Editing Lyanna Stark (section)

===Death===
[[File: Asiulus_Promise_Me_Ned.png|thumb|right|350px|"‎Promise me [[Eddard Stark|Ned]]", by Asiulus ©]]

Eddard brought only six companions with him: [[Martyn Cassel]], [[Theo Wull]], [[Ethan Glover]], Ser [[Mark Ryswell]], [[Howland Reed]] and Lord [[Willam Dustin]]. At the [[tower of joy]], they found Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], and Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], the three remaining loyalist [[Kingsguard]] of the late [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s [[Kingsguard]]. The men [[Combat at the tower of joy|met in battle]], with only Eddard and Howland surviving.{{Ref|AGOT|39}}

Inside the tower, Eddard found Lyanna in a "bed of blood"{{Ref|AGOT|39}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Lyanna Stark}} within a room smelling of "blood and roses".{{Ref|AGOT|4}} A fever had taken her strength, and her voice had been faint as a whisper. There was fear in Lyanna's eyes, while she called for "Ned" to promise her something. When her brother gave his word, the fear left her. She smiled, and her fingers clutched his own in a tight grip.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Lyanna died shortly thereafter.{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Eddard was still holding her as she "gave up her hold on life" and rose petals slipped from her palm, dead and black. Later, Howland found Eddard still holding the corpse. The [[crannogman]] separated the hands of the living man and the dead girl, though Eddard had no recollection of what happened after Lyanna died.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

It is unknown what promise Lyanna extracted from Eddard, and what had caused her fear. Lyanna's last words, "Promise me, Ned", would haunt Eddard, who had to pay a price in order to keep his promises to her,{{Ref|AGOT|35}} for the rest of his life.{{Ref|AGOT|47}}{{Ref|AGOT|58}} 

At the time of her death, Lyanna had been sixteen years old.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Though Eddard buried the bodies of his deceased companions and the three slain Kingsguard [[knight]]s in cairns he created out of the stones from the tower,{{Ref|AGOT|39}} he transported Lyanna's bones from [[Dorne]] back to [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|41}} According to Eddard, Lyanna had wanted to be buried beside her father and brother.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Her tomb lies in the [[crypts of Winterfell]], beside that of Lord [[Rickard Stark|Rickard]] and [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]].{{Ref|AGOT|66}} While only the [[King in the North|kings]] and [[lords of Winterfell]] traditionally have statues made in their likeness, not their family members, both Lyanna and Brandon were given a statue by Eddard because he wished to honor his beloved siblings.{{Ref|AGOT|66}}