His decision to publicly execute Ned Stark is just the beginning of his heinous acts. He tortures his betrothed, Sansa Stark, stating his mother taught him never to hit a woman. However, he commands Meryn Trant to undertake the task. He eventually sets aside the promise of marriage to Sansa in favour of a potential union with Margaery Tyrell, leaving Sansa to marry his uncle Tyrion as consolation. He later proceeds to berate the two for failing to consummate their marriage. To further humiliate Sansa in the wake of the Red Wedding, he plots to surprise her with her dead brother's head until his grandfather intervenes. And in one of his more lighthearted moments, he commissions a play for his wedding feast titled "The War of the Five Kings" where Sansa and Tyrion are unfavourably portrayed.