Editing Howland Reed (section)

===Isle of Faces and Harrenhal===
After he reached the [[age of majority]], Howland sought additional knowledge. He boldly paddled a small skin boat down the [[Green Fork]], evaded the [[Twins]] at night, and visited the [[Isle of Faces]] in search of the [[green men]]. He stayed at the island all winter.{{Ref|ASOS|24}}

Howland left the Isle of Faces in {{Date|281}}, the [[year of the false spring]], to observe the great [[tourney at Harrenhal]] held by Lord [[Walter Whent]]. As Howland walked across the tourney field, he was attacked by three [[squire]]s, younger but taller. [[Lyanna Stark]] came to his rescue, however, as the crannogman was a vassal of her father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], and the girl chased the three squires away with a tourney sword. Afterwards, she brought him to her tent, where she bound up his wounds and he was introduced to her three brothers, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], and [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]]. Lyanna insisted he attend the feast held that evening at [[Harrenhal]] to mark the start of the tourney, and so Howland accompanied the four [[House Stark|Stark]] siblings, dressed in clothing Benjen had found to suit his [[highborn|high birth]]. When they recognized the three squires who had attacked him earlier, Benjen offered to find Howland a [[horse]] and [[armor]] to he could avenge himself, but Howland gave no answer. Although he wanted to take revenge, he feared making a fool of himself as he was no [[knight]]. Howland prayed at the [[Gods Eye]] to the [[old gods]], and was given a place in Eddard's tent for the night.{{Ref|ASOS|24}}

On the second day of jousting, a short [[mystery knight]], dubbed the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]], entered the [[joust]] and challenged the three knights whose squires who had attacked the crannogman. The three knights were defeated, but for a ransom, the mystery knight only demanded that the knights teach their squires honor.{{Ref|ASOS|24}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] was convinced the mystery knight was Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], newly of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] and other nobles went in search of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, but the mystery knight's identity was never revealed.{{Ref|ASOS|24}}