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Eddard Stark's Execution from "A Game of Thrones". Eddard Stark is publicly executed on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor on the orders of King Joffrey, despite Cersei's plan to send him to the Wall.

days after the coup

Eddard Stark's Execution

Eddard Stark is publicly executed on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor on the orders of King Joffrey, despite Cersei's plan to send him to the Wall. Sansa Stark pleads for his life, but Joffrey has him beheaded by Ser Ilyn Payne with Ice. Arya Stark witnesses the execution from the crowd. This event is a major turning point, galvanizing the North and the Riverlands to declare war on the Lannisters and making Robb Stark the King in the North.