Editing House Baelish (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Petyr Baelish.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Petyr Baelish]], the current lord of House Baelish. Art by Roman Papusev ©]]
Lord [[Jon Arryn]] dies,{{ref|AGOT|2}} and Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is appointed [[Hand of the King]] by [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|3}} When Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] comes to [[King's Landing]] to inform her husband Eddard about an [[catspaw|attempt on the life]] of their son [[Bran Stark|Bran]], she is intercepted by Petyr, and they meet again for the first time since he left Riverrun. Petyr assists Catelyn with information, although he misdirects her about the provenance of [[Littlefinger's blade|his Valyrian steel dagger]], which had been used by the assassin.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} Petyr promises Catelyn he will help her husband investigate the death of Jon Arryn,{{ref|AGOT|20}} and Eddard begins to trust him, despite Petyr's advice not to trust anyone.{{Ref|AGOT|25}} 

Robert is mortally wounded hunting a [[boar]], and Eddard enlists Petyr's help in securing the allegiance of the [[gold cloaks]] for when he moves against Robert's unfaithful queen, [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|47}} However, Littlefinger actually bribes the gold cloaks to support the queen, and when Eddard [[Arrest of Eddard Stark|confronts Cersei in the throne room and is taken captive]], Petyr takes the dagger from him and holds it to his throat.{{Ref|AGOT|49}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After the execution of Eddard Stark, his daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], a [[hostage]] of Cersei Lannister, is secretly befriended by Ser [[Dontos Hollard]].{{Ref|ACOK|18}} Dontos, who Sansa is unaware is secretly employed by Petyr Baelish,{{Ref|ASOS|61}} claims he has a plan to help her escape the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|ACOK|18}} 

Petyr offers himself to [[Tyrion Lannister]], acting Hand of the King, as the envoy to [[the Reach]] to win their support for [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|ACOK|36}} Cersei hires the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack brothers]] as [[sellsword]]s, though they are secretly being paid by Tyrion,{{ref|ACOK|41}} but unbeknownst to both Cersei and Tyrion, the brothers actually work for Petyr.{{ref|ASOS|68}}

Following the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Petyr is granted [[Harrenhal]] and the title [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], as a reward for arranging the alliance between Houses Lannister and [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] and the [[betrothal]] of [[Margaery Tyrell]] to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Petyr informs Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of the Tyrell plot to spirit [[Sansa Stark]] to [[Highgarden]] and marry her to [[Willas Tyrell]], and Tywin decides to hastily wed her to his son [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead.{{Ref|ASOS|19}} Petyr's newfound status as a high lord gives him the necessary standing to be considered by Tywin for a marriage to the widowed [[Lysa Arryn]] with the intent of delivering the [[Vale of Arryn]], which has remained neutral, to the crown without violence. Petyr agrees with the plan and is sent to the [[Eyrie]] to woo Lysa, claiming it will be an easy task given their history.{{Ref|ASOS|19}} However, he secretly remains near King's Landing.{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} 

Harrenhal is [[Capture of Harrenhal|recaptured]] from the [[Brave Companions]] by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and the [[Mountain's men]].{{Ref|ASOS|60}}

At the [[Purple Wedding|feast for Joffrey's wedding to Margaery]], the boy king is [[poison]]ed and chokes to death,{{Ref|ASOS|60}} and Petyr uses the chaos to spirit Sansa out of the city to his ship.{{Ref|ASOS|61}} They arrive at the "[[Drearfort]]", House Baelish's tower, where Petyr introduces Sansa to his [[smallfolk]]. Petyr suggests that Sansa use his mother's name, [[Alayne Baelish|Alayne]], while disguising herself as his [[bastard]] daughter. He reveals to Sansa that Joffrey was poisoned by a [[strangler|black amethyst]] from the [[silver hair net]] that [[Dontos Hollard|his catspaw]] had given her to wear to the wedding.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

Soon afterwards, Lady Lysa Arryn arrives at the tower, and insists upon [[Wedding of Petyr Baelish and Lysa Arryn|marrying Petyr immediately]].{{Ref|ASOS|68}} At the Eyrie, Lysa tries to kill Sansa in a fit of jealous rage, and reveals the history between herself and Petyr, including the fact that she murdered her husband [[Jon Arryn]] with [[tears of Lys|poison]] provided to her by Petyr. He then kills Lysa by shoving her out of the Eyrie's [[Moon Door]], and blames Lysa's singer [[Marillion]] for the murder.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
In no hurry to occupy Harrenhal, Petyr Baelish assumes power as the [[Lord Protector of the Eyrie and the Vale of Arryn]] following the death of Lysa, who had granted him the title after their marriage.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Cersei Lannister]] recalls that before the Lannisters married Sansa to Tyrion, Petyr had offered to marry Sansa himself, but his offer was rejected on account of his low birth.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}