 Unexpectedly , Lord Renly Baratheon ( Gethin Anthony ) returns and informs Ned that , while hunting , Robert was mortally wounded by a boar . On his deathbed , Robert dictates his will to Ned , in which Robert makes Ned the Lord Regent and Protector of the Realm until Joffrey comes of age . Ned writes down Robert 's words , but instead of using " Joffrey , " Ned writes " my rightful heir , " making the succession ambiguous . Robert signs the will without reading this change in wording and begs Ned to make Joffrey a better man . Robert also tells Ned that he was wrong to have ordered Daenerys Targaryen 's assassination and orders Ned to let her live . 
