>>15837232>>15837291Summary of the rebellion (no real spoilers here):
1. Ned's brother Brandon Stark hears that their sister was kidnapped by prince Rhaegar, older brother of Viserys and Daenarys.
2. Brandon rides down to King's Landing in a rage with his squire and a few highborn companions, and demand that "Rhaegar come out and die".
3. Rhaegar is not present, but his father, the Mad King Aerys, orders them seized for treason.
4. Aerys writes to their fathers that they come down to King's Landing as well and answer for the crimes of their sons. Lord Rickard Stark answers the call and goes there believing he can settle the matter peacefully.
5 King Aerys arrests Rickard as well, and kills him by burning him slowly. Brandon Stark dies trying to save his father. Jon Arryn's nephew and heir is also killed.
6. Lord Jon Arryn start the rebellion together with Eddard, now Lord Stark, and Lord Robert Baratheron.
7. War ensues. Rhaegar meets Roberts army at the Trident in the largest battle of the war, Robert kills Rhaegar and a large part of the army surrender and switch sides.
8. In King's Landing, Mad King Aerys orders his pyromancers to burn the city with all its inhabitants before Robert can take it.
9. Lord Tywin Lannister joins the war, marches to King's Landing and his army takes the city through treachery.
10. Aerys, safe inside the Red Keep, orders Jaime, his bodyguard, to go out and kill his own father. Jaime refuses, kills King Aerys and chase down the pyromancers.
11. The Lannisters sack and pillage the city, and Lord Tywin swears his fealty to Robert as he arrives at King's Landing, presenting Robert with the dead bodies of Rhaegars children and offer the hand of his daughter Cercei.
