Editing House Baelish (section)

===''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}}