Eddard would never have turned his back on such a promise, and certainly not for love.

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Varys was wrong about Joffery (who end up killing Eddard, and messed up everything).

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Coleraine actress Michelle Fairley was cast as Catelyn Stark, wife of Eddard Stark, who is played by Sean Bean.

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