Gendry

[Culhwch]

Perhaps his master suspected the truth and moved on his behalf? What does Gendry say in ACoK? I know he refers to Yoren coming to get him, but I don't remember the exact passage. I don't know, I always assumed it was Varys, because he had a soft spot for Robert, despite all the king's flaws....

 

[Boaz]

Gendry knows the queen wants him.

When the Red Cloaks (or was it Gold Cloaks) catch up with Yoren's bunch, Gendry knows they are after him (the Lannister captain and Yoren both make this clear).

I assume (big assumption, because Gendry is not the smartest guy) that Gendry knows from his mother and from the events of his life that his father was of the nobility of Westeros.

But then again, Gendry may be smart enough to know (assuming his mother told him his real identity) that feigned ignorance is his best defence... this means he lied to Jon Arryn, Ned, Arya, and everyone about his identity... and then again this theory assumes that Gendry only talked about ringing Bella's, the barmaid at The Peach, bells because he knew she was his sister.

I think that joining Beric's King's Men appealed to Gendry's desire to spite Cersei.

Folks, I don't know that even if Stannis never has a son by Selyse and if Shireen dies that Gendry would ever be the lawful heir to the Baratheons. He is a *******. He was never legitimized by Robert and the Lannisters will never do it for him. If some Baratheon loyalists wanted to support Gendry, they could, but Edric would be a more logical choice since his mother was a noble and he was raised as a noble. I don't think that primogeniture works with bastards. By the way, Dorne could always support Mya or Bella.

Stannis is indeed a self righteous, inflexible jerk, but if he wanted the Baratheon name to live on he could adopt and legitimize Edric Storm... or even Devan Seaworth for that matter.

 

[Trey Greyjoy]

Perhaps his master suspected the truth and moved on his behalf? What does Gendry say in ACoK? I know he refers to Yoren coming to get him, but I don't remember the exact passage. I don't know, I always assumed it was Varys, because he had a soft spot for Robert, despite all the king's flaws....

Gah!
I have to reread AGOT I guess. I have forgotten too much.
I **recall** (and boy is that not solid endorsement of anything) that Varys led Ned to Gendry and they both decided to get him out of King's Landing.

I am 99.7% sure that Gendry knows nothing of his heritage.

 

[AryaUnderfoot]

Gah!
I have to reread AGOT I guess. I have forgotten too much.
I **recall** (and boy is that not solid endorsement of anything) that Varys led Ned to Gendry and they both decided to get him out of King's Landing.

I am 99.7% sure that Gendry knows nothing of his heritage.

I just re-read the chapter in which Ned first finds Gendry. He heard that Jon Arryn and Stannis had visited a master armorer to commission armor. Upon visiting the armorer himself, Ned finds that they had only asked to see the boy. Ned didn't know that Gendry existed until that point, and when he saw Gendry he immediately knew that he was Robert's son. He spoke with the master armorer afterwards and confirmed that the master knew who his apprentice really was. Ned then said that if Gendry ever wished to become anything more than an armorer, he should visit Ned in person.

I still haven't reached any part where Ned decides to get Gendry out of the city, although I'm thinking it must be when Robert dies, and Ned promises to protect his (real) children.

 

[cercar]

If i remember right ned doesn't promise to protect roberts children, he won't use that word instead he uses family and heir .

 

[Boaz]

But in Ned's view, Stannis was the heir, not Gendry.

If Ned planned on exposing Cersei and taking the regency for himself until Stannis arrived, why would he have tried to help Gendry escape Cersei's clutches?

Gendry's flight from King's Landing only makes sense once Cersei is in control. But when she became Regent, Ned was in no position to help Gendry.

Varys and Master Mott are the only likely culprits in my opinion. Littlefinger's remarks to Ned about supporting Joff for the peace of the Realm would lead me to think he'd have sold Gendry to Cersei before he just sent him away. How else did Barra and her mother get killed if not from Littlefinger's whispers? I think he sold out Gendry, but that Varys and Yoren were too fast for him.

 

[Raven]

Arya:

I still haven't reached any part where Ned decides to get Gendry out of the city, although I'm thinking it must be when Robert dies, and Ned promises to protect his (real) children.

Ned doesn't do this. He's in the Black Cells when Gendry is taken to Yoren by a mystery man (which doesn't happen 'on-screen', Yoren mentions it to Arya). In ACOK, Varys reveals to Tyrion that it was his doing. Why he did it, I don't know yet.

 

[AryaUnderfoot]

In ACOK, Varys reveals to Tyrion that it was his doing. Why he did it, I don't know yet.

Knowing Varys, it could have been as simple as having proof of the Baratheon genetics up his sleeve, to prove that Cersei's children weren't legit.

 

[LexieHunter]

Am I the only one that thinks Arya and Gendry should get together? And when he meets Brienne and she notices the resemblence to him and Renly, surely she should shed some light on the situation.
And Jon should somehow find his mum. I think it should have something to do with the Targarians. xoxo

 

[juleska]

No you're not the only one, Lexie. I think even GRRM thought this because he certainly spent plenty of time hinting at it during their time together. Maybe when Arya makes her way back into Westeros as a "Not-Quite-a-Faceless-(Wo)Man", she'll bump into her zombie mother and her loyal band of outlaws to be reunited with her true love, the only man who can really handle her, Gendry.