Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-1399600-20160629121258/@comment-5308269-20160708014217

172.56.2.9 wrote: Wanting to return to return to an independent kingdom is the same as not respecting the laws of succession (Of the Iron Throne which the North is a vassal of). Instead of picking a new soverign, the North could have tried to get to the bottom of the Baratheon succession crisis. Not to

"Wanting to return to an independent kingdom is the same as not respecting the laws of succession (Of the Iron Throne which the North is a vassal of)."

What are you talking about? The laws of succession existed BEFORE the Iron Throne.

"Instead of picking a new soverign(sic), the North could have tried to get to the bottom of the Baratheon succession crisis. Not to"

Again I have to ask; what are you talking about? The North may have chosen independence over the Iron Throne, but they still practiced lines of succession. Why do you think they looked to Robb Stark for leadership? If the Northerners were anything like the Dothraki, they would have chosen the likes of Greatjon Umber, Rickard Karstark or Roose Bolton as their king. But they chose the ancient House Stark, who have practiced stable succession laws long before the Targaryens appeared in Westeros.