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Originally Posted by LastLife
Did they say how long the rebellion was? Robert could have impregnated Lyanna. She goes to KL and ravens fly reaching Winterfell pretty quick. Brother and father ride hard to KL, taking much less than one month. One month is how long it took Robert's entire entourage to get the Winterfell. They get murdered and ravens fly again.
All of that could have happened in a month. If the rebellion was 10-15ish months long, it's very much possilble since Ned can just say he had a mistress right away. Even longer maybe, I think Catlyn only says came back with a baby. That can cover more than a year old. Even if the provocation took longer it's still possible. Is anyone going to question the baby looks 2,3,4 months older.
The war lasted a bit over a year - Cat says at some point to Ned that he rode off to war with Robert and returned with Jon a year later. So it's a year plus the time before Cat/Ned's marriage.
My best attempt at a timeline:
(1) After Lyanna is abducted, Brandon rides by himself (or with some knights, etc.) to KLs to demand her release.
(2) Aerys captures Brandon and summons Rickard to court to ransom him. Rickard rides to KL.
(3) Aerys kills both and demands that Jon Arryn turn over Robert and Ned.
(4) Robert rides to the Stormlands, Ned to Winterfell to raise their banners.
(5) Robert fights a few battles.
(6) Ned and Robert meet back up somewhere in the Riverlands.
(7) Ned marries Catelyn.
(8) Ned claims he impregnates Wylla.
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(9) Ned returns home with Jon.
Pretty sure (8) has to happen after the marriage, or else it wouldn't have hurt Cat so much. Thus, if you add up all the stuff in (1)-(7) I think we're at 3 months or so easily (you've got 2 trips from Winterfell to KLs, a trip from the Erie to Winterfell, and a trip from Winterfell to the Riverlands). Thus, a Robert + Lyanna baby would have to be at least 6 months, compared to a baby Ned is claiming in no more than 3 months (assuming he says he immediately impregnated Wylla after leaving Cat). I guess you could do that, but at such a young age the difference of a few months is pretty noticeable.