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Since most show watchers at this point seem to think Littlefinger was the one to order the assasination on Bran in season one with the Valyrian steel dagger, and the show seems to be framing it that way as well (and the books are incredibly subtle about the true story behind it anyway to the point where it goes over even book readers heads) I want to try and clear it up.

So Catelyn goes to Kings Landing to find the truth behind her sons attempted assassination. She brings the dagger and shows it to Petyr and Vary’s. Petyr reveals it is his.

• “I would have told you that there was only one knife like this at King’s Landing.” He grasped the blade between thumb and forefinger, drew it back over his shoulder, and threw it across the room with a practiced flick of his wrist. It struck the door and buried itself deep in the oak, quivering. “It’s mine.” “Yours?” It made no sense. Petyr had not been at Winterfell. “Until the tourney on Prince Joffrey’s name day,” he said, crossing the room to wrench the dagger from the wood. “I backed Ser Jaime in the jousting, along with half the court.” Petyr’s sheepish grin made him look half a boy again. “When Loras Tyrell unhorsed him, many of us became a trifle poorer. Ser Jaime lost a hundred golden dragons, the queen lost an emerald pendant, and I lost my knife.”

He claims he lost the dagger to Tyrion Lannister in a tourney bet. This is a Lie he tells in order to further the conflict between the Starks and the Lannisters. Tyrion is later confronted by Catelyn and knows nothing about it.

• “Tyrion felt the heat rise in him. “It was not my dagger,” he insisted. “How many times must I swear to that? Lady Stark, whatever you may believe of me, I am not a stupid man. Only a fool would arm a common footpad with his own blade.”

Once Catelyn doubts that Tyrion was behind it, she later confronts Jamie about the dagger, accusing him.

• “And when he did not, you knew your danger was worse than ever, so you gave your catspaw a bag of silver to make certain Bran would never wake.”“Did I now?” Jaime lifted his cup and took a long swallow. “I won’t deny we talked of it, but you were with the boy day and night, your maester and Lord Eddard attended him frequently, and there were guards, even those damned direwolves … it would have required cutting my way through half of Winterfell. And why bother, when the boy seemed like to die of his own accord?”
  

He denies it too. He claims evidence in the fact that Tyrion always backed him in the tourneys. Tyrion couldn’t have gained anything that day, since Jaime lost against Loras. Its then that he has the revelation that he did recognise the dagger. it was Roberts.

• Tyrion always backed me in the lists,“ Jaime said, “but that day Ser Loras unhorsed me. A mischance, I took the boy too lightly, but no matter. Whatever my brother wagered, he lost … but that dagger did change hands, I recall it now. Robert showed it to me that night at the feast. His Grace loved to salt my wounds, especially when drunk. And when was he not drunk?”

So it’s been revealed it was in Roberts possession just BEFORE the begginning of the story. Robert would have taken it with him to  Winterfell. This is when it falls into place what has happened, and Tyrion understands. It was Joffrey who sent the catspaw to kill Bran. He overhears Robert mention it would be a mercy for Bran to die after Bran is crippled from his fall. Joffrey wanted to gain favour with his distant ‘father’ by sending the assassin. This is confirmed in this quote.

• The prince’s own dagger had a jeweled pommel and inlaid goldwork on the blade, Tyrion seemed to recall. At least Joff had not been stupid enough to use that. Instead he went poking among his father’s weapons. Robert Baratheon was a man of careless generosity, and would have given his son any dagger he wanted … but Tyrion guessed that the boy had just taken it. Robert had come to Winterfell with a long tail of knights and retainers, a huge wheelhouse, and a baggage train. No doubt some diligent servant had made certain that the king’s weapons went with him, in case he should desire any of them.
  

And in this exchange between Tyrion and Jaime.

•  ”Joffrey would have been a worse king than Aerys ever was. He stole his father’s dagger and gave it to a footpad to slit the throat of Brandon Stark, did you know that?“"I … I thought he might have.”
  

SO THERE WE GO.

The only questions we have to Littlefingers involvement was wether he ever owned the dagger to start with, and made the lie involving any bet up entirely, OR there was a bet, but it was between himself and Robert perhaps. Either way, its been confirmed that the dagger WAS in Roberts possession in Winterfell, and JOFFREY was the one with the grand idea to try and have Bran murdered with it. 

*edit: Couple of people pointed out I had attributed the last quote to Tyrion and Joffrey, when I had meant to write Jaime. J names mix up, sorry.

I would also like to add that the conversation between LF and Catelyn also gave us a clue that it was Robert who won the bet:

“Until the tourney on Prince Joffrey’s name day,” he said, crossing the room to wrench the dagger from the wood. “I backed Ser Jaime in the jousting, along with half the court.” Petyr’s sheepish grin made him look half a boy again. “When Loras Tyrell unhorsed him, many of us became a trifle poorer. Ser Jaime lost a hundred golden dragons, the queen lost an emerald pendant, and I lost my knife. Her Grace got the emerald back, but the winner kept the rest.”

Had LF or Tyrion won the bet, they would not have given Cersei’s emerald pendant back to her. Instead, only Robert being the winner made the most sense since he was most likely the one who return Cersei her pendant.

^ Shit that’s clever, I didn’t catch that at all! 

I’m not sure I agree that Tyrion wouldn’t have given Cersei her emerald back, or that I even necessarily agree that Joffrey was the person who hired the assassin just because Jaime and Tyrion think so BUT:

There’s also in-text proof that Littlefinger was lying about his version of events, that Ned hears.

The sequence of events is from Eddard VII:

Robert slapped Ned on the back. “Ah, say that I’m a better king than Aerys and be done with it. […] Who do you think our champion will be today? Have you seen Mace Tyrell’s boy? […] Last tourney, he dumped the Kingslayer on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei’s face. […]”

So, first of all, Ned gets corroboration from Robert that Littlefinger was telling the truth that Loras unhorsed Jaime at the ‘last tourney’, i.e. Joffrey’s name day celebrations, which happened shortly before the death of Jon Arryn and the court’s long trek to Winterfell.

Ned goes to join Sansa to watch the jousting:

“A hundred golden dragons on the Kingslayer,” Littlefinger announced loudly as Jaime Lannister entered the lists, riding an elegant blood bay destrier. […]

“Done,” Lord Renly shouted back. “The Hound has a hungry look about him this morning.”

While Renly is a loud person, Littlefinger, generally, is not. He’s usually described as being quite quiet and restrained. Of course, it’s entirely possible that the tourney stands are noisy, and Petyr wants as many people to hear him as possible, to increase the chances that someone will take him up on his bet.

But he could also be speaking so loudly to make sure Ned hears: look at me, I’m betting on the Kingslayer as I profess to have done last time.

The joust happens. Then:

Sansa said, “I knew the Hound would win.”

Littlefinger overheard. “If you know who’s going to win the second match, speak up now before Lord Renly plucks me clean,” he called to her. Ned smiled.

“A pity the Imp is not here with us,” Lord Renly said. “I should have won twice as much.”

Renly implies quite plainly that Tyrion has set a precedent of betting on Jaime, not against him. (And therefore could not have won a dagger or anything else betting on that particular joust.) I think Tyrion says something to this effect to Catelyn at some point as well, but the point is that Ned hears it from a third party here. Luckily for Petyr and unluckily for pretty much everyone else, Ned doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to the chatter around him.

Yes, your right. But I don’t think this contradicts anything I’ve said. Tyrion doesn’t bet against Jaime. so if he always bets on Jaime, and Jaime Lost in the tourney, Tyrion would have lost anything he bet. Littlefimger lied and said he WON the dagger. This is how people catch the lie.

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