The Starks trace their descent from Brandon the Builder and the Kings of Winter. For thousands of years, they ruled from Winterfell as Kings in the North, until Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt, chose to swear fealty to Aegon the Dragon rather than give battle. When Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell was executed by King Joffrey, the northmen foreswore their loyalty to the Iron Throne and proclaimed Lord Eddard’s son Robb as King in the North. During the War of the Five Kings, he won every battle, but was betrayed and murdered by the Freys and Boltons at the Twins during his uncle’s wedding.
{ROBB STARK}, King in the North, King of the Trident, Lord of Winterfell, called THE YOUNG WOLF, murdered at the Red Wedding,
—{GREY WIND}, his direwolf, killed at the Red Wedding,
—his trueborn siblings:
—SANSA, his sister, m. Tyrion of House Lannister,
—{LADY}, her direwolf, killed at Castle Darry,
—ARYA, a girl of eleven, missing and thought dead,
—NYMERIA, her direwolf, prowling the riverlands,
—BRANDON, called BRAN, a crippled boy of nine, heir to Winterfell, believed dead,
—SUMMER, his direwolf,
—RICKON, a boy of four, believed dead,
—SHAGGYDOG, his direwolf, black and savage,
—OSHA, a wildling woman once captive at Winterfell,
—his bastard half-brother, JON SNOW, of the Night’s Watch,
—GHOST, Jon’s direwolf, white and silent,
—his other kin:
—his uncle, BENJEN STARK, First Ranger of the Night’s Watch, lost beyond the Wall, presumed dead,
—his aunt, {LYSA ARRYN}, Lady of the Eyrie,
—her son, ROBERT ARRYN, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale, a sickly boy,
—his uncle, EDMURE TULLY, Lord of Riverrun, taken captive at the Red Wedding,
—LADY ROSLIN, of House Frey, Edmure’s bride, great with child,
—his great-uncle, SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called THE BLACKFISH, lately castellan of Riverrun, now a hunted man,
—bannermen of Winterfell, the Lords of the North:
—JON UMBER, called THE GREATJON, Lord of the Last Hearth, a captive at the Twins,
—{JON, called THE SMALLJON}, the Greatjon’s eldest son and heir, slain at the Red Wedding,
—MORS called CROWFOOD, uncle to the Greatjon, castellan at the Last Hearth,
—HOTHER called WHORESBANE, uncle to the Greatjon, likewise castellan at the Last Hearth,
—{CLEY CERWYN}, Lord of Cerwyn, killed at Winterfell,
—JONELLE, his sister, a maid of two-and-thirty,
—ROOSE BOLTON, Lord of the Dreadfort,
—{DOMERIC}, his heir, died of a bad belly,
—WALTON called STEELSHANKS, his captain,
—RAMSAY BOLTON, his natural son, called THE BASTARD OF BOLTON, Lord of the Hornwood,
—WALDER FREY and WALDER FREY, called BIG WALDER and LITTLE WALDER, Ramsay’s squires,
—BEN BONES, kennelmaster at the Dreadfort,
—{REEK}, a man-at-arms infamous for his stench, slain while posing as Ramsay,
—the Bastard’s Boys, Ramsay’s men-at-arms:
—YELLOW DICK, DAMON DANCE-FOR-ME, LUTON, SOUR ALYN, SKINNER, GRUNT,
—{RICKARD KARSTARK}, Lord of Karhold, beheaded by the Young Wolf for murdering prisoners,
—{EDDARD}, his son, slain in the Whispering Wood,
—{TORRHEN}, his son, slain in the Whispering Wood,
—HARRION, his son, a captive at Maidenpool,
—ALYS, his daughter, a maid of fifteen,
—his uncle ARNOLF, castellan of Karhold,
—CREGAN, Arnolf’s elder son,
—ARTHOR, Arnolf’s younger son,
—WYMAN MANDERLY, Lord of White Harbor, vastly fat,
—SER WYLIS MANDERLY, his eldest son and heir, very fat, a captive at Harrenhal,
—Wylis’s wife, LEONA of House Woolfield,
—WYNAFRYD, their eldest daughter,
—WYLLA, their younger daughter,
—{SER WENDEL MANDERLY}, his second son, slain at the Red Wedding,
—SER MARLON MANDERLY, his cousin, commander of the garrison at White Harbor,
—MAESTER THEOMORE, counselor, tutor, healer,
—WEX, a boy of twelve, once squire to Theon Greyjoy, mute,
—SER BARTIMUS, an old knight, one-legged, one-eyed, and oft drunk, castellan of the Wolf’s Den,
—GARTH, a gaoler and headsman,
—his axe, LADY LU,
—THERRY, a young turnkey,
—MAEGE MORMONT, Lady of Bear Island, the She-Bear,
—{DACEY}, her eldest daughter, slain at the Red Wedding,
—ALYSANE, her daughter, the young She-Bear
—LYRA, JORELLE, LYANNA, her younger daughters,
—{JEOR MORMONT}, her brother, Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, slain by his own men,
—SER JORAH MORMONT, his son, an exile,
—HOWLAND REED, Lord of Greywater Watch, a crannogman,
—his wife, JYANA, of the crannogmen,
—their children:
—MEERA, a young huntress,
—JOJEN, a boy blessed with green sight,
—GALBART GLOVER, Master of Deepwood Motte, unwed,
—ROBETT GLOVER, his brother and heir,
—Robert’s wife, SYBELLE of House Locke,
—BENJICOT BRANCH, NOSELESS NED WOODS, men of the wolfswood sworn to Deepwood Motte,
—{SER HELMAN TALLHART}, Master of Torrhen’s Square, slain at Duskendale,
—{BENFRED}, his son and heir, slain by ironmen on the Stony Shore,
—EDDARA, his daughter, captive at Torrhen’s Square,
—{LEOBALD}, his brother, killed at Winterfell,
—Leobald’s wife, BERENA of House Hornwood, captive at Torrhen’s Square,
—their sons, BRANDON and BEREN, likewise captives at Torrhen’s Square,
—RODRIK RYSWELL, Lord of the Rills,
—BARBREY DUSTIN, his daughter, Lady of Barrowton, widow of Lord Willam Dustin,
—HARWOOD STOUT, her liege man, a petty lord at Barrowton,
—{BETHANY BOLTON}, his daughter, second wife of Lord Roose Bolton, died of a fever,
—ROGER RYSWELL, RICKARD RYSWELL, ROOSE RYSWELL, his quarrelsome cousins and bannermen,
—LYESSA FLINT, Lady of Widow’s Watch,
—ONDREW LOCKE, Lord of Oldcastle, an old man,
—the chiefs of the mountain clans:
—HUGO WULL, called BIG BUCKET, or THE WULL,
—BRANDON NORREY, called THE NORREY,
—BRANDON NORREY, the Younger, his son,
—TORREN LIDDLE, called THE LIDDLE,
—DUNCAN LIDDLE, his eldest son, called BIG LIDDLE, a man of the Night’s Watch,
—MORGAN LIDDLE, his second son, called MIDDLE LIDDLE,
—RICKARD LIDDLE, his third son, called LITTLE LIDDLE,
—TORGHEN FLINT, of the First Flints, called THE FLINT, or OLD FLINT,
—BLACK DONNEL FLINT, his son and heir,
—ARTOS FLINT, his second son, half-brother to Black Donnel.
The Stark arms show a grey direwolf racing across an ice-white field. The Stark words are Winter Is Coming.