Editing House Baelish (section)

===''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}}