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Robb Stark
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Robb Stark by Riavel©
Robb Stark by Riavel© '
Monarch
Reign 298 AC - 299 AC
Full name Robb Stark
Titles
Predecessor None since Torrhen Stark
Heir Bran Stark (believed dead)
Successor None
Personal Information
Aliases
  • The Young Wolf
  • The King Who Lost the North
Born In 283 AC, at Riverrun
Died In 299 AC, at The Twins
Family
Dynasty House Stark
Queen Jeyne Westerling
Father Eddard Stark
Mother Catelyn Tully
References
Books
Played by Richard Madden
TV series Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3

Robb Stark is the eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully and is the heir of House Stark to Winterfell and the North. He is called the Young Wolf by friend and foe alike. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones he is played by Richard Madden.[1]

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Robb Stark

Robb's appearance favours his Tully side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is strong and fast. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.[2]

When Robb is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, as war has melted all the softness from his face and left him hard and lean. His is clean shaven but his auburn hair falls uncut to his shoulders. On his head he bears his bronze and iron sword crown.[3] Robb wears a surcoat over his armor and carries an oak shield decorated with a wolf's head.[4]

Robb is his father's son, with a keen sense of honor and justice. He shares his father's devotion to honor and is frequently accompanied by his direwolf, Grey Wind, whom he always takes with him into battle.

History

Robb was conceived during the first fortnight of Eddard and Catelyn's marriage, after which Eddard left his wife at Riverrun while he went to fight in Robert's Rebellion.[4] Upon his return from the war, Catelyn greeted Ned with an infant Robb, and all returned to Winterfell, where Ned would rule as Lord and Robb was to be raised as his heir.

Growing up in Winterfell, Robb was on good terms with his younger siblings, and developed a friendly rivalry with his bastard half-brother, Jon Snow, who differs from Robb in appearance and personality.[2] Robb was also close with his father's ward, Theon Greyjoy, who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.[5]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Robb Stark captures Jaime Lannister - by Mathia Arkoniel ©

Robb attends the execution of Gared and is present when Jon Snow discovers a litter of six direwolf pups in the snow. He claims one of the direwolves for his own and names him Grey Wind.[2] Shortly after the king's court arrive at Winterfell, Robb spars with the crown prince Joffrey using wooden swords. Bad blood develops between the two when Joffrey challenges Robb to spar with live steel. Ser Rodrik Cassel, Winterfell's master-at-arms, does not allow it, to the mockery and chagrin of many of the present Lannister retainers.[6]

When his father Eddard is named Hand of the King and journeys south to King's Landing, Robb remains in Winterfell to rule in his father's stead with the help of his his mother, Catelyn Tully.[6] After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on Robb.[7] After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the Riverlands.[8][9] His motives are to support his mother's house, House Tully, in response to the invasion of Lannisters from the Westerlands, and with the ultimate goal of freeing Eddard Stark. His youth and experience is questioned by his father's bannermen, but he manages to unite them behind him.[8]

Upon learning that Riverrun has been besieged by a host led by Ser Jaime Lannister, whilst another force led by Lord Tywin Lannister approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of Lord Roose Bolton to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the Green Fork at the Twins with the majority of his horse.[9] His goal is to ride to and lift the siege of Riverrun. For allowing him crossing and his allegiance at the Twins, Lord Walder Frey extracts the price of a marriage contract, ensuring that Robb will marry a daughter of his house to be chosen after the war is finished.[10]

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, Ser Brynden Tully, he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the Whispering Wood, annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.[4] In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by a company of highborn warriors who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to lift the siege of Riverrun,[11] forcing Tywin's army, which had scored a victory against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to Harrenhal.[12]

Upon his lord father's execution at the command of King Joffrey Baratheon, effectively ending the possibility of peace between Stark and Lannister, Robb is crowned by his bannermen and the river lords as the King in the North.[11] The rivermen later grant him the title King of the Trident.[13]

A Clash of Kings

King Robb Stark and Grey Wind - by C.Griffin ©

Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends Theon Greyjoy, who fought with him in the Whispering Wood, to Pyke with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord Balon, against the Lannisters in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.[14] He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King Robert's younger brothers Stannis and Renly, both of whom have crowned themselves king.[15] Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the Baratheon brothers (witnessing Renly's assassination in the process), while Theon is rebuffed outright by Balon, who responds to the offer for peace with a large-scale invasion of the North.[16][17]

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the Westerlands, smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at Oxcross and winning battles at Ashemark and the Crag. At the Crag, Robb suffers a wound and is tended by Jeyne Westerling. There he learns that a small force led by his one-time friend, Theon Greyjoy, has taken Winterfell and murdered his younger brothers Bran and Rickon (though they were alive, in truth). Jeyne comforts him upon his hearing this news, which leads to his taking her maidenhood. In an effort to preserve her honor, Robb weds her immediately thereafter.[18] The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the west are furious and withdraw their support.[18]

A Storm of Swords

Robb returns to Riverrun with his new wife in tow, much to his mother's horror as, having pledged to wed a daughter of House Frey, this was not a slight that Lord Walder Frey is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: Ser Edmure Tully, his mother's eldest brother and acting Lord of the Riverlands whilst his father Hoster Tully lays on his deathbed, met Tywin Lannister's army as they attempted to cross the Red Fork at a ford near Riverrun and threw them back. While this prevented Tywin's force from approaching Robb's from the rear, Robb's plan had been to entangle the army in a chase while Stannis Baratheon marched on King's Landing. Being thrown back at Riverrun allowed Tywin's force to turn around and arrive at King's Landing in time for the Battle of the Blackwater, which turned the tide of the battle, and indeed the war, in the Lannister's favor.[18] With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the Westerlings; his loving wife, her brother Ser Raynald his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire Rollam. With all others, he is the solemn King in the North.

Additionally, Robb learns that in her grief over the supposed murder of two of her sons, Catelyn released Jaime Lannister from captivity and entrusted him with a mission to return her daughters Sansa and Arya to her, if possible.[18] This earns her the enmity of Lord Rickard Karstark, as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the Whispering Wood; Karstark required vengeance for their deaths. In response to his release, Karstark leads men to the cells of Riverrun and murders Tion Frey and Willem Lannister, two prisoners. For this crime, Robb sentences him to death and beheads Lord Rickard himself. Immediately after, the Karstark forces desert Robb's army.[19]

Robb is betrayed and murdered in front of his mother Catelyn at the Red Wedding - by nejna ©

After the death of Hoster Tully, Robb intends to return to the North, reclaim his territory, which has been conquered by the ironmen, and avenge the deaths of his brothers. Because he believes his brothers dead and Arya lost, and fearing that, by the laws of succession, were he to die without issue, Winterfell and the North would go to Tyrion Lannister (now Sansa's husband), Robb discusses the matter of his succession with his mother. To her chagrin, he suggests that, if he were to die, Jon Snow should succeed him. Shortly after, he sends Maege Mormont and Galbart Glover north to Greywater Watch each with a letter that contains false orders in order to protect Maege and Galbart if they are captured. They are being sent to Howland Reed to procure guides which will enable Robb to attack the ironborn unawares at Moat Cailin.

Robb marches back north to the Twins in order to gain passage for his army back across the Trident. Aware that he slighted Walder Frey in his marriage to Jeyne Westerling, he suggests that Edmure Tully wed one of Lord Walder's daughters in his stead, a proposal to which Edmure reluctantly agrees.[20] Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter Roslin to Edmure.[21]

Even though Grey Wind apparently senses the upcoming betrayal, Robb enters the Twins and the nuptials that later become known as the Red Wedding occur.[22] After the ceremony and the bedding, Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled sellswords into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with most of his companions and men. Catelyn watches Roose Bolton deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.[23] Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson Jinglebell and is killed shortly thereafter herself.[24] Grey Wind, who had been chained to placate the Freys, is also slain via crossbow bolts, his head removed and sewn onto Robb's body as a final insult to the King in the North.[25]

Quotes by Robb

Robb: I can’t release the Kingslayer, not even if I wanted to. My lords would never abide it.

Catelyn: Your lords made you their king.

Robb: And can unmake me just as easy. [14]

– Robb and Catelyn Tully


Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.[18]


I’ve made a botch of everything but the battles, haven’t I? I thought the battles would be the hard part, but ... if I had listened to you and kept Theon as my hostage, I’d still rule the north, and Bran and Rickon would be alive and safe in Winterfell.[18]

– Robb, to Catelyn Tully


Robb: Greatjon, keep Lord Karstark here till I return, and hang the other seven.

Greatjon: Even the dead ones?

Robb: Yes. I will not have such fouling my lord uncle’s rivers. Let them feed the crows.

One of the Captive: Mercy, sire. I killed no one, I only stood at the door to watch for guards.

Robb: Did you know what Lord Rickard intended? Did you see the knives drawn? Did you hear the shouts, the screams, the cries for mercy?

Captive: Aye, I did, but I took no part. I was only the watcher, I swear it...

Robb: Lord Umber, this one was only the watcher. Hang him last, so he may watch the others die.[19]

– Robb and Jon Umber (Greatjon)


Brynden: You know that for a certainty? That this will make young Karstark your enemy?

Robb: What else would he be? I am about to kill his father, he’s not like to thank me.

Brynden: He might. There are sons who hate their fathers, and in a stroke you will make him Lord of Karhold.

Robb: Even if Harrion were that sort, he could never openly forgive his father’s killer. His own men would turn on him. These are northmen, Uncle. The north remembers.[19]

– Robb and Brynden Tully


Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself ... swore to myself ... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies ... now I can’t even tell one from the other. How did it all get so confused? Lord Rickard’s fought at my side in half a dozen battles. His sons died for me in the Whispering Wood. Tion Frey and Willem Lannister were my enemies. Yet now I have to kill my dead friends’ father for their sakes.[19]


I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.[20]


Catelyn: You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the first Stark.

Robb: Never.

Catelyn: There is no shame in it. Balon Greyjoy bent the knee to Robert when his rebellion failed. Torrhen Stark bent the knee to Aegon the Conqueror rather than see his army face the fires.

Robb: Did Aegon kill King Torrhen’s father? [20]

– Robb and Catelyn Tully


If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.[21]

Quotes about Robb

No sword is strong until it’s been tempered, The Stark boy is a child. No doubt he likes the sound of warhorns well enough, and the sight of his banners fluttering in the wind, but in the end it comes down to butcher’s work. I doubt he has the stomach for it.[26]

Tywin Lannister


Varys: Cersei is frightened of you, my lord . . . but she has other enemies she fears even more. Her beloved Jaime is fighting the river lords even now. Lysa Arryn sits in the Eyrie, ringed in stone and steel, and there is no love lost between her and the queen. In Dorne, the Martells still brood on the murder of Princess Elia and her babes. And now your son marches down the Neck with a northern host at his back.

Eddard: Robb is only a boy.

Varys: A boy with an army.[27]

Varys and Eddard Stark


A wise man... and honorable.[4]

Jaime Lannister


There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The King in the North![11]

Jon Umber (Greatjon)


Robb Stark had won more battles in a year than the Lord of Highgarden had in twenty.[28]

Tyrion Lannister's thoughts


The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.[28]

Petyr Baelish


Yes, Lord Umber, leave me to the king. He means to give me a scolding before he forgives me. That’s how he deals with treason, our King in the North or should I call you the King Who Lost the North, Your Grace?[19]

Rickard Karstark


If you had to fall into a woman’s arms, my son, why couldn’t they have been Margaery Tyrell’s?[29]

Catelyn Tully's thoughts


He chose the girl’s honor over his own. Once he had deflowered her, he had no other course.[28]

Kevan Lannister


He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber.[30]

Jaime Lannister's thoughts

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beron
 
Lorra
Royce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donnor
 
Lyanne
Glover
 
 
Willam
 
Melantha
Blackwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artos
 
Lysara
Karstark
 
Berena
 
Alysanne
 
Errold
 
Rodrik
 
Arya
Flint
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandon
 
Edwyle
 
Marna
Locke
 
Jocelyn
 
Benedict
Royce
 
Brandon
 
Benjen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harrold
Rogers
 
Branda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issue
 
 
 
Issue
 
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Rickard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lyarra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandon
 
Catelyn
Tully
 
Eddard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
woman
 
Lyanna
 
Benjen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeyne
Westerling
 
Robb
 
Sansa
 
Tyrion
Lannister
 
Arya
 
Brandon
 
Rickon
 
Jon
Snow
 
 
 


References and Notes

  1. Cast and Crew on HBO
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran I.
  3. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II, p 156.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
  5. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
  6. 6.0 6.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 6, Catelyn II.
  7. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 24, Bran IV.
  8. 8.0 8.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
  9. 9.0 9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
  10. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59, Catelyn IX.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
  12. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
  13. A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
  14. 14.0 14.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
  15. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
  16. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
  17. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 24, Theon II.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 20, Catelyn III.
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
  21. 21.0 21.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
  22. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 49, Catelyn VI.
  23. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
  24. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 53, Tyrion VI.
  25. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
  26. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
  27. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 58, Eddard XV.
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
  29. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II, p 164.
  30. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 37, Jaime V.

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