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A Song of Ice and Fire / A Clash of Kings III / Lord Steffon Baratheon

Hodor
User ID: 0819174 Aug 7th 4:48 PM
Why was he sent to find a bride for Rhaegar?(ACoK prolouge)and from the free cities?why Steffon and not the Hand ?

Padraig
User ID: 1118614 Aug 8th 3:16 PM
I don't know. Maybe the Hand had better things to do? Maybe Steffon had better contacts in the Free Cities?

Rhaegar has no sister of age to marry so there seems to have been some to-do about choosing a wife for him. Never really been explained. In the end they choose Elia from Dorne anyway. So Steffons efforts seem to have been wasted, except she died with him in the storm.

Ran
User ID: 0867924 Aug 8th 3:38 PM
The reason for the to-do is probably (and is probably explained in the books as) the fact that Aerys wanted Rhaegar to marry someone with Valyrian blood. The Free Cities were the obvious place to go for that ... and since, somehow, no appropriate potential brides were found, they turned to Westeros and picked the Martells (who were no doubt amendable) for their past Targaryen blood.

Trebla
User ID: 0721754 Aug 10th 2:08 PM
As far as why not the Hand, possibly becuase there was a rift between Aerys and Tywin Lannister. That rift was transferred to the next poor fools that followed Tywin in that office, much to their sorrow.

Weasel
User ID: 2630464 Aug 11th 5:49 PM
I think Aerys sent Steffon Baretheon instead of the Hand was because the Hand is much too important to the government of the Realm.

This was more of a family matter, and the Baretheons are/were sorta related to the Targaryens. So perhaps, Aerys sent them because there was a more familial relationship between the two houses (at the time).

Hodor User ID: 0819174	Aug 7th 4:48 PM Why was he sent to find a bride for Rhaegar?(ACoK prolouge)and from the free cities?why Steffon and not the Hand ?
Padraig User ID: 1118614	Aug 8th 3:16 PM I don't know. Maybe the Hand had better things to do? Maybe Steffon had better contacts in the Free Cities? Rhaegar has no sister of age to marry so there seems to have been some to-do about choosing a wife for him. Never really been explained. In the end they choose Elia from Dorne anyway. So Steffons efforts seem to have been wasted, except she died with him in the storm.
Ran User ID: 0867924	Aug 8th 3:38 PM The reason for the to-do is probably (and is probably explained in the books as) the fact that Aerys wanted Rhaegar to marry someone with Valyrian blood. The Free Cities were the obvious place to go for that ... and since, somehow, no appropriate potential brides were found, they turned to Westeros and picked the Martells (who were no doubt amendable) for their past Targaryen blood.
Trebla User ID: 0721754	Aug 10th 2:08 PM As far as why not the Hand, possibly becuase there was a rift between Aerys and Tywin Lannister. That rift was transferred to the next poor fools that followed Tywin in that office, much to their sorrow.
Weasel User ID: 2630464	Aug 11th 5:49 PM I think Aerys sent Steffon Baretheon instead of the Hand was because the Hand is much too important to the government of the Realm. This was more of a family matter, and the Baretheons are/were sorta related to the Targaryens. So perhaps, Aerys sent them because there was a more familial relationship between the two houses (at the time).