of his performance would have been lower – as Brandon would have gotten.
I know that everyone accuses Ned of being terrible at politics. I don’t think he is (not saying he’s fantastic, but terrible is pushing it). Was he ever really trained at that sort of thing though? Brandon was the oldest brother and the one who was supposed to rule. Do you think that all the Stark brothers got an equal amount of “political education”?
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