Assassination of Princess Catelyn

Life, Death

It is strongly believed that the Silent Owls were responsible for the death of Princess Catelyn, who was heir to the throne at the time. Unlike most of their other killings, no calling card was left on Catelyn's body, but the nature of her death seemed to indicate that the Silent Owls were undoubtedly involved.

The princess was poisoned in her sleep with a very rare and expensive toxin. The poison alone would have cost anybody a fortune, but the fact that the killer was able to enter the room without a sound or being seen by anybody - guard or otherwise - strongly suggested that this was a Silent Owl job. Catelyn's death would have been a "peaceful" one, however. Alchemists concurred that the rare poison caused the princess to enter an incredibly deep sleep, at which point she simply stopped breathing.

The fact that somebody would have gone to the extent of giving her such a painless death suggested that the person who hired the assassins cared for the princess, though no evidence was ever found to suggest who it might be.