Assassination of Jon Arryn

The Assassination of Jon Arryn was a plot orchestrated by Petyr Baelish in an attempt to throw the Seven Kingdoms into a state of chaos and war.

==In the books=

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the assassination of Jon Arryn is carried out in the same manner: Tears of Lys on his wine. However Lysa Arryn is not only motivated by her obsession with Littlefinger but also her refusal to have her son Robert sent off to Dragonstone to be fostered by Stannis Baratheon as Jon Arryn intended. Arryn is treated by Colemon, his maester, but Pycelle, fearing Jon would recover and reveal the truth about his children's parentage to King Robert, sends Colemon away and lets Jon to waste away. Jon's death prompts Stannis Baratheon, who had shared Jon's suspicions and taken part in the search for Robert's bastards, flees to Dragonstone believing he may by the next target.