
Jaime instead kills Aerys and becomes known as Kingslayer. Aerys demands that Jaime Lannister kill his father and that the King’s Landing pyromancer attack the rebels with wildfire. Tywin betrays Aerys: After claiming he will defend the capital from the rebels, Tywin turns around and sacks King’s Landing with his army. Audiences never see this on the show, but Ned and Robert both talk about those events in the first season. Rheagar fights the rebels but is killed by Robert in the Battle of the Trident. (Hence Sansa’s nervousness about Jon and House Stark allying themselves with Daenerys, a Targaryen, in recent seasons of the show.) Houses Stark, Tully, Arryn and Baratheon join forces in the rebellion against Aerys.

Lyanna’s oldest brother Brandon rides to King’s Landing to demand justice for his sister, and Aerys executes both Brandon and his father, Rickard.

Robert claims that Lyanna was abducted and leads a rebellion against Aerys. Lyanna Stark runs away with Aerys’s son, Rhaegar Targaryen, despite being betrothed to Robert Baratheon.
