Editing Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories (section)

===Brandon Stark===
While known to be taller than Eddard, it has not been confirmed that Brandon was particularly tall either. There have been consistent descriptions that members of Houses [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], [[House Clegane|Clegane]], and [[House Umber|Umber]] tend to be tall, even towering above their contemporaries, but there is no such description for the Starks. Starks seem to tend on the short side; a grown [[Robb Stark]] was shorter than [[Catelyn Tully|his mother]]. [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] (and Eddard) could then be taller than [[Petyr Baelish]] and still be shorter than the average knight. Brandon is the only Stark with confirmed jousting skills. He was one of the last men standing in the final day of the Tourney, only defeated by Rhaegar Targaryen, the eventual champion.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}{{Ref|aGoT|58}}

Negative points of this theory would be the unconfirmed height of Brandon and his seeming lack of motivation. Catelyn seemed notably disappointed that Eddard was not as tall as his brother, which could mean that Brandon was a relatively tall man. Additionally, Brandon was already formally competing in the Tourney, making it unlikely that he would participate as a mystery knight as well, since the mystery knight appeared on the second day of the jousting, and Brandon was only defeated on the third day.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}{{Ref|aGoT|58}}