Baelish
Littlefinger
Petyr, known as Littlefinger, uses financial office, personal connections and marriage to gain power. He promises Ned assistance but betrays him in the throne room. Later he arranges Sansa’s escape from King’s Landing and hides her in the Vale as his supposed daughter Alayne. After marrying Lysa, he pushes her through the Moon Door and blames a singer. He retains authority as Robert Arryn’s guardian while planning another marriage for Sansa.
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Role: orchestrator
King Joffrey Baratheon was poisoned at his own wedding feast to Margaery Tyrell. He died choking in his mother's arms. The murder was orchestrated by Olenna Redwyne and Petyr Baelish, who used Sansa Stark as an unwitting courier for the poison hidden in her hairnet.
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