House Stark
The Lords Of Winterfell
Winter Is Coming
The Starks are an extremely ancient House who trace their descent from Bran the Builder, who is sometimes said to be the one, as a small boy, who told Durran Godsgrief, the first Storm King, how to build the castle that is now Storm's End. For eight thousand years, they reigned from Winterfell as the Kings in the North, the Kings of Winter. The North is a harsh land, cold and covered in snow even in the Summer, and as the lords of the land the Starks are rumored to be as stern and cold as the North itself.
The Starks worship the old gods, the gods of the Children of the Forest and of the First Men. These were the gods of the forest, stream, and stone, nameless and faceless, unlike the Seven. The wisemen of the Children of the Forest, called Greenseers, carved faces in the white barked weirwood trees to keep watch on the woods and to represent their gods. The blood of the First Men still flows strong in the veins of the Starks. When the Andals crossed the Narrow Sea with the seven-pointed star of the Seven emblazoned on their chests and proceeded to conquer Westeros and proclaim the supremacy of their own gods over the old, the only Kingdom that did not fall was the North, where the King in the North threw back every army that tried to cross the Neck. The Starks, as most of the Houses of the North, still kneel before the weirwoods with the carved faces just like their ancestors did for thousands of years.
Their rule as Kings ended when Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt, seeing the forces against him, chose to swear fealty to Aegon the Conqueror rather than give battle. The Stark words are:Winter Is Coming
The present Lord of Stark, Eddard, was the principal supporter of Robert Baratheon, who had been his foster brother at the Eyrie, during his rebellion. His father and elder brother, Lord Rickard Stark and Brandon Stark, were brutally killed by King Aerys II Targaryen; his sister, Lyanna, carried off and raped by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. After his elder brother and father's death, he became the Lord of Winterfell and called his banners in rebellion. He was the one who rode into King's Landing to claim the Iron Throne for Robert after the city's sacking by the Lannisters.
When Lord Balon Greyjoy of Pyke rose up in rebellion against the Iron Throne, Lord Eddard was instrumental in his defeat and surrender, taking his last surviving son, Theon Greyjoy, as hostage and ward afterwards.
The Present Lords Of House Stark
LORD EDDARD STARK, Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North,
his wife, the LADY CATELYN, of House Tully,
their children:
- ROBB, the heir to Winterfell, aged fourteen,
- SANSA, the eldest daughter, aged eleven,
- ARYA, the younger daughter, aged nine,
- BRANDON, called Bran, a boy, aged seven,
- RICKON, a boy, aged three,
his bastard son:
JON SNOW, a boy, aged fourteen,
his ward:
THEON GREYJOY, heir to the Iron Islands,
his siblings:
- [BRANDON], his elder brother, heir to Winterfell, murdered by the command of Aerys II Targaryen,
- [LYANNA], his younger sister, died in the mountains of Dorne,
- BENJEN, his younger brother, a sworn man of the Night's Watch,
his household:
- MAESTER LUWIN, vounselor, healer, and tutor,
- VAYON POOLE, steward of Winterfell,
- JEYNE, his daughter, Sansa's closest friend,
- JORY CASSEL, captain of the guard,
- HALLIS MOLLEN, a guard,
- SHADD, a guardsman,
- DESMOND, a guardsman,
- JACKS, a guardsman,
- PORTHER, a guardsman,
- QUENT, a guardsman,
- ALYN, a guardsman,
- TOMARD, a guardsman,
- VARLY, a guardsman,
- HEWARD, a guardsman,
- CAYN, a guardsman,
- WYL, a guardsman,
- POXY TYM, a guardsman,
- SKITTRICK, a guardsman,
- HAYHEAD, a guardsman,
- ALEBELLY, a guardsman,
- SER RODRIK CASSEL, master-at-arms, Jory's uncle,
- BETH, his young daughter,
- SEPTA MORDANE, tutor to Lord Eddard's daughters,
- SEPTON CHAYLE, keeper of the castle sept and library,
- HULLEN, master of horse,
his son, HARWIN, a guardsman,
- JOSETH, a stableman and horse trainer,
his daughters:
- BANDY, twin to Shyra,
- SHYRA, twin to Shyra,
- FARLEN, kennelmaster,
- OLD NAN, a storyteller, once a wet nurse, now very aged,
- HODOR, her great grandson, a simpleminded stableboy,
- GAGE, the cook,
- TURNIP, a pot girl and scullion,
- MIKKEN, smith and armorer,
his principal lords bannermen:
- LORD HELMAN TALLHART, Lord of Torrhen's Square,
his children:
- BENFRED, heir to Torrhen's Square,
- EDDARA, a girl, aged nine,
his brother LEOBALD TALLHART, castellan at Torrhen's Square,
his wife, BERENA of House Hornwood,
their children:
- BRANDON, a boy, aged fourteen,
- BEREN, a boy, aged ten,
- LORD ROOSE BOLTON, Lord of the Dreadfort,
his trueborn son, [DOMERIC], deceased,
his bastard son, RAMSAY SNOW,
- LORD RICKARD KARSTARK, Lord of Karhold,
his sons:
- HARRION, heir to Karhold,
- TORRHEN,
- EDDARD,
- LORD DARYN HORNWOOD,
- LORD ROBETT GLOVER, Lord of Deepwood Motte,
his wife, LADY SYBELLE,
their children,
- GAWEN, heir to Deepwood Motte, aged three,
- ERENA, a girl, aged one,
his brother, GALBART GLOVER,
- LORD WYMAN MANDERLY, Lord of White Harbor, grossly fat,
his sons:
- SER WYLIS MANDERLY, heir to White Harbor,
- SER WENDEL MANDERLY,
- LORD JON UMBER, called the GREATJON,
his uncles:
- MORS UMBER, called CROWFOOD,
- HOTHER UMBER, called WHORESBANE,
- LORD MEDGER CERWYN,
his son and heir, CLEY CERWYN,
- LADY MAEGE MORMONT, Lady of Bear Island,
her daughter, DACEY MORMONT, heir to Bear Island,
- LORD ROBIN FLINT,
his mother, the LADY LYESSA FLINT,
- LORD ONDREW LOCKE, Lord of Oldcastle, an old man,
- LORD HOWLAND REED, Lord of Greywater Watch,
his children:
- MEERA, a girl, aged fifteen,
- JOJEN, a boy, aged thirteen.
The Houses sworn to Winterfell are Karstark, Umber, Flint, Mormont, Hornwood, Cerwyn, Manderly, Glover, Tallhart and Bolton.
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