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Talk:Robb Stark

2013-08-13T11:35:00Z

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==Quotes==
There are differences of opinion about the number of quotes that are shown on this page (and probably for others as well). The page is protected until this is solved. Please state your arguments and no personal attacks! [[User:Scafloc|Scafloc]] 11:58, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't understand why we need a page full of quotes both ''by'' and ''about'' Robb that essentially state the ''same'' thing. How many quotes do we need to establish that Robb is losing the war despite winning every battle? What my esteemed editor is not understanding is that this is not a personal attack; I'm not anti-Robb, anti-quote or even anti-Marco (yet), I'm simply trying to compact them into something more streamlined The quotes that remained after my edit were suitable enough for anyone to be able to glance and gain an insight into the kind of character he's portrayed as in the books. There are problems with excessive quotes on many pages, and my quote happy friend here is responsible for most of them (Stannis, for example). Winter is coming to the quote section.

I've placed this in bold, for obvious reasons.

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--[[User:TimeForChilli|TimeForChilli]] 12:38, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for that opportunity to talk Scafloc

for quotes, i think we should look at other pages too firstly, example, [[Stannis Baratheon]] page

some popular characters deserve this quotes, '''i didn't change any stannis quotes (maybe one or two) but there is lots of them when i found that page''' (this newbie timeforchilli is blaming me for that too look he has no idea about this wiki) and robb page has none quote when i found, after that i open even a [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/93399-quotes-about-by-robb/ topic in forum], so i find some of them, and work on them but this TimeForChilli saying 'i don't care your works' like he is a boss here (funny thing) and erasing this works, i don't understand why it is problem for any body who isn't anti-robb fan , people are looking this page for information and this quotes give them what they needs. thanks again. regards marco
--[[User:Marco|Marco]] 13:00, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

==How much quotes are ok?==
Please no personal attacks. That includes suggestion about the lack of [[w:Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith|good faith]] of other users. After your shouting match it is not strange that booth of you still feel some resentment to the other but expressing that is not getting us anywhere. 
I think the problem here is that is no clear policy about the number of quotes. [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/36598-character-pages/page__st__20#entry1804154 This post] is the first that addresses quotes. For me then the idea was: quotes are ok but not too much. You can see that the post is from 4 years ago and what was "too much" was never exactly specified. So Marco never went against any rules. He even [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/34958-the-asoiaf-wiki-thread/page__st__420#entry4750967 asked for feedback on the forum]. As only one person replied (and positively) he was perfectly justified in adding his quotes. On the other hand TimeForChilli has all right to question the uses of quotes; there still is no policy (just two remarks) and even if there was a policy you can always make suggestions for changes.

As I read it TimeForChilli does not question that quotes are being used but he argues against the number of quotes on the page. Marco argues that the quotes are suitable. 
@Marco do you agree that there is a maximum (absolute or relative to the length of the page) to the number of quotes that can be used? If not then the difference is too much and then we should take the discussion to the forum. If you agree to a maximum then can you specify what that is? 
@TimeForChilli what do you think is the maximum? And what quotes would you find suitable on the Robb Stark page. If you do not find any quotes suitable then the differences of opinion are unbridgeable and we should take this to the forum. I look forward to your reactions. And again no personal attacks, no suggestion of bad faith. [[User:Scafloc|Scafloc]] 20:58, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

You are right, ''I have no problem with quotes''; only their excessive use and questionable content. As it stands right now, Robb has 18 quotes both ''by'' and ''about''. By comparison, Ned has 16. See the problem? We should bear in mind that, as popular as Robb may be, he was not a POV character. As for suitable content, how many times do we need to read that he is losing the battle but winning the war? Quotes should offer a small insight into the character as depicted in the books, not give away plots. Not all readers (or viewers, in Marco's case) are up to the same point in the books. A quick glance at a quote on Robbs page potentially reveals: the deaths of Rickard Karstark (at Robb's hand) Tion Frey and Willem Lannister, and Robb's infidelity. In other words, too much. According to Marco the Kid, '''many''' (one) people are wildly in love with this idea, however:

{{Quote|people want to read this quotes, different persons talking about robb about different matters, as long as people love this quotes i will add it}}

What I was able to translate from that is "People love quotes, Therefore I will add 50". This is not Wikiquote, where an entire story is placed in point form. 10-12 quotes (total) for POV characters, 5 quotes (total) for the rest should to be more then adequate.
However, perhaps a separate tab could be arranged for quotes? I would be willing to contribute/moderate/assist in something like that.

--[[User:TimeForChilli|TimeForChilli]] 22:32, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 
 
:Giving someone a nickname is a personal and if it is not flattering then it is an attack. I have stated a number of times that this is not allowed. Do not ignore this! Also do not go into his motives. Just the arguments please!
:For your suggestions:
:*what you are saying is that there should not be multiple quotes about one topic; for instance Robb losing the war.
:*Another suggestion is that quotes should not contain spoilers. Spoilers have been discussed on the forum. The short summary is that they cannot be entirely evided. By having the article structure in paragraphs per book we can avoid some spoilers. In that regard having a separate paragraph after the paragraph discussing the books we can avoid the worst spoilers. Again feel free to address the spoiler policy. If you want to do that please do it on the forum as it has been discussed there before.
:*And as for the numbers: 10 - 12 for POV characters, 5 for others. Right?
:[[User:Scafloc|Scafloc]] 05:36, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

== Maximum Number ==
I don't agree about Pov and not Pov differences.
Stannis and Robb has no pov but they have many part in this book, and very popular characters, like Robert Baratheon like Tywin Lannister etc.... on the other hand there are some Pov characters many people dislike about it, like Cersei, Victorian, Theon(Reek) etc...

For maximum quote number i agree,
if TimeForChilli want to edit all of them, otherwise he shouldn't enter here like a boss and only changing robb page.

-I propose for all characters '''maximum''' 10 for 'by' and 10 for 'about' : '''total maximum 20''' is ok for me,
he was saying there is 50 quote but he never look attention to it i suppose, it was never exist 50 quote in there.
--[[User:Marco|Marco]] 11:14, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 
 

:*what you are saying is that there should not be multiple quotes about one topic; for instance Robb losing the war. '''Put simply: Yes. There will need to be exceptions for this, of course. Melisandre and Moqorro have a large amount of dialogue regarding R'hollor, for example.'''
:*Another suggestion is that quotes should not contain spoilers. Spoilers have been discussed on the forum. The short summary is that they cannot be entirely evided. By having the article structure in paragraphs per book we can avoid some spoilers. In that regard having a separate paragraph after the paragraph discussing the books we can avoid the worst spoilers. Again feel free to address the spoiler policy. If you want to do that please do it on the forum as it has been discussed there before. '''Spoilers on this site are unavoidable. What ''is'' avoidable, however, is people have that kind of information thrust in their face in quoted italics. Wylla Manderly quoting "He was our king! He was brave and just.." on Robbs page is an example of this. The fact that she is talking in past tense implies that Robb is no longer around. A newer reader may be able to realise this, but would likely have no idea even who Wylla is. This is a small spoiler. Reading something like "Jaime Lanniser sends his regards", on the other hand, has a massive spoiler potential, especially considering who said it. You get the idea.'''
:*And as for the numbers: 10 - 12 for POV characters, 5 for others. Right? '''Right. 5-7 is fine. Doubtless there will be some non-POV characters (Sandor, for example) who are more deserving of more quotes than others (Podrick, for instance).'''

--[[User:TimeForChilli|TimeForChilli]] 11:35, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Robb Stark

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User:TimeForChilli

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Talk:Robb Stark

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User:Marco

2013-08-12T12:15:28Z

TimeForChilli:

How many quotes does a page need? There were far too many.

Yes, I "decide this". People are looking for articles, not your 50 irrelevant quotes on Robb Stark, and I certainly don't need to ask your permission before I edit. You are correct; I really ''don't'' care how many hours you've contributed. Do you think you are the only one? Perhaps you feel as though I removed some of those quotes out of spite. This is not the case. My goal (and hopefully yours) is to streamline and make sure these articles (particularly the popular ones) are of a constant (and high) standard. That does not involve endless, out of context quotes. Now, dry your tears.

I'm ignorant? You're an idiot. Go back to watching the TV show kid. Thank you for pointing out Stannis, however, that is an article that needs attention. Look at the quotes you have for Robb - 3 of them say effectively the same thing (he's won the battles but losing the war). Are they needed? Not really. Look at the quotes that I have left. They do the same job. Do you understand that I'm not trying to "fight" you?

My like (or dislike) of Robb is not the issue (Like,not that it matters). I'm not going to keep discussing this with you; I'm clearly wasting my time. Time spent better deleting quotes. Nice work calling me kid after I called you kid, by the way. That hurt.

Robb Stark

2013-08-12T10:50:30Z

TimeForChilli: Reverted edits by Marco (talk) to last revision by TimeForChilli

{{Infobox monarch
| name = [[Robb Stark]] [[file:House_Stark.PNG|50px|left]][[File:MiniStark Robb.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:robb_stark_by_riavel.jpg|250px|Robb Stark by Riavel©]]
| image_caption = Robb Stark by [http://riavel.deviantart.com/ Riavel©] '
| reign = {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| coronation =
| othertitles = King in the North King of the Trident 
Lord of Winterfell
| fullname = Robb Stark
| alias = The Young Wolf The King Who Lost the North
| predecessor = None since [[Torrhen Stark]]
| successor = None
| suc-type =
| heir = [[Bran Stark]] (believed dead)
| queen = [[Jeyne Westerling]]
| consort =
| spouse1 =
| issue =
| royalhouse = [[House Stark]]
| dynasty =
| royalanthem =
| father = [[Eddard Stark]]
| mother = [[Catelyn Tully]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|283}}
| placeofbirth = [[Riverrun]]
| dateofdeath = {{Date|299}}
| placeofdeath = [[The Twins]]
| dateofburial =
| placeofburial =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Richard Madden,Robb Stark|Richard Madden]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

'''Robb Stark''' is the eldest son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and the heir to [[Winterfell]] and the [[North]]. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raises his banners and marches south with a host to aid his allies in the [[Riverlands]] and to free his father. After his father's execution, he is named [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|Trident]] by his followers. He is called the '''Young Wolf''' by many of his followers and foes alike. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Richard Madden.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Cast and Crew] on HBO</ref>

==Appearance & Personality==
[[File:Robb Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark by [http://aniaem.deviantart.com/ Anja Delisa©]]]
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Robb Stark|this collection of images]].
Robb's appearance favours his [[House Tully|Tully]] side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is graceful and quick. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

When he is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, 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. {{Ref|asos|14|p 156}}

Robb is his [[Ned Stark|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 born in [[Riverrun]], presumably the product of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|aGoT|63}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|1}} Robb was also close with his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.{{ref|aCoK|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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]].{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Shortly after the king's court arrive at [[Winterfell]], Robb spars with the crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]] retainers.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}

When [[Eddard Stark|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 [[Catelyn Tully|mother]].{{ref|aGoT|6}} After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on him.{{ref|aGoT|24}} After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the [[Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|53}}{{ref|aGoT|55}} His motives are to support his mother's house, [[House Tully]], in response to the invasion of [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from the [[Westerlands|West]], 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.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

Upon learning that [[Riverrun]] has been besieged by a host led by [[Jaime Lannister]], whilst another force led by [[Tywin Lannister]] approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of [[Roose Bolton]] to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the [[Trident#Green Fork|Green Fork]] at the [[Twins]] with the majority of his horse.{{ref|aGoT|55}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|59}}

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, [[Brynden Tully]], he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.{{ref|aGoT|63}} In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by [[Robb's personal guard|a company of highborn warriors]] who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to [[Battle of the Camps|lift]] the siege of Riverrun,{{ref|aGoT|71}} forcing Tywin's army, which had [[Battle of the Green Fork|scored a victory]] against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|aGoT|69}}

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 riverlords as the [[King in the North]].{{ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]], who fought with him in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], to [[Pyke]] with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.{{ref|aCoK|7}} He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s younger brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have crowned themselves king.{{ref|aCoK|22}} Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the [[House Baratheon|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]].{{ref|aCoK|33}}{{ref|aCoK|24}}

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the [[Westerlands]], smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and winning battles at [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and [[Battle of the Crag|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 [[Battle of Winterfell|taken Winterfell]] and murdered his younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|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.{{ref|aSoS|14}} The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the West are furious and withdraw their support.{{ref|aSoS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The Red Wedding Fin.JPG|300px|thumb|The Red Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
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|Walder Frey]] is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: [[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 [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] at a ford near Riverrun and [[Battle of the Fords|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]]'s favor.{{ref|aSoS|14}} With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]]; his loving wife, her brother [[Raynald Westerling|Ser Raynald]] his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire [[Rollam Westerling|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 Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to her, if possible.{{ref|aSoS|14}} This earns her the enmity of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|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.{{ref|aSoS|20}}

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 Iron born 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.{{ref|aSoS|35}} Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] to Edmure.{{ref|aSoS|45}}

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.{{ref|aSoS|49}} After the ceremony and the [[bedding]], Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled [[sellsword]]s into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches [[Roose Bolton]] deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.{{ref|aSoS|51}} Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson [[Jinglebell]] and is killed shortly thereafter herself.{{ref|aSoS|53}} 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.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

==Quotes by Robb==
{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the [[Torrhen Stark|first Stark]].

'''Robb:''' Never.

'''Catelyn:''' There is no shame in it. [[Balon Greyjoy]] bent the knee to [[Robert Baratheon|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? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|Lord Umber, this one was only the watcher. Hang him last, so he may watch the others die.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}

{{Quote|I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.{{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}

==Quotes about Robb==

{{Quote|There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The [[King in the North]]! {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]]

{{Quote|He was our king! He was brave and good. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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User:Marco

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TimeForChilli:

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TimeForChilli:

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{{Infobox monarch
| name = [[Robb Stark]] [[file:House_Stark.PNG|50px|left]][[File:MiniStark Robb.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:robb_stark_by_riavel.jpg|250px|Robb Stark by Riavel©]]
| image_caption = Robb Stark by [http://riavel.deviantart.com/ Riavel©] '
| reign = {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| coronation =
| othertitles = King in the North King of the Trident 
Lord of Winterfell
| fullname = Robb Stark
| alias = The Young Wolf The King Who Lost the North
| predecessor = None since [[Torrhen Stark]]
| successor = None
| suc-type =
| heir = [[Bran Stark]] (believed dead)
| queen = [[Jeyne Westerling]]
| consort =
| spouse1 =
| issue =
| royalhouse = [[House Stark]]
| dynasty =
| royalanthem =
| father = [[Eddard Stark]]
| mother = [[Catelyn Tully]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|283}}
| placeofbirth = [[Riverrun]]
| dateofdeath = {{Date|299}}
| placeofdeath = [[The Twins]]
| dateofburial =
| placeofburial =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Richard Madden,Robb Stark|Richard Madden]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

'''Robb Stark''' is the eldest son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and the heir to [[Winterfell]] and the [[North]]. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raises his banners and marches south with a host to aid his allies in the [[Riverlands]] and to free his father. After his father's execution, he is named [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|Trident]] by his followers. He is called the '''Young Wolf''' by many of his followers and foes alike. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Richard Madden.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Cast and Crew] on HBO</ref>

==Appearance & Personality==
[[File:Robb Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark by [http://aniaem.deviantart.com/ Anja Delisa©]]]
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Robb Stark|this collection of images]].
Robb's appearance favours his [[House Tully|Tully]] side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is graceful and quick. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

When he is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, 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. {{Ref|asos|14|p 156}}

Robb is his [[Ned Stark|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 born in [[Riverrun]], presumably the product of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|aGoT|63}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|1}} Robb was also close with his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.{{ref|aCoK|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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]].{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Shortly after the king's court arrive at [[Winterfell]], Robb spars with the crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]] retainers.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}

When [[Eddard Stark|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 [[Catelyn Tully|mother]].{{ref|aGoT|6}} After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on him.{{ref|aGoT|24}} After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the [[Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|53}}{{ref|aGoT|55}} His motives are to support his mother's house, [[House Tully]], in response to the invasion of [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from the [[Westerlands|West]], 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.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

Upon learning that [[Riverrun]] has been besieged by a host led by [[Jaime Lannister]], whilst another force led by [[Tywin Lannister]] approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of [[Roose Bolton]] to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the [[Trident#Green Fork|Green Fork]] at the [[Twins]] with the majority of his horse.{{ref|aGoT|55}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|59}}

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, [[Brynden Tully]], he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.{{ref|aGoT|63}} In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by [[Robb's personal guard|a company of highborn warriors]] who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to [[Battle of the Camps|lift]] the siege of Riverrun,{{ref|aGoT|71}} forcing Tywin's army, which had [[Battle of the Green Fork|scored a victory]] against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|aGoT|69}}

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 riverlords as the [[King in the North]].{{ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]], who fought with him in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], to [[Pyke]] with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.{{ref|aCoK|7}} He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s younger brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have crowned themselves king.{{ref|aCoK|22}} Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the [[House Baratheon|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]].{{ref|aCoK|33}}{{ref|aCoK|24}}

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the [[Westerlands]], smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and winning battles at [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and [[Battle of the Crag|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 [[Battle of Winterfell|taken Winterfell]] and murdered his younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|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.{{ref|aSoS|14}} The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the West are furious and withdraw their support.{{ref|aSoS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The Red Wedding Fin.JPG|300px|thumb|The Red Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
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|Walder Frey]] is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: [[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 [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] at a ford near Riverrun and [[Battle of the Fords|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]]'s favor.{{ref|aSoS|14}} With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]]; his loving wife, her brother [[Raynald Westerling|Ser Raynald]] his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire [[Rollam Westerling|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 Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to her, if possible.{{ref|aSoS|14}} This earns her the enmity of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|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.{{ref|aSoS|20}}

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 Iron born 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.{{ref|aSoS|35}} Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] to Edmure.{{ref|aSoS|45}}

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.{{ref|aSoS|49}} After the ceremony and the [[bedding]], Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled [[sellsword]]s into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches [[Roose Bolton]] deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.{{ref|aSoS|51}} Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson [[Jinglebell]] and is killed shortly thereafter herself.{{ref|aSoS|53}} 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.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

==Quotes by Robb==

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' I can’t release [[Jaime Lannister|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. {{Ref|acok|7}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}

{{Quote|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.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}} - Robb to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|
'''Blackfish:''' You know that for a certainty? That this will make [[Harrion Karstark|young Karstark]] your enemy?

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

'''Blackfish:''' 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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Blackfish]]

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}

{{Quote|I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.{{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the [[Torrhen Stark|first Stark]].
'''Robb:''' Never.

'''Catelyn:''' There is no shame in it. [[Balon Greyjoy]] bent the knee to [[Robert Baratheon|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? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' Is that why you freed the [[Jaime Lannister|Kingslayer]]? To make a peace with the Lannisters?

'''Catelyn:''' I freed Jaime for Sansa’s sake ... and Arya’s, if she still lives. You know that. But if I nurtured some hope of buying peace as well, was that so ill?

'''Robb:''' Yes, The Lannisters killed my father.

'''Catelyn:''' Do you think I have forgotten that?

'''Robb:''' I don’t know. Have you? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}}

==Quotes about Robb==

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aGoT|56}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] before [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|battle of the Whispering Wood]]

{{Quote|'''Varys:''' [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] is frightened of you, my lord . . . but she has other enemies she fears even more. Her beloved [[Jaime Lannister|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, [[House Martell|the Martells]] still brood on the murder of Princess [[Elia Martell|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. {{Ref|aGoT|58}}}}
- [[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]

{{Quote|A wise man... and honorable.{{Ref|aGoT|63}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The [[King in the North]]! {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|Robb Stark had won more battles in a year than the [[Mace Tyrell|Lord of Highgarden]] had in twenty.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]]

{{Quote|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?{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- [[Rickard Karstark]]

{{Quote|If you had to fall [[Jeyne Westerling|into a woman’s arms]], my son, why couldn’t they have been [[Margaery Tyrell]]’s? {{Ref|asos|14|p 164}}}} - [[Catelyn]]’s thoughts

{{Quote|He chose [[Jeyne Westerling|the girl]]’s honor over his own. Once he had deflowered her, he had no other course. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Kevan Lannister]]

{{Quote|Jeyne Westerling is [[Sybell Spicer|her mother]]’s daughter, and Robb Stark is [[Eddard Stark|his father]]’s son. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}
- [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|'''Brienne:''' King Robb has won every battle,
'''Roose:''' Won every battle, while losing the Freys, the Karstarks, Winterfell, and the north.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}}} - [[Roose Bolton]] to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|The boy was too wary in the field. He kept his men in good order, and surrounded himself with outriders and bodyguards. {{Ref|aSoS|53}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] justifies [[Red Wedding]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' My brother Robb was [[King in the North]] . . .
'''Stannis:''' Your brother was the rightful Lord of [[Winterfell]]. If he had stayed home and done his duty, instead of crowning himself and riding off to [[King of the Trident|conquer the riverlands]], he might be alive today. Be that as it may. You are not Robb, no more than I am Robert.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' I loved my brother,
'''Stannis:''' And I mine. Yet they were what they were, and so are we. I am the only true king in Westeros, north or south. And you are Ned Stark’s bastard. [[Tywin Lannister]] has named Roose Bolton his [[Warden of the North]], to reward him for betraying your brother.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|When Robb Stark took up arms against the bastard [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey-called-Baratheon]], [[White Harbor]] marched with him. Lord Stark has fallen, but his war goes on. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos]]

{{Quote|He was our king! He was brave and good. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

{{Quote|And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by [[House Frey|the Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|aDwD|46}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]]'s thoughts

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Horn Hill

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'''Horn Hill''' is the seat of [[House Tarly]] in the [[Reach]]. There is a pond that lies below the castle.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 15|Chapter 15]], Samwell</ref> It lies a hundred leagues northeast of [[Oldtown]] among the thickly-wooded foothills of the [[Red Mountains]] of [[Dorne]].<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 45|Chapter 45]], Samwell</ref> Given the Tarly sigil and [[Randyll Tarly|Lord Randyll]]'s threats to kill [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]] while hunting, it may be surmised that the woods around Horn Hill are teeming with game.

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Sansa Stark

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| image = [[File:Sansa Stark.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Amoka©
| Alias = Little Bird Alayne Stone Lady Lannister
| Title = Princess of Winterfell
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]] 
[[House Baelish of Harrenhal]] (as Alayne)
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse = [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|286}}
| Place_of_Death =
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (POV) [[A Clash of Kings]] (POV) [[A Storm of Swords]] (POV) [[A Feast for Crows]] (POV) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned) [[The Winds of Winter]] (POV)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Sophie Turner,Sansa Stark|Sophie Turner]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

[[File:Sansa Stark and Joffrey Baratheon HBO.png|thumb|350px|Sansa and her prince charming, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]].]]
[[File: Sir_Heartsalot_SandorSansa.jpg|[[The Hound]] giving Sansa advice - by Sir-Heartsalot ©|thumb|280px|right]]
[[File:Sansa Stark HBO.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa pleading for her father's life, gaining "mercy".]]
[[File:Ned's execution.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa realises her father is to be executed.]]

'''Sansa Stark''' is the elder daughter of [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] and [[Eddard Stark]]. She has three brothers ([[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]), a younger sister, [[Arya Stark|Arya]], and a half-brother, [[Jon Snow]]. Sansa Stark is one of the major [[POV Character|POV Characters]] in the books. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], she is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Sophie Turner,Sansa Stark|Sophie Turner]].

==Character and Appearance==
Sansa is traditionally beautiful, taking after her mother's family ([[House Tully|the Tullys]]) with her high cheekbones, vivid blue eyes and thick auburn hair. She is eleven years old at the start of the series. As she has grown up, her figure has been described as tall, graceful and womanly.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}

Sansa was raised a lady, and possesses the traditional feminine graces of her milieu, with a keen interest in music, poetry, singing, dancing, embroidery, and other traditional feminine activities. Like many girls her age, Sansa is enthralled by songs and stories of romance and adventure, particularly those depicting handsome princes, honorable [[knight]]s, chivalry, and love.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} Initially those song and stories were Sansa's vision of the world beyond Winterfell, a world she desperately wishes to experience, but she was later disabused of such innocent romanticized notions.

Sansa's relationship with her sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]] is often strained, and the two are opposites in most respects. She was briefly accompanied by a [[direwolf]] pup named [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]]. She is fond of lemoncakes. 
[[:Category:Images of Sansa Stark|See this collection of images]].
==History==

Sansa is the eldest daughter and second child of [[Catelyn_Stark|Lady Catelyn]] and [[Eddard_Stark|Lord Eddard]] Stark, head of [[House Stark]] and [[Warden of The North|Warden]] of the [[North]]. She was born and raised at [[Winterfell]]. In her eleven years, she learns the duties of a noble daughter and is tutored by septa [[Mordane]] in the traditional womanly arts. Sansa has a younger sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]]. She has an older brother, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], and two younger brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. She has a bastard half-brother, [[Jon Snow]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===

With her father's appointment as [[Hand of the King]], Sansa is delighted at the prospect of life at court in [[King's Landing]] and is thrilled by her betrothal to the handsome Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. On their journey to the capital, Joffrey courts Sansa at his mother's insistence. The two are walking together when they come upon her sister [[Arya]] playing at swords with the boy [[Mycah]]. Joffrey draws his sword and threatens Mycah, but Arya fights with him; her direwolf [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]] disarms and superficially wounds him.{{Ref|aGoT|15}}

Later recounting the tale to [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]], Arya tells the truth while Joffrey lies, saying that Mycah, Arya, and Nymeria attacked him without provocation. Sansa, not wishing to betray her future husband, lies and refuses to verify either story, pleading that she doesn't remember. [[Cersei Lannister]] uses the opportunity to insist that the direwolf that attacked her son be killed. Arya, having anticipated this, had driven Nymeria away; as a result, to assuage the Queen, Sansa's direwolf Lady is killed instead.{{Ref|aGoT|16}}

In [[King's Landing]], Sansa feuds with her sister, placing the majority of the blame on Arya for her direwolf's death. She remains infatuated with Joffrey, largely overlooking his violent mood swings, and develops a close relationship with Queen [[Cersei]] as well. Attending the Tourney celebrating her father's appointment as Hand, she finds many of her notions of [[knight]]ly valor and chivalry reinforced, seeing the events as worthy of one of her favored stories. She also develops a crush on [[Loras Tyrell]], the [[Loras Tyrell|The Knight of Flowers]]; when he gives her a red rose, she is certain she is living in a romantic song {{Ref|aGoT|20}}.

After her father discovers the truth of Joffrey's parentage and tells his daughters that he is returning them to [[Winterfell]], Sansa, in an act of defiance, runs to the Queen and tells her of her father's plans, pleading that she might be allowed to stay and marry Joffrey. Her doing so unwittingly aids Cersei's plot against her father.{{Ref|aGoT|44}}{{Ref|aGoT|50}} After Lord Eddard's arrest, Sansa is forced to call her father a traitor. She pleads in front of the king and his retainers for mercy. Joffrey, now King after Robert's death, promises to be merciful, but on the steps of Baelor's sept orders Eddard's execution as Sansa helplessly looks on.

Even after Eddard's beheading, Cersei declares that Joffrey should still be [[Marriage|married]] to Sansa upon her flowering. Sansa, now horrified at the prospect and only wanting to return home, nevertheless has no choice but to remain in Kings Landing during the deteriorating situation, as a hostage, and denounce her father and brother as traitors.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Now effectively a hostage in the Red Keep, Sansa armors herself in her lady's courtesies as she dutifully goes through the motions of denouncing her family as traitors and pleading to them for peace.

Joffrey frequently orders her to be beaten by his [[Kingsguard]] as punishment for actions taken by her brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] in his rebellion. On one occasion he orders her to be stripped naked at court, and on another he shows her her father's head, which has been placed on a spike on the [[Red Keep]]. This prompts her to consider an attempt to kill him, but the action is prevented by [[Sandor Clegane]], who sees her intention and subtly stops her.

At a tourney celebrating Joffrey's name day, at which there is only a small crowd and few competitors, she realises she has lost her romantic notions about knightly and courtly love. At the tourney, a knight by the name of Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] disgraces himself by showing up too drunk to compete. Joffrey decides that he should be killed, causing a horrified Sansa to thoughtlessly speak out. Before Joffrey can lash out at her for contradicting him, Sansa makes up a convincing lie which Sandor Clegane backs up; Sansa also pleads successfully with the king to spare Dontos. A placated Joffrey instead merely strips him of his knighthood and makes him a court fool, as Sansa suggested.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

[[Tyrion Lannister]] treats her with surprising kindness, and his arrival in the city and assumption of the position of acting Hand of the King sees an end to the more overt abuses directed at Sansa. Sansa also develops a unique relationship with Sandor, who despite his brusque words and hideous demeanor treats her gently and refuses to beat her at Joffrey's command. He privately mocks her for her naive nature but also displays sympathy for her predicament. Sandor saves her life during the [[Riot of King's Landing]]. Tyrion panics when he thinks she has been lost during the rioting, when her sworn shield abandons her to save himself.

One night Sansa finds a note in her room, directing her to come to the godswood if she wants to go home. It is from Dontos, who promises that a plan is in place to free her from the Lannisters and bring her to Winterfell. Wary of a trap, she nevertheless agrees to Dontos's promise, who in turn counsels patience and perseverance.{{Ref|aCoK|19}} Feigning a newfound piety to the [[old gods]], Sansa makes frequent trips to the Godswood to meet with Dontos, at first seeing him as a gallant rescuer who seeks redemption for the shame he brought upon himself, though she eventually comes to doubt his competence.
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As [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s army approached the city, Sansa experienced her first [[flowering]], making her officially a woman.{{Ref|aCoK|52}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] Sansa takes refuge with many of the other ladies of the court in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], where she remains strong and attempts to calm many of the other frightened women, despite the bitter and cynical words of a drunk Cersei, who spends her time there by snipping at Sansa and the other attendant ladies before storming out. After the battle, Sandor Clegane, who had been broken during the fighting, drunkenly offers to take Sansa with him as he flees the city. She refuses, and he makes her sing for him at knifepoint. {{Ref|aCoK|62}} Later on, Sansa remembers [[UnKiss|something else]] happening.

After the Lannister victory, it is announced that Sansa's betrothal to Joffrey is at an end, for the Crown's alliance with [[House Tyrell]] includes a marriage pact between Joffrey and [[Margaery Tyrell]]. Joffrey assures her that he will still get to have her sexually, stating as a king can take whomever he wants to bed. Sansa remains in King's Landing, still a hostage to the Lannisters; Dontos assures her that the plan to get her home is still in place after the wedding, giving her a hairnet adorned with purple amethysts.{{Ref|aCoK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Flawed by algesiras.jpg|thumb|351px|Sansa's wedding to the Imp.]]
[[File:Sansa_by_akizhao.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa as Alayne Stone in the gardens of the [[Eyrie]]. Art by Akizhao.]]

Sansa is asked to sup with [[Margaery Tyrell]] and her grandmother [[Olenna Redwyne]]. She is escorted to dinner by Loras who takes her breath away with his beauty and compliments. She refers back to the rose he gave her at the tourney in honour of her father, but he appears to have forgotten her and the rose. She tries to draw out further small talk, inadvertently offending Loras by saying it must be hard for his sister that [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] died, not realising that they were lovers.

Loras leaves her at the dinner, where she is warmly welcomed by the Tyrell women. Over dinner, Olenna tries to find out more about Joffery; with some coaxing and the arrangement of a distraction to prevent any spies from overhearing, Sansa confesses to them that Joffrey is a monster and begs Margaery not to marry him. Margaery insists that she will be safe with her brother [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]]'s addition to the [[Kingsguard]], and brushes off the concerns.

The Tyrell women raise the possibility of Sansa being freed from King's Landing and taken to [[Highgarden]] to be married to the Tyrell heir [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]]. Willis is crippled, but kind, intelligent, and capable. Sansa readily agrees, anxious to be free of the Lannisters, and becomes friends with Margaery for a time.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

She shares with Ser Dontos the Tyrell plot, and Ser Dontos advises her against it, fearfully noting that the Tyrells are not as gentle as they seem. Sansa, frustrated with the apparent lack of progress in Dontos's own supposed plans, disregards his warnings. However, he informs his employer [[Petyr Baelish]] of the plot, who in turn informs the Lannisters.

Not wishing to lose their hostage, [[Tywin Lannister]] acts quickly to marry Sansa to [[Tyrion Lannister]] against the wishes of both parties. Sansa, now thirteen, does her best to hide her feelings toward her disfigured dwarf husband, remaining courteous to him despite her disgust with his physical appearance. Tyrion does not require that she consummate the marriage, for which Sansa is grateful, {{ref|asos|28}} particularly after learning of her brother and mother's death at the [[Red Wedding]]. {{ref|asos|59}}

Dontos insists that Sansa wear the hairnet he gave to her earlier to the wedding between Joffrey and Margaery, which she does. When Joffrey chokes and dies at the wedding feast, Sansa flees and meets with Dontos. He escorts her to a boat that takes her to a ship, where [[Petyr Baelish]] greets her. Baelish explains to Sansa that Joffrey's death was due to a poison that had been smuggled into the feast ,disguised as of one of the amethysts on her hairnet, and shares with Sansa some of the details of the plot between himself and Olenna Redwyne to kill Joffrey. Littlefinger also has Dontos killed and dumped overboard, explaining that while he had played his part well, a drunk such as Dontos could never be entrusted to keep such sensitive information secret for long. {{ref|asos|61}}

Taking Sansa with him to his meager personal holdings, the original 'little finger' of land in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], Baelish dyes Sansa's hair black and coaches her on a story to pass her off as his bastard daughter Alayne Stone, so as to avoid detection. Sansa was wanted as [[Tyrion]]'s accomplice in connection with Joffrey's death. On the Fingers, Sansa's aunt [[Lysa Arryn]] meets with them and weds Petyr. {{ref|asos|68}}

After the wedding, the three travel to her seat at the [[Eyrie]]. There Sansa is revealed to Lysa as her niece and Lysa agrees to assist in the coverup providing her with hair dye to colour her most obvious Tully feature, her auburn hair. Lysa also proposes to wed Sansa to her sickly son Robert. Sansa is appalled by this, but keeps her true feelings to herself. She finds herself having to comfort young Robert, who is no longer able to share his mother's bed, since Petyr is in it. Robert frequently crawls into her bed and she is disgusted by his shaking sickness, which often leads him to wet her bed. Increasingly resembling a grown woman, she finds herself prey to the sexual advances of Lysa's bard [[Marillion]], whom she denies.

Sansa is homesick in the [[Eyrie]]. When snow falls in the courtyard where the godswood wouldn't grow, she makes an elaborate snow fort, which eventually takes the shape of Winterfell. She is surprised when Lord Baelish helps her and kisses her. Before she has time to digest what just happened, Robert comes out and destroys the castle which upsets her even more. She rips his doll and he goes into a shaking spell.

It turns out that Lysa witnessed the kiss and in a fit of jealous rage attempts to kill Sansa by shoving her out of the [[Moon Door]]. Littlefinger arrives in time to intervene, and shoves Lysa out of the Moon Door to her death, framing [[Marillion]] for the murder and involving Sansa in the cover-up. {{ref|asos|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brienne]] of Tarth begins her quest to find Sansa Stark.

During [[Cersei Lannister]]’s meeting with the new [[Small Council]] the discussion turns to Sansa Stark, the apparent heir to [[Winterfell]], and her whereabouts. [[Cersei]] announces that she ought to have shown Sansa to the black cells as the daughter of a traitor, but instead she made her part of her own household.

Cersei then goes on to say that Sansa shared her hearth and hall and played with her own children. And that she fed and dressed Sansa and tried to make her a little less ignorant of the world. Cersei then states that Sansa repaid her kindness by helping to murder her son. She then tells the council when they find [[Tyrion|the Imp]] they will find the Lady Sansa too. Cersei then announces that Sansa is not dead … but promises that before she is done with her she will be ''“singing to the [[Faith of the Seven|Stranger]], begging for his kiss”''. An awkward silence from the [[Small Council]] follows. {{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Meanwhile, after Lysa's death Sansa, still in the guise of "[[Alayne Stone]]", becomes the ''de facto'' Lady of the [[Eyrie]], comforting her sickly young cousin Lord [[Robert Arryn|Robert]] while being tutored by Lord Baelish in some of the finer points of courtly intrigue.

When [[Lyn Corbray]] draws his sword during a parlay between Petyr and the [[Lords Declarant]], and Baelish leverages the breach of etiquette to demand a trial period of regency over the little Lord Robert, Sansa correctly surmises that Corbray is under Baelish's employ, which Baelish confirms. Petyr then reveals his plans to Sansa for eventual marriage to the Arryn heir after Robert, [[Harrold Hardyng]], and an eventual plan to reveal her true identity and to reclaim [[Winterfell]] in her name.

==Quotes by Sansa==
{{Quote|[[The Hound]] is right . . . I am only a little bird, repeating the words they taught me. {{Ref|aGoT|67}}}}

{{Quote|No one will ever marry me for love. {{Ref|asos|68|p 776}}}}

==Quotes about Sansa==
{{Quote|''"You’re like one of those birds from the [[Summer Isles]], aren’t you? A pretty little talking bird, repeating all the pretty little words they taught you to recite".'' {{Ref|aGoT|29}}}} - [[Sandor Clegane]], to [[Sansa]]

{{Quote|“Get her a dog, she’ll be happier for it.” {{Ref|AGOT|16}}}} – [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|''"She lost [[Lady (direwolf)|her wolf]]"'' {{Ref|aGoT|53}}}} - [[Bran]] to [[Robb]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
{{References|3}}
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Morgan Liddle

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[[Morgan Liddle]] is the second son of Lord [[Torren Liddle]], known as The Liddle, or clan chief of [[House Liddle]], a mountain clan in the [[North]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Appendix (A Dance with Dragons)|Appendix]]</ref>
The other [[northmen|wolves]] call him ''Middle Liddle'', though not often in his hearing.
==Recent Events==
===A Dance with Dragons===
Morgan took part in the battle by [[Deepwood Motte]] where he almost slew [[Asha Greyjoy]]. Later, during the march to [[Winterfell]], he apologises to Asha for calling her a ''cunt'' in his battle lust; rather than for trying to split her head open with an axe.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Ned]]’s girl.}}

==References and Notes==
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Benjen Stark

2013-08-11T09:15:20Z

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[[File:Benjen_Stark.PNG|270px|thumb|Joseph Mawle as Benjen Stark from the [[Game of Thrones|TV series.]]]]

{{See homonyms | Benjen Stark (disambiguation)}}

'''Benjen Stark''' is the younger brother of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and a sworn brother of the [[Night's Watch]]. He is the First Ranger, or leader of the rangers, of the Night's Watch.
==Appearance==
He has sharp features and blue eyes. He is very thin.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], Jon</ref>
==History==
Benjen attended, with his siblings, the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. At the tournament [[Lyanna Stark|his sister]] rescued their vassal, [[Howland Reed]], from an attack by some squires. Benjen offered Reed a horse and some armor so he could challenge his attackers. During the feast he teased Lyanna when she cried for the song of the [[Rhaegar Targaryen|dragon prince]]. <ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Bran</ref> During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Benjen was the Stark in Winterfell. He joined the Night's Watch shortly after for reasons unknown.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Benjen wrote a letter to Eddard at Winterfell updating his brother on the strength of the Night's Watch and the threat of [[Mance Rayder]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 2|Chapter 2]], Catelyn</ref> When King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] visits Winterfell the Starks give a feast in his honour. Benjen is present as well. He talks with [[Jon Snow|Jon]] and the boy asks to be allowed to join the Night's Watch. Benjen tells Jon to wait a few years until he is certain but Jon insists.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], Jon</ref>
When back at [[the Wall]] Benjen is busy with his duties as First Ranger and does not have much time for Jon. He reminds Jon that the men of the Night's Watch leave their families and loyalties behind when they join the brotherhood.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 19|Chapter 19]], Jon</ref>

Later, Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]] sends Benjen with a force of rangers to find Ser [[Waymar Royce]], who has not returned after a ranging.{{Ref|aGoT|Prologue}} Benjen has not been heard from since then. The men of the Watch speculate about his fate; that is one of the motivations for the [[The Great Ranging|Great Ranging]] of Jeor Mormont.
==Quotes==
{{Quote|“The children will help him, the [[children of the forest]]!” {{ref|AGOT|24}}}} - [[Bran Stark]], on Benjen Stark who is missing beyond the wall
==Family==
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[[File:BenjenStarkbyWouterBruneel.jpg|270px|thumb|Benjen Stark by [http://www.wbruneel.com/IllustrationPortfolio.html Wouter Bruneel].]]

==References and Notes==
{{References|3}}

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Brandon Stark

2013-08-11T09:11:18Z

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{{See homonyms | Brandon Stark (disambiguation)}}

'''Brandon Stark''', older brother to [[Eddard Stark]], [[Lyanna Stark]] and [[Benjen Stark]], was the original heir to [[Winterfell]] prior to [[Robert's Rebellion]].

==Appearance and Character==
Brandon was in appearance and character very different from Eddard.{{Ref|aSoS|45}} He was rather hot-blooded, something his younger brother described as coming from the wolfblood. He shared this trait with [[Lyanna Stark|his sister]].{{Ref|aGoT|22}} Brandon was tall and handsome, and was an excellent swordsman and jouster.

==History==

Brandon was fostered at [[Barrowton]] with Lord Dustin, father of [[Willam Dustin]], but he spent most his time riding the [[Rills]]. In his youth, he took the maidenhead of [[Barbrey Ryswell]], who was infatuated with him.

Brandon was betrothed to [[Catelyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]], but [[Petyr Baelish]], a ward of Catelyn's father, also loved Catelyn and challenged Brandon to a duel for her hand. Brandon won their duel, but did not kill Petyr, in concession to Catelyn's pleas.{{Ref|aGoT|18}}{{Ref|aGoT|40}}

At the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Brandon was unhorsed by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|aGoT|58}} It was implied that in the tournament of Harrenhal, he asked [[Ashara Dayne]] to dance with his younger brother Eddard (who was too shy to ask her himself). It is also implied (but not confirmed) that Brandon later bedded Ashara Dayne and got her with child.

Brandon was on his way to Riverrun to wed Catelyn when word reached him of his sister Lyanna's supposed abduction by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. Brandon, along with his squire [[Ethan Glover]], [[Kyle Royce]], [[Elbert Arryn]], and [[Jeffory Mallister]], rode to [[King's Landing]] and threatened Rhaegar's life. They were arrested by [[Aerys II|King Aerys]] and charged with plotting Rhaegar's murder. Their fathers were called to court to answer the charges. Brandon was forced to watch as his father was cooked alive in his own armor. He was bound with a leather cord around his neck and a longsword just out of reach, and he strangled himself trying to get to the sword to save his father.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}{{Ref|aCoK|55}}
[[File:Brandon Stark final moments.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Brandon Stark's final moments]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Rickon Stark

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[[File:Rickon Stark by aniaem.jpg|thumb|250px|Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Aniaem©]]

'''Rickon Stark''' is [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]'s youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. Rickon is a naturally aggressive and strong-willed child, but his youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that come to his family and life. He is usually accompanied by his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] Rickon is played by Art Parkinson.<ref name=HBO/>

==Appearance and Character==
Rickon is very young, he has bright eyes and favors his mother in appearance.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} After his mother traveled south Rickon refused to have his hair cut. As a result he has long, unruly hair.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} His youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that are brought upon his life and family by war, which are reflected in his [[direwolf]] companion named [[Shaggydog]].

==History==
Born at Winterfell in 295 AL, Rickon is the third son and fifth child of [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]' and [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], head of [[House Stark]]; and younger brother to [[Robb Stark]], the [[King in the North]]. He is the current heir to [[Winterfell]]. Rickon has two older sisters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], another older brother [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and a [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]].

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Rickon adopts one of the [[Direwolf]]s found by the Starks and names it [[Shaggydog]]. Shortly after [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death in [[King's Landing]], both [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and Rickon share a vision of their father's spirit in the crypts.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
As the turmoil of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death shakes his family, Rickon becomes largely unsupervised as his eldest brother and mother leave to [[War of the Five Kings|war]], while his sisters are held captive at [[King's Landing]]. Alone with his crippled brother, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], at [[Winterfell]], Rickon develops an unruly, often violent temper. His fear and rage are reflected in his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]], who turns largely feral and attacks several people before being restrained. Several times, Bran's direwolf, [[Summer]] is forced to fight Shaggydog into submission. Rickon becomes friends with [[Walder Frey (Big)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}

Rickon became a hostage of [[Theon Greyjoy]] when Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|takes Winterfell]] and later manages to escape and hide in the crypts bellow the castle with his brother Bran, [[Hodor]], the [[Reed]] siblings, and the [[wildling]] woman [[Osha]].{{Ref|aCoK|46}} After Winterfell is sacked and burned by [[Ramsay Snow]], the group emerges to find Winterfell in ruins and a mortally wounded [[Maester]] [[Luwin]], who tells them that Bran and Rickon need to be separated and taken into hiding. Osha agrees to look after Rickon and takes him and Shaggydog to parts unknown.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Most of [[Westeros]] believes him dead, but [[Wyman Manderly]] and [[Robett Glover]] learn from [[Wex Pyke]], a survivor of the [[Sack of Winterfell|Sack]] of [[Winterfell]], that Rickon Stark is alive. Wex tells them - via writing since he cannot speak - that Rickon and [[Osha]] fled to the island of [[Skagos]]. Lord Manderly sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to the island to retrieve him.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

==References and Notes==
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<ref name=HBO>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO:Game of Thrones: Cast and Crew]</ref>
}}


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[[fr:Rickon Stark]]
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[[zh:瑞肯·史塔克]]

Rickon Stark

2013-08-11T05:41:06Z

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| Character_name = [[File:House_Stark.PNG|50px|left]] '''Rickon Stark''' [[File:House_Stark.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Rickon Stark.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Amoka©
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| Title = Prince
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|295}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Art Parkinson,Rickon Stark|Art Parkinson ]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

[[File:Rickon Stark by aniaem.jpg|thumb|250px|Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Aniaem©]]

'''Rickon Stark''' is [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]'s youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. Rickon is a naturally aggressive and strong-willed child, but his youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that come to his family and life. He is usually accompanied by his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] Rickon is played by Art Parkinson.<ref name=HBO/>

==Appearance and Character==
Rickon is very young, he has bright eyes and favors his mother in appearance.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} After his mother traveled south Rickon refused to have his hair cut. As a result he has long, unruly hair.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} His youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that are brought upon his life and family by war, which are reflected in his [[direwolf]] companion named [[Shaggydog]].

==History==
Born at Winterfell in 295 AL, Rickon is the third son and fifth child of [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]' and [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], head of [[House Stark]]; and younger brother to [[Robb Stark]], the [[King in the North]]. He is the current heir to [[Winterfell]]. Rickon has two older sisters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], another older brother [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and a [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]].

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Rickon adopts one of the [[Direwolf]]s found by the Starks and names it [[Shaggydog]]. Shortly after [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death in [[King's Landing]], both [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and Rickon share a vision of their father's spirit in the crypts.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
As the turmoil of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death shakes his family, Rickon becomes largely unsupervised as his eldest brother and mother leave to [[War of the Five Kings|war]], while his sisters are held captive at [[King's Landing]]. Alone with his crippled brother, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], at [[Winterfell]], Rickon develops an unruly, often violent temper. His fear and rage are reflected in his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]], who turns largely feral and attacks several people before being restrained. Several times, Bran's direwolf, [[Summer]] is forced to fight Shaggydog into submission. Rickon becomes friends with [[Walder Frey (Big)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}

Rickon became a hostage of [[Theon Greyjoy]] when Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|takes Winterfell]] and later manages to escape and hide in the crypts bellow the castle with his brother Bran, [[Hodor]], the [[Reed]] siblings, and the [[wildling]] woman [[Osha]].{{Ref|aCoK|46}} After Winterfell is sacked and burned by [[Ramsay Snow]], the group emerges to find Winterfell in ruins and a mortally wounded [[Maester]] [[Luwin]], who tells them that Bran and Rickon need to be separated and taken into hiding. Osha agrees to look after Rickon and takes him and Shaggydog to parts unknown.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Most of [[Westeros]] believes him dead, but [[Wyman Manderly]] and [[Robett Glover]] learn from [[Wex Pyke]], a survivor of the [[Sack of Winterfell|Sack]] of [[Winterfell]], that Rickon Stark is alive. Wex tells them - via writing since he cannot speak - that Rickon and [[Osha]] fled to the island of [[Skagos]]. Lord Manderly sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to the island to retrieve him.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=HBO>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO:Game of Thrones: Cast and Crew]</ref>
}}


[[Category:Nobles|Stark, Rickon]]
[[Category:House Stark]]
[[Category:Characters from the North|Stark, Rickon]]


[[fr:Rickon Stark]]
[[ru:Ри́кон Старк]]
[[zh:瑞肯·史塔克]]

Rickon Stark

2013-08-11T05:40:41Z

TimeForChilli:

{{Infobox character
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| image = [[File:Rickon Stark.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Amoka©
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| Title = Prince
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|295}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Art Parkinson,Rickon Stark|Art Parkinson ]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

[[File:Rickon Stark by aniaem.jpg|thumb|250px|Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Aniaem©]]

'''Rickon Stark''' is [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]'s youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. Rickon is a naturally aggressive and strong-willed child, but his youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that come to his family and life. He is usually accompanied by his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] Rickon is played by Art Parkinson.<ref name=HBO/>

==Appearance and Character==
Rickon is very young, he has bright eyes and favors his mother in appearance.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} After his mother traveled south Rickon refused to have his hair cut. As a result he has long, unruly hair.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} His youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that are brought upon his life and family by war, which are reflected in his [[direwolf]] companion named [[Shaggydog]].

==History==
Born at Winterfell in 295 AL, Rickon is the third son and fifth child of [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]' and [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], head of [[House Stark]]; and younger brother to [[Robb Stark]], the[[King in the North]]. He is the current heir to [[Winterfell]]. Rickon has two older sisters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], another older brother [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and a [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]].

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Rickon adopts one of the [[Direwolf]]s found by the Starks and names it [[Shaggydog]]. Shortly after [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death in [[King's Landing]], both [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and Rickon share a vision of their father's spirit in the crypts.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
As the turmoil of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death shakes his family, Rickon becomes largely unsupervised as his eldest brother and mother leave to [[War of the Five Kings|war]], while his sisters are held captive at [[King's Landing]]. Alone with his crippled brother, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], at [[Winterfell]], Rickon develops an unruly, often violent temper. His fear and rage are reflected in his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]], who turns largely feral and attacks several people before being restrained. Several times, Bran's direwolf, [[Summer]] is forced to fight Shaggydog into submission. Rickon becomes friends with [[Walder Frey (Big)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}

Rickon became a hostage of [[Theon Greyjoy]] when Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|takes Winterfell]] and later manages to escape and hide in the crypts bellow the castle with his brother Bran, [[Hodor]], the [[Reed]] siblings, and the [[wildling]] woman [[Osha]].{{Ref|aCoK|46}} After Winterfell is sacked and burned by [[Ramsay Snow]], the group emerges to find Winterfell in ruins and a mortally wounded [[Maester]] [[Luwin]], who tells them that Bran and Rickon need to be separated and taken into hiding. Osha agrees to look after Rickon and takes him and Shaggydog to parts unknown.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Most of [[Westeros]] believes him dead, but [[Wyman Manderly]] and [[Robett Glover]] learn from [[Wex Pyke]], a survivor of the [[Sack of Winterfell|Sack]] of [[Winterfell]], that Rickon Stark is alive. Wex tells them - via writing since he cannot speak - that Rickon and [[Osha]] fled to the island of [[Skagos]]. Lord Manderly sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to the island to retrieve him.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=HBO>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO:Game of Thrones: Cast and Crew]</ref>
}}


[[Category:Nobles|Stark, Rickon]]
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[[Category:Characters from the North|Stark, Rickon]]


[[fr:Rickon Stark]]
[[ru:Ри́кон Старк]]
[[zh:瑞肯·史塔克]]

Rickon Stark

2013-08-11T05:39:24Z

TimeForChilli: Small tidy up. Syntax etc.

{{Infobox character
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| image = [[File:Rickon Stark.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Amoka©
| Alias =
| Title = Prince
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|295}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Art Parkinson,Rickon Stark|Art Parkinson ]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

[[File:Rickon Stark by aniaem.jpg|thumb|250px|Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], Art by Aniaem©]]

'''Rickon Stark''' is [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]'s youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. Rickon is a naturally aggressive and strong-willed child, but his youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that come to his family and life. He is usually accompanied by his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] Rickon is played by Art Parkinson.<ref name=HBO/>

==Appearance and Character==
Rickon is very young, he has bright eyes and favors his mother in appearance.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} After his mother traveled south Rickon refused to have his hair cut. As a result he has long, unruly hair.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} His youth makes it difficult for him to cope with the terrible changes that are brought upon his life and family by war, which are reflected in his [[direwolf]] companion named [[Shaggydog]].

==History==
Born at Winterfell in 295 AL, Rickon is the third son and fifth child of [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]]' and [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], head of [[House Stark]]; and younger brother to [[Robb Stark]],[[King in the North]]. He is the current heir to [[Winterfell]]. Rickon has two older sisters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], another older brother [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and a [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]].

===''A Game of Thrones''===Rickon adopts one of the [[Direwolf]]s found by the Starks and names it [[Shaggydog]]. Shortly after [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death in [[King's Landing]], both [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and Rickon share a vision of their father's spirit in the crypts.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
As the turmoil of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]'s death shakes his family, Rickon becomes largely unsupervised as his eldest brother and mother leave to [[War of the Five Kings|war]], while his sisters are held captive at [[King's Landing]]. Alone with his crippled brother, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], at [[Winterfell]], Rickon develops an unruly, often violent temper. His fear and rage are reflected in his [[direwolf]], [[Shaggydog]], who turns largely feral and attacks several people before being restrained. Several times, Bran's direwolf, [[Summer]] is forced to fight Shaggydog into submission. Rickon becomes friends with [[Walder Frey (Big)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (Little)|Little Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}

Rickon became a hostage of [[Theon Greyjoy]] when Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|takes Winterfell]] and later manages to escape and hide in the crypts bellow the castle with his brother Bran, [[Hodor]], the [[Reed]] siblings, and the [[wildling]] woman [[Osha]].{{Ref|aCoK|46}} After Winterfell is sacked and burned by [[Ramsay Snow]], the group emerges to find Winterfell in ruins and a mortally wounded [[Maester]] [[Luwin]], who tells them that Bran and Rickon need to be separated and taken into hiding. Osha agrees to look after Rickon and takes him and Shaggydog to parts unknown.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Most of [[Westeros]] believes him dead, but [[Wyman Manderly]] and [[Robett Glover]] learn from [[Wex Pyke]], a survivor of the [[Sack of Winterfell|Sack]] of [[Winterfell]], that Rickon Stark is alive. Wex tells them - via writing since he cannot speak - that Rickon and [[Osha]] fled to the island of [[Skagos]]. Lord Manderly sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to the island to retrieve him.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=HBO>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO:Game of Thrones: Cast and Crew]</ref>
}}


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[[fr:Rickon Stark]]
[[ru:Ри́кон Старк]]
[[zh:瑞肯·史塔克]]

Ghost of High Heart

2013-08-11T05:15:40Z

TimeForChilli: /* A Storm of Swords */

{{Character
| Character_name = Ghost of High Heart
| image = [[File:Ghost of High Heart1.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Fan art by Paul Phillips©.
| Alias = The Woods Witch Ghost of High Heart
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The '''Ghost of High Heart''' is an old, stooped, very short woman who has visions of the future. She walks with a gnarled black cane, and her white hair is so long it almost touches the ground. Her flesh is very pale and she has red eyes.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 22|Chapter 22]], Arya</ref>

==Recent Events==
===A Storm of Swords===
[[Arya Stark]] and the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] camped overnight at [[High Heart]] to meet with the Ghost of High Heart to hear her tell the future and to learn the whereabouts of Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]. There she predicts the deaths of Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]{{Ref|aCoK|33}} and King [[Balon Greyjoy]]<ref>As confirmed by [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45|Chapters 45]] and [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 54|54]] of [[A Storm of Swords]]</ref>, in wording that suggests that Balon was killed by a [[Faceless Men|Faceless Man]] contracted by someone among the [[Ironborn]]. She also talks of the [[Red Wedding|death]]{{Ref|aSoS|51}}{{Ref|aSoS|65}} and resurrection{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}} of [[Catelyn Stark]].

===A Dance with Dragons===
[[Barristan Selmy]] reveals to [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] that King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] arranged the marriage between [[Aerys II]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Princess Rhaella]] after he heard a prophecy from a dwarf seer (known as a woods witch back then) who was a friend of [[Jenny (Oldstones)|Jenny of Oldstones]] that the [[Azor Ahai|Prince that was Promised]] would be born from their line. While Barristan believes she died at the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], the description fits the Ghost of High Heart{{Ref|ADWD|23|pages 300-301}}

While aboard the [[Selaesori Qhoran]] [[Tyrion]] recalls what he considers to be a less reliable tale that had reached his ears, that of a dwarf witch who haunts a hill in the [[riverlands]].{{Ref|ADWD|33|page 441}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The old gods stir and will not let me sleep. I dreamt I saw a [[Shadow assassin|shadow with a burning heart]] butchering a [[Renly Baratheon|golden stag]], aye. I dreamt of a [[Faceless Men|man without a face]], waiting on a bridge that swayed and swung. On his shoulder perched a drowned crow with seaweed hanging from his wings. I dreamt of a roaring river and a [[Catelyn Tully|woman that was a fish]]. Dead she drifted, with red tears on her cheeks, but when her eyes did open, oh, I woke from terror. All this I dreamt, and more.{{Ref|aSoS|22}}}}

{{Quote|I dreamt a [[Grey Wind|wolf]] howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief. I dreamt [[Red Wedding|such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams]], but the saddest sound was the [[Jinglebell|little bells]]. I dreamt of a [[Sansa Stark|maid]] at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.{{Ref|aSoS|43}}}}

{{Quote|I see you. I see you, wolf child. Blood child. I thought it was the lord who smelled of death... You are cruel to come to my hill, cruel. I gorged on grief at Summerhall, I need none of yours. Begone from here, dark heart. Begone!{{Ref|aSoS|43}}}} - speaking to Arya Stark

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

[[Category:Characters from the Riverlands]]
[[fr:Fantôme de Noblecœur]]
[[ru:Призрак Благородного Сердца]][[zh:高尚之心的鬼魂]]

Roose Bolton

2013-08-11T04:53:21Z

TimeForChilli: /* Character and Appearance */

{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:bolton_crest.png|50px|left]] '''Roose Bolton''' [[File:bolton_crest.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Roose Bolton.jpg]]
| image_caption = Roose Bolton by Amoka©
| Alias = The Leech Lord
| Title = Lord of the [[Dreadfort]] [[Warden of the North]]
| Allegiance = [[House Bolton]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse = Unnamed first wife [[Bethany Ryswell]] 2nd [[Fat Walda Frey|"Fat" Walda Frey]] 3rd<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 32|Chapter 32]] (Reek), pages 428; 430</ref>
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| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = Michael McElhatton
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

'''Roose Bolton''' is the head of [[House Bolton]] and Lord of the [[Dreadfort]]. He receives regular leechings, which he believes to improve his health, prompting some to call him '''"The Leech Lord"'''.

==Character and Appearance==
[[File: NotanerArt_Roose_Bolton.jpg‎|Roose Bolton - © Sardag|thumb|250px|right]]
Roose is a cold, patient and calculating man; capable of great cruelty. His body is "soft hairless".{{ref|aCoK|64}} He is of average size and is "not handsome but not quite plain", with his only noticeable feature being his eerie eyes, which are as pale and strange as two white moons, to [[Jaime]] they are paler than stone, darker than milk. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}{{Ref|aCoK|47}} He has short, strong fingers.{{Ref|aSoS|51}} His skin is pasty white, most likely due to his constant leechings.{{Ref|aSoS|3}} See also [[:Category:Images of Roose Bolton|this collection of images]]. His voice is spider soft, he speaks softly never raising his voice, forcing those who listen to do so intently. When Roose Bolton speaks silence often descends.{{Ref|aSoS|3}}

A collared and chained [[Theon Greyjoy]] in his persona of ''Reek'' contemplated Roose Bolton:

{{Quote|His face was clean shaved, smooth skinned, ordinary, not handsome but not quite plain. Though Roose had been in battles, he bore no scars. Though well past forty, he was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell of the passage of time. His lips were so thin that when he pressed them together they seem to vanish altogether.
There was an agelessness to about him, a stillness; on Roose Bolton’s face, rage and joy looked much the same. All he and Ramsay had in common were their eyes. ''His eyes are ice''. Reek wondered if he ever cried. ''If so, do the tears feel cold upon his cheeks?''

Once, a boy called [[Theon Greyjoy]] had enjoyed tweaking Bolton as they sat at council with [[Robb Stark]], mocking his soft voice and making japes about leeches. ''He must have been mad. This is no man to jape with.'' You had only to look at Bolton to know that he had more cruelty in his pinky toe than all the [[Frey]]s combined.}}

==History==
Roose Bolton practices the banned and now illegal tradition of the [[First Night]] privilege. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} He is however extremely discreet with his activities in order to avoid the attention and possible ire of [[House Stark]].

Lord Roose fought at the [[Battle of the Trident]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. When Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], seriously wounded, was brought before [[Robert Baratheon]], Roose counselled that they should kill him. Robert ignored Roose and spared Ser Barristan's life, sending his own [[maester]] to tend to his wounds.{{Ref|aGoT|33}}

Just before the [[War of the Five Kings]], Roose's trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], the only one who survived the cradle, died of a "bad belly." Having no other trueborn heirs, Roose then brought his [[bastardy|bastard]] son [[Ramsay Snow]] to the Dreadfort and made him his unofficial heir.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Bolton answers his liege's call when [[Robb Stark]] summons his banners to aid his grandfather [[Hoster Tully]] and his father [[Eddard Stark|Lord Eddard]]. Due to his calculating caution, Bolton receives command of the host sent to distract Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], consisting of all the northern foot and some of the horse. He marches through the night and launches a [[Battle of the Green Fork|surprise attack]] in the early morning, but is defeated by Lord Tywin.{{Ref|aGoT|62}} However, he retreats in good order, reforming the battered remnants of his army on the causeway before [[Moat Cailin]].{{Ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Roose tvseries.jpg|230px|thumb|Roose Bolton in the TV series.]]

During the war Roose marries his third wife, [[Fat Walda Frey|Walda Frey]], granddaughter of [[Lord Walder Frey]], who has allied his house to [[Robb Stark|Robb]]'s. In an effort to limit Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s options, who marched from Harrenhal in an attempt to meet Robb Stark in the Westerlands, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] commands Roose to join up with Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] coming down from [[the Twins]] and to retake [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|aCoK|39}}

Hoping to take Harrenhal without weakening his army, Roose makes a deal with [[Vargo Hoat]], leader of the [[Brave Companions]], unsavory sellswords in the employ of Lord Tywin. The Companions pretend to take a group of Bolton's men prisoner that then seized the castle, taking out the small [[House Lannister|Lannister]] garrison left behind and opening the gates to the rest of Bolton's men. This was done with the aid of an incognito [[Arya Stark]] and the assassin [[Jaqen H'ghar]]. While at Harrenhal, Roose takes Arya as his cupbearer, mistaking her for a commoner.{{Ref|aCoK|47}} After Winterfell's [[Battle of Winterfell|fall]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]] and Lord Tywin's victory in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], relations between Vargo Hoat and Roose become strained as Vargo suspects that Roose would turn on Robb Stark to support the Lannisters. In the meantime, Roose's bastard son [[Ramsay Snow]] has married and killed [[Donella Hornwood]] and taken her lands. Ramsay goes on to betray the other northmen and [[Sack of Winterfell|seize]] Winterfell from Theon.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the Brave Companions take [[Jaime Lannister]] hostage, Vargo has Jaime's sword-hand cut off to drive a wedge between Roose and [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. The ploy did not work however, as Roose receives Jaime's assurance that he would not be held responsible for Jaime's injury. Before leaving, Roose tells Jaime to give his regards to Lord Tywin; Jaime responds that Roose should give his regards to Robb Stark.{{Ref|aSoS|31}}

Robb summons Roose to aid in retaking [[the North]] from the [[ironborn]]. However, Roose has decided that the Stark cause is lost and is already plotting with Tywin, Walder Frey, and his acknowledged son Ramsay to bring them down. He sends a full third of the northern infantry (including none of his own troops) to [[Battle of Duskendale|attack Duskendale]], knowing they would be massacred by the joint [[Lannister]] / [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] forces. On the march to [[the Twins]], Roose takes his time when crossing the Trident and allows his rearguard to be [[Battle of the Ruby Ford|ambushed]] by [[Gregor Clegane]]. On the other side, he leaves the Stark loyalists to guard the river, taking only Dreadfort and [[Karhold]] men with him; the latter still incensed by Robb's execution of their lord [[Rickard Karstark|Rickard]]. {{Ref|ASOS|49}}

During the [[Red Wedding]], Roose mumbles an excuse to get out of the hall. The bedding and playing of "[[The Rains of Castamere]]" is the signal for the Freys to attack their guests. Roose returns into the hall dressed in mail armor. [[Robb Stark|Robb]] has already been wounded by arrows. Roose approaches him and kills him while saying:

{{Quote|''Jaime Lannister sends his regards.'' {{Ref|ASOS|51}}}}

[[File:RooseBoltonbyWouterBruneel.jpg|270px|thumb|Roose Bolton by [http://www.wbruneel.com/IllustrationPortfolio.html Wouter Bruneel].]]

Outside the castle, the Frey and Bolton soldiers attack their fellow northern / riverland forces and annihilate them. For this service, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] gives Roose the title of [[Warden of the North]] and raises House Bolton's status to the principal house of the north and one of the ruling families of Westeros. Roose also receives a royal decree of legitimization for his bastard son and heir Ramsay Snow, now [[Ramsay Bolton]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:The_leech_lord_by_acazigot-d4b9yh1.jpg|250px|thumb|Roose Bolton by acazigot©]]
Lord Roose marches north with his own forces from the Twins, augmented by two thousand Freys under the command of Ser [[Aenys Frey]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After [[Moat Cailin]] surrenders to Ramsay thanks to a browbeaten [[Theon Greyjoy]], Roose meets his son and introduces him to his bride "Arya Stark" (actually [[Jeyne Poole]]). Roose is greatly displeased by his son's actions, stating as much to Theon. Roose thinks that Ramsay is too loud and obnoxious.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}

Upon arriving at [[Winterfell]], Roose finds the ruined castle now a refuge of more then two dozen squatters. When he tells them he will be merciful if they serve well, they are used for a labour force in rebuilding Winterfell. After the work is completed Roose has them all hanged; true to his word he is merciful and does not flay a one.

At Ramsay's wedding feast, Roose does not eat any of the food or drink served to him unless he sees [[Wyman Manderly]], who brought the food, eat of the same dish.

Despite being named Warden of the North, Roose's support among the northern lords is grudging. The first to declare for him are the [[House Dustin|Dustins]] and [[House Ryswell|Ryswells]], to whom he is related in the female line. The faction of [[House Umber]] led by [[Hother Umber|Hother Whoresbane]] declares for him since the [[Greatjon]] is in Frey captivity, and the [[House Cerwyn|Cerwyns]], [[House Locke|Lockes]], and [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] send men as well. [[Arnolf Karstark]], the Karhold castellan who publicly declared for Stannis, is secretly in league with Roose and awaits the moment to turn his cloak.

Roose, Ramsay and his army remain at Winterfell awaiting the [[Siege of Winterfell|attack]] of [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s host. Several Bolton men are murdered during the wait, and suspicion is cast on several of the present Stark bannermen.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Ghost in Winterfell (A Dance with Dragons)|A Ghost in Winterfell]]</ref> In truth, however, [[Mance Rayder]] and several [[wildling]] spearwives on a mission to free [[Arya Stark]] commit the murders.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Theon I (A Dance with Dragons)|Theon I]]</ref> The murders raise tensions within the castle. Tempers flare when Lord Manderly insults one of the dead [[House Frey|Freys]]; a clash ensues that leads to the deaths of several men-at-arms.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
After learning that Stannis' army is three days march from Winterfell, Roose sends out the [[House Frey|Freys]] and [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], as well as Ramsay and his men, but keeps much of his own strength behind in [[Winterfell]]. According to [[Theon Greyjoy]], Roose is keeping his own men back as a reserve, as he once did in the Riverlands, to weaken potential rivals.<ref>[http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html ''The Winds of Winter'', Theon's sample chapter], made available on GRRM's website as of Dec 28th, 2011</ref>

==Quotes by Roose==
{{Quote|''A naked man has few secrets, but a flayed man’s got none.''{{Ref|acok|50}}}}

{{Quote|My lady, has no one told you? [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] lie. {{Ref|asos|37}}}}
- Roose to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|'''Roose:''' People fear you.

'''Ramsay:''' Good.

'''Roose:''' You are mistaken. It is not good. No tales were ever told of me. Do you think I would be sitting here if it were otherwise? Your amusements are your own, I will not chide you on that count, but you must be more discreet. A peaceful land, a quiet people. That has always been my rule. Make it yours''{{Ref|aDwD|32}}}} - Roose to [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay]]

{{Quote|Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}}}

{{Quote| Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}}}

{{Quote|'''Ramsay:''' He’s mine. You cannot have him.
'''Roose:''' All you have I gave you. You would do well to remember that,
bastard. As for this … Reek … if you have not ruined him beyond redemption, he may yet be of some use to us. Get the keys and remove those chains from him, before you make me rue the day I raped your mother.{{Ref|aDwD|32}}}}
- Roose to [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay]]

==Quotes about Roose==
{{Quote|That man scares me. {{Ref|aGoT|55}}}} - [[Robb Stark]]

{{Quote|Bolton's silence was a hundred times more threatening than [[Vargo Hoat|Vargo Hoat's]] slobbering malevolence''{{Ref|aSoS|31}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|This is a cold man. {{Ref|ASOS|49}}}} - [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|The [[Ramsay Bolton|son]] is just the shadow of the father. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}}} - [[Reek]]

{{Quote|Roose has no feelings, you see. Those leeches that he loves so well sucked all the passions out of him years ago. He does not love, he does not hate, he does not grieve. This is a game to him, mildly diverting. Some men hunt, some hawk, some tumble dice. Roose plays with men. [[Theon Greyjoy|You]] and [[Barbrey Ryswell|me]], these Freys, [[Wyman Manderly|Lord Manderly]], his plump new [[Fat Walda Frey|wife]], even his [[Ramsay Bolton|bastard]], we are but his playthings. {{Ref|ADWD|37}}}}
- [[Barbrey Dustin]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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King in the North

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The '''King in the North''' or '''King of Winter''' is the ancient title held for thousands of years by [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}{{Ref|aGoT|71}}{{Ref|aCoK|69}} They were the last kingdom of the First Men and continued to rule [[the North]] after the [[Andal]]s invaded and took over the southern kingdoms.

The last King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark]], who bent the knee to [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conqueror]], during the [[War of Conquest]] thus making the North part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. The title was revived during the [[War of the Five Kings]] by [[Robb Stark]], who took the name and broke away from the [[Iron Throne]], after the murder of his father.{{Ref|aGoT|71}}

== Crown ==
[[File:Crown of winter.jpg|thumb|300px|Copyrighted work by Fantasy Flight Games (FFG)]]
The crown of the King in the North was shaped as an open circlet of hammered bronze incised with runes of the [[First Men]], surmounted by nine black iron spikes in the shape of longswords.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}

{{Quote|Bronze and iron are stronger than gold and silver. The old Kings of Winter wore such a sword-crown.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]]

==Known Kings in the North==
No precise lineage of Kings in the North is known, but the individuals listed below are supposed to be in rough chronological order.
* [[Bran the Builder|Bran, the Builder]], founder of house Stark and the first King in the North, builder of [[Winterfell]] castle and the [[Wall]].
* King [[Theon Stark|Theon, the Hungry Wolf]]
* King [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon, the Shipwright]], loved sailing and built up a mighty Northern fleet.
* King [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon, the Burner]], son of Brandon the Shipwright, burned the entire Northern fleet after the disappearance of his father on the [[Sunset Sea]].
* King [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* King [[Dorren Stark|Dorren]]
* King [[Jon Stark|Jon]], built the castle of [[White Harbor]] after driving away sea raiders.
* King [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], son of Jon, defeated the [[Marsh King]] extending their kingdom to include [[the Neck]].
* King [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], son of Rickard, won [[Bear Island]] from the ironborn in a wrestling match and awarded it to [[House Mormont]].
* King [[Edrick Stark|Edrick]]
* King [[Brandon Stark (Ice Eyes)|Brandon Ice Eyes]], great-grandson of Edrick
* King [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen, the Bitter]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen, the Sweet]]
* King [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]]
* King [[Edderion Stark|Edderion, the Bridegroom]]
* King [[Walton Stark|Walton, the Moonking]]
* King [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon, the Bad]]
* King [[Jorah Stark]]
* King [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]]
* King [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn, the Spring King]]
* [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen, the King Who Knelt]], who bent the knee to [[House Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the North part of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
* [[Robb Stark|Robb, the Young Wolf]], the last King in the North, who never lost a battle and died at the events of the [[Red Wedding]].

==References and Notes==
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Lyanna Stark

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'''Lyanna Stark''' was the younger sister of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and was betrothed to Ned's childhood friend [[Robert Baratheon]]. Her abduction by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was the event that ultimately triggered [[Robert's Rebellion]] and led to the downfall of [[House Targaryen|the Targaryen Dynasty]].

==Appearance and Character==
Lyanna is described by all who knew her as beautiful, with the dark hair, grey eyes and long face that characterize [[House Stark|the Starks]].{{Ref|aGoT|12}} See also [[:Category:Images of Lyanna Stark|this collection of images]]. Ned refers to her, like their brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], as "wolf-blooded" - headstrong, willful, courageous and hot-tempered. He goes on to compare her to his tomboyish daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] in both appearance and personality, adding that Lyanna probably would have carried a sword if [[Rickard Stark|their father]] had allowed it. She is noted to have been an extremely skilled rider.{{Ref|aGoT|22}} Lyanna was very fond of the [[Blue winter rose|blue winter roses]] that grew at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|58}}

Lyanna rode horses like a northman. [[Harwin]] compares her riding skills to those of Arya Stark. {{Ref|aSoS|17}} [[Barbrey Ryswell]] reports that both Brandon and Lyanna loved to ride. She compares them to a "pair of centaurs". {{Ref|aDwD|41}} [[Roose Bolton]] claims that Lyanna was "half a horse herself", probably meaning a centaur. He also claims that [[Domeric Bolton]] could out-race her. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}

Robert was deeply infatuated with Lyanna and remains very much in love with her memory over a decade after her death, to the point of causing major strain in his marriage to [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|8}} Ned, however, points out that Robert never really knew Lyanna very well, and suggests that they might not have gotten along as well as Robert imagines; while Robert believes Lyanna would never have publicly opposed him the way Cersei does, Ned says that Robert saw only Lyanna's beauty, and never recognized her boldness and strength of will.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Lyanna may have been considerably less enthusiastic about the marriage than Robert was, as she commented to Ned at that Robert's love for her would not prevent him from being unfaithful after their marriage.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}

[[Arya Stark]] resembles Lyanna in appearance, according to Eddard Stark. {{Ref|aGoT|22}} [[Margaery Tyrell]] is also said to resemble Lyanna. While in [[King's Landing]], [[Renly Baratheon]] had Eddard examine a miniature portrait of Margaery, painted in the style of [[Myr]]. He wanted him to confirm the supposed resemblance, but Eddard failed to see a connection between the two women. {{Ref|aGoT|27}} [[Kevan Lannister]] recalls Lyanna having a "wild beauty" about her. But her looks paled in comparison to a young [[Cersei Lannister]]: "however bright a torch might burn it could never match the rising sun." {{Ref|aDwD|72}}

==History==
[[File:rhaeg_lyanna-winterfelll.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Lyanna, her brother, and [[Rhaegar]] by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]
[[File: ‎Enife_Lyanna_Stark.png‎ |Lyanna, wearing a crown of [[blue winter rose]]s – by Enife ©|thumb|300px|right]]
===Early life===
When [[Bran Stark]] has visions through the heart tree of Winterfell, a scene seems to involve a girl looking like Arya (and Lyanna). Two children are seen duelling with broken branches, using them as swords. The girl is older and taller than the boy. She defeats the boy, slashing him across the thigh. The boy loses his balance and falls into the pool. He starts splashing and shouting. The girl warns him to be quiet, or [[Nan|Old Nan]] will hear him and notify their father. She then kneels and pulls her younger brother from the pool. The scene shifts to another vision before Bran has a chance to see more of the two children. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} It is implied that the girl is Lyanna and the boy is her younger brother, [[Benjen Stark]]. Also pointing that she was skilled at sword-fighting. <ref name="Beyond the Wall"/>

Lyanna was at Winterfell when her father promised her hand to Robert Baratheon. That same night she confided to Eddard concerning her opinion of Robert: that the man will never keep to one bed. {{Ref|aGoT|35}} She had heard that Robert had an illegitimate daughter in the [[Vale of Arryn]], apparently [[Mya Stone]]. {{Ref|aGoT|35}} Eddard attempted to convince her that what Robert did before the betrothal was insignificant and that Robert would change. She was not convinced. {{Ref|aGoT|35}}
===Harrenhal===
Lyanna was present at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. There she found [[Howland Reed]] being bullied by three young squires, none older that fifteen-years-old. She roared "That's my father's man you're kicking" and attacked them with a tourney sword. The bullies scattered and Lyanna "the she-wolf" took the injured man back to her "lair," probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen. Then she introduced the guest to her brothers [[Brandon Stark]] ("the wild wolf"), [[Eddard Stark]] ("the quiet wolf"), and [[Benjen Stark]] ("the pup"). {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

That evening, Lyanna persuaded Reed to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for Reed. Within [[Harrenhal]], Reed ate and drank with the Starks. During the feast [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

During the feast, Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One serving a pitchfork knight ([[House Haigh]]), one serving a porcupine ([[House Blount]]), and the last boy serving a knight of two towers ([[House Frey]]). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen volunteered to find armor for Reed, in case the crannogman wished to challenge them. Reed slept in the tent of Eddard that night. During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the champions. But then the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] challenged and defeated all three of them, winning custody over their horses and armor. When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the Knight declared his terms: that they ought to teach their squires honor. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} It is uncertain whether Reed, Lyanna, or one of the other Starks hid behind the mask of the Knight. <ref name="Beyond the Wall"> [http://books.google.gr/books?id=tYUsrknjhbEC&pg=PT52&lpg=PT52&dq=Knight+of+the+laughing+tree+uncertain&source=bl&ots=3Oel8P1-Mf&sig=MaELA01H_FROetLJ7v4jNnc_tHk&hl=el&sa=X&ei=8WYJUOKpCOip4gSiv_XZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Knight%20of%20the%20laughing%20tree%20uncertain&f=false Beyond the Wall, Chapter: "History on a Personal Scale"] Commenting on the uncertainties of the text in the novels: "Even what appear to be straightforward elements of backstory turn out to be more complex, more shrouded in doubt, than they first appear. ... We have also seen through the heart tree that Lyanna Stark was a skilled swordswoman, capable of besting her younger brother - the future First Ranger of the Night's Watch and a very capable soldier - in mock combat. This fuels speculation that Lyanna was the mysterious Knight of the Laughing Tree ... and gives another reason for why she and Rhaegar may have met and developed a connection." </ref>

The Knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and [[Richard Lonmouth]] were determined to unmask him, while [[Aerys II Targaryen]] was certain that the man was his enemy. By the next morning, the Knight disappeared. An angry Aerys sent Rhaegar to search for the vanished Knight, but only the shield of the Knight could be found. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} Rhaegar went on to win the tournament and shocked all present by passing over [[Elia Martell|his wife]] to crown Lyanna, then already betrothed to Robert Baratheon, as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} {{Ref|aSoS|42}} According to the recollections of Eddard Stark, that day Rhaegar managed to unseat [[Brandon Stark]], [[Yohn Royce]], [[Arthur Dayne]], and [[Barristan Selmy]]. Robert Baratheon was among the spectators, jesting with [[Jon Arryn]] and [[Eon Hunter]]. Then the victorious Rhaegar urged his horse past [[Elia Martell]], laying the laurel of the queen of beauty in Lyanna's lap. A laurel consisting of blue winter roses. At that moment "all the smiles died". {{Ref|aGoT|58}} Selmy blames himself for failing to defeat Rhaegar that day, for then he would have had a chance to crown his own lady love: [[Ashara Dayne]]. {{Ref|aDwD|67}}

===Disappearance and consequences===
At some time after the tournament, Lyanna was kidnapped by Rhaegar with the help of [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Oswell Whent]].<ref name="aSoIaF App"> Rhaegar Targaryen's AWOIAF App entry</ref> The story (as told by [[Robert Baratheon]]) goes that Rhaegar carried her off and raped her. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} Barristan Selmy is convinced that "Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna," though that love sent thousands to their respective deaths. {{Ref|aDwD|67}} According to [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar was simply not happy with his marriage. If Rhaegar was happy with Elia, he would not have needed Lyanna. He once blamed their sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] for being born too late to marry Rhaegar. A happily married Rhaegar would need neither Elia nor Lyanna. Daenerys, countered that, by the same logic, it was the fault of Viserys that he was not a girl. Because then he would be the sister destined for Rhaegar. Viserys beat her cruelly for her insolence. {{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Her oldest brother [[Brandon Stark]] was on his way to [[Riverrun]] when the news of his sister's disappearance reached him, and instead he went straight to [[King's Landing]]. Entering the [[Red Keep]] with a few companions ([[Ethan Glover]], [[Jeffory Mallister]], [[Kyle Royce]], [[Elbert Arryn]]), he roared for Rhaegar "to come out and die." But Rhaegar wasn't there. [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]] had Brandon and his companions arrested, accusing them of plotting murder and charged them with treason. Aerys summoned their fathers to court, supposedly to answer the charge against their sons. When they presented themselves, Aerys decided to kill them all, fathers and sons together. Brandon and Lyanna's father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], demanded a [[trial by combat]], and the king granted him the request. Lord Stark was allowed to armor himself for battle but was then suspended from the rafters over a blazing fire, Aerys choosing "fire" as his champion. He had Brandon watch as Rickard slowly roasted, the young son attached to a device which tightened a cord around his neck whenever he moved. Trying to reach for his longsword and rescue his father, Brandon strangled himself. They died with no real trial. {{Ref|aCoK|55}} This was a primary impetus for [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Aerys next demanded the heads of Robert and Eddard. They were both wards of Jon Arryn, the Lord of the Eyrie having pledged to protect them. Arryn responded to Aerys by raising his banners in revolt. {{Ref|aGoT|2}}

During the war, Lyanna's fiancé Robert and brother Eddard were important leaders, together with [[Jon Arryn]], who had been their foster father. Rhaegar spent much of the war at the [[Tower of Joy]] with Lyanna. He left to join the war effort when Aerys sent [[Gerold Hightower]] to find him. Rhaegar left Gerold with Arthur and Oswell to guard Lyanna.<ref name="aSoIaF App"/> The decisive battle of the war came at [[Battle of the Trident|the Trident]], where Robert slew Rhaegar in single combat and the rebels defeated the royal army.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} According to the stories of [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar had fought and died for "the woman he loved." {{Ref|aGoT|3}} [[Daenerys Targaryen]] believes in that version of the story. {{Ref|aGoT|64}} One of the visions Daenerys sees in the [[House of the Undying]], seems to depict the last moments of Rhaegar. Rubies are flying from his chest like drops of blood. Then his knees sink into the water. He whispers Lyanna's name with his last breath. {{Ref|aCoK|48}} <ref name="aSoIaF App"/>

Following the Battle of the Trident, the remnants of Rhaegar's army retreated toward [[King's Landing]]. Robert was wounded and unable to pursue them, but he entrusted Eddard with the pursuit. Eddard expected to find the city gates closed, with Aerys II and several thousand Targaryen loyalists leading the defense. He reached the city just after the [[Sack of King's Landing]] by the forces of [[House Lannister]]. For most of the rebellion, the Lannisters had remained neutral, ignoring calls to arms by both the rebels and the loyalists. Then [[Tywin Lannister]] and 12,000 of his soldiers reached the capital. Aerys opened the gates to them, mistaking them for allied reinforcements. Instead they were there to sack the city and join the rebels. {{Ref|aGoT|12}} [[Pycelle]] had managed to convince Aerys II to open the gates. The King did so, unaware that Pycelle himself was only loyal to Tywin.
{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Aerys ignored the warnings of [[Varys]] to not trust Tywin. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Aerys II had one last plan: [[the Wildfire Plot]], a way to burn the capital, leaving for Robert only ashes, charred bones, and cooked meat. He commanded [[Rossart]], the [[Hand of the King]], to activate the plan, making certain to take the Lannister forces with him to his funeral pyre. Meanwhile, he gave [[Jaime Lannister]] orders to decapitate Tywin and bring the head to him. Jaime instead killed Rossart and then attacked Aerys himself, killing him. [[Elys Westerling]] and [[Roland Crakehall (Lord)|Roland Crakehall]] then entered the throne room, finding Jaime with the corpse. At about the same time, [[Gregor Clegane]] and Amory Lorch were scaling the walls of [[Red Keep|Maegor's Holdfast]] as Eddard Stark was leading his own forces through the city gates. When Eddard entered the throne room, he found Jaime seated on the [[Iron Throne]]. {{Ref|aSoS|11}} {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

===Death and burial===
[[File: Asiulus_Promise_Me_Ned.png‎|‎Promise me [[Ned]] - by Asiulus ©|thumb|right|300px]]
After these events, Ned rode to the [[Tower of Joy]] in the mountains of [[Dorne]] with six companions ([[Martyn Cassel]], [[Theo Wull]], [[Ethan Glover]], [[Mark Ryswell]], [[Howland Reed]], [[Willam Dustin]]), and found the three remaining loyalist members of the [[Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], and Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] - guarding it. Only Ned and his bannerman [[Howland Reed]] survived the ensuing battle. Ned found Lyanna inside the tower in a "bed of blood", dying.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|39}} When Eddard recalls the conflict in a dream, there is an additional detail. While the combatants clash, Lyanna screams. The dream then switches a storm of blue rose petals, blowing across a blood-streaked sky. It is uncertain if these details are accurate memories. {{Ref|aGoT|39}}

Lyanna died in a room that smelled of "blood and roses". A fever had taken her strength. Her voice had been faint as a whisper. There was fear in her eyes, while she called for "Ned" to promise her something. When her brother gave his word, the fear went out of her eyes. She smiled, and her fingers clutched his own in a tight grip. They were still holding each other as she "gave up her hold on life". Rose petals slipped from her palm, dead and black. Later, [[Howland Reed]] found Eddard still holding the corpse. Howland managed to separate the hands of the living man and the dying girl, though Eddard had no recollection of what happened after Lyanna died. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} Shortly before her death, Lyanna extracted a promise from Ned.{{Ref|aGoT|35}} Neither the content of the promise nor the cause of her death are currently known. Her final words were a phrase that would haunt her brother for the rest of his life:{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

{{Quote| "Promise me, Ned."{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}

Lyanna was only "sixteen" years-old at the time of her death. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|8}} Her tomb lies in the crypts of Winterfell, beside that of Rickard Stark. At the other side of Rickard's tomb stands the tomb of Brandon Stark. The three tombs stand together. A statue of Lyanna has been carved in the stone of her tomb, though Robert Baratheon claimed that the stonemason failed to capture her beauty. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} [[File:Ned_and_Robert_at_tomb.jpg|Ned and Robert visiting Lyanna’s tomb - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]Eddard claims that Lyanna herself asked him to return her to Winterfell. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} He reports bringing flowers to her tomb whenever he can, as his sister was fond of flowers. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} [[Bran Stark]] notes that only the kings and lords of Winterfell are supposed to have statues in their likeness, not their family members. But Eddard wished to honor his beloved siblings. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} Barbrey Ryswell informs Theon that the tomb is not a cenotaph (empty tomb). Eddard actually transported the bones of Lyanna all the way from [[Dorne]]. {{Ref|aDwD|41}}

===Named after Lyanna===
The war galley [[Lady Lyanna]] has been named in honor of Lyanna Stark. King Robert named the galley in honor of the maid he had loved and lost. [[Davos Seaworth]] considers it a beautiful ship, likely its "beauty" inspiring the name. {{Ref|aCoK|41}} {{Ref|aCoK|58}}

[[Lyanna Mormont]], youngest daughter of [[Maege Mormont]], is named after Lyanna Stark. [[Stannis Baratheon]] feels this was a transparent attempt to win the favor of Eddard Stark. {{Ref|aDwD|3}}

===Appearance in nightmares===

Eddard Stark has a nightmare involving Lyanna and her statue. In the dream, Eddard walks through the crypts of Winterfell. He can hear the statue of Lyanna whispering: "Promise me, Ned". He notices the statue wearing a garland of pale blue roses, while her eyes weep blood. Eddard immediately wakes with his heart racing. {{Ref|aGoT|47}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] has a nightmare involving a feast of the dead at Winterfell. Many of the dead men and women attending are people that Theon knew personally or were slain by his own hand and/or command. But he also notices faces that he had never known in life. Among them is Lyanna: a slim, sad girl wearing a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown splattered with blood. Brandon Stark stood beside her, their father Rickard just behind them. Theon wakes up screaming when [[Robb Stark]] and [[Grey Wind]], both bleeding, join the feast. {{Ref|aCoK|56}}

==Quotes by Lyanna==
{{Quote|''Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature.''{{Ref|aGoT|35}} }}

==Quotes about Lyanna==
{{Quote|''You never knew Lyanna as I did, Robert. You saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath.'' {{Ref|aGoT|30}} }}
- [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|''You ride like a northman, milady. Your aunt was the same. Lady Lyanna.'' {{Ref|aSoS|17}}}} - [[Harwin]] to [[Arya Stark]]

{{Quote|''The boy was mad for horses, Lady Dustin will tell you. Not even Lord Rickard's daughter could outrace him, and that one was half a horse herself.'' {{Ref|aDwD|32}}}}
- [[Roose Bolton]], comparing [[Domeric Bolton|his son]] to Lyanna.

{{Quote|She was more beautiful than that. Ah, damn it, [[Eddard Stark|Ned]], did you have to bury her in a place like this? She deserved more than darkness . . .{{Ref|agot|4}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|'''Eddard:''' A thousand other women might have loved him with all their hearts. What did [[Robert Baratheon|he]] do to make you hate him so?

'''Cersei:''' The night of our wedding feast, the first time we shared a bed, he called me by your sister’s name. He was on top of me, in me, stinking of wine, and he whispered Lyanna.{{Ref|agot|45}}}}
- [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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[[Category:Noblewomen|Stark, Lyanna]]
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'''Lyanna Stark''' was the younger sister of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and was betrothed to Ned's childhood friend [[Robert Baratheon]]. Her abduction by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was the event that ultimately triggered [[Robert's Rebellion]] and led to the downfall of [[House Targaryen|the Targaryen Dynasty]].

==Appearance and Character==
Lyanna is described by all who knew her as beautiful, with the dark hair, grey eyes and long face that characterize [[House Stark|the Starks]].{{Ref|aGoT|12}} See also [[:Category:Images of Lyanna Stark|this collection of images]]. Ned refers to her, like their brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], as "wolf-blooded" - headstrong, willful, courageous and hot-tempered. He goes on to compare her to his tomboyish daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] in both appearance and personality, adding that Lyanna probably would have carried a sword if [[Rickard Stark|their father]] had allowed it. She is noted to have been an extremely skilled rider.{{Ref|aGoT|22}} Lyanna was very fond of the [[Blue winter rose|blue winter roses]] that grew at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|58}}

Lyanna rode horses like a northman. [[Harwin]] compares her riding skills to those of Arya Stark. {{Ref|aSoS|17}} [[Barbrey Ryswell]] reports that both Brandon and Lyanna loved to ride. She compares them to a "pair of centaurs". {{Ref|aDwD|41}} [[Roose Bolton]] claims that Lyanna was "half a horse herself", probably meaning a centaur. He also claims that [[Domeric Bolton]] could out-race her. {{Ref|aDwD|32}}

Robert was deeply infatuated with Lyanna and remains very much in love with her memory over a decade after her death, to the point of causing major strain in his marriage to [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|8}} Ned, however, points out that Robert never really knew Lyanna very well, and suggests that they might not have gotten along as well as Robert imagines; while Robert believes Lyanna would never have publicly opposed him the way Cersei does, Ned says that Robert saw only Lyanna's beauty, and never recognized her boldness and strength of will.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Lyanna may have been considerably less enthusiastic about the marriage than Robert was, as she commented to Ned at that Robert's love for her would not prevent him from being unfaithful after their marriage.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}

[[Arya Stark]] resembles Lyanna in appearance, according to Eddard Stark. {{Ref|aGoT|22}} [[Margaery Tyrell]] is also said to resemble Lyanna. While in [[King's Landing]], [[Renly Baratheon]] had Eddard examine a miniature portrait of Margaery, painted in the style of [[Myr]]. He wanted him to confirm the supposed resemblance, but Eddard failed to see a connection between the two women. {{Ref|aGoT|27}} [[Kevan Lannister]] recalls Lyanna having a "wild beauty" about her. But her looks paled in comparison to a young [[Cersei Lannister]]: "however bright a torch might burn it could never match the rising sun." {{Ref|aDwD|72}}

==History==
[[File:rhaeg_lyanna-winterfelll.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Lyanna, her brother, and [[Rhaegar]] by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]
[[File: ‎Enife_Lyanna_Stark.png‎ |Lyanna, wearing a crown of [[blue winter rose]]s – by Enife ©|thumb|300px|right]]
===Early life===
When [[Bran Stark]] has visions through the heart tree of Winterfell, a scene seems to involve a girl looking like Arya (and Lyanna). Two children are seen duelling with broken branches, using them as swords. The girl is older and taller than the boy. She defeats the boy, slashing him across the thigh. The boy loses his balance and falls into the pool. He starts splashing and shouting. The girl warns him to be quiet, or [[Nan|Old Nan]] will hear him and notify their father. She then kneels and pulls her younger brother from the pool. The scene shifts to another vision before Bran has a chance to see more of the two children. {{Ref|aDwD|34}} It is implied that the girl is Lyanna and the boy is her younger brother, [[Benjen Stark]]. Also pointing that she was skilled at sword-fighting. <ref name="Beyond the Wall"/>

Lyanna was at Winterfell when her father promised her hand to Robert Baratheon. That same night she confided to Eddard concerning her opinion of Robert: that the man will never keep to one bed. {{Ref|aGoT|35}} She had heard that Robert had an illegitimate daughter in the [[Vale of Arryn]], apparently [[Mya Stone]]. {{Ref|aGoT|35}} Eddard attempted to convince her that what Robert did before the betrothal was insignificant and that Robert would change. She was not convinced. {{Ref|aGoT|35}}
===Harrenhal===
Lyanna was present at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. There she found [[Howland Reed]] being bullied by three young squires, none older that fifteen-years-old. She roared "That's my father's man you're kicking" and attacked them with a tourney sword. The bullies scattered and Lyanna "the she-wolf" took the injured man back to her "lair," probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen. Then she introduced the guest to her brothers [[Brandon Stark]] ("the wild wolf"), [[Eddard Stark]] ("the quiet wolf"), and [[Benjen Stark]] ("the pup"). {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

That evening, Lyanna persuaded Reed to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for Reed. Within [[Harrenhal]], Reed ate and drank with the Starks. During the feast [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

During the feast, Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One serving a pitchfork knight ([[House Haigh]]), one serving a porcupine ([[House Blount]]), and the last boy serving a knight of two towers ([[House Frey]]). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen volunteered to find armor for Reed, in case the crannogman wished to challenge them. Reed slept in the tent of Eddard that night. During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the champions. But then the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] challenged and defeated all three of them, winning custody over their horses and armor. When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the Knight declared his terms: that they ought to teach their squires honor. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} It is uncertain whether Reed, Lyanna, or one of the other Starks hid behind the mask of the Knight. <ref name="Beyond the Wall"> [http://books.google.gr/books?id=tYUsrknjhbEC&pg=PT52&lpg=PT52&dq=Knight+of+the+laughing+tree+uncertain&source=bl&ots=3Oel8P1-Mf&sig=MaELA01H_FROetLJ7v4jNnc_tHk&hl=el&sa=X&ei=8WYJUOKpCOip4gSiv_XZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Knight%20of%20the%20laughing%20tree%20uncertain&f=false Beyond the Wall, Chapter: "History on a Personal Scale"] Commenting on the uncertainties of the text in the novels: "Even what appear to be straightforward elements of backstory turn out to be more complex, more shrouded in doubt, than they first appear. ... We have also seen through the heart tree that Lyanna Stark was a skilled swordswoman, capable of besting her younger brother - the future First Ranger of the Night's Watch and a very capable soldier - in mock combat. This fuels speculation that Lyanna was the mysterious Knight of the Laughing Tree ... and gives another reason for why she and Rhaegar may have met and developed a connection." </ref>

The Knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and [[Richard Lonmouth]] were determined to unmask him, while [[Aerys II Targaryen]] was certain that the man was his enemy. By the next morning, the Knight disappeared. An angry Aerys sent Rhaegar to search for the vanished Knight, but only the shield of the Knight could be found. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} Rhaegar went on to win the tournament and shocked all present by passing over [[Elia Martell|his wife]] to crown Lyanna, then already betrothed to Robert Baratheon, as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} {{Ref|aSoS|42}} According to the recollections of Eddard Stark, that day Rhaegar managed to unseat [[Brandon Stark]], [[Yohn Royce]], [[Arthur Dayne]], and [[Barristan Selmy]]. Robert Baratheon was among the spectators, jesting with [[Jon Arryn]] and [[Eon Hunter]]. Then the victorious Rhaegar urged his horse past [[Elia Martell]], laying the laurel of the queen of beauty in Lyanna's lap. A laurel consisting of blue winter roses. At that moment "all the smiles died". {{Ref|aGoT|58}} Selmy blames himself for failing to defeat Rhaegar that day, for then he would have had a chance to crown his own lady love: [[Ashara Dayne]]. {{Ref|aDwD|67}}

===Disappearance and consequences===
At some time after the tournament, Lyanna was kidnapped by Rhaegar with the help of [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Oswell Whent]].<ref name="aSoIaF App"> Rhaegar Targaryen's AWOIAF App entry</ref> The story (as told by [[Robert Baratheon]]) goes that Rhaegar carried her off and raped her. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} Barristan Selmy is convinced that "Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna," though that love sent thousands to their respective deaths. {{Ref|aDwD|67}} According to [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar was simply not happy with his marriage. If Rhaegar was happy with Elia, he would not have needed Lyanna. He once blamed their sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] for being born too late to marry Rhaegar. A happily married Rhaegar would need neither Elia nor Lyanna. Daenerys, countered that, by the same logic, it was the fault of Viserys that he was not a girl. Because then he would be the sister destined for Rhaegar. Viserys beat her cruelly for her insolence. {{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Her oldest brother [[Brandon Stark]] was on his way to [[Riverrun]] when the news of his sister's disappearance reached him, and instead he went straight to [[King's Landing]]. Entering the [[Red Keep]] with a few companions ([[Ethan Glover]], [[Jeffory Mallister]], [[Kyle Royce]], [[Elbert Arryn]]), he roared for Rhaegar "to come out and die." But Rhaegar wasn't there. [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]] had Brandon and his companions arrested, accusing them of plotting murder and charged them with treason. Aerys summoned their fathers to court, supposedly to answer the charge against their sons. When they presented themselves, Aerys decided to kill them all, fathers and sons together. Brandon and Lyanna's father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], demanded a [[trial by combat]], and the king granted him the request. Lord Stark was allowed to armor himself for battle but was then suspended from the rafters over a blazing fire, Aerys choosing "fire" as his champion. He had Brandon watch as Rickard slowly roasted, the young son attached to a device which tightened a cord around his neck whenever he moved. Trying to reach for his longsword and rescue his father, Brandon strangled himself. They died with no real trial. {{Ref|aCoK|55}} This was a primary impetus for [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Aerys next demanded the heads of Robert and Eddard. They were both wards of Jon Arryn, the Lord of the Eyrie having pledged to protect them. Arryn responded to Aerys by raising his banners in revolt. {{Ref|aGoT|2}}

During the war, Lyanna's fiancé Robert and brother Eddard were important leaders, together with [[Jon Arryn]], who had been their foster father. Rhaegar spent much of the war at the [[Tower of Joy]] with Lyanna. He left to join the war effort when Aerys sent [[Gerold Hightower]] to find him. Rhaegar left Gerold with Arthur and Oswell to guard Lyanna.<ref name="aSoIaF App"/> The decisive battle of the war came at [[Battle of the Trident|the Trident]], where Robert slew Rhaegar in single combat and the rebels defeated the royal army.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} According to the stories of [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar had fought and died for "the woman he loved." {{Ref|aGoT|3}} [[Daenerys Targaryen]] believes in that version of the story. {{Ref|aGoT|64}} One of the visions Daenerys sees in the [[House of the Undying]], seems to depict the last moments of Rhaegar. Rubies are flying from his chest like drops of blood. Then his knees sink into the water. He whispers Lyanna's name with his last breath. {{Ref|aCoK|48}} <ref name="aSoIaF App"/>

Following the Battle of the Trident, the remnants of Rhaegar's army retreated toward [[King's Landing]]. Robert was wounded and unable to pursue them, but he entrusted Eddard with the pursuit. Eddard expected to find the city gates closed, with Aerys II and several thousand Targaryen loyalists leading the defense. He reached the city just after the [[Sack of King's Landing]] by the forces of [[House Lannister]]. For most of the rebellion, the Lannisters had remained neutral, ignoring calls to arms by both the rebels and the loyalists. Then [[Tywin Lannister]] and 12,000 of his soldiers reached the capital. Aerys opened the gates to them, mistaking them for allied reinforcements. Instead they were there to sack the city and join the rebels. {{Ref|aGoT|12}} [[Pycelle]] had managed to convince Aerys II to open the gates. The King did so, unaware that Pycelle himself was only loyal to Tywin.
{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Aerys ignored the warnings of [[Varys]] to not trust Tywin. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Aerys II had one last plan: [[the Wildfire Plot]], a way to burn the capital, leaving for Robert only ashes, charred bones, and cooked meat. He commanded [[Rossart]], the [[Hand of the King]], to activate the plan, making certain to take the Lannister forces with him to his funeral pyre. Meanwhile, he gave [[Jaime Lannister]] orders to decapitate Tywin and bring the head to him. Jaime instead killed Rossart and then attacked Aerys himself, killing him. [[Elys Westerling]] and [[Roland Crakehall (Lord)|Roland Crakehall]] then entered the throne room, finding Jaime with the corpse. At about the same time, [[Gregor Clegane]] and Amory Lorch were scaling the walls of [[Red Keep|Maegor's Holdfast]] as Eddard Stark was leading his own forces through the city gates. When Eddard entered the throne room, he found Jaime seated on the [[Iron Throne]]. {{Ref|aSoS|11}} {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

===Death and burial===
[[File: Asiulus_Promise_Me_Ned.png‎|‎Promise me [[Ned]] - by Asiulus ©|thumb|right|300px]]
After these events, Ned rode to the [[Tower of Joy]] in the mountains of [[Dorne]] with six companions ([[Martyn Cassel]], [[Theo Wull]], [[Ethan Glover]], [[Mark Ryswell]], [[Howland Reed]], [[Willam Dustin]]), and found the three remaining loyalist members of the [[Kingsguard]] - Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], and Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] - guarding it. Only Ned and his bannerman [[Howland Reed]] survived the ensuing battle. Ned found Lyanna inside the tower in a "bed of blood", dying.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|39}} When Eddard recalls the conflict in a dream, there is an additional detail. While the combatants clash, Lyanna screams. The dream then switches a storm of blue rose petals, blowing across a blood-streaked sky. It is uncertain if these details are accurate memories. {{Ref|aGoT|39}}

Lyanna died in a room that smelled of "blood and roses". A fever had taken her strength. Her voice had been faint as a whisper. There was fear in her eyes, while she called for "Ned" to promise her something. When her brother gave his word, the fear went out of her eyes. She smiled, and her fingers clutched his own in a tight grip. They were still holding each other as she "gave up her hold on life". Rose petals slipped from her palm, dead and black. Later, [[Howland Reed]] found Eddard still holding the corpse. Howland managed to separate the hands of the living man and the dying girl, though Eddard had no recollection of what happened after Lyanna died. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} Shortly before her death, Lyanna extracted a promise from Ned.{{Ref|aGoT|35}} Neither the content of the promise nor the cause of her death are currently known. Her final words were a phrase that would haunt her brother for the rest of his life:{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

{{Quote| "Promise me, Ned."{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}}

Lyanna was only "sixteen" years-old at the time of her death. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} {{Ref|aGoT|8}} Her tomb lies in the crypts of Winterfell, beside that of Rickard Stark. At the other side of Rickard's tomb stands the tomb of Brandon Stark. The three tombs stand together. A statue of Lyanna has been carved in the stone of her tomb, though Robert Baratheon claimed that the stonemason failed to capture her beauty. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} [[File:Ned_and_Robert_at_tomb.jpg|Ned and Robert visiting Lyanna’s tomb - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]Eddard claims that Lyanna herself asked him to return her to Winterfell. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} He reports bringing flowers to her tomb whenever he can, as his sister was fond of flowers. {{Ref|aGoT|4}} [[Bran Stark]] notes that only the kings and lords of Winterfell are supposed to have statues in their likeness, not their family members. But Eddard wished to honor his beloved siblings. {{Ref|aGoT|66}} Barbrey Ryswell informs Theon that the tomb is not a cenotaph (empty tomb). Eddard actually transported the bones of Lyanna all the way from [[Dorne]]. {{Ref|aDwD|41}}

===Named after Lyanna===
The war galley [[Lady Lyanna]] has been named in honor of Lyanna Stark. King Robert named the galley in honor of the maid he had loved and lost. [[Davos Seaworth]] considers it a beautiful ship, likely its "beauty" inspiring the name. {{Ref|aCoK|41}} {{Ref|aCoK|58}}

[[Lyanna Mormont]], youngest daughter of [[Maege Mormont]], is named after Lyanna Stark. [[Stannis Baratheon]] feels this was a transparent attempt to win the favor of Eddard Stark. {{Ref|aDwD|3}}

===Appearance in nightmares===

Eddard Stark has a nightmare involving Lyanna and her statue. In the dream, Eddard walks through the crypts of Winterfell. He can listen the statue of Lyanna whispering: "Promise me, Ned". He notices the statue wearing a garland of pale blue roses, while her eyes weep blood. Eddard immediately wakes with his heart racing. {{Ref|aGoT|47}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] has a nightmare involving a feast of the dead at Winterfell. Many of the dead men and women attending are people that Theon knew personally or were slain by his own hand and/or command. But he also notices faces that he had never known in life. Among them is Lyanna: a slim, sad girl wearing a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown splattered with blood. Brandon Stark stood beside her, their father Rickard just behind them. Theon wakes up screaming when [[Robb Stark]] and [[Grey Wind]], both bleeding, join the feast. {{Ref|aCoK|56}}

==Quotes by Lyanna==
{{Quote|''Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a man's nature.''{{Ref|aGoT|35}} }}

==Quotes about Lyanna==
{{Quote|''You never knew Lyanna as I did, Robert. You saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath.'' {{Ref|aGoT|30}} }}
- [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|''You ride like a northman, milady. Your aunt was the same. Lady Lyanna.'' {{Ref|aSoS|17}}}} - [[Harwin]] to [[Arya Stark]]

{{Quote|''The boy was mad for horses, Lady Dustin will tell you. Not even Lord Rickard's daughter could outrace him, and that one was half a horse herself.'' {{Ref|aDwD|32}}}}
- [[Roose Bolton]], comparing [[Domeric Bolton|his son]] to Lyanna.

{{Quote|She was more beautiful than that. Ah, damn it, [[Eddard Stark|Ned]], did you have to bury her in a place like this? She deserved more than darkness . . .{{Ref|agot|4}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|'''Eddard:''' A thousand other women might have loved him with all their hearts. What did [[Robert Baratheon|he]] do to make you hate him so?

'''Cersei:''' The night of our wedding feast, the first time we shared a bed, he called me by your sister’s name. He was on top of me, in me, stinking of wine, and he whispered Lyanna.{{Ref|agot|45}}}}
- [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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| othertitles = King in the North King of the Trident 
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| alias = The Young Wolf The King Who Lost the North
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'''Robb Stark''' is the eldest son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and the heir to [[Winterfell]] and the [[North]]. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raises his banners and marches south with a host to aid his allies in the [[Riverlands]] and to free his father. After his father's execution, he is named [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|Trident]] by his followers. He is called the '''Young Wolf''' by many of his followers and foes alike. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Richard Madden.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Cast and Crew] on HBO</ref>

==Appearance & Personality==
[[File:Robb Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark by [http://aniaem.deviantart.com/ Anja Delisa©]]]
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Robb Stark|this collection of images]].
Robb's appearance favours his [[House Tully|Tully]] side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is graceful and quick. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

When he is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, 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. {{Ref|asos|14|p 156}}

Robb is his [[Ned Stark|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 born in [[Riverrun]], presumably the product of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|aGoT|63}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|1}} Robb was also close with his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.{{ref|aCoK|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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]].{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Shortly after the king's court arrive at [[Winterfell]], Robb spars with the crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]] retainers.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}

When [[Eddard Stark|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 [[Catelyn Tully|mother]].{{ref|aGoT|6}} After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on him.{{ref|aGoT|24}} After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the [[Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|53}}{{ref|aGoT|55}} His motives are to support his mother's house, [[House Tully]], in response to the invasion of [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from the [[Westerlands|West]], 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.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

Upon learning that [[Riverrun]] has been besieged by a host led by [[Jaime Lannister]], whilst another force led by [[Tywin Lannister]] approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of [[Roose Bolton]] to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the [[Trident#Green Fork|Green Fork]] at the [[Twins]] with the majority of his horse.{{ref|aGoT|55}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|59}}

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, [[Brynden Tully]], he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.{{ref|aGoT|63}} In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by [[Robb's personal guard|a company of highborn warriors]] who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to [[Battle of the Camps|lift]] the siege of Riverrun,{{ref|aGoT|71}} forcing Tywin's army, which had [[Battle of the Green Fork|scored a victory]] against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|aGoT|69}}

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 riverlords as the [[King in the North]].{{ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]], who fought with him in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], to [[Pyke]] with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.{{ref|aCoK|7}} He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s younger brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have crowned themselves king.{{ref|aCoK|22}} Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the [[House Baratheon|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]].{{ref|aCoK|33}}{{ref|aCoK|24}}

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the [[Westerlands]], smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and winning battles at [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and [[Battle of the Crag|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 [[Battle of Winterfell|taken Winterfell]] and murdered his younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|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.{{ref|aSoS|14}} The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the West are furious and withdraw their support.{{ref|aSoS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The Red Wedding Fin.JPG|300px|thumb|The Red Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
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|Walder Frey]] is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: [[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 [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] at a ford near Riverrun and [[Battle of the Fords|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]]'s favor.{{ref|aSoS|14}} With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]]; his loving wife, her brother [[Raynald Westerling|Ser Raynald]] his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire [[Rollam Westerling|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 Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to her, if possible.{{ref|aSoS|14}} This earns her the enmity of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|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.{{ref|aSoS|20}}

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 Iron born 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.{{ref|aSoS|35}} Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] to Edmure.{{ref|aSoS|45}}

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.{{ref|aSoS|49}} After the ceremony and the [[bedding]], Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled [[sellsword]]s into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches [[Roose Bolton]] deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.{{ref|aSoS|51}} Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson [[Jinglebell]] and is killed shortly thereafter herself.{{ref|aSoS|53}} 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.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

==Quotes by Robb==

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' I can’t release [[Jaime Lannister|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. {{Ref|acok|7}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}

{{Quote|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.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}} - Robb to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|
'''Blackfish:''' You know that for a certainty? That this will make [[Harrion Karstark|young Karstark]] your enemy?

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

'''Blackfish:''' 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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Blackfish]]

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}

{{Quote|I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.{{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the [[Torrhen Stark|first Stark]].
'''Robb:''' Never.

'''Catelyn:''' There is no shame in it. [[Balon Greyjoy]] bent the knee to [[Robert Baratheon|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? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' Is that why you freed the [[Jaime Lannister|Kingslayer]]? To make a peace with the Lannisters?

'''Catelyn:''' I freed Jaime for Sansa’s sake ... and Arya’s, if she still lives. You know that. But if I nurtured some hope of buying peace as well, was that so ill?

'''Robb:''' Yes, The Lannisters killed my father.

'''Catelyn:''' Do you think I have forgotten that?

'''Robb:''' I don’t know. Have you? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}}

==Quotes about Robb==

{{Quote|There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The [[King in the North]]! {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]]

{{Quote|He was our king! He was brave and good. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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'''Robb Stark''' is the eldest son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and the heir to [[Winterfell]] and the [[North]]. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raises his banners and marches south with a host to aid his allies in the [[Riverlands]] and to free his father. After his father's execution, he is named [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|Trident]] by his followers. He is called the '''Young Wolf''' by many of his followers and foes alike. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Richard Madden.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Cast and Crew] on HBO</ref>

==Appearance & Personality==
[[File:Robb Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark by [http://aniaem.deviantart.com/ Anja Delisa©]]]
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Robb Stark|this collection of images]].
Robb's appearance favours his [[House Tully|Tully]] side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is graceful and quick. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

When he is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, 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. {{Ref|asos|14|p 156}}

Robb is his [[Ned Stark|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 accompanies him into battle.

==History==
Robb was born in [[Riverrun]], presumably the product of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|aGoT|63}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|1}} Robb was also close with his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.{{ref|aCoK|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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]].{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Shortly after the king's court arrive at [[Winterfell]], Robb spars with the crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]] retainers.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}

When [[Eddard Stark|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 [[Catelyn Tully|mother]].{{ref|aGoT|6}} After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on him.{{ref|aGoT|24}} After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the [[Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|53}}{{ref|aGoT|55}} His motives are to support his mother's house, [[House Tully]], in response to the invasion of [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from the [[Westerlands|West]], 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.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

Upon learning that [[Riverrun]] has been besieged by a host led by [[Jaime Lannister]], whilst another force led by [[Tywin Lannister]] approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of [[Roose Bolton]] to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the [[Trident#Green Fork|Green Fork]] at the [[Twins]] with the majority of his horse.{{ref|aGoT|55}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|59}}

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, [[Brynden Tully]], he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.{{ref|aGoT|63}} In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by [[Robb's personal guard|a company of highborn warriors]] who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to [[Battle of the Camps|lift]] the siege of Riverrun,{{ref|aGoT|71}} forcing Tywin's army, which had [[Battle of the Green Fork|scored a victory]] against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|aGoT|69}}

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 riverlords as the [[King in the North]].{{ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]], who fought with him in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], to [[Pyke]] with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.{{ref|aCoK|7}} He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s younger brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have crowned themselves king.{{ref|aCoK|22}} Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the [[House Baratheon|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]].{{ref|aCoK|33}}{{ref|aCoK|24}}

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the [[Westerlands]], smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and winning battles at [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and [[Battle of the Crag|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 [[Battle of Winterfell|taken Winterfell]] and murdered his younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|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.{{ref|aSoS|14}} The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the West are furious and withdraw their support.{{ref|aSoS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The Red Wedding Fin.JPG|300px|thumb|The Red Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
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|Walder Frey]] is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: [[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 [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] at a ford near Riverrun and [[Battle of the Fords|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]]'s favor.{{ref|aSoS|14}} With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]]; his loving wife, her brother [[Raynald Westerling|Ser Raynald]] his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire [[Rollam Westerling|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 Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to her, if possible.{{ref|aSoS|14}} This earns her the enmity of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|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.{{ref|aSoS|20}}

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 Iron born 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.{{ref|aSoS|35}} Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] to Edmure.{{ref|aSoS|45}}

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.{{ref|aSoS|49}} After the ceremony and the [[bedding]], Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled [[sellsword]]s into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches [[Roose Bolton]] deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.{{ref|aSoS|51}} Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson [[Jinglebell]] and is killed shortly thereafter herself.{{ref|aSoS|53}} 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.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

==Quotes by Robb==

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' I can’t release [[Jaime Lannister|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. {{Ref|acok|7}}}}

{{Quote|Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}

{{Quote|I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.{{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the [[Torrhen Stark|first Stark]].
'''Robb:''' Never.

'''Catelyn:''' There is no shame in it. [[Balon Greyjoy]] bent the knee to [[Robert Baratheon|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? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'Lord Umber, this one was only the watcher. Hang him last, so he may watch the others die.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|
'''Blackfish:''' You know that for a certainty? That this will make [[Harrion Karstark|young Karstark]] your enemy?

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

'''Blackfish:''' 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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Blackfish]]

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}

==Quotes about Robb==

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aGoT|56}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] before [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|battle of the Whispering Wood]]

{{Quote|'''Varys:''' [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] is frightened of you, my lord . . . but she has other enemies she fears even more. Her beloved [[Jaime Lannister|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, [[House Martell|the Martells]] still brood on the murder of Princess [[Elia Martell|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. {{Ref|aGoT|58}}}}
- [[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]

{{Quote|A wise man... and honorable.{{Ref|aGoT|63}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The [[King in the North]]! {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|Robb Stark had won more battles in a year than the [[Mace Tyrell|Lord of Highgarden]] had in twenty.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] thoughts

{{Quote|The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]]

{{Quote|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?{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- [[Rickard Karstark]]

{{Quote|If you had to fall [[Jeyne Westerling|into a woman’s arms]], my son, why couldn’t they have been [[Margaery Tyrell]]’s? {{Ref|asos|14|p 164}}}} - [[Catelyn]]’s thoughts

{{Quote|He chose [[Jeyne Westerling|the girl]]’s honor over his own. Once he had deflowered her, he had no other course. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Kevan Lannister]]

{{Quote|Jeyne Westerling is [[Sybell Spicer|her mother]]’s daughter, and Robb Stark is [[Eddard Stark|his father]]’s son. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}
- [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|'''Brienne:''' King Robb has won every battle,
'''Roose:''' Won every battle, while losing the Freys, the Karstarks, Winterfell, and the north.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}}} - [[Roose Bolton]] to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|The boy was too wary in the field. He kept his men in good order, and surrounded himself with outriders and bodyguards. {{Ref|aSoS|53}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] justifies [[Red Wedding]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' My brother Robb was [[King in the North]] . . .
'''Stannis:''' Your brother was the rightful Lord of [[Winterfell]]. If he had stayed home and done his duty, instead of crowning himself and riding off to [[King of the Trident|conquer the riverlands]], he might be alive today. Be that as it may. You are not Robb, no more than I am Robert.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' I loved my brother,
'''Stannis:''' And I mine. Yet they were what they were, and so are we. I am the only true king in Westeros, north or south. And you are Ned Stark’s bastard. [[Tywin Lannister]] has named Roose Bolton his [[Warden of the North]], to reward him for betraying your brother.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|When Robb Stark took up arms against the bastard [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey-called-Baratheon]], [[White Harbor]] marched with him. Lord Stark has fallen, but his war goes on. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos]]

{{Quote|He was our king! He was brave and good. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

{{Quote|And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by [[House Frey|the Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|aDwD|46}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]]'s thoughts

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| othertitles = King in the North King of the Trident 
Lord of Winterfell
| fullname = Robb Stark
| alias = The Young Wolf The King Who Lost the North
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| father = [[Eddard Stark]]
| mother = [[Catelyn Tully]]
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| placeofbirth = [[Riverrun]]
| dateofdeath = {{Date|299}}
| placeofdeath = [[The Twins]]
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Richard Madden,Robb Stark|Richard Madden]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
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'''Robb Stark''' is the eldest son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and the heir to [[Winterfell]] and the [[North]]. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raises his banners and marches south with a host to aid his allies in the [[Riverlands]] and to free his father. After his father's execution, he is named [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|Trident]] by his followers. He is called the '''Young Wolf''' by many of his followers and foes alike. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Richard Madden.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Cast and Crew] on HBO</ref>

==Appearance & Personality==
[[File:Robb Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark by [http://aniaem.deviantart.com/ Anja Delisa©]]]
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Robb Stark|this collection of images]].
Robb's appearance favours his [[House Tully|Tully]] side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is graceful and quick. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

When he is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, 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. {{Ref|asos|14|p 156}}

Robb is his [[Ned Stark|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 accompanies him into battle.

==History==
Robb was born in [[Riverrun]], presumably the product of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|aGoT|63}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|1}} Robb was also close with his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.{{ref|aCoK|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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]].{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Shortly after the king's court arrive at [[Winterfell]], Robb spars with the crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]] retainers.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}

When [[Eddard Stark|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 [[Catelyn Tully|mother]].{{ref|aGoT|6}} After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on him.{{ref|aGoT|24}} After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the [[Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|53}}{{ref|aGoT|55}} His motives are to support his mother's house, [[House Tully]], in response to the invasion of [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from the [[Westerlands|West]], 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.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

Upon learning that [[Riverrun]] has been besieged by a host led by [[Jaime Lannister]], whilst another force led by [[Tywin Lannister]] approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of [[Roose Bolton]] to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the [[Trident#Green Fork|Green Fork]] at the [[Twins]] with the majority of his horse.{{ref|aGoT|55}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|59}}

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, [[Brynden Tully]], he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.{{ref|aGoT|63}} In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by [[Robb's personal guard|a company of highborn warriors]] who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to [[Battle of the Camps|lift]] the siege of Riverrun,{{ref|aGoT|71}} forcing Tywin's army, which had [[Battle of the Green Fork|scored a victory]] against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|aGoT|69}}

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 riverlords as the [[King in the North]].{{ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]], who fought with him in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], to [[Pyke]] with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.{{ref|aCoK|7}} He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s younger brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have crowned themselves king.{{ref|aCoK|22}} Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the [[House Baratheon|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]].{{ref|aCoK|33}}{{ref|aCoK|24}}

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the [[Westerlands]], smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and winning battles at [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and [[Battle of the Crag|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 [[Battle of Winterfell|taken Winterfell]] and murdered his younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|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.{{ref|aSoS|14}} The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the West are furious and withdraw their support.{{ref|aSoS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The Red Wedding Fin.JPG|300px|thumb|The Red Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
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|Walder Frey]] is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: [[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 [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] at a ford near Riverrun and [[Battle of the Fords|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]]'s favor.{{ref|aSoS|14}} With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]]; his loving wife, her brother [[Raynald Westerling|Ser Raynald]] his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire [[Rollam Westerling|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 Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to her, if possible.{{ref|aSoS|14}} This earns her the enmity of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|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.{{ref|aSoS|20}}

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 Iron born 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.{{ref|aSoS|35}} Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] to Edmure.{{ref|aSoS|45}}

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.{{ref|aSoS|49}} After the ceremony and the [[bedding]], Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled [[sellsword]]s into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches [[Roose Bolton]] deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.{{ref|aSoS|51}} Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson [[Jinglebell]] and is killed shortly thereafter herself.{{ref|aSoS|53}} 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.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

==Quotes by Robb==

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' I can’t release [[Jaime Lannister|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. {{Ref|acok|7}}}}

{{Quote|Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}

{{Quote|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.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'Lord Umber, this one was only the watcher. Hang him last, so he may watch the others die.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|
'''Blackfish:''' You know that for a certainty? That this will make [[Harrion Karstark|young Karstark]] your enemy?

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

'''Blackfish:''' 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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Blackfish]]

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}

{{Quote|I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.{{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the [[Torrhen Stark|first Stark]].
'''Robb:''' Never.

'''Catelyn:''' There is no shame in it. [[Balon Greyjoy]] bent the knee to [[Robert Baratheon|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? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

==Quotes about Robb==

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aGoT|56}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] before [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|battle of the Whispering Wood]]

{{Quote|'''Varys:''' [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] is frightened of you, my lord . . . but she has other enemies she fears even more. Her beloved [[Jaime Lannister|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, [[House Martell|the Martells]] still brood on the murder of Princess [[Elia Martell|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. {{Ref|aGoT|58}}}}
- [[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]

{{Quote|A wise man... and honorable.{{Ref|aGoT|63}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The [[King in the North]]! {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|Robb Stark had won more battles in a year than the [[Mace Tyrell|Lord of Highgarden]] had in twenty.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] thoughts

{{Quote|The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]]

{{Quote|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?{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- [[Rickard Karstark]]

{{Quote|If you had to fall [[Jeyne Westerling|into a woman’s arms]], my son, why couldn’t they have been [[Margaery Tyrell]]’s? {{Ref|asos|14|p 164}}}} - [[Catelyn]]’s thoughts

{{Quote|He chose [[Jeyne Westerling|the girl]]’s honor over his own. Once he had deflowered her, he had no other course. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Kevan Lannister]]

{{Quote|Jeyne Westerling is [[Sybell Spicer|her mother]]’s daughter, and Robb Stark is [[Eddard Stark|his father]]’s son. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}
- [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|'''Brienne:''' King Robb has won every battle,
'''Roose:''' Won every battle, while losing the Freys, the Karstarks, Winterfell, and the north.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}}} - [[Roose Bolton]] to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|The boy was too wary in the field. He kept his men in good order, and surrounded himself with outriders and bodyguards. {{Ref|aSoS|53}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] justifies [[Red Wedding]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' My brother Robb was [[King in the North]] . . .
'''Stannis:''' Your brother was the rightful Lord of [[Winterfell]]. If he had stayed home and done his duty, instead of crowning himself and riding off to [[King of the Trident|conquer the riverlands]], he might be alive today. Be that as it may. You are not Robb, no more than I am Robert.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' I loved my brother,
'''Stannis:''' And I mine. Yet they were what they were, and so are we. I am the only true king in Westeros, north or south. And you are Ned Stark’s bastard. [[Tywin Lannister]] has named Roose Bolton his [[Warden of the North]], to reward him for betraying your brother.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|When Robb Stark took up arms against the bastard [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey-called-Baratheon]], [[White Harbor]] marched with him. Lord Stark has fallen, but his war goes on. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos]]

{{Quote|He was our king! He was brave and good. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

{{Quote|And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by [[House Frey|the Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|aDwD|46}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]]'s thoughts

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Robb Stark

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| reign = {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
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| othertitles = King in the North King of the Trident 
Lord of Winterfell
| fullname = Robb Stark
| alias = The Young Wolf The King Who Lost the North
| predecessor = None since [[Torrhen Stark]]
| successor = None
| suc-type =
| heir = [[Bran Stark]] (believed dead)
| queen = [[Jeyne Westerling]]
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| father = [[Eddard Stark]]
| mother = [[Catelyn Tully]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|283}}
| placeofbirth = [[Riverrun]]
| dateofdeath = {{Date|299}}
| placeofdeath = [[The Twins]]
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Richard Madden,Robb Stark|Richard Madden]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
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'''Robb Stark''' is the eldest son of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]] and the heir to [[Winterfell]] and the [[North]]. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raises his banners and marches south with a host to aid his allies in the [[Riverlands]] and to free his father. After his father's execution, he is named [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|Trident]] by his followers. He is called the '''Young Wolf''' by many of his followers and foes alike. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Richard Madden.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Cast and Crew] on HBO</ref>

==Appearance & Personality==
[[File:Robb Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark by [http://aniaem.deviantart.com/ Anja Delisa©]]]
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Robb Stark|this collection of images]].
Robb's appearance favours his [[House Tully|Tully]] side, with a stocky build, blue eyes and thick red-brown hair. He is graceful and quick. He opens the series as a boy of fourteen years.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

When he is sixteen his mother notices that he is no longer a boy, 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. {{Ref|asos|14|p 156}}

Robb is his [[Ned Stark|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 accompanies him into battle.

==History==
Robb was born in [[Riverrun]], presumably the product of [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|aGoT|63}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|1}} Robb was also close with his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], who came to regard Robb as something of a younger brother.{{ref|aCoK|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
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]].{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Shortly after the king's court arrive at [[Winterfell]], Robb spars with the crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]] retainers.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}

When [[Eddard Stark|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 [[Catelyn Tully|mother]].{{ref|aGoT|6}} After she travels to King's Landing, the responsibility falls solely on him.{{ref|aGoT|24}} After word of Eddard's arrest for treason reaches Winterfell, Robb calls the Stark bannermen to war and marches south to the [[Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|53}}{{ref|aGoT|55}} His motives are to support his mother's house, [[House Tully]], in response to the invasion of [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from the [[Westerlands|West]], 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.{{ref|aGoT|53}}

Upon learning that [[Riverrun]] has been besieged by a host led by [[Jaime Lannister]], whilst another force led by [[Tywin Lannister]] approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending his footmen under the command of [[Roose Bolton]] to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the [[Trident#Green Fork|Green Fork]] at the [[Twins]] with the majority of his horse.{{ref|aGoT|55}} 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.{{ref|aGoT|59}}

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, [[Brynden Tully]], he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive.{{ref|aGoT|63}} In this battle and all his others, Robb was protected by [[Robb's personal guard|a company of highborn warriors]] who would become his friends and companions. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to [[Battle of the Camps|lift]] the siege of Riverrun,{{ref|aGoT|71}} forcing Tywin's army, which had [[Battle of the Green Fork|scored a victory]] against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|aGoT|69}}

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 riverlords as the [[King in the North]].{{ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends [[Theon Greyjoy]], who fought with him in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], to [[Pyke]] with the goal of securing an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]], against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in exchange for recognition of the independence of the Iron Islands.{{ref|aCoK|7}} He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s younger brothers [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have crowned themselves king.{{ref|aCoK|22}} Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the [[House Baratheon|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]].{{ref|aCoK|33}}{{ref|aCoK|24}}

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his forces and launches an invasion into the [[Westerlands]], smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and winning battles at [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and [[Battle of the Crag|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 [[Battle of Winterfell|taken Winterfell]] and murdered his younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|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.{{ref|aSoS|14}} The Frey host that had accompanied Robb into the West are furious and withdraw their support.{{ref|aSoS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The Red Wedding Fin.JPG|300px|thumb|The Red Wedding by [https://www.facebook.com/ConorCampbellArtist?ref=hl/ Conor Campbell©]]]
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|Walder Frey]] is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: [[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 [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] at a ford near Riverrun and [[Battle of the Fords|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 [[House Lannister|Lannister]]'s favor.{{ref|aSoS|14}} With problems on every side, Robb seems only to take solace in the company of the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]]; his loving wife, her brother [[Raynald Westerling|Ser Raynald]] his banner-bearer, and their younger brother, Robb's new squire [[Rollam Westerling|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 Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] to her, if possible.{{ref|aSoS|14}} This earns her the enmity of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|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.{{ref|aSoS|20}}

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 Iron born 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.{{ref|aSoS|35}} Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] to Edmure.{{ref|aSoS|45}}

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.{{ref|aSoS|49}} After the ceremony and the [[bedding]], Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled [[sellsword]]s into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches [[Roose Bolton]] deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart.{{ref|aSoS|51}} Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson [[Jinglebell]] and is killed shortly thereafter herself.{{ref|aSoS|53}} 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.{{ref|aSoS|54}}

==Quotes by Robb==

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' I can’t release [[Jaime Lannister|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. {{Ref|acok|7}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|Love’s not always wise, I’ve learned. It can lead us to great folly, but we follow our hearts ... wherever they take us.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}

{{Quote|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.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}} - Robb to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|
'''Blackfish:''' You know that for a certainty? That this will make [[Harrion Karstark|young Karstark]] your enemy?

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

'''Blackfish:''' 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.{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- Robb to [[Blackfish]]

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}

{{Quote|I have won every battle, yet somehow I'm losing the war.{{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' You would not be the first king to bend the knee, nor even the [[Torrhen Stark|first Stark]].
'''Robb:''' Never.

'''Catelyn:''' There is no shame in it. [[Balon Greyjoy]] bent the knee to [[Robert Baratheon|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? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' Is that why you freed the [[Jaime Lannister|Kingslayer]]? To make a peace with the Lannisters?

'''Catelyn:''' I freed Jaime for Sansa’s sake ... and Arya’s, if she still lives. You know that. But if I nurtured some hope of buying peace as well, was that so ill?

'''Robb:''' Yes, The Lannisters killed my father.

'''Catelyn:''' Do you think I have forgotten that?

'''Robb:''' I don’t know. Have you? {{Ref|aSoS|35}}}}
- Robb to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If you keep all your treasures in one purse, you only make it easier for those who would rob you.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}}

==Quotes about Robb==

{{Quote|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. {{Ref|aGoT|56}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] before [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|battle of the Whispering Wood]]

{{Quote|'''Varys:''' [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] is frightened of you, my lord . . . but she has other enemies she fears even more. Her beloved [[Jaime Lannister|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, [[House Martell|the Martells]] still brood on the murder of Princess [[Elia Martell|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. {{Ref|aGoT|58}}}}
- [[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]]

{{Quote|A wise man... and honorable.{{Ref|aGoT|63}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m’lords, The [[King in the North]]! {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon]]

{{Quote|Robb Stark had won more battles in a year than the [[Mace Tyrell|Lord of Highgarden]] had in twenty.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] thoughts

{{Quote|The Young Wolf remains unbeaten in the field.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]]

{{Quote|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?{{Ref|aSoS|20}}}}
- [[Rickard Karstark]]

{{Quote|If you had to fall [[Jeyne Westerling|into a woman’s arms]], my son, why couldn’t they have been [[Margaery Tyrell]]’s? {{Ref|asos|14|p 164}}}} - [[Catelyn]]’s thoughts

{{Quote|He chose [[Jeyne Westerling|the girl]]’s honor over his own. Once he had deflowered her, he had no other course. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Kevan Lannister]]

{{Quote|Jeyne Westerling is [[Sybell Spicer|her mother]]’s daughter, and Robb Stark is [[Eddard Stark|his father]]’s son. {{Ref|asos|19}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|He won the war on the battlefield and lost it in a bedchamber. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}
- [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|'''Brienne:''' King Robb has won every battle,
'''Roose:''' Won every battle, while losing the Freys, the Karstarks, Winterfell, and the north.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}}} - [[Roose Bolton]] to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|The boy was too wary in the field. He kept his men in good order, and surrounded himself with outriders and bodyguards. {{Ref|aSoS|53}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] justifies [[Red Wedding]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' My brother Robb was [[King in the North]] . . .
'''Stannis:''' Your brother was the rightful Lord of [[Winterfell]]. If he had stayed home and done his duty, instead of crowning himself and riding off to [[King of the Trident|conquer the riverlands]], he might be alive today. Be that as it may. You are not Robb, no more than I am Robert.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|'''Jon:''' I loved my brother,
'''Stannis:''' And I mine. Yet they were what they were, and so are we. I am the only true king in Westeros, north or south. And you are Ned Stark’s bastard. [[Tywin Lannister]] has named Roose Bolton his [[Warden of the North]], to reward him for betraying your brother.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- [[Stannis]] to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|When Robb Stark took up arms against the bastard [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey-called-Baratheon]], [[White Harbor]] marched with him. Lord Stark has fallen, but his war goes on. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos]]

{{Quote|He was our king! He was brave and good. {{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Wylla Manderly]]

{{Quote|And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by [[House Frey|the Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|aDwD|46}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]]'s thoughts

==Family==
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Bran Stark

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Stark.PNG|50px|left]] Brandon Stark [[File:House Stark.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Bran Stark by AniaEm.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Anja Dalisa ©
| Alias = Bran Bran the Broken The Winged Wolf
| Title = Lord of Winterfell
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|291}}<ref>In [[A Game of Thrones]] Bran is 7.{{ref|agot|1}}{{ref|agot|7}}</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (POV) [[A Clash of Kings]] (POV) [[A Storm of Swords]] (POV) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (POV)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Isaac Hempstead-Wright,Bran Stark|Isaac Hempstead-Wright]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}
[[File:Pojypojy_Bran_falling.jpg‎ |Bran falling - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|250px|right]]
[[File:Bran stark and raven by daaria.jpg|thumb|300px|[[three-eyed crow]] in Brans dreams, by Daaria©]]
[[File: MiguelRegodónHarkness_Bran_Hodor.jpg‎|After Bran's accident [[Hodor]] carries him in a basket ‎on his back - © 2012 Miguel Regodón Harkness |thumb|300px|right]]
[[File:Bran s h m j-winterfell.jpg|300px|thumb|Bran, Summer, Hodor and the Reeds. by M.Luisa Giliberti ©]]
{{See homonyms | Brandon Stark (disambiguation)}}

'''Brandon Stark''', typically called '''Bran''', is the second son of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and Lady [[Catelyn Tully]]. He is one of the major [[POV Character|POV characters]] in the books. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright.<ref name=hbo/>

==Appearance and Character==
Bran has inherited the [[House Tully|Tully]] coloring from his mother, having auburn hair and blue eyes.{{ref|agot|7}}{{ref|agot|14}}

He has a fascination with climbing and exploring along the walls and ramparts of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|agot|6}}{{ref|agot|8}} Like his siblings, he is dutiful and tough-minded.{{Template:Citation needed}} He is usually accompanied by a [[direwolf]] named [[Summer]], with whom he shares a strong [[skinchanger|warg]] connection.{{Template:Citation needed}}

See ''' [[:Category:Images of Bran Stark|here]]''' for more images of Bran.
==History==
Born at [[Winterfell]] in [[291 AL]],{{ref|agot|1}}{{ref|agot|7}} Bran is the second son and fourth child of [[Catelyn_Stark|Catelyn]] and [[Eddard_Stark|Eddard]] Stark, head of [[House Stark]]; and younger brother to Robb Stark, [[King in the North]]. He is the current Lord of Winterfell. He is named after his late uncle, Eddard's elder brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]],{{Template:Citation needed}} whose death was one major event in the series that led to [[Robert's Rebellion]].

Bran has three older siblings ([[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], and [[Arya Stark|Arya]]) and one younger ([[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]). He also has a [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]]. Bran was educated by [[Maester]] [[Luwin]] and trained with [[armament|weapons]]. He dreamed of becoming a knight of the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|agot|8}}

==Recent Events==

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Bran is among a group of twenty men who witness [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] dispense the king's justice to [[Gared|a deserter]] of the [[Night's Watch]], the first time Bran is allowed to accompany such a group. On the way back to the castle, the group finds a dead direwolf and her pups - Bran and each of the other Stark siblings receives one of the young animals as a pet.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} During the royal visit to Winterfell, Bran fights Prince [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] in the yard under the supervision of master-at-arms Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]].{{ref|agot|7}}

On a climbing expedition, Bran passes a window through which he sees [[Cersei Lannister|the queen]] and her brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] making love. He is shocked after being spotted and loses his grip, almost falling before being caught by the Kingslayer. Jaime then pushes him from the window, intending to kill him to keep secret the incestuous love affair, but Bran survives and enters a coma.{{Ref|aGoT|8}}

While Bran is comatose, he is saved by his direwolf from an assassination attempt: the wolf tears out the killer's throat. During that coma, Bran has many visions, including a [[three-eyed crow]] that tells him it can teach him to fly. With the crow's guidance, Bran wakes and immediately names his direwolf ''[[Summer]]''.{{Ref|aGoT|17}} Bran is crippled from the fall and unable to walk, but the crow tells him that he is ''the winged wolf'' bound in chains. After he wakes, he learns much northern lore from Maester [[Luwin]] and [[Old Nan]].

When [[Tyrion Lannister]] stops at [[Winterfell]] on his way back from [[the Wall]], he gives schematics for a saddle designed for Bran's crippled form, despite threats from Bran's brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]], acting as Lord of Winterfell, and the direwolves.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} Later, while testing this out on a ride in the [[Wolfswood]], Bran is ambushed by a band of [[Free Folk|wildlings]] and Night's Watch deserters, but is rescued by Robb, [[Theon Greyjoy]], [[Grey Wind]], and Summer. {{Ref|aGoT|37}}

Afterwards, he begins to bond with the sole survivor of that band, [[Osha]], due to their shared faith in the [[old gods]]. When Robb calls the Northern banners following Lord Eddard's arrest in [[King's Landing]], Bran witnesses the incident with the [[Greatjon]], and is the acting Lord of Winterfell when Robb rides south.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} Later, Bran has a dream of his father in the crypts of the castle - he ventures there with Osha, finding nothing - but, almost immediately, Maester Luwin receives a raven-borne message informing Winterfell of Ned's execution by King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s command. {{Ref|aGoT|66}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After [[Robb Stark|Robb]] becomes [[King in the North]], Bran, as Robb's heir, becomes the Prince of [[Winterfell]], and rules the castle in his brother's absence.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} He befriends [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]], children of his father's most trusted friend, [[Howland Reed]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}

While sleeping, Bran frequently enters [[Summer]]'s mind (though he thinks he is simply dreaming) and begins to become more bestial. Jojen recognizes Bran's ability as [[skinchanger|skinchanging]], and instructs him on how to use it properly. After learning of Bran's visions, Jojen claims that if Bran goes north beyond the [[Wall]], he can find the [[three-eyed crow]] from his dreams.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}

When [[Theon Greyjoy]] betrays the Starks and captures [[Winterfell]], Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] hide in the crypts.{{Ref|aCoK|69}} To hide the truth of their escape, Theon has two other children murdered and skinned by "[[Ramsay Bolton|Reek]]" and proclaims them to be Bran and Rickon.{{Ref|aCoK|56}}

Theon is betrayed by [[Ramsay Bolton]], who has [[Winterfell]] burned and takes the surviving women and children to the [[Dreadfort]]. Ramsay does not act out of loyalty to the [[House Stark|Starks]], but acts in coordination with his father to [[Red Wedding|betray the Starks]], and even massacres those loyal to the Starks outside of Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|66}}

The brothers and their traveling party split. Rickon and [[Osha]] set off in the direction of [[White Harbor]]. Bran, [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] go north to seek the [[three-eyed crow]].{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Ramsay Bolton]] was in on the trick played by [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] with the miller's children, so Bolton's men search for the real Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]].{{Ref|aSoS|24}} Bran, [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], and [[Hodor]] travel in secret to evade them.

Enroute to the [[Wall]] they stop at [[Queenscrown]]. While hidden inside the castle they spot men in the village.{{Ref|aSoS|40}} Summer attacks the men, among whom is Bran's half-brother, [[Jon Snow]]. Summer's attack gives Jon the opportunity to get away from his [[wildling]] companions.{{Ref|aSoS|41}}

They eventually reach the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] and meet [[Samwell Tarly]] of the [[Night's Watch]]. He leads them through a secret door at the bottom of a well that takes them through to the north side of the Wall. There they meet [[Coldhands]], an enigmatic figure of uncertain allegiance.{{Ref|aSoS|56}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Bran, [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], [[Hodor]], and [[Coldhands]] continue their journey through the [[haunted forest]] in search of the [[three-eyed crow]]. The journey is long and cold, and they suffer on the brink of starvation. To try and sate his hunger, Bran feasts on human flesh while inside [[Summer]].{{Ref|aDwD|4}}

They reach the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], but are ambushed by [[wight]]s just outside the cave’s entrance. Bran [[warg]]s into Hodor to fight off the wights, but blacks out and wakes up again inside the cave. The cave is warded against [[Others|White Walkers]] and wights, so Coldhands cannot accompany them inside. Inside the cave, the group meet the remaining [[children of the forest]] and the three-eyed crow.{{Ref|aDwD|13}}

The three-eyed crow teaches Bran about [[greenseer|greenseeing]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. Bran is fed a paste of [[weirwood]] seeds, which awakens his greenseeing gifts. He then wargs into the weirwood roots around them and sees his father, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], through [[Winterfell]]'s heart tree in the past. He tries to speak to Eddard, but all that is heard is a whisper on the wind.

The three-eyed crow explains that he can look into the past through the weirwoods, but cannot change the past. Bran then later dreams again through Winterfell’s heart tree and sees flashes of the past as far back as the old Kings of Winter. While inside the cave, Bran continues to warg into Hodor to explore the deeper parts of the cave.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}

It appears that Bran contacts Theon through the [[weirwood]] tree at Winterfell before Theon is forced to help the [[spearwife|spearwives]] rescue "[[Arya Stark]]" ([[Jeyne Poole]]).{{ref|ADWD|46}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Capture of Winterfell

2013-08-10T06:53:54Z

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| battle_name = Battle of Winterfell
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = {{Date|299}}
| place = [[Winterfell]]
| result = [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] victory
| combatant1 = [[House Stark]]
| combatant2 = [[House Greyjoy]]
| commander1 = [[Bran Stark]]
| commander2 = [[Theon Greyjoy]]
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The '''Battle of Winterfell''' was a daring raid that ended in the capture of [[Winterfell]], the ancestral home of House Stark for millennia. It marked a turning point in the [[War of the Five Kings]].

==Prelude==
As [[Theon Greyjoy]] planned, after [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]] laid siege to [[Torrhen's Square]] as a diversion, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] raised Winterfell's levies and marched with six hundred men, leaving Winterfell defenseless.{{Ref|aCoK|46}} Theon traveled inland with twenty [[ironborn]] to Winterfell, planning to take it by surprise.

==Battle==
The [[ironborn]] descended on the few remaining Winterfell guards. Theon has his best swimmers cross the moat and go over the walls with grappling hooks. From there they sneak up on [[Alebelly]] who they slay at the gate, and open the gate to let the rest of the ironborn in. With speed and surprise they take the remaining garrison unawares.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}

==Aftermath==
Theon declares himself the Prince of Winterfell and takes [[Osha]] and [[Ramsay Bolton]], (disguised as "[[Reek]]"), as retainers. [[Bran Stark]], [[Rickon Stark]], [[Little Walder Frey]], [[Big Walder Frey]], [[Meera Reed]], [[Jojen Reed]] and [[Beth Cassel]] are all kept as hostages.{{Ref|aCoK|46}} However, the Stark and Reed children escape. To avoid embarrassment, Theon has Ramsay kill two boys in place of the Starks and announce to the world that they are dead.{{Ref|aCoK|50}}{{Ref|aCoK|55}} The grief over this news causes [[Robb Stark]] to seek solace in [[Jeyne Westerling]]'s arms and, ultimately marry her. Realising that he was in danger of losing the North, Robb's army begins it's march home; a route that will require crossing [[The Twins]].

==References and Notes==
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{{Template:War of the Five Kings}}

[[Category:Battles|Winterfell]]
[[Category:The North]]
[[fr:Prise de Winterfell]][[zh:偷袭临冬城]]

Sack of Darry

2013-08-10T06:41:22Z

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| battle_name = Sack of Darry
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = [[298 AL]]
| place = [[Darry]]
| result = [[House Lannister|Lannister]] victory Extinction of [[House Darry]]
| colour_scheme =
| combatant1 = [[House Lannister]]
| combatant2 = [[House Darry]]
| commander1 = Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]
| commander2 = [[Lyman Darry]] +
| strength1 = unknown
| strength2 = unknown
| casualties1 = unknown
| casualties2 = All defenders
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The '''Sack of Darry''' is one of the battles that took place in the aftermath of the [[Battle of the Camps]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]].

==The Sack of Darry==
===Prelude===
After the [[Battle of the Camps]] and the proclaiming of [[Robb Stark]] as [[King in the North]] and of the [[Riverlands]], Ser [[Edmure Tully]] allowed his Riverlords to return to their lands and clear them of [[House Lannister|Lannister]] intruders. Engagements were fought at [[Stone Hedge]], [[Raventree Hall]] and at [[Darry]], where Lord [[Lyman Darry]]'s men drove the [[The Westerlands|westermen]] out of his castle.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], Catelyn</ref>

===Sack===
Lord Lyman held the castle for a fortnight. Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] descended on the castle, taking it quickly and putting all the defenders to the sword, including the eight year old Lord Lyman.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], Catelyn</ref>

===Aftermath===
Ser Gregor, having killed Lord Raymun at the Mummer's Ford, and the young Lord Lyman at Darry, is directly responsible for the downfall one of the major houses of the [[Riverlands]]. Lord Lyman was the last male heir of the [[House Darry|Darry]] line.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 7|Chapter 7]], Catelyn</ref> At the end of the [[War of the Five Kings]], the Lannisters claimed the Darry lands and married [[Lancel Lannister]] to [[Amerei Frey]], the daughter of a [[Mariya Darry|Darry woman]].

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

{{Template:War of the Five Kings}}

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Battle in the Whispering Wood

2013-08-10T06:34:00Z

TimeForChilli: /* Aftermath */

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| image = [[File:Battle of the Whispering Wood.png|350px|]] <ref name=directionWest/> <ref name=directionEast/> <ref name=directionEastWest/> <ref name=directionNorth/> <ref name=directionridge/>
| caption =
| battle_name = Battle of the Whispering Wood
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = {{Date|298}}
| place = Area surrounding [[Riverrun]]
| result = [[House Stark|Stark]] victory
| combatant1 = [[House Lannister]]
| combatant2 = [[House Stark]]
| commander1 = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| commander2 = [[Robb Stark]]
| strength1 = Few hundred men.
| strength2 = Roughly 5,000
| casualties1 = Unknown dead 
[[Jaime Lannister]] captured
| casualties2 = [[Eddard Karstark]]
[[Torrhen Karstark]]
[[Daryn Hornwood]]
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The '''Battle of the Whispering Wood''' was a pivotal battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. It relieved [[Riverrun]] while shattering one of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Prelude==
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] grew overconfident after the easy victories in the [[Riverlands]]. He smashed the Riverlords forces at the battles of the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|Golden Tooth]] and [[Battle of Riverrun|Riverrun]], capturing the heir to the Riverlands, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] and many of his [[knight]]s, and forming a siege on its capital, [[Riverrun]]. His father Lord Tywin's host was holding the crossing in the east, essentially securing a Lannister victory in the Riverlands. Of late, Jaime had been leading large parties to attack the scattered surviving Riverlord forces at their own strongholds.

Unknown to Jaime, [[Robb Stark]] had forged an alliance with [[House Frey]], securing him passage over the [[Trident]]. Joined by additional soldiers from [[House Frey]] and [[House Mallister]] of [[Seagard]], Robb moved on [[Riverrun]] from the north in an attempt to outflank the unsuspecting Lannister forces and relieve the besieged forces at Riverrun. Robb had managed to keep his march secret, thanks to the efforts of his great uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and his outriders who were able to shoot down all of the Lannister ravens and any outriders screening the camps.

==The Battle==

Since his [[Clement Piper|lord father]] had lost to Jaime at the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth]], Ser [[Marq Piper]] had been harrying the Lannister supply trains with half a hundred men.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} As Robb neared, he joined in these efforts. In an attempt to draw Ser Jaime from his camp, Robb Stark sent a small force of a few hundred men carrying [[House Tully|Tully]] colors to lure him out. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who has been leading a party of few hundred men, was lured north, where the seasoned outriders and scouts under Ser Brynden Tully killed his own outriders. Instead of turning back after being blind, Jaime strikes at the first enemies he encounters, entering the Wood and right into the trap [[Robb Stark]] had set for him. When Ser Jaime came out, the raiders fell back to a point where the rest of the Stark force were waiting.

[[File:Tumblr_m1hm5iOsFU1r2pdfbo1_500.jpg |thumb|350px| Jaime Lannister, Robb Stark and Grey Wind]]

Forces of [[Maege Mormont|Lady Mormont]] sounded horns to signal the trap had been sprung. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]], Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], Ser [[Stevron Frey]] and Lord [[House Mallister|Jason Mallister]] all had subordinate commands. The outcome of the battle was a complete success for Houses Stark and Tully. According to [[Theon Greyjoy]], the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of Robb's that fell.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} When Ser Jaime saw the battle lost, he rallied his retainers and attempted to cut his way through the host to slay Robb Stark in single combat. He was halted, but not before [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark]] of Robb Stark's [[Robb's personal guard|personal guard]] were slain.

Jaime was captured, along with near a hundred knights, and a dozen lords bannermen including; Lord [[Gawen Westerling|Westerling]], Lord [[Quenten Banefort]], Ser [[Garth Greenfield]], Lord [[Regenard Estren]], Ser [[Tytos Brax]], [[Mallor|Mallor the Dornishman]], [[Willem Lannister]], and the Lannister cousins [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Quotes==

{{Quote|The realm has not seen such a victory since the [[Field of Fire]]. I vow, the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of ours that fell. {{Ref|aGoT|63}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Some tried to flee, but we’d pinched the valley shut at both ends, and we rode out of the darkness with sword and lance. The Lannisters must have thought the Others themselves were on them when that [[Grey Wind|wolf of Robb]]’s got in among them. I saw him tear one man’s arm from his shoulder, and their horses went mad at the scent of him. I couldn’t tell you how many men were thrown... {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}

- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Ser Jaime]] taken, the siege broken . . . this is a catastrophe! {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}

- [[Harys Swyft]]

{{Quote|They have [[Jaime Lannister|my son]]. {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Your brother]] defeated [[Jaime Lannister|my uncle Jaime]].
[[Cersei Lannister|My mother]] says it was treachery and deceit. She wept when she heard. {{Ref|aGoT|67}}}}
- [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] to [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]

==Aftermath==
The capture of Ser Jaime left the Lannister army surrounding Riverrun leaderless, leading directly to its disintegration at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and leaving Tywin and Cersei despondent. Having Ser Jaime as a hostage, and recognising his value as a prisoner, the Starks gained enormous bargaining power. The deaths of Eddard and Torrhen Karstark by Jaime's hand planted a seed of vengeance in their father Lord Rickard's heart, however, who, upon being denied his claim to revenge resorted instead to cold blooded murder.

[[File:MathiaArkoniel_Jaime_capture.jpg‎ |thumb|200px| The capture of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - by Mathia Arkoniel©]]

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==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=directionWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To the left (which probably corresponds with West) [[Robb Stark]]'s force.</ref>
<ref name=directionEast>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: [[Maege Mormont]]'s warhorn, a long low blast that rolled down the valley from the east.</ref>
<ref name=directionEastWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To east and west, the trumpets of the Mallisters and Freys blew vengeance.</ref>
<ref name=directionNorth>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: North, where the valley narrowed and bent like a cocked elbow, Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]].</ref>
<ref name=directionridge>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: Across the valley to the far ridge, she ([[Catelyn Tully]]) saw the [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]]'s riders emerge from the darkness beneath the trees.<</ref>
}}

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[[es:Batalla del Bosque Susurrante]]
[[ru:Битва в Шепчущем Лесу]][[zh:呓语森林之战]]

Battle in the Whispering Wood

2013-08-10T06:32:58Z

TimeForChilli: /* Aftermath */

{{Template:Battlebox
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| caption =
| battle_name = Battle of the Whispering Wood
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = {{Date|298}}
| place = Area surrounding [[Riverrun]]
| result = [[House Stark|Stark]] victory
| combatant1 = [[House Lannister]]
| combatant2 = [[House Stark]]
| commander1 = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| commander2 = [[Robb Stark]]
| strength1 = Few hundred men.
| strength2 = Roughly 5,000
| casualties1 = Unknown dead 
[[Jaime Lannister]] captured
| casualties2 = [[Eddard Karstark]]
[[Torrhen Karstark]]
[[Daryn Hornwood]]
}}

The '''Battle of the Whispering Wood''' was a pivotal battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. It relieved [[Riverrun]] while shattering one of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Prelude==
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] grew overconfident after the easy victories in the [[Riverlands]]. He smashed the Riverlords forces at the battles of the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|Golden Tooth]] and [[Battle of Riverrun|Riverrun]], capturing the heir to the Riverlands, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] and many of his [[knight]]s, and forming a siege on its capital, [[Riverrun]]. His father Lord Tywin's host was holding the crossing in the east, essentially securing a Lannister victory in the Riverlands. Of late, Jaime had been leading large parties to attack the scattered surviving Riverlord forces at their own strongholds.

Unknown to Jaime, [[Robb Stark]] had forged an alliance with [[House Frey]], securing him passage over the [[Trident]]. Joined by additional soldiers from [[House Frey]] and [[House Mallister]] of [[Seagard]], Robb moved on [[Riverrun]] from the north in an attempt to outflank the unsuspecting Lannister forces and relieve the besieged forces at Riverrun. Robb had managed to keep his march secret, thanks to the efforts of his great uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and his outriders who were able to shoot down all of the Lannister ravens and any outriders screening the camps.

==The Battle==

Since his [[Clement Piper|lord father]] had lost to Jaime at the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth]], Ser [[Marq Piper]] had been harrying the Lannister supply trains with half a hundred men.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} As Robb neared, he joined in these efforts. In an attempt to draw Ser Jaime from his camp, Robb Stark sent a small force of a few hundred men carrying [[House Tully|Tully]] colors to lure him out. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who has been leading a party of few hundred men, was lured north, where the seasoned outriders and scouts under Ser Brynden Tully killed his own outriders. Instead of turning back after being blind, Jaime strikes at the first enemies he encounters, entering the Wood and right into the trap [[Robb Stark]] had set for him. When Ser Jaime came out, the raiders fell back to a point where the rest of the Stark force were waiting.

[[File:Tumblr_m1hm5iOsFU1r2pdfbo1_500.jpg |thumb|350px| Jaime Lannister, Robb Stark and Grey Wind]]

Forces of [[Maege Mormont|Lady Mormont]] sounded horns to signal the trap had been sprung. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]], Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], Ser [[Stevron Frey]] and Lord [[House Mallister|Jason Mallister]] all had subordinate commands. The outcome of the battle was a complete success for Houses Stark and Tully. According to [[Theon Greyjoy]], the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of Robb's that fell.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} When Ser Jaime saw the battle lost, he rallied his retainers and attempted to cut his way through the host to slay Robb Stark in single combat. He was halted, but not before [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark]] of Robb Stark's [[Robb's personal guard|personal guard]] were slain.

Jaime was captured, along with near a hundred knights, and a dozen lords bannermen including; Lord [[Gawen Westerling|Westerling]], Lord [[Quenten Banefort]], Ser [[Garth Greenfield]], Lord [[Regenard Estren]], Ser [[Tytos Brax]], [[Mallor|Mallor the Dornishman]], [[Willem Lannister]], and the Lannister cousins [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Quotes==

{{Quote|The realm has not seen such a victory since the [[Field of Fire]]. I vow, the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of ours that fell. {{Ref|aGoT|63}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Some tried to flee, but we’d pinched the valley shut at both ends, and we rode out of the darkness with sword and lance. The Lannisters must have thought the Others themselves were on them when that [[Grey Wind|wolf of Robb]]’s got in among them. I saw him tear one man’s arm from his shoulder, and their horses went mad at the scent of him. I couldn’t tell you how many men were thrown... {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}

- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Ser Jaime]] taken, the siege broken . . . this is a catastrophe! {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}

- [[Harys Swyft]]

{{Quote|They have [[Jaime Lannister|my son]]. {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Your brother]] defeated [[Jaime Lannister|my uncle Jaime]].
[[Cersei Lannister|My mother]] says it was treachery and deceit. She wept when she heard. {{Ref|aGoT|67}}}}
- [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] to [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]

==Aftermath==
The capture of Ser Jaime left the Lannister army surrounding Riverrun leaderless, leading directly to its disintegration at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and leaving Tywin and Cersei despondent. Having Ser Jaime as a hostage, and recognising his value as a prisoner, the Starks gained enormous bargaining power. The deaths of Eddard and Torrhen Karstark by Jaime's hand planted a seed of vengeance in their father Lord Rickard's heart, however, who, upon being denied his claim to revenge, resorting instead to cold blooded murder.

[[File:MathiaArkoniel_Jaime_capture.jpg‎ |thumb|200px| The capture of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - by Mathia Arkoniel©]]

{{Template:War of the Five Kings}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=directionWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To the left (which probably corresponds with West) [[Robb Stark]]'s force.</ref>
<ref name=directionEast>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: [[Maege Mormont]]'s warhorn, a long low blast that rolled down the valley from the east.</ref>
<ref name=directionEastWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To east and west, the trumpets of the Mallisters and Freys blew vengeance.</ref>
<ref name=directionNorth>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: North, where the valley narrowed and bent like a cocked elbow, Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]].</ref>
<ref name=directionridge>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: Across the valley to the far ridge, she ([[Catelyn Tully]]) saw the [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]]'s riders emerge from the darkness beneath the trees.<</ref>
}}

[[Category:Battles|Whispering Wood]]
[[Category:Riverlands]]
[[fr:Bataille du Bois-aux-Murmures]]
[[es:Batalla del Bosque Susurrante]]
[[ru:Битва в Шепчущем Лесу]][[zh:呓语森林之战]]

Battle in the Whispering Wood

2013-08-10T06:20:56Z

TimeForChilli: /* Quotes */

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| caption =
| battle_name = Battle of the Whispering Wood
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = {{Date|298}}
| place = Area surrounding [[Riverrun]]
| result = [[House Stark|Stark]] victory
| combatant1 = [[House Lannister]]
| combatant2 = [[House Stark]]
| commander1 = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| commander2 = [[Robb Stark]]
| strength1 = Few hundred men.
| strength2 = Roughly 5,000
| casualties1 = Unknown dead 
[[Jaime Lannister]] captured
| casualties2 = [[Eddard Karstark]]
[[Torrhen Karstark]]
[[Daryn Hornwood]]
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The '''Battle of the Whispering Wood''' was a pivotal battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. It relieved [[Riverrun]] while shattering one of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Prelude==
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] grew overconfident after the easy victories in the [[Riverlands]]. He smashed the Riverlords forces at the battles of the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|Golden Tooth]] and [[Battle of Riverrun|Riverrun]], capturing the heir to the Riverlands, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] and many of his [[knight]]s, and forming a siege on its capital, [[Riverrun]]. His father Lord Tywin's host was holding the crossing in the east, essentially securing a Lannister victory in the Riverlands. Of late, Jaime had been leading large parties to attack the scattered surviving Riverlord forces at their own strongholds.

Unknown to Jaime, [[Robb Stark]] had forged an alliance with [[House Frey]], securing him passage over the [[Trident]]. Joined by additional soldiers from [[House Frey]] and [[House Mallister]] of [[Seagard]], Robb moved on [[Riverrun]] from the north in an attempt to outflank the unsuspecting Lannister forces and relieve the besieged forces at Riverrun. Robb had managed to keep his march secret, thanks to the efforts of his great uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and his outriders who were able to shoot down all of the Lannister ravens and any outriders screening the camps.

==The Battle==

Since his [[Clement Piper|lord father]] had lost to Jaime at the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth]], Ser [[Marq Piper]] had been harrying the Lannister supply trains with half a hundred men.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} As Robb neared, he joined in these efforts. In an attempt to draw Ser Jaime from his camp, Robb Stark sent a small force of a few hundred men carrying [[House Tully|Tully]] colors to lure him out. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who has been leading a party of few hundred men, was lured north, where the seasoned outriders and scouts under Ser Brynden Tully killed his own outriders. Instead of turning back after being blind, Jaime strikes at the first enemies he encounters, entering the Wood and right into the trap [[Robb Stark]] had set for him. When Ser Jaime came out, the raiders fell back to a point where the rest of the Stark force were waiting.

[[File:Tumblr_m1hm5iOsFU1r2pdfbo1_500.jpg |thumb|350px| Jaime Lannister, Robb Stark and Grey Wind]]

Forces of [[Maege Mormont|Lady Mormont]] sounded horns to signal the trap had been sprung. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]], Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], Ser [[Stevron Frey]] and Lord [[House Mallister|Jason Mallister]] all had subordinate commands. The outcome of the battle was a complete success for Houses Stark and Tully. According to [[Theon Greyjoy]], the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of Robb's that fell.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} When Ser Jaime saw the battle lost, he rallied his retainers and attempted to cut his way through the host to slay Robb Stark in single combat. He was halted, but not before [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark]] of Robb Stark's [[Robb's personal guard|personal guard]] were slain.

Jaime was captured, along with near a hundred knights, and a dozen lords bannermen including; Lord [[Gawen Westerling|Westerling]], Lord [[Quenten Banefort]], Ser [[Garth Greenfield]], Lord [[Regenard Estren]], Ser [[Tytos Brax]], [[Mallor|Mallor the Dornishman]], [[Willem Lannister]], and the Lannister cousins [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Quotes==

{{Quote|The realm has not seen such a victory since the [[Field of Fire]]. I vow, the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of ours that fell. {{Ref|aGoT|63}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Some tried to flee, but we’d pinched the valley shut at both ends, and we rode out of the darkness with sword and lance. The Lannisters must have thought the Others themselves were on them when that [[Grey Wind|wolf of Robb]]’s got in among them. I saw him tear one man’s arm from his shoulder, and their horses went mad at the scent of him. I couldn’t tell you how many men were thrown... {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}

- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Ser Jaime]] taken, the siege broken . . . this is a catastrophe! {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}

- [[Harys Swyft]]

{{Quote|They have [[Jaime Lannister|my son]]. {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Your brother]] defeated [[Jaime Lannister|my uncle Jaime]].
[[Cersei Lannister|My mother]] says it was treachery and deceit. She wept when she heard. {{Ref|aGoT|67}}}}
- [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] to [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]

==Aftermath==
The capture of Ser Jaime left the Lannister army surrounding Riverrun leaderless and led to its disintegration at the [[Battle of the Camps]]. Having Ser Jaime as a hostage gives the Starks a bargaining chip, allowing them to call a hostage exchange or even negotiate peace terms. The deaths of Eddard and Torrhen Karstark by Jaime's hand planted a seed of vengeance in their father Lord Rickard's heart.

[[File:MathiaArkoniel_Jaime_capture.jpg‎ |thumb|200px| The capture of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - by Mathia Arkoniel©]]

With his victory secured, Robb Stark regrouped and led an [[Battle of the Camps|attack]] on the still unsuspecting, and now leaderless, Lannister siege camps around Riverrun.

{{Template:War of the Five Kings}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=directionWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To the left (which probably corresponds with West) [[Robb Stark]]'s force.</ref>
<ref name=directionEast>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: [[Maege Mormont]]'s warhorn, a long low blast that rolled down the valley from the east.</ref>
<ref name=directionEastWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To east and west, the trumpets of the Mallisters and Freys blew vengeance.</ref>
<ref name=directionNorth>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: North, where the valley narrowed and bent like a cocked elbow, Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]].</ref>
<ref name=directionridge>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: Across the valley to the far ridge, she ([[Catelyn Tully]]) saw the [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]]'s riders emerge from the darkness beneath the trees.<</ref>
}}

[[Category:Battles|Whispering Wood]]
[[Category:Riverlands]]
[[fr:Bataille du Bois-aux-Murmures]]
[[es:Batalla del Bosque Susurrante]]
[[ru:Битва в Шепчущем Лесу]][[zh:呓语森林之战]]

Battle in the Whispering Wood

2013-08-10T06:19:36Z

TimeForChilli: /* The Battle */

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| image = [[File:Battle of the Whispering Wood.png|350px|]] <ref name=directionWest/> <ref name=directionEast/> <ref name=directionEastWest/> <ref name=directionNorth/> <ref name=directionridge/>
| caption =
| battle_name = Battle of the Whispering Wood
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = {{Date|298}}
| place = Area surrounding [[Riverrun]]
| result = [[House Stark|Stark]] victory
| combatant1 = [[House Lannister]]
| combatant2 = [[House Stark]]
| commander1 = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| commander2 = [[Robb Stark]]
| strength1 = Few hundred men.
| strength2 = Roughly 5,000
| casualties1 = Unknown dead 
[[Jaime Lannister]] captured
| casualties2 = [[Eddard Karstark]]
[[Torrhen Karstark]]
[[Daryn Hornwood]]
}}

The '''Battle of the Whispering Wood''' was a pivotal battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. It relieved [[Riverrun]] while shattering one of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Prelude==
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] grew overconfident after the easy victories in the [[Riverlands]]. He smashed the Riverlords forces at the battles of the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|Golden Tooth]] and [[Battle of Riverrun|Riverrun]], capturing the heir to the Riverlands, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] and many of his [[knight]]s, and forming a siege on its capital, [[Riverrun]]. His father Lord Tywin's host was holding the crossing in the east, essentially securing a Lannister victory in the Riverlands. Of late, Jaime had been leading large parties to attack the scattered surviving Riverlord forces at their own strongholds.

Unknown to Jaime, [[Robb Stark]] had forged an alliance with [[House Frey]], securing him passage over the [[Trident]]. Joined by additional soldiers from [[House Frey]] and [[House Mallister]] of [[Seagard]], Robb moved on [[Riverrun]] from the north in an attempt to outflank the unsuspecting Lannister forces and relieve the besieged forces at Riverrun. Robb had managed to keep his march secret, thanks to the efforts of his great uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and his outriders who were able to shoot down all of the Lannister ravens and any outriders screening the camps.

==The Battle==

Since his [[Clement Piper|lord father]] had lost to Jaime at the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth]], Ser [[Marq Piper]] had been harrying the Lannister supply trains with half a hundred men.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} As Robb neared, he joined in these efforts. In an attempt to draw Ser Jaime from his camp, Robb Stark sent a small force of a few hundred men carrying [[House Tully|Tully]] colors to lure him out. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who has been leading a party of few hundred men, was lured north, where the seasoned outriders and scouts under Ser Brynden Tully killed his own outriders. Instead of turning back after being blind, Jaime strikes at the first enemies he encounters, entering the Wood and right into the trap [[Robb Stark]] had set for him. When Ser Jaime came out, the raiders fell back to a point where the rest of the Stark force were waiting.

[[File:Tumblr_m1hm5iOsFU1r2pdfbo1_500.jpg |thumb|350px| Jaime Lannister, Robb Stark and Grey Wind]]

Forces of [[Maege Mormont|Lady Mormont]] sounded horns to signal the trap had been sprung. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]], Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], Ser [[Stevron Frey]] and Lord [[House Mallister|Jason Mallister]] all had subordinate commands. The outcome of the battle was a complete success for Houses Stark and Tully. According to [[Theon Greyjoy]], the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of Robb's that fell.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} When Ser Jaime saw the battle lost, he rallied his retainers and attempted to cut his way through the host to slay Robb Stark in single combat. He was halted, but not before [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark]] of Robb Stark's [[Robb's personal guard|personal guard]] were slain.

Jaime was captured, along with near a hundred knights, and a dozen lords bannermen including; Lord [[Gawen Westerling|Westerling]], Lord [[Quenten Banefort]], Ser [[Garth Greenfield]], Lord [[Regenard Estren]], Ser [[Tytos Brax]], [[Mallor|Mallor the Dornishman]], [[Willem Lannister]], and the Lannister cousins [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Quotes==

{{Quote|The realm has not seen such a victory since the [[Field of Fire]]. I vow, the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of ours that fell. {{Ref|aGoT|63}}}}
- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Some tried to flee, but we’d pinched the valley shut at both ends, and we rode out of the darkness with sword and lance. The Lannisters must have thought the Others themselves were on them when that [[Grey Wind|wolf of Robb]]’s got in among them. I saw him tear one man’s arm from his shoulder, and their horses went mad at the scent of him. I couldn’t tell you how many men were thrown... {{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}

- [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Ser Jaime]] taken, the siege broken . . . this is a catastrophe! {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}

- [[Harys Swyft]]

{{Quote|They have [[Jaime Lannister|my son]], {{Ref|aGoT|69}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Your brother]] defeated [[Jaime Lannister|my uncle Jaime]].
[[Cersei Lannister|My mother]] says it was treachery and deceit. She wept when she heard. {{Ref|aGoT|67}}}}
- [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] to [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]

==Aftermath==
The capture of Ser Jaime left the Lannister army surrounding Riverrun leaderless and led to its disintegration at the [[Battle of the Camps]]. Having Ser Jaime as a hostage gives the Starks a bargaining chip, allowing them to call a hostage exchange or even negotiate peace terms. The deaths of Eddard and Torrhen Karstark by Jaime's hand planted a seed of vengeance in their father Lord Rickard's heart.

[[File:MathiaArkoniel_Jaime_capture.jpg‎ |thumb|200px| The capture of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - by Mathia Arkoniel©]]

With his victory secured, Robb Stark regrouped and led an [[Battle of the Camps|attack]] on the still unsuspecting, and now leaderless, Lannister siege camps around Riverrun.

{{Template:War of the Five Kings}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=directionWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To the left (which probably corresponds with West) [[Robb Stark]]'s force.</ref>
<ref name=directionEast>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: [[Maege Mormont]]'s warhorn, a long low blast that rolled down the valley from the east.</ref>
<ref name=directionEastWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To east and west, the trumpets of the Mallisters and Freys blew vengeance.</ref>
<ref name=directionNorth>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: North, where the valley narrowed and bent like a cocked elbow, Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]].</ref>
<ref name=directionridge>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: Across the valley to the far ridge, she ([[Catelyn Tully]]) saw the [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]]'s riders emerge from the darkness beneath the trees.<</ref>
}}

[[Category:Battles|Whispering Wood]]
[[Category:Riverlands]]
[[fr:Bataille du Bois-aux-Murmures]]
[[es:Batalla del Bosque Susurrante]]
[[ru:Битва в Шепчущем Лесу]][[zh:呓语森林之战]]

Stannis Baratheon

2013-08-06T00:45:37Z

TimeForChilli:

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| name = '''Stannis Baratheon''' [[File:House_Baratheon.PNG|50px|left]][[File:Baratheon DS.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:King_stannis_baratheon_by_acazigot-d4apxj7.jpg‎|250px]]
| image_caption = Stannis Baratheon by acazigot©
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| othertitles = Master of Ships(formerly) Lord of [[Dragonstone]] Lord Paramount of the [[Stormlands]] King of Westeros.
| alias = The King in the Narrow Sea The King at the Wall
| fullname = Stannis Baratheon the First of His Name
| predecessor = [[Robert Baratheon]]
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| heir = [[Shireen Baratheon]]
| queen = [[Selyse Florent]]
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| issue = [[Shireen Baratheon]]
| royalhouse = [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]
| dynasty =
| royalanthem = A crowned stag enclosed within a red heart surrounded by a blaze of orange fire on a field of sun yellow<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 31|Chapter 31]], Catelyn</ref>
| father = [[Steffon Baratheon]]
| mother = [[Cassana Estermont]]
| dateofbirth = {{Date|265}}
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Mentioned) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Appears) [[The Winds of Winter]] (Appears)
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Stephen Dillane, Stannis Baratheon|Stephen Dillane]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}
[[File:Stannis Baratheon by henning.jpg|270px|thumb|by Henning Ludvigsen, Fantasy Flight Games ©.]]

'''Stannis Baratheon''' is the Lord of [[Dragonstone]] and the elder of King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s two younger brothers, the youngest being Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]. Stannis also serves on Robert's [[small council]] as [[Master of Ships]]. His parents were Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] and [[Cassana Estermont]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] Stannis is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Stephen Dillane, Stannis Baratheon|Stephen Dillane]].

==Appearance and Characteristics ==
Like his brothers, [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], Stannis is a large man - tall, broad shouldered and sinewy. While he is not described as being particularly unattractive, he is also not considered as handsome as Renly or Robert was in his youth. Stannis has dark blue eyes. His head has only a fringe of black hair "like the shadow of a crown," and a close-cropped beard across his large jaw. His face has a tightness to it like cured leather, and he has hollow cheeks. He has thin, pale lips. See also [[:Category:Images of Stannis Baratheon|this collection of images]].

Stannis is a serious, stubborn, unforgiving man with an inflexible sense of duty and justice. He neither dissembles nor flatters. Stannis is obsessed with slights both real and imagined causing him to grind his teeth regularly.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} He is an accomplished commander, sailor, and warrior, although his personality hinders his ascension to being a truly great leader. While he is respected and feared, he has never been loved, or had the affection of nobles or smallfolk.

Stannis has a cold relationship with his wife, Lady [[Selyse Florent|Selyse]] of [[House Florent]], and they have one daughter, [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]], a sad little girl bearing a disfigurement from an [[Greyscale|ailment]]. [[Davos Seaworth]] is one of Stannis's most loyal servants.

==History==
Stannis was born the second son to [[Steffon Baratheon]] and [[Cassana Estermont]], the younger brother of [[Robert Baratheon]] and the older brother of [[Renly Baratheon]]. His parents died when he was thirteen. He lost his faith in [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] on that day, vowing that gods who were cruel enough to take his father and mother in sight of their children would never have his worship.{{Ref|aCoK|10}} Even in his youth he was said to be a serious, dour and humorless boy.

Stannis's stubbornness and determination are legendary and served him well during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He successfully held the Baratheon castle of [[Storm's End]] against [[Mace Tyrell]]'s [[Siege of Storm's End|siege]],{{Ref|aGoT|27}} which lasted the majority of the war, unintentionally ensuring one of the largest loyalist forces did not take the field against the rebels. His garrison held under desperate conditions, only avoiding starvation by the timely intervention of a smuggler, [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]]. His cargo of onions allowed them to hold the fortress. After the siege was lifted by Lord [[Eddard Stark]], Stannis took Davos into his service, dubbing him "The Onion Knight" and allowing him to choose the name Seaworth for his new house. True to Stannis' inflexible sense of justice, he also punished Davos for his crimes as a smuggler by removing the first joint from each finger of Davos's left hand, as payment for his past crimes. Davos accepted the punishment provided Stannis carry it out himself.

Following the [[Sack of King's Landing]], the new king, Robert Baratheon, charged his brother Stannis with leading a fleet to seize [[Dragonstone]], which was still loyal to the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] at that point. After completing the mission, Stannis was displeased to discover that King Robert had named him Lord of Dragonstone, instead of the wealthier Storm's End, which was given to their younger brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], who had not done anything of true note during the war. However, Robert needed a strong ruler to control what had been a holdout of the Mad King's loyalists, and Stannis was much more suited for this role than Renly was.<ref name=RPG /> It had the added advantage of taking prickly Stannis away from the mainland of Westeros. True to his nature, Stannis became an effective and efficient administrator for Dragonstone.

Stannis was appointed to the [[small council]] as well, as the [[Master of Ships]].{{Ref|aGoT|27}} During the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Stannis commanded the royal fleet and [[Battle of Fair Isle|trapped and destroyed]] much of the [[Iron Fleet]]. Afterwards, he subdued [[Great Wyk]] in his brother's name.{{ref|ADWD|26}} While he was at court in King's Landing, Stannis left Ser [[Axell Florent]] as castellan of Dragonstone.

During his wedding to Lady [[Selyse Florent]], King Robert deflowered [[Delena Florent]] on Stannis's wedding bed. This coupling led to the birth of [[Edric Storm]], the only acknowledged [[bastard]] of the king. Stannis insisted that he was a blight upon the honor of his wife's house and promptly shipped him off to his other uncle, Lord Renly, at [[Storm's End]].{{Ref|aGoT|35}}

Despite Stannis's loyalty and service to his brother Robert, Robert gave Stannis little in return; instead of thanking him for holding Storm's End against the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] he thanked [[Eddard Stark]] for lifting the siege instead. Instead of thanking Stannis for capturing [[Dragonstone]] for him, Robert blamed Stannis for the escape of [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]], even though they fled long before Stannis's newly built fleet had arrived.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} According to [[Cersei Lannister]], Robert intended Stannis receiving Dragonstone as a slight.{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Stannis helped [[Jon Arryn]], Robert's [[Hand of the King]], in ruling the kingdoms but received little or no acknowledgement or thanks from his elder brother, who spent his time, hunting, drinking and whoring. Stannis never complained publicly since service without expectation of reward was required of him in his positions.

Just prior to the events of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', Stannis suspected that the children of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] were not actually Robert's. He confided his suspicions to Lord Arryn, and they investigated the matter together. Stannis did not bring his suspicions to Robert, as he knew Robert would not believe the charges coming from him. Since Robert had no love for his brother Stannis, the younger Baratheon would be seen as making himself heir. However, Stannis felt Robert would listen if the charges came from Jon Arryn, whom Robert loved. They visited several of Robert's [[Bastardy|baseborn]] children in the city and Stannis pointed out that all had black hair and they looked like Robert. Jon consulted the book ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms]]'' of past marriages of noble houses and discovered the same was true: whenever a Baratheon wed, their sons and daughters would have black hair, even if the other parent was a golden-haired Lannister.

After determining that Cersei's children were in fact not Robert's, Jon meant to act and planned for his son [[Robert Arryn]] to be fostered with Stannis on [[Dragonstone]]. However, Lord Arryn was poisoned before he could bring the evidence before Robert.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the death of [[Jon Arryn]], Stannis flees to [[Dragonstone]] to gather his strength and plan his next move.{{Ref|aGoT|20}} Lord [[Eddard Stark]] wonders why Stannis left, believing it is due to the discovery of whatever secret Jon Arryn was allegedly murdered for, not realizing that Stannis was slighted by Robert's selection of Eddard as his new [[Hand of the King]]. During Eddard's investigation of Jon's death, he discovers that Stannis and Jon had spent a great deal of time together. When he is told Stannis and Jon visited a brothel, when Stannis is normally so righteous to the point of prudish, he gets closer to the truth.{{Ref|aGoT|27}} Robert dies after a boar hunt and is succeeded by his son, [[Joffrey Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Eddard tries to rule as regent, but is outmaneuvered by Robert's widow, [[Cersei Lannister]]. The boy king Joffrey subsequently has Eddard executed.{{ref|AGOT|64}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Stannis_tv.jpg|270px|thumb|Stephen Dillane as Stannis Baratheon]]

On [[Dragonstone]], Stannis declares he is the true heir of Robert Baratheon to the [[Iron Throne]], as Joffrey has no true claim to the throne. Since the king's death Stannis has been gathering what strength he can from the lords of the [[narrow sea]] and from [[Myr]]ish and [[Lys]]eni sellswords, but his forces are too few to challenge the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in King's Landing. Additionally, his younger brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], has also declared himself king with the support of [[House Tyrell]]; most of the Baratheon bannermen in the [[Stormlands]] are following Renly. Stannis's [[maester]], [[Cressen]], suggests he should treat with [[Robb Stark]], who has been declared [[King in the North]], or [[Lysa Arryn]], but his wife, [[Selyse Florent|Selyse]], says Stannis should not treat for what is his by right.

Selyse has fallen under the influence of [[Melisandre]], a priestess of the [[R'hllor|Lord of Light]]. She declares the [[Red Comet]] is a sign that Stannis must sail and the banners of [[the Reach]] and the [[Stormlands]] will flock to him, but Stannis is not convinced. Selyse then tells him to embrace the Lord of Light. She says Melisandre has looked into the flames and seen Renly dead.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} Stannis renounces the [[Faith of the Seven]] and embraces the Lord of Light, seeking only the power that Melisandre promises will follow. The statues of the Seven at Dragonstone are burned in sacrifice. Melisandre proclaims Stannis to be [[Azor Ahai]] reborn, a messianic figure in the [[R'hllor]] faith. His switch to the faith of R'hllor divides Stannis's own men into two factions: [[King's Men]] who still follow the Faith of the Seven and [[Queen's Men]] who worship R'hllor.{{Ref|aCoK|10}}

As a first step toward claiming the Iron Throne, Stannis has hundreds of letters sent to lords throughout [[Westeros]] proclaiming himself king and claiming, correctly, that Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], not Robert Baratheon, is the father of Cersei's children.{{Ref|aCoK|10}} Rather than a direct assault on King's Landing, Stannis leads his forces to [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|besiege Storm's End]], hoping to convince his younger brother to join forces with him. He offers Renly to be his heir and a place at the king's small council. Renly makes light of the offer and the brothers have an inconclusive parley that fails to reconcile them. They agree that their forces will meet at dawn. That night, Melisandre uses her magic to birth an [[shadow assassin|animated shadow]], which assassinates Renly in his tent at first light. The majority of Renly's followers subsequently swear allegiance to Stannis.

One of Renly's sworn swords who refuses to follow Stannis is Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], castellan of Storm's End. Cortnay refuses to surrender the castle, fearing what Stannis would do to the bastard within, [[Edric Storm]]. He challenges Stannis to a duel, which the king refuses. Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] rows Melisandre beneath the fortress, and the priestess assassinates Penrose as she did Renly.

With Storm's End under his control, Stannis launches an [[Battle of the Blackwater|amphibious assault on King's Landing]]. Braving [[wildfire]], a river-spanning chain, and other defenses, Stannis's forces are defeated at the cusp of victory when [[House Lannister|Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] reinforcements unexpectedly arrive, seemingly led by Renly's ghost; it is in fact [[Garlan Tyrell]] wearing the deceased Renly's armour..

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Stannis returns to [[Dragonstone]], his host broken by the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|aSoS|10}} He has his [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Alester Florent]], imprisoned when the man attempts to make peace with the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] by offering them Stannis's daughter, [[Shireen Baratheon]], as a hostage.{{Ref|aSoS|25}}

When Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] returns to Dragonstone, Stannis has him brought before him to hear [[Axell Florent]]'s plan to assault [[Claw Isle]] and put the island to the sword in retaliation for Lord [[Ardrian Celtigar]]'s submission to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. Davos calls the plan evil, stating that the smallfolk of Claw Isle are not traitors. Stannis agrees and names [[Davos Seaworth]] his new Hand of the King, since Davos is one of the few men who have the courage to tell his king the truth, even when he knows the truth will not be well-received.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}

Melisandre urges Stannis to sacrifice Robert's bastard [[Edric Storm]] to complete a spell she claims will raise dragons from stone and grant him more power. Stannis, though initially reluctant,{{Ref|aSoS|36}} is about to follow through with the ritual when Davos smuggles the boy away and urges Stannis to take his remaining forces north to defend the [[Wall]].{{Ref|aSoS|63}}

Stannis sails his forces north to the Wall, leaves Selyse and Shireen at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], and marches west along the Wall. His forces arrive just in time to crush [[Mance Rayder]]'s [[wildlings|wildling]] army at the [[Battle of Castle Black]].{{Ref|aSoS|73}} He stays at the [[King's Tower]] of [[Castle Black]] to negotiate a settlement with the wildlings and offers to legitimize [[Jon Snow]] as Lord of [[Winterfell]] if he supports Stannis's rule.{{Ref|aSoS|76}} The offer falls through when Jon is selected as Lord Commander of the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|aSoS|79}} Stannis continues to seek support in [[the North]] for another attempt at the throne.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Stannis sends flocks of ravens from the Wall to all northern houses asking them to declare for him. He receives silence or refusals from the lords, with only the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]], led by the castellan of [[Karhold]], [[Arnolf Karstark]], declaring for him.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}{{Ref|aDwD|3}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
According to the [[High Sparrow|current High Septon]], Stannis has turned from the truth of the [[Faith of the Seven]] to worship a [[R'hllor|red demon]], and his false faith has no place in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].

Stannis sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to [[White Harbor]] to treat with Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] on his behalf.{{Ref|aDwD|15}} Stannis receives many rejections from his demands of fealty from the northern lords, although he does win the support of a portion of [[House Umber]] led by [[Mors Umber]]. Stannis has the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], [[Mance Rayder]] burned for the crime of being a deserter of the Watch.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Jon III (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 10 - Jon III]], pages 134-138</ref> He then offers the remaining [[Free Folk]] a choice - bend the knee or go back to the wild. Given the severe threat posed by the [[Others]] in the wild, nine of every ten wildlings bend the knee.{{Ref|aDwD|10}} Unbeknownst to Stannis, however, the burned Mance was actually a glamoured [[Rattleshirt]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Melisandre I (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 31 - Melisandre I]], pages 418-419</ref>

Stannis is counseled by [[Arnolf Karstark]] via raven messages to join his strength to his and attack the [[Dreadfort]], seat of the new [[Warden of the North]], Lord [[Roose Bolton]]. Stannis agrees and plans to make his assault when [[Ramsay Bolton]] marches south to take [[Moat Cailin]] from the [[ironborn]]. Stannis does not know that Arnolf Karstark is secretly working for [[House Bolton]] and is trying to lure Stannis into a trap. Upon hearing the plan, however, Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]] persuades Stannis not to go down this course, as Jon knows how strong the Dreadfort is even with a small garrison.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

Instead, Stannis travels west to take [[Deepwood Motte]] from the ironborn that hold it. Jon Snow advises him to go through the mountains north of Winterfell and win the support of the [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clans]], including the [[House Flint of the mountains|Flints]], [[House Wull|Wulls]], [[House Norrey|Norreys]] and [[House Liddle|Liddles]]. The mountain clans are deeply loyal to the memory of [[Eddard Stark]] and would take pride in receiving a king. Stannis wins over several of their chiefs, such as [[Torghen Flint|Old Torghen Flint]] and [[Hugo Wull|Hugo "Big Bucket" Wull]]. With an additional three thousand men in his army, Stannis then [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|retakes Deepwood Motte]].{{Ref|aDwD|26}} Stannis takes several ironborn captive, including [[Asha Greyjoy]], and returns Deepwood Motte to [[House Glover]], an act that gains him popular support in the North and earns him the support of the Glovers and [[House Mormont]]. Stannis's men are also reinforced by survivors of the [[Sack of Winterfell]] who have been hiding in the [[Wolfswood]].{{Ref|ADWD|35}} His army marches on [[Winterfell]] and is eventually joined by the forces of [[Arnolf Karstark]] and [[Mors Umber]]. However, they are slowed by relentless snowstorms.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}{{Ref|aDwD|42}} Learning of Arnolf Karstark's planned treachery from Arnolf's niece, [[Alys Karstark|Alys]], Jon Snow sends a message to Stannis trying to warn him.

According to a [[Bastard Letter|taunting letter]] written by [[Ramsay Bolton]] to Jon Snow, Stannis was killed along with most of his army in the [[Siege of Winterfell]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]],[[Jon XIII (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 69 - Jon XIII]], pages 907-908</ref> Stannis's last known location was a snowed-in village three days west of Winterfell.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]],[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 42|Chapter 42 - The King's Prize (Asha)]], page 561</ref><ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]],[[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 51|Chapter 51 (Theon I)]], page 677</ref>{{Ref|aDwD|62}} It is unknown, however, if Stannis is really dead, or if it is just a lie written by Ramsay.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Though reportedly isolated and secluded, Stannis is actively and efficiently preparing for the looming battle against the [[House Bolton|Boltons]]. Stannis receives the [[Braavos|Braavosi]] [[Iron Bank of Braavos|banker]] [[Tycho Nestoris]] and the two sign a contract. Stannis plans to send the banker back to the Wall so he does not get caught up in the fighting.

Stannis is made aware of [[Arnolf Karstark]]'s planned treachery due to the message [[Jon Snow]] gave the banker. Stannis has Arnolf, his son [[Arthor Karstark|Arthor]] and three grandsons arrested and plans to execute them, though whether their death will be quick beheadings or by fire depends on their willingness to confess. Stannis prepares his position to battle the coming vanguard of Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army led by Ser [[Hosteen Frey]]. Stannis sends Ser [[Justin Massey]] to escort "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" back to the Wall to reunite the girl with her half-brother, Jon Snow, in gratitude for Jon warning him to amass the [[northern mountain clans]] rather than march straight into the Karstarks' plans.

Stannis orders Justin Massey to go with Tycho Nestoris to [[Braavos]], where Justin will use the money given to him by the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] to hire sellsword companies till he has a force no less than twenty thousand strong and then sail back to [[Westeros]]. Stannis also gives orders that if he is slain in the coming battle, Justin is still to do as instructed, with the intention of using the army to place his daughter, [[Shireen Baratheon]], on the Iron Throne.

Stannis plans to have [[Theon Greyjoy]] executed, hoping to gain favor with his northern allies by exacting justice for the murders of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]].<ref>official site of [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html George Martin]</ref>

==Quotes by Stannis==

{{Quote|'''Cressen:''' Not [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], then, Others might serve your needs as well. [[Robb Stark|Eddard Stark’s son]] has been proclaimed [[King in the North]], with all the power of [[Winterfell]] and [[Riverrun]] behind him.

'''Stannis:''' A green boy, and another false king. Am I to accept a broken realm?

'''Cressen:''' Surely half a kingdom is better than none, and if you help the boy avenge his father’s murder-

'''Stannis:''' Why should I avenge [[Eddard Stark]]? The man was nothing to me. Oh, [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] loved him, to be sure. Loved him as a brother, how often did I hear that? I was his brother, not Ned Stark, but you would never have known it by the way he treated me. I held [[Storm's End]] for him, watching good men starve while [[Mace Tyrell]] and [[Paxter Redwyne]] feasted within sight of my walls. Did Robert thank me? No. He thanked Stark, for lifting the siege when we were down to rats and radishes. I built a fleet at Robert’s command, took Dragonstone in his name. Did he take my hand and say, 'Well done, brother, whatever should I do without you?' No, he blamed me for letting [[Willem Darry]] steal away [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen|the babe]], as if I could have stopped it. I [[Master of Ships|sat on his council]] for fifteen years, helping [[Jon Arryn]] rule his realm while Robert drank and whored, but when Jon died, did my brother name me his Hand? No, he went galloping off to his dear friend Ned Stark, and offered him [[Hand of the King|the honor]]. And small good it did either of them.{{Ref|aCoK|prologue}}}}
- Stannis to [[Maester Cressen]]

{{Quote|[[Stark|The Starks]] seek to steal half my kingdom, even as the [[Lannister|Lannisters]] have stolen [[Iron Throne|my throne]] and my own sweet brother the swords and service and strongholds that are mine by rights. They are all usurpers, and they are all my enemies. {{Ref|aCoK|prologue}}}}

{{Quote|These pardoned lords would do well to reflect on that. Good men and true will fight for [[Joffrey]], wrongly believing him the true king. A northman might even say the same of [[Robb Stark]]. But these lords who flocked to my [[Renly Baratheon|brother]]’s banners knew him for a usurper. They turned their backs on their rightful king for no better reason than dreams of power and glory, and I have marked them for what they are. Pardoned them, yes. Forgiven. But not forgotten.{{Ref|aCoK|42}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|I am the rightful king...and [[Robb Stark|your son]] no less a traitor than [[Renly Baratheon|my brother]] here. His day will come as well.{{Ref|aCoK|31}}}}
- Stannis to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|Kings have no friends, only subjects and enemies.{{Ref|aCoK|31}}}}
- Stannis to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|I stopped believing in gods the day I saw the Windproud break up across the bay. Any gods so monstrous as to drown my mother and father would never have my worship, I vowed. In King’s Landing, the High Septon would prattle at me of how all justice and goodness flowed from the Seven, but all I ever saw of either was made by men.{{Ref|aSoS|5}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|I never asked for this, no more than I asked to be king. Yet dare I disregard her? We do not choose our destinies. Yet we must ... we must do our duty, no? Great or small, we must do our duty.{{Ref|aSoS|54}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|I never asked for this crown. Gold is cold & heavy on the head but so long as I am the king, I have a duty … If I must sacrifice [[Edric Storm|one child]] to the flames to save a million from the dark … Sacrifice … is never easy, Davos. Or it is no true sacrifice.{{Ref|aSoS|63}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|It is not a question of wanting. The throne is mine, as Robert's heir. That is law.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|I am king. Wants do not enter into it. I have a duty to my daughter. To the realm. Even to Robert. He loved me but little, I know, yet he was my brother. The Lannister woman gave him horns and made a motley fool of him. She may have murdered him as well, as she murdered Jon Arryn and Ned Stark. For such crimes there must be justice. Starting with Cersei and her abominations. But only starting. I mean to scour that court clean. As Robert should have done after the Trident.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|Robert could piss in a cup and men would call it wine, but I offer them cold clear water and they squint in suspicion and mutter to each other about how queer it tastes.{{Ref|aCoK|42}}}}
- Stannis to [[Davos]]

{{Quote|Weddings have become more perilous than battles, it would seem.{{Ref|aSoS|63}}}}

{{Quote|Would that all the lords of the Seven Kingdoms had but a single neck...<ref>official site of [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html George martin]</ref>}}

{{Quote|[[Others|Demons made of snow and ice and cold]]. The ancient enemy. The only enemy that matters.{{Ref|aSoS|78}}}}

{{Quote|Your brothers will not like it, no more than your father's lords, but I mean to allow the wildlings through the Wall... those who will swear me their fealty, pledge to keep the king's peace and the king's laws, and take the Lord of Light as their god. Even the [[giants]], if those great knees of theirs can bend. I will settle them on the Gift, once I have wrested it away from your new Lord Commander. When the cold winds rise, we shall live or die together. It is time we made alliance against our common foe.{{Ref|aSoS|76}}}}
- Stannis to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|'''Stannis:''' I thought the wet nurse was this man [[Craster]]’s daughter?
'''Melisandre:''' Wife and daughter both, Your Grace. Craster married all his daughters. [[Gilly]]’s boy was the fruit of their union.

'''Stannis:''' Her own father got this child on her? We are well rid of her, then. I will not suffer such abominations here. This is not [[King’s Landing]].{{Ref|aDwD|3}}}}
- Stannis to [[Melisandre]]

{{Quote|We all know what [[Robert Baratheon|my brother]] would do. Robert would gallop up to the gates of [[Winterfell]] alone, break them with his warhammer, and ride through the rubble to slay [[Roose Bolton]] with his left hand and [[Ramsay Snow|the Bastard]] with his right. I am not Robert. But we will march, and we will free Winterfell … or die in the attempt. {{Ref|aDwD|42}}}}

==Quotes about Stannis==
{{Quote|Hard was the word men used when they spoke of Stannis, and hard he was.{{Ref|ACOK|0}}}}
- Maester [[Cressen]]

{{Quote|Stannis would make an appalling king. Nor is he like to become one. Men respect Stannis, even fear him, but precious few have ever loved him. {{Ref|ACoK|22}}}}
- [[Renly Baratheon]]

{{Quote|Ned found it hard to imagine what could frighten Stannis Baratheon, who had once held [[Storm's End]] through a year of siege, surviving on rats & boot leather while the Lords Tyrell & Redwyne sat outside with their hosts, banqueting in sight of his walls.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}}} - [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}}} - [[Varys]]

{{Quote|I had never suspected you were so clever, Stannis. Were it only true, you would indeed be Robert’s heir{{Ref|aCoK|31}}}}
- [[Renly Baratheon]] to Stannis about finding incest of [[Cersei]] & [[Jaime]]

{{Quote|When Mace Tyrell laid siege to [[Storm's End]], Stannis ate rats rather than open his gates. {{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Mathis Rowan]]

{{Quote|This is Stannis Baratheon. The man will fight to the bitter end and then some.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}}} - [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|Stannis is no friend of [[Eddard Stark|yours]], nor of mine. Even his brothers can scarcely stomach him. The man is iron, hard and unyielding. He'll give us a new [[Hand of the King|Hand]] and a new [[Small council|council]], for a certainty. No doubt he'll thank you for handing him the crown, but he won't love you for it. And his ascent will mean war. Stannis cannot rest easy on the throne until Cersei and her bastards are dead.

Do you think Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] will sit idly while his daughter's head is measured for a spike? [[Casterly Rock]] will rise, and not alone. Robert found it in him to pardon men who served [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]], so long as they did him fealty. Stannis is less forgiving. He will not have forgotten the [[siege of Storm's End]], and the lords [[Mace Tyrell|Tyrell]] and [[Paxter Redwyne|Redwyne]] dare not. Every man who fought beneath the [[House Targaryen|dragon banner]] or [[Greyjoy Rebellion|rose]] with [[Balon Greyjoy]] will have good cause to fear. Seat Stannis on the Iron Throne and I promise you, the realm will bleed.{{Ref|aGoT|47}}}} - [[Petyr Baelish]]

{{Quote|'''Wyman:''' [[Robb Stark]] was my liege lord, who is this man Stannis? Why does he trouble us? He never felt the need to journey north before, as best I can recall. Yet he turns up now, a beaten cur with his helm in his hand, begging for alms.
'''Davos:''' He came to save the realm, my lord, to defend your lands against the
ironborn and the wildlings.{{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos]] to [[Wyman Manderly]]

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Loras Tyrell

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Ser '''Loras Tyrell''' is Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]'s third son. Known as the '''Knight of Flowers''', he is a highly skilled knight and jouster. His tournament successes, dazzling good looks, and ostentatious showmanship have made him a celebrated figure in the courts of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].

His personal coat of arms is three golden roses on a field of green, indicating his position as a third son. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Other/2/ The Citadel: Heraldry - Personal Arms]</ref>

==Appearance and Personality==
[[File:MKomarck_Ser_Loras.jpg‎‎|Ser Loras Tyrell - by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|250px|left]]
Ser Loras is exceptionally handsome with long, flowing brown hair and golden eyes. [[Tyrion]] thinks to himself that Ser Loras is beautiful, and already a legend, and that half the girls in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] want to bed him, and all the boys want to be him. {{Ref|aSoS|12}} See also [[:Category:Images of Loras Tyrell|this collection of images]].

Despite his youth and slender frame, he is a capable warrior, using swords, axes, and morning-stars to deadly effect. He is beloved by the [[smallfolk]], especially the women. While courteous he is still thirsty for glory and can be short-tempered and impetuous. [[Tyrion]] finds him a prickly lad. {{Ref|aSoS|12}}

[[Sansa Stark]] also thinks Loras is beautiful, and that he is lithe and graceful with wonderful eyes. She thinks he looks even finer in the white of the [[Kingsguard]] than in the greens and golds of [[House Tyrell]]. The only spot of colour on him now is a brooch that clasps his cloak, the rose of [[Highgarden]] wrought in soft yellow gold, nestled in a bed of delicate green jade leaves. The grip of his sword is white leather and its pommel is a rose in alabaster. {{Ref|aSoS|6}}

==History==
As a youth, he was fostered at [[Storm's End]] and served as a page and squire to Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]. This was likely the start of their clandestine love affair. Although not widely known, their forbidden relationship is known to various others at court.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 24|Chapter 24]], Cersei</ref>

During her wedding celebrations Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] asks [[Sansa]] to dance. He draws her close and tells her that he has seen the way she looks at Loras; that Loras is handsome and valiant, and that they all love him dearly but [[Tyrion]] will make her a better husband. This suggests that he and perhaps the rest of the family are well aware of Loras’s sexual preference, and may have been for quite some time.

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
[[File:Knight of Flowers.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Loras at the Tourney of the Hand]]
[[File: Sir_Heartsalot_RenlyLoras.jpg‎ ‎|Renly and Loras - Sir-Heartsalot ©|thumb|250px|right]]
Loras Tyrell attends the [[Tourney of the Hand]] wearing armor wrought with jeweled flowers and a cape of woven roses. Amongst his victories are Ser [[Robar Royce]] and three members of the [[Kingsguard]]. With each victory, he hands a white rose to a pretty girl in the crowd. He then hands a red rose to [[Sansa Stark]], the [[Eddard Stark|Hand]]'s daughter, who is overwhelmed by his gallantry and is thereafter infatuated with him.

Although reputed to be very gallant, he rides a mare in heat against Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], noted as an underhanded tactic by some. This inflames the huge knight's stallion, which bucks him, prompting Gregor to attack Loras. After [[Sandor Clegane]] comes to his rescue, Loras forfeits the final round to him.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}

Renly and Loras secretly plotted to have King Robert spurn [[Cersei Lannister|Queen Cersei]] in favor of Loras' sister [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. Renly approached Lord Stark with a painting of the girl in hopes that she resembled Eddard's late sister [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]], but this was not the case.

When Eddard Stark, sitting the [[Iron Throne]] in [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]]'s stead, sends a party led by [[Beric Dondarrion]] to kill Gregor Clegane, Loras is disappointed for not having been chosen instead of Beric.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Loras is mentioned by Littlefinger as a possibly ally for Lord Stark against [[Cersei]] in the succession crisis after Robert's death, but Ned decides it is the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]] he must have. When Renly flees King's Landing after Lord Stark spurns his request for aid in seizing power, Ser Loras rides south out of the city with him, along with fifty retainers. [[Varys]] suspects they ride for either Storm's End or Highgarden.

===A Clash of Kings===
When Renly makes his claim for the [[Iron Throne]], Loras and the rest of [[House Tyrell]] back his claim and cement their support by marrying Loras's sister Margaery to Renly and making Lord Mace his Hand. His army gathers at Highgarden, and Renly makes Loras the head of his [[Rainbow Guard]], a fancifully ostentatious version of the traditional [[Kingsguard]]. The two remain inseparable even after Renly's wedding. During his march, Renly holds a great melee at [[Bitterbridge]] of 116 knights; Loras is one of the final two combatants, losing to [[Brienne of Tarth]], who is given the last place in his Rainbow Guard.

After his failed parley with his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], Renly appoints Loras to lead the vanguard in the coming battle, choosing him over [[Randyll Tarly]], [[Guyard Morrigen]], and many other candidates. After Renly's assassination, Loras goes berserk, killing the two [[Rainbow Guard]]s in charge of protecting him that morning. He believes that [[Brienne]] of Tarth perpetrated the assassination along with [[Catelyn Stark]]; he is unable to apprehend them.

He returns to [[Bitterbridge]] with his family to plot the course of the Reach; there the Tyrells capture the two knights Stannis sends to recruit Renly's infantry. When the Tyrells join the [[Lannister]] cause against [[Stannis]], Loras fights beside his brother [[Garlan Tyrell|Ser Garlan the Gallant]], who wears Renly's armor and impersonates the fallen king at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] (Renly having been too large for the armor to fit Loras). Afterwards, Loras is granted a place in [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]]'s [[Kingsguard]].

===A Storm of Swords===
Loras joins the [[Kingsguard]] at his father's behest (though [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] orchestrates this {{Ref|aSoS|68}}), to protect his sister Margaery when she becomes the Queen. The appointment also allows Loras to avoid marriage, a prospect complicated by his ambiguous sexuality, and his continued mourning for Renly. He quickly becomes very popular with the citizens of [[King's Landing]]. Out of curiosity [[Tyrion]] asks him why he chose to join the [[Kingsguard]] at only seventeen, Ser Loras answers,
{{Quote|When the [[Renly Baratheon|sun has set]], no candle can replace it. {{Ref|aSoS|12}}}}
When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], absentee Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, returns to [[King's Landing]], Loras recognizes [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]] among his companions and confronts her immediately about Renly's death. At his request, Jaime has Brienne arrested. {{Ref|aSoS|62}}

During the [[Kingsguard]] meeting in the white tower Ser Loras places the blame for [[Joffrey]]’s poisoning at [[Sansa Stark]]’s feet. He tells Ser [[Jaime]] that his sister was drinking for the same chalice as Joffrey and that Sansa was the only person in the hall who had reason to want Margaery dead, as well as the king. By poisoning the wedding cup, she would hope to kill both of them. He asks [[Jaime]] why else did she run afterwards, unless she was guilty. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}

After the other [[Kingsguard]] members take their leave [[Jaime]] is left alone with the Knight of Flowers. Jaime observes Loras. He sees that Loras is as slim as a sword, lithe and fit. He wears a snowy linen tunic and white wool breaches, with a gold belt around his waist and a gold rose clasping his fine silk coat. His hair is a soft brown tumble, and his eyes are brown as well, and bright with insolence. Jaime thinks to himself,
{{Quote|He thinks this is a tourney, and his tilt has just been called. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}}}
He questions Loras, and finds the Knight of Flowers as arrogant as he himself was in his youth. Jaime asks Loras about the supposed ghost of [[Renly Baratheon]] that fought at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] at the van of his father's forces, obtaining an admission that it is his brother inside the armor. The arrogance goes out of Loras the moment he begins to speak of Renly. Jaime ponders to himself,
{{Quote|He answered truly. He is proud and reckless and full of piss, but he is not false. Not yet. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}}}
Jaime then confronts Loras about Brienne, and discusses the circumstances of Renly’s death. He commands him to go to her cell, ask his questions and hear her answers. Jaime commands him to judge Brienne fairly, on his honour as a [[knight]], Ser Loras agrees. {{Ref|aSoS|67}}

Loras maintains a close relationship with his sister, who suggests that he train the young King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] in the ways of an armed knight. Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] flatly refuses, using veiled innuendo regarding his manhood as a reason.

He finally confronts Brienne and is convinced of her innocence in the death of Renly.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

===A Feast for Crows===
Ser Loras stands vigil with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] over the corpse of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Jaime thinks privately that the Knight of Flowers is still half a boy, arrogant and vain, but he has it in him to be great, to perform deeds worthy of the [[White Book]]. {{Ref|aFfC|8}} He tells [[Cersei]] that Loras would not have been his choice but Loras will do well enough, once a man puts on the white cloak of the [[Kingsguard]], it changes him.

After departing his father’s funeral procession [[Jaime]] trots through the castle gates and sees a dozen [[knight]]s riding at a quintain in the outer yard. He stops to watch for a while he notes that Ser Loras rides superbly, and handles a lance as if he were born holding one. He observes that Loras puts the point just where he means to put it, and seems to have the balance of a cat. Jaime admits to himself that perhaps it was not such a fluke when Loras unhorsed him at the Hand’s tourney.

After the invasion of the [[Reach]] via the [[Shield Islands]] by the [[Iron Islands|ironmen]], Cersei uses Loras's recklessness to manipulate him into attempting to quickly end the [[Siege of Dragonstone]], hoping that he will endanger himself in the process to free up [[Paxter Redwyne]]'s fleet to defend the Reach. Loras departs the city amid throngs of admiring onlookers, mostly women. His reported victory was said to be needlessly bloodthirsty and true to Cersei's hopes, it was reported that he was horribly injured by boiling oil in the battle. His status is so far unconfirmed.

===A Dance with Dragons===
Loras is on [[Dragonstone]], reportedly gravely injured. He searched Dragonstone and did not find any gold, gems, or a hoard of [[dragon]] eggs.{{fact}}

==Quotes about Loras==
{{Quote|Have you seen [[Mace Tyrell]]’s boy? The Knight of Flowers, they call him. Now there’s a son any man would be proud to own to. Last tourney, he dumped [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]] on his golden rump, you ought to have seen the look on Cersei’s face. I laughed till my sides hurt. {{Ref|agot|30}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|Ser Loras is so [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] he pisses rosewater. He should never have been given a [[Kingsguard|white cloak]]. {{Ref|affc|24}}}}
- [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Wylis Manderly

2013-08-04T12:40:35Z

TimeForChilli: /* A Storm of Swords */

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Ser '''Wylis Manderly''' is a member of [[House Manderly]]. He is the eldest son and heir of Lord [[Wyman Manderly|Wyman]].{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

==Appearance & Personality==
Wylis is a very fat man, bald and with a large walrus mustache. He is quiet and formal.{{Ref|aGoT|55}} After being held captive in [[Harrenhal]] for two years, all defiance has left him and he has dull eyes and sallow, sagging jowels, as observed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

His wife, [[Leona Woolfield|Leona]], is very devoted to him.{{Ref|aDwD|29}} They have two daughters together, [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]] and [[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser Wylis commands the men from [[White Harbor]] when [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners, as his father, Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], is too fat to ride a horse any longer and remains to look after the city's defenses. The force, consisting of 1,500 men with about 20 knights, 200 mounted riders, swordsmen and freeriders and the rest foot, marches from White Harbor to [[Moat Cailin]], where Robb is gathering his troops before heading south. Wylis is accompanied, apart from his younger brother [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], by Lady [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn Stark]], Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and Ser [[Brynden Tully]], who all arrived by ship in White Harbor coming from the [[Vale of Arryn]]. Although she thinks that Wylis is probably the fattest man she has ever seen, apart from his father, so that she pities his horse, and that he wears only clothes that have food stains, Catelyn likes him well enough. When they arrive near Moat Cailin, Wylis remains in the camp while his brother Wendel rides on with Catelyn to the castle to greet Robb.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

The northern host marches south and arrives at [[the Twins]], where they are greeted by Ser [[Stevron Frey]], who invites Robb to the Twins in the name of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Robb's bannermen, distrusting Walder, advise against Robb putting himself in the hand of the Lord of the Crossing, with Wylis suggesting that Walder should come out of his castle and treat with Robb in plain sight of both men's forces. It is ultimately decided that Catelyn will go to the Twins to talk with Lord Walder.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

After an agreement with Walder has been found, the northern army splits and Wylis comes under the command of Lord [[Roose Bolton]], who marches his troops south along the [[Kingsroad]] to engage Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s main host at the [[Trident]] as a diversion for Robb's attempt to lift the siege of [[Riverrun]]. Lord Bolton's forces suffer a defeat against Tywin's in the [[Battle of the Green Fork]], in which Wylis is captured.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offers to trade Wylis, held captive at [[Harrenhal]], to his father without ransom, if Lord [[Wyman Manderly|Wyman]] withdraws his support from King [[Robb Stark]]. Wyman refuses him. He points this out when he attends the harvest feast at [[Winterfell]] and talks with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], Maester [[Luwin]] and [[Bran Stark]]. Wyman also stresses that he would not want to see his son Wylis languishing at a cursed place such as Harrenhal longer than he must and expresses the hope that in time a fair exchange of prisoners can be arranged. Additionally, Wylis would not want to sit out the rest of the war. In this context, Lord Manderly describes his son as gallant and fierce as a mastiff.{{Ref|aCoK|16}}

In reply to the northern peace terms submitted by Robb Stark via Ser [[Cleos Frey]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] offers to trade Wylis and [[Harrion Karstark]] for [[Willem Lannister]] in an exchange of prisoners.{{Ref|aCoK|25}}

While in Harrenhal, the prisoners taken in the [[Battle of the Green Fork]] are housed in the upper chambers of the [[Tower of Dread]]. Most of them are given freedom of the castle when they pledge not to attempt escape and thus Wylis can start haunting the kitchens, where he is always looking for morsels of food. [[Arya Stark]] learns about this "fat lordling" from [[Hot Pie]].{{Ref|aCoK|30}}

Harrenhal is [[Sack of Harrenhal|captured]] by Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s troops after the [[Brave Companions]] switch sides following Tywin's deparature from the castle.{{Ref|aCoK|47}} As a result, Wylis is liberated and remains with Roose's host.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Wylis is part of Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army when it leaves [[Harrenhal]] to [[Vargo Hoat]] and the [[Brave Companions]] and moves north to cross the [[Trident]] at the [[Ruby Ford]] to eventually join forces with [[Robb Stark]] at [[the Twins]] on the occasion of Lord [[Edmure Tully]]'s [[Red Wedding|wedding]]. When Roose's army arrives at the river, the ford is unpassable and Roose has to ferry his men across in small boats. Wylis and the knights from [[White Harbor]] serve as rear guard during the operation. When two thirds of the force have crossed the Trident, the rest, mainly [[House Locke|Locke]], [[House Norrey|Norrey]] and [[House Burley|Burley]] men, are suddenly attacked by [[House Lannister|Lannister]] forces, leading to the [[Battle of the Ruby Ford]]. Wylis tries to rally the men as best as he can, but they come under attack by heavy cavalry led by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who drives the defenders into the water. Many men drown, die in the fighting or flee, while others are captured, including Wylis. While later meeting with Robb Stark at the Twins, Lord Bolton claims that he was unable to help the men on the south shore.{{Ref|aSoS|44}}{{Ref|aSoS|49}} However, since Roose has already made the secret deal with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and Lord [[Walder Frey]] that will lead to the murder of Robb Stark and many of his bannermen{{Ref|aSoS|53}}, the whole engagement is probably a ruse meant to weaken the Stark forces.

When Ser Gregor [[Retaking of Harrenhal|retakes Harrenhal]], Wylis is again kept as prisoner at [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black's]] castle. While there, he keeps asking the Mountain's men for food. Eventually, Gregor gives the order to feed Wylis with "roast goat", meaning flesh cut from the still-living [[Vargo Hoat]]. Wylis eats most of Vargo's flesh, with other prisoners and Vargo himself also receiving some parts.{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

Tywin Lannister writes to Lord Wyman, telling him that Wylis is his captive and lists conditions for his safe return, mainly that Lord Manderly bends his knee to the [[Iron Throne]] and to the new [[Warden of the North]], Lord Roose Bolton. If Wyman refuses, Wylis will die a traitor's death and White Harbor will be stormed and sacked with the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] extinguished.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The [[Iron Throne]] negotiates with Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] about the possibility of [[White Harbor]] abandoning the northern cause and rallying behind the new [[Warden of the North]], Lord [[Roose Bolton]]. Wyman suggests he will wed off both his granddaughters to [[House Frey|Freys]] and open his harbor for ships of the Crown, but only if Wylis is returned to him safely. The [[small council]] under Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] discusses this proposal. [[Harys Swyft]], the new [[Hand of the King]] after Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s death, asks whether the Crown even has Wylis in its hand, receiving the answer by Cersei that he should be in [[Harrenhal]]. She does not know if Wylis is still alive, as she knows that Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] was never particularly gentle with prisoners, even those who brought a good ransom. She suggests that, in case Wylis has died, they should send Wyman the heads of those responsible with the sincerest apologies of the Iron Throne, thinking by herself that if the head of Gregor appeased Prince [[Doran Martell]] of Dorne, a similar gesture should be enough for "a fat northman wrapped in sealskins". She shares that she already demanded that Wyman execute [[Davos Seaworth]], held prisoner by Lord Manderly, as a token of his good will. She expects him to oblige, because this is the only way for a safe return of Wylis.{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] informs Cersei that Wyman has done as commanded and executed Davos, as is confirmed by Frey witnesses. Cersei orders Pycelle to send a raven to Wyman that, now that he has proven his loyalty, Wylis will be returned to him soon.{{Ref|aFfC|24}} However, Cersei is still not sure that Wylis is actually alive, as the messages sent to Harrenhal in this regard receive no reply.{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

When Cersei sends her resisting brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], off to the [[Riverlands]] to lift the [[Second Siege of Riverrun]], she lists reestablishing order at Harrenhal and getting hold of Wylis on the way as additional reasons why Jaime needs to attend personally to the matter.{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

Upon his arrival in Harrenhal, Jaime learns about the gruesome details of the death of [[Vargo Hoat]], including the fact that his flesh has been fed to Wylis and other prisoners. He asks to see all prisoners, starting with Wylis, threatening the remaining [[the Mountain's men|Mountain's men]] that they will also die, if Wylis is dead. However, Wylis is alive and brought to Jaime, if in a ragged and filthy condition and completely broken in spirit. Jaime notices his dull eyes and sallow, sagging jowls and wonders whether he and the other prisoners had any inkling of what they had been eating at one point. When he tells Wylis that he will be escorted to [[Maidenpool]] and put on a boat to White Harbor, Wylis collapses in tears. It takes four men to lift him up again, making Jaime think that the man ate too much roast goat.{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

Jaime sends Wylis off to Maidenpool with a party that includes some Brave Companions and is under the command of Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], whom Jaime wants to get rid off after Ronnet made insulting remarks about his former betrothed, [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|aFfC|30}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Upon his arrival in [[White Harbor]], [[Davos Seaworth]], who is in the city to negotiate a possible alliance of [[House Manderly]] with [[Stannis Baratheon]], learns that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] still keep Wylis as prisoner, whereas Davos thought that both of Lord [[Wyman Manderly|Wyman's]] sons are dead. Davos receives this as a bad omen for his mission, because the captivity of Wylis makes Wyman susceptible to blackmail.{{Ref|aDwD|15}} He seems to be proven right when Wyman acts hostile in their negotations and Wylis's wife, [[Leona Woolfield|Leona]], accuses him of trying to stir up more treason, although Davos realizes that she is speaking from fear. Wyman eventually orders Davos's arrest and execution.{{Ref|aDwD|19}}

Wylis arrives back in White Harbour to see his wife and daughters. His father holds a welcoming feast in his son's honor. During the feast, Wyman uses the need for digestion after he ate too much as excuse for a secret meeting with Davos to inform him about the background of his long imprisonment and to apologize for it. He explains that he had to fake Davos's execution, using another prisoner, to guarantee the save return of Wylis and that he could not reveal this to him earlier. Wyman also apologizes for his daughter-in-law, pointing out that Wylis is the whole life of Lady Leona.{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

At [[Winterfell]], where the wedding of [[Ramsay Bolton]] and [[Jeyne Poole|"Arya Stark"]] has taken place, [[Hosteen Frey]] questions Wyman on the whereabouts of [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Jared Frey|Jared]] and [[Symond Frey]], suggesting foul play by Wyman in this context. He points out that the three were Wyman's guests and brought his son home. Wyman is dismissive, stressing that, whereas the [[House Frey|Freys]] merely returned [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel's]] bones, it was Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] who was true to his word and returned his son Wylis safe and whole, calling in this context on the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] to save Lord Tywin's soul.{{Ref|aDwD|46}}

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Jaime Lannister

2013-08-04T12:31:23Z

TimeForChilli: /* A Storm of Swords */

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| Alias = The Kingslayer The Lion of Lannister The Young Lion Goldenhand
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'''Jaime Lannister''', known as the '''Kingslayer''', is the second child and first-born son of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]], also of [[House Lannister]]. He is the twin brother of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. Raised at the age of fifteen to the [[Kingsguard]] of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Jaime became the youngest member in the history of the prestigious knightly order.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} He earned the derogatory nickname "[[Kingslayer]]" when he treasonously slew King Aerys near the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|aGoT|5}}{{Ref|aSoS|37}} In ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', Jaime becomes a [[POV Character]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by [[w:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]].<ref>HBO: Game of Thrones:[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew/index.html Cast and Crew].</ref>

==Character and Appearance ==
Jaime is a born warrior, and most of his skills lie in the area of martial expertise. He has little interest in politics and court intrigue; by his own admission, Jaime only feels truly alive when fighting or making love. Jaime has the quintessential Lannister look, with bright green eyes and golden hair. He is considered to be extremely handsome, his tall frame complemented with comely features and "a smile that cut like a knife."{{Ref|aGoT|5}} He dresses in white, like any member of the [[Kingsguard]] when on duty, but he also wears his family colors and distinctive armor of his own: gold-plated, with a lion's-head helm at other times.

Early in the series, Jaime comes across as arrogant, amoral, and dishonorable, behavioural traits similar to his sister twin [[Cersei]]. However, he is changed by his imprisonment and prolonged exposure to [[Brienne]]'s stubborn adherence to a code of honour. He sees his adversity as a blank page for him to write a new history, jokingly thinking to himself he might become Gold Hand the Good and noting "this is what justice feels like" even when doling it out to men in Lannister colours.

Because he has done reprehensible acts he has such a bad reputation, everything he says is usually cast in the worst possible light. An offhand joke is taken as a grave threat by others, just because it is spoken by the [[Kingslayer]]. And as for honor, Jaime took his Kingsgaurd vows, but when they conflict, he chooses a course of action and follows it to its conclusion, no matter the consequence.  More images can be found
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==History==
===Early Years===
Jaime is the eldest son of Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]] and [[Tywin Lannister|Lord Tywin]] Lannister, head of [[House Lannister]], the richest man in the Seven Kingdoms and Lord Paramount of the Westerlands. Jaime and his older twin sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] were inseparable in their early childhood, even going so far as to experiment together in a sexual manner at a young age. During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. Jaime's bedchamber was immediately moved to the other side of the castle, and both twins were told never to do anything like that ever again.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

At age nine, he lost his mother, who died giving birth to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]. Even though Tyrion is a malformed dwarf, Jaime seems to have treated him with kindness and respect unlike Cersei and Tywin.{{Ref|aGoT|9}}

At the age of eleven, Jaime was sent to [[Crakehall]] to squire for old Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] alongside [[Merrett Frey]]. Two years later, while still a squire, he won his first tourney melee.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

===Raised to Knighthood===
At the age of fifteen, Jaime participated in the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], during which he saved Lord Crakehall from [[Ben (Big Belly)|Big Belly Ben]] and crossed swords with the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]]. He was [[Knighthood|knighted]] on the battlefield by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]].{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

On his return to [[Casterly Rock]], he stopped in [[King's Landing]] to visit his sister, from whom he had been separated for years.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} It was there that Cersei told him that Lord Tywin intended to marry him to [[Lysa Tully]], second daughter of Lord [[Hoster Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. Cersei suggested that Jaime become a member of the [[Kingsguard]] instead, replacing the recently deceased Ser [[Harlan Grandison]], to be close to her and free himself of the unwanted marriage to Lysa. After a night of passionate sex, he gave his consent to Cersei's plan, although they both expected that their father would be opposed to it. She made the necessary arrangements over the next month and Jaime received news in Casterly Rock that he had been chosen for the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

A [[moon]]'s turn later, Jaime was raised to the Kingsguard by Lord Commander Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] in a ceremony during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], making him the youngest knight ever to be raised to the order.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} That night, however, [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]] soured the honor by sending him back to King's Landing to guard [[Rhaella Targaryen|Queen Rhaella]] and [[Viserys Targaryen|Prince Viserys]], depriving him of the chance to participate in [[House Whent|Lord Whent's]] tourney. Jaime realized then that the King had only chosen him for the Kingsguard as a slight against Lord Tywin, of whom Aerys was insanely jealous, to rob him of his heir.{{Ref|aSoS|44}} Furthermore, the plan failed to bring Jaime and Cersei closer together, as they had intended. Lord Tywin, furious at the turn of events, used a pretext to resign as Hand and returned with Cersei to Casterly Rock. Jaime remained at court, guarding the King.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

===Kingsguard===
During Jaime's time in the Kingsguard, Aerys's growing insanity and attendant cruelty became more and more apparent, and Jaime found himself conflicted and troubled by many of the King's actions. One night, he and Ser [[Jonothor Darry|Jon Darry]] stood guard outside Queen Rhaella's bedchamber while Aerys raped and ravaged her. Jaime commented to Darry that they were sworn to protect the Queen as well, to which Darry replied "We are, but not from him."{{Ref|aFfC|16}} He had a similar reaction to the execution of [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and Lord [[Rickard Stark]], and was reminded by Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] that he swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.{{Ref|aCoK|55}} Jaime coped with much of Aerys's cruelty by "going away inside", advice he would later pass on to [[Brienne]], when Vargo Hoat's men were considering raping her, and to his son, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] when the boy is upset by the smell of [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] rotting. He genuinely believes this advice, as a way to deal with a harsh reality and making an appalling task tolerable.{{Ref|aFfC|8}}

As [[Robert's Rebellion]] grew, Aerys refused to let Jaime join the royal army, instead keeping him in King's Landing to be used as a potential hostage against Lord Tywin, who had yet to choose a side in the conflict. Aerys appointed several Hands throughout the war, but never invited Tywin to take up his old office. Eventually Jaime was the only White Cloak in the capital.

After the [[Battle of the Bells]], it became apparent to Aerys that the rebellion might be successful and that King's Landing might be lost. Aerys devised a [[The Wildfire Plot|plan]] with the help of his chief [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]] that involved placing caches of [[wildfire]] all throughout the city. The plan was to burn the entire city to the ground rather than lose it to Robert. His new [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], who had been elevated to the position after the exile of both previous Hands (Lord [[Owen Merryweather]] and [[Jon Connington]]), confronted Aerys about his plan, removing his chain of office in protest and flinging it to the floor. For that, Aerys burned him alive, and raised his favorite pyromancer [[Rossart]] to the Handship. All the while, Jaime guarded the King, blankly observing the details of his plan and keeping his secrets.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

When [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar]] left the [[Red Keep]] to face the rebels on the [[Trident]], Jaime begged Rhaegar to take him along and let Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] or Ser [[Jon Darry]] protect the king for once. Rhaegar refused the suggestion, admitting that King Aerys wanted to keep Jaime close as he was afraid of Tywin Lannister more than anyone else. However, Rhaegar promised an angry and disappointed Jaime that changes would be made when he returned from the battlefield.{{Ref|aSoS|8}} But Rhaegar was killed in the [[Battle of the Trident]] and the defeat of his army all but decided the outcome of the war in favour of a rebel victory. Aerys had his pregnant [[Rhaella Targaryen|queen]] and son [[Viserys Targaryen]] sent to [[Dragonstone]].

===The Kingslayer===
[[File:Maureval_Kingslayer.jpg‎ ‎|The Kingslayer - by [http://maureval.deviantart.com/ Maureval ©]|thumb|250px|right]]
After the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] at last roused himself from [[Casterly Rock]] and called his banners. His main concerns were that his son was in [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys']] hand and that the king, facing defeat, might kill Jaime just out of spite, as well as that Jaime himself could do something rash. The [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies marched to the gates of [[King's Landing]], pleading for entry. Though [[Varys]] called Lord Tywin a traitor, King Aerys listened to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], who told him that Lord Tywin had come to his defense, and heeded his advice to open the gates to Lord Tywin and his army. Once inside, Tywin betrayed Aerys and began the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

As the sole Kingsguard knight remaining in King's Landing, the defense of the [[Red Keep]] became Jaime's responsibility. Knowing that he didn't stand a chance to defend the castle, he sent a messenger to the King, asking for leave to make terms with the attackers. The messenger came back with the King's order that Jaime should bring him Lord Tywin's head to prove that he is no traitor. The messenger also informed him that [[Rossart]] was with the King, leading Jaime to believe that Aerys was about to command the destruction of the city.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Jaime went to the throne room. On the way, he came across Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. Jaime attacked him. Rossart tried to defend himself but stood no chance against the experienced knight. Jaime killed the pyromancer with his sword. He then slipped into the throne room through the king's door, finding Aerys alone pacing through the room. When the King saw the blood on Jaime's sword, he demanded to know whether it was Lord Tywin's, renewing his command that Jaime should bring him his father's head, otherwise Jaime would burn with all the other traitors. He told Jaime that Rossart was on his way to give the enemies a warm welcome, asking again whose blood was on Jaime's sword. Jaime answered that it was Rossart's. The King became scared, his mouth dropping open in shock. Aerys lost control of his bowels, soiling himself. He turned and ran towards the Iron Throne. Jaime apprehended him, hauling him off the steps. The Mad King squealed like a pig as Jaime killed him with a single slash across the throat, thereby preventing him from giving the command to burn the city to some other pyromancer.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Lord Tywin's men, led by Ser [[Elys Westerling]] and Lord [[Roland Crakehall (Lord)|Roland Crakehall]], burst into the throne room in time to see Jaime killing the King, forestalling any chance for Jaime to steal away and let someone else claim responsibility. Jaime told them to advise all who were still fighting that the King was dead and to spare anyone who yielded. Lord Crakehall then asked whether a new king should be proclaimed as well, indicating that it could be Lord Tywin or [[Robert Baratheon]] or that even a new Targaryen king could be installed. Jaime mused for a moment on the possibility of choosing [[Viserys Targaryen]] or Rhaegar's son [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] as the new king with Lord Tywin as his Hand, but, realising that both boys shared the same blood as Aerys and thus the same propensity for madness, Jaime declared to Crakehall that it was all the same to him. He then seated himself on the Iron Throne, waiting to see who would come to claim it. He was found sitting there when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] rode into the hall with his men to claim the throne for Robert Baratheon.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

In the following days, Jaime secretly hunted down and killed the two other pyromancers involved in Aerys' plan, [[Belis]] and [[Garigus]].{{Ref|aSoS|37}} Although Eddard Stark urged Robert to strip him of the white cloak, arguing that Jaime should at the very least be made to join the [[Night's Watch]], Robert listened to [[Jon Arryn]] instead and Jaime was pardoned by King Robert I and, along with Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], continued to serve in the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|36}} Robert also gave him the name ''[[Kingslayer]]''.

Though reviled by the realm for his betrayal, Jaime considers the slaying of Aerys to be his finest act. His true motivation for killing King Aerys remains unknown to the masses.

===Under King Robert===
[[File:Lannister twins by arkoniel.jpg|300px|thumb|The Lannister twins by [http://arkoniel.deviantart.com/ Mathia Arkoniel©]]]
Though his sister Cersei was wed to Robert and made Queen, she and Jaime renewed their illicit relationship and continued it throughout Robert's reign. In the following years, Cersei would give birth to three children: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Though believed by the realm to be Robert's children, Jaime is the father of all three, and all three resemble their real parents.

One day, Jaime and his brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], 13 years of age at the time, while on a nightly ride from [[Lannisport]] to [[Casterly Rock]], saved a 14-year-old girl called [[Tysha]] who was followed by outlaws. While Jaime pursued the men, Tyrion took the girl to an inn. The two ended up sleeping together, the first time for both. Tyrion fell in love and secretly married the orphanded daughter of a crofter. However, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] learned about this and decided to sabotage the marriage of his son to a lowborn girl. He instructed Jaime to lie to Tyrion that he had staged the whole affair, including the outlaws, because he had thought his brother finally needed a woman. Jaime was further ordered to tell Tyrion that Tysha was in fact a whore, for whom Jaime had paid double because she was still a maiden. Lord Tywin advised Jaime that all Tysha wanted was the gold of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], which made her no better than a whore, so it wouldn't even be a lie, predicting that Tyrion would thank his brother later in life. Jaime did as bid. Later, Lord Tywin, to teach his younger son a lesson, brought Tysha in and had his guards rape and pay her in Tyrion's presence, forcing Tyrion himself to go last. The experience traumatized Tyrion and determined his cynical opinion about love and his hatred for his father.{{Ref|aGoT|42}}{{Ref|aSoS|77}} Jaime never told Tyrion the truth and later considered his role in ending his brother's marriage the sole instance when he was unkind to Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Jaime and Bran HBO.jpg|300px|thumb|"The Things I do for love": Jaime Lannister pushing [[Bran Stark]] out a window. ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===

After the death of their foster-father [[Jon Arryn]], King Robert travels north to visit Ned Stark at [[Winterfell]] and persuade him to become Lord Arryn's successor as Hand of the King. Jaime himself is Jon's successor as [[Warden of the East]] rather than [[Robert Arryn]], who would have been the traditional appointee. The king is accompanied by much of the court, among them Jaime, Cersei, and their brother Tyrion.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

While at Winterfell, Jaime and Cersei attend the feast given by House Stark. Later, they are caught having sex by [[Bran Stark]]. Bran is shocked and almost falls from the tower. Jaime pulls him up and then throws him out of the window, intending to kill him to keep the affair a secret. Bran survives but falls into a coma.{{Ref|aGoT|8}}

Ned Stark accepts King Robert's invitation to be Hand, and begins investigating the death of Jon Arryn.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}{{Ref|aGoT|25}} In this investigation he discovers Jaime and Cersei's secret relationship by piecing together the fact that every time in history a Lannister wedded a Baratheon, they produced raven-haired children. Instead Cersei's children Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen are all fair-haired.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

Meanwhile, [[Catelyn Stark]], Lady of [[Winterfell]], captures Jaime's brother Tyrion on suspicion of involvement in a botched assassination attempt on Bran Stark.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} Suspecting Cersei, Jaime her on this point - apparently putting Bran out of his misery had been discussed by Cersei and Robert in front of the children. In retaliation for Tyrion's capture, but ostensibly to create an uprising, Jaime breaks Kingsguard neutrality by leading Lannister men in an attack on Ned and his Northmen in the streets of King's Landing, leading to numerous deaths on both sides.{{Ref|aGoT|35}} Jaime then flees from King's Landing and joins his father, afield with his army to threaten Lady Catelyn's home in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|39}} Lord Lannister appoints Jaime to command half the host of the [[Westerlands]].

Jaime's army marches against the River Lords, [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|smashing]] a small force beneath the [[Golden Tooth]], followed by [[Battle of Riverrun|another victory]] against Ser [[Edmure Tully]] that results in the capture of the Tully heir and the siege of [[Riverrun]].{{Ref|aGoT|55}} However [[Robb Stark]]'s [[The North|Northern]] army steals a surprise march on Jaime, intent on relieving Riverrun. His men, flying Tully colors, raid Jaime's camps to draw him out. Robb surprises the Lannister army at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]. Seeing the battle was lost, Jaime fought bravely to try and cut down Robb, managing to kill [[House Hornwood|Daryn Hornwood]] and the sons of Lord [[House Karstark|Rickard Karstark]] before he is captured.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} Afterwards, the Stark-Tully forces are able to best his own leaderless troops in the [[Battle of the Camps]], and Jaime is imprisoned in Riverrun. While there he is named Lord Commander of the Kingsguard after Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] is dismissed by his sister.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===

When Lord Tywin appoints Tyrion as Acting [[Hand of the King]], Tyrion promises to help free Jaime to gain Cersei's support.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} Tyrion's plan to free Jaime with disguised soldiers is unsuccessful. For breaking his word not to try to escape, [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] transfers him to the dungeons. He is kept chained and malnourished.{{Ref|aCoK|39}} During this period Cersei takes their cousin [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] as her lover.

While the [[War of the Five Kings]] rages around him, Jaime continues to be imprisoned in Riverrun. Negotiations for his release lead to nothing. Tyrion swears in open court to trade [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] for the return of his brother. However, Robb Stark declines this exchange. Distraught at the news of the alleged deaths of her sons [[Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], Catelyn interrogates Jaime. {{Ref|aCoK|45}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===

[[Catelyn]], acting on her own, releases Jaime in an attempt to make an unofficial exchange for her daughters. Along with his cousin and fellow captive Ser [[Cleos Frey]], and Lady Catelyns's sworn sword [[Brienne of Tarth]], Jaime begins the journey towards [[King's Landing]]. Due to his imprisonment at [[Riverrun]] for close to a year, Jaime lost a lot of weight and started to resemble a lion with his ungroomed facial hair. During his journey to [[King's Landing]] with Brienne and Cleos, he decided to shave his head so his golden locks would not be recognized, although he kept the beard. The trio evade recapture by Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and his party from Riverrun, through Brienne's ingenious tactic of dropping boulders onto the chasing boat.{{Ref|aSoS|1}} Jaime approves of Brienne's decision to ignore the travel advice of the "innkeeper" at the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], suspecting he is in league with bandits.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Later, on the road between [[Maidenpool]] and [[Duskendale]], Cleos is killed when the group is ambushed by bandits - he is mourned by none. Afterward, Jaime takes his sword and briefly duels Brienne in an attempt to escape, but both of them are caught unawares and captured by the [[Brave Companions]] led by [[Vargo Hoat]], who had betrayed Lord Tywin and shifted allegiance to the newly-crowned King [[Robb]].

[[File:Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|right|Jaime Lannister portrayed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the HBO series]]
Vargo Hoat suspects that his superior, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], is thinking about going over to the Lannisters after their victory over [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], and their alliance to [[House Tyrell]]. To prevent this he orders [[Zollo|one of his men]] to chop Jaime's sword hand off, thinking that the blame will fall on Bolton.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}

For Jaime, the loss of his hand and with it his fighting ability destroys everything that he was. He falls into a deep depression and loses the will to live. Brienne reminds him that he has something to live for, namely, for his family and for revenge.

While they are held at [[Harrenhal]] they share a bath in the bathhouse. Jaime divulges to Brienne the events surrounding the [[Sack of King's Landing]], including Aerys's [[The Wildfire Plot|wildfire plot]]. Brienne later remembers the incident as follows...

{{Quote|''"The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and Jaime had come walking through that mist naked as his [[Nameday|name day]], looking half a corpse and half a god."''{{Ref|aFfC|9}}}}

Later, at dinner, Lord Bolton hints that he will free Jaime as long as Jaime absolves him of the blame for the loss of his hand. Jaime agrees, and Lord Bolton orders [[Walton|Steelshanks Walton]] to escort him to King's Landing. Brienne is to remain behind as Lord Vargo's prize. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Bolton leaves to join King [[Robb]] and Walton begins the journey to King's Landing with Jaime and the disgraced maester, [[Qyburn]]. The latter's task is to keep Jaime healthy. When sleeping on a [[weirwood]] stump, Jaime has a dream about Brienne. Moved by this he goes back to [[Harrenhal]] and rescues Brienne from Vargo Hoat.{{Ref|aSoS|44}}

As the party arrives at the castle in King's Landing they run into Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], now a brother of the [[Kingsguard]]. Loras accuses Brienne of murdering Renly Baratheon. Again Jaime comes to her rescue and has Brienne arrested rather than allowing Loras to kill her. He then proceeds to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to see Cersei. Cersei is mourning for their son Joffrey, who has died, and whose corpse is being prepared for its funeral. Undaunted by this, Cersei and Jaime have sex in front of [[Joffrey]]'s corpse.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}

This turns out to be the last time that he and Cersei share intimate relations, as their relationship begins to fall apart. Jaime is changed by his experiences. Tywin gives him a [[Oathkeeper|Valaryian steel blade]], crafted out of [[Ned]]'s greatsword [[Ice]], but Jaime feels insulted by his father's gift of a sword when he knows how useless he his without his sword hand. He quarrels with his father and refuses to resign from the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|62}} He calls a meeting of the order in [[Red Keep#White_Sword_Tower|White Sword Tower]] to take the measure of his Sworn Brothers and to remind them of their true duties.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

Jaime passes the Valyrian sword, now named [[Oathkeeper]], on to Brienne; tasking her to keep [[Sansa Stark]] safe from Cersei and noting the irony of her looking after Sansa with [[Ned Stark]]'s own steel. Ensuring that she is equally well provisioned by providing her with gold, a horse and armour, he also provides a letter sealed and signed by [[Tommen]], declaring she is about the King's business and not to be hindered. The shield she is given is the one he bore from [[Harrenhal]]. {{Ref|aSoS|72}}

Following Joffrey's death, Cersei accuses [[Tyrion]] of his murder. When both trial by words and battle fail Tyrion, Jaime still does not believe that Tyrion is the murderer. He forces Lord Varys to arrange Tyrion's escape. During the escape Jaime confesses to his brother an old sin:

Years ago Jaime had told him that [[Tysha]], the girl Tyrion had secretly married was in fact a [[whore]] hired by Jaime. Their father had the girl raped by his soldiers and by [[Tyrion]] himself to teach them a lesson. But in fact Tysha was the [[croft]]er's daughter as she claimed to be and had loved Tyrion genuinely.

Incensed at this revelation, Tyrion hits Jaime, and, knowing that Joffrey was Jaime's son and not Robert's, falsely claims responsibility for his murder. As a final revenge he reveals that the truth about Cersei's sexual escapades with [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]].{{Ref|aSoS|77}} Tyrion storms off and, unknown to Jaime but with the aid of Varys and a secret passage, enters [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin's]] private chambers and kills him.{{Ref|aSoS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Harrenhal bath by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Brienne of Tarth]]: Jaime in the bath half a corpse and half a god.{{ref|aFfC|9}} Art by [http://cabepfir.deviantart.com/ Cabepfir] ]]

Following the murder of his father by his brother Tyrion, Jaime remains in [[King's Landing]] and stands vigil over Tywin. During the night, Cersei comes to him and pleads for him to become the King's Hand. He refuses and Cersei leaves angrily, stating she was a fool for ever having loved him.{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

By his suggestion,{{Ref|aFfC|8}} Tommen and [[Margaery Tyrell]] are married, therefore releasing [[Mace Tyrell]] from his promise of not leaving King's Landing until Margaery's marriage.{{Ref|aFfC|12}} During his next few days at King's Landing, Jaime finds himself increasingly at odds with his uncle [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]] and his sister Cersei. He attempts to give his best counsel to both, as well as to his [[Kingsguard]] subject Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].{{Ref|aFfC|16}}

Following the funeral, Cersei commands him to leave King's Landing with the intention of lifting the siege on [[Riverrun]]. Jaime accepts, on the condition that he is allowed to bring the King's Justice, Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]. The castle is held by Ser [[Brynden Tully|Brynden the Blackfish]], and is one of the last strongholds still loyal to the late King [[Robb]]. Before he departs the city he has an armorer forge him a hand he can strap to his stump. The new hand is made of solid gold with mother of pearl fingernails, it is sturdy and allows Jaime to strap a shield (clumsily) to his right hand.

Jaime also takes with him [[Lewys Piper]] and [[Garrett Paege]], who were made his squires/hostages (both of their families fought for [[House Stark]]). [[Josmyn Peckledon]] also became another squire for Jaime as a reward for his bravery in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].

During the journey, Jaime spars with [[Ilyn Payne]] during the nights, in order to train himself to fight left-handed. Along the way he stops at [[Harrenhal]], where he installs Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]] as castellan and releases the few prisoners kept there, including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]. He has an angry confrontation with Red [[Ronnet Connington]] when he insults [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} To rid himself of Ser Ronnet and [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men-at-arms he charges Ser Ronnet to lead them to escort [[Wylis Manderly]] safely to [[Maidenpool]], where Wylis will be put on a ship to his home of [[White Harbor]].

After departing Harrenhal Jaime stops at [[Darry]] where his cousin, Lancel, confesses to having slept with Cersei. {{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Soon after, Jaime arrives at Riverrun. He holds a parley with Ser Brynden Tully, but is unsuccessful in convincing him to release the castle. He then speaks with Brynden's nephew [[Edmure Tully]], the current Lord of Riverrun, who is held prisoner by the besieging forces (commanded by Jaime's uncle and Cleos's father Ser [[Emmon Frey]]). Emmon has been halfheartedly threatening to hang Lord Edmure every day, but the Blackfish has remained unfazed.

Jaime, recognizing the need for a change in strategy, tells Edmure that he is to be released and returned to Riverrun. If he yields the castle, the garrison will be spared and all that wish to join the [[Night's Watch]] will be allowed to do so. If he does not surrender, the castle will be sacked and burned, and Jaime will return Edmure's child as soon as [[Roslin Frey|his Frey wife]] gives birth - with a catapult.{{Ref|aFfC|38}} Edmure decides to yield the castle and is taken to [[Casterly Rock]] as a prisoner, but not before allowing Brynden to escape by swimming under the Water Gate at night. Jaime is furious at this and sends some of his men to find him, but they are unsuccessful.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

Soon after taking the castle, Jaime receives a letter from Cersei asking for help. She has been imprisoned by the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]] and is to go on trial. Cersei requests Jaime as her champion in a potential trial-by-combat. Jaime does not reply to the letter and orders it to be burned. {{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Jaime_beard.jpg|Jaime - by [http://pojypojy.deviantart.com/ Pojypojy ©]|thumb|200px|right]]
Jaime arrives at [[Raventree Hall]], the last holdout of [[Robb Stark]]'s supporters. The Hall is under [[Siege of Raventree|siege]] by Lord [[Jonos Bracken]]. Jaime finds the state of the siege to be dismal, and hopes to swiftly end it. His arrival is unexpected, and he strides into Bracken's tent while he is with [[Hildy|a whore]]. Bracken fills Jaime in on the situation at hand, and Jaime finds the scene rooted in the age-old feud between [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]].

He then treats with [[Tytos Blackwood]]. Lord Tytos agrees to bend the knee to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] and rescind his support of the [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Tully|Tully]] cause. In return, Blackwood must give up some of his lands to Jonos Bracken and send his son [[Hoster Blackwood|Hoster]] to the [[Red Keep]] as a hostage. Because of [[House Bracken]]'s early support of Robb Stark, however, Jaime also requires Jonos Bracken to send one of his daughters to King's Landing as a hostage.

After settling matters at Raventree, Jaime and his men head back to [[Riverrun]]. They make camp at [[Pennytree]], where the locals are still wary of travelers and "king's men," and will not allow Jaime's men to enter the holdfast. Jaime decides not to follow the advice of Ser [[Kennos of Kayce]], who recommends that he storm the holdfast. While at Pennytree, Jaime receives an unexpected visit from [[Brienne of Tarth]]. She tells Jaime that she has found [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], who is a day's ride away. She claims, however, that Jaime must go with her alone or else the [[Sandor Clegane|Hound]] will kill the girl.{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

==Quotes by Jaime==

{{Quote|Have no fear, [[Eddard Stark|Stark]]. I was only keeping it warm for our friend [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]. It’s not a very comfortable [[Iron Throne|seat]], I’m afraid. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- Jaime to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|''The things I do for love.'' {{Ref|aGoT|8}}}}

{{Quote|''Why would Cersei need the Warrior? She has me.'' {{Ref|aFfC|16}}}}

{{Quote|''There are no men like me. There's only me.'' {{Ref|aCoK|55}}}}

{{Quote|''I think it passing odd that I am loved by [[Tyrion Lannister|one]] for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.'' {{Ref|aCoK|55}}}}

{{Quote|''By what right does the [[Eddard Stark|wolf]] judge the lion? By what right.''{{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}

{{Quote|''That boy had wanted to be Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], but someplace along the way he had become the [[Smiling Knight]] instead.''}} - Jaime contemplating himself

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' Ser, you’ve been remiss in teaching our new brothers their duties.
'''Meryn:''' What duties?

'''Jaime:''' Keeping the king alive. How many monarchs have you lost since I left the city? Two, is it?{{Ref|aSoS|62}}}}
- Jaime to [[Meryn Trant]]

{{Quote|Now sheathe your bloody sword, or I’ll take it from you and shove it up some place even [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] never found.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}}}
- Jaime to [[Loras Tyrell]]

==Quotes about Jaime==

{{Quote|Our false brother. {{Ref|agot|39|p 425}}}} - Ser [[Oswell Whent]]

{{Quote|''The Kingslayer...The false knight who profaned his blade with the blood of the king he had sworn to defend''}} - [[Barristan Selmy]] {{Ref|aGoT|57}}

{{Quote|''[[Varys|The eunuch]] should never have been pardoned. No more than the Kingslayer. At the least, Robert should have stripped the white cloak from him and sent him to [[the Wall]] as [[Eddard Stark|Lord Stark]] urged.''}} -[[Stannis Baratheon]] {{Ref|aSoS|36}}

{{Quote|''[[Barristan Selmy|Selmy]] had never approved of Jaime's presence in his precious [[Kingsguard]]. Before [[Robert's Rebellion|the rebellion]], the old knight thought him too young and untried; afterward, he had been known to say that the Kingslayer should exchange that white cloak for [[Night's Watch|a black one]].''}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]], musing on Barristan Selmy's contempt for his brother. {{Ref|aDwD|57}}

{{Quote|''He was weak from imprisonment, and chained at the wrists. No knight in the Seven Kingdoms could have stood against him at his full strength, with no chains to hamper him. Jaime had done many wicked things, but the man could fight! His maiming him had been monstrously cruel. It was one thing to slay a lion, another to hack his paw off and leave him broken and bewildered.''}} - [[Brienne]] remembering her fight with Jaime prior to Jaime losing his sword hand. {{Ref|aFfC|4}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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'''Jaime Lannister''', known as the '''Kingslayer''', is the second child and first-born son of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]], also of [[House Lannister]]. He is the twin brother of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. Raised at the age of fifteen to the [[Kingsguard]] of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Jaime became the youngest member in the history of the prestigious knightly order.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} He earned the derogatory nickname "[[Kingslayer]]" when he treasonously slew King Aerys near the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|aGoT|5}}{{Ref|aSoS|37}} In ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', Jaime becomes a [[POV Character]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by [[w:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]].<ref>HBO: Game of Thrones:[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew/index.html Cast and Crew].</ref>

==Character and Appearance ==
Jaime is a born warrior, and most of his skills lie in the area of martial expertise. He has little interest in politics and court intrigue; by his own admission, Jaime only feels truly alive when fighting or making love. Jaime has the quintessential Lannister look, with bright green eyes and golden hair. He is considered to be extremely handsome, his tall frame complemented with comely features and "a smile that cut like a knife."{{Ref|aGoT|5}} He dresses in white, like any member of the [[Kingsguard]] when on duty, but he also wears his family colors and distinctive armor of his own: gold-plated, with a lion's-head helm at other times.

Early in the series, Jaime comes across as arrogant, amoral, and dishonorable, behavioural traits similar to his sister twin [[Cersei]]. However, he is changed by his imprisonment and prolonged exposure to [[Brienne]]'s stubborn adherence to a code of honour. He sees his adversity as a blank page for him to write a new history, jokingly thinking to himself he might become Gold Hand the Good and noting "this is what justice feels like" even when doling it out to men in Lannister colours.

Because he has done reprehensible acts he has such a bad reputation, everything he says is usually cast in the worst possible light. An offhand joke is taken as a grave threat by others, just because it is spoken by the [[Kingslayer]]. And as for honor, Jaime took his Kingsgaurd vows, but when they conflict, he chooses a course of action and follows it to its conclusion, no matter the consequence.  More images can be found
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==History==
===Early Years===
Jaime is the eldest son of Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]] and [[Tywin Lannister|Lord Tywin]] Lannister, head of [[House Lannister]], the richest man in the Seven Kingdoms and Lord Paramount of the Westerlands. Jaime and his older twin sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] were inseparable in their early childhood, even going so far as to experiment together in a sexual manner at a young age. During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. Jaime's bedchamber was immediately moved to the other side of the castle, and both twins were told never to do anything like that ever again.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

At age nine, he lost his mother, who died giving birth to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]]. Even though Tyrion is a malformed dwarf, Jaime seems to have treated him with kindness and respect unlike Cersei and Tywin.{{Ref|aGoT|9}}

At the age of eleven, Jaime was sent to [[Crakehall]] to squire for old Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] alongside [[Merrett Frey]]. Two years later, while still a squire, he won his first tourney melee.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

===Raised to Knighthood===
At the age of fifteen, Jaime participated in the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], during which he saved Lord Crakehall from [[Ben (Big Belly)|Big Belly Ben]] and crossed swords with the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]]. He was [[Knighthood|knighted]] on the battlefield by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]].{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

On his return to [[Casterly Rock]], he stopped in [[King's Landing]] to visit his sister, from whom he had been separated for years.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} It was there that Cersei told him that Lord Tywin intended to marry him to [[Lysa Tully]], second daughter of Lord [[Hoster Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. Cersei suggested that Jaime become a member of the [[Kingsguard]] instead, replacing the recently deceased Ser [[Harlan Grandison]], to be close to her and free himself of the unwanted marriage to Lysa. After a night of passionate sex, he gave his consent to Cersei's plan, although they both expected that their father would be opposed to it. She made the necessary arrangements over the next month and Jaime received news in Casterly Rock that he had been chosen for the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

A [[moon]]'s turn later, Jaime was raised to the Kingsguard by Lord Commander Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] in a ceremony during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], making him the youngest knight ever to be raised to the order.{{Ref|aFfC|16}} That night, however, [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]] soured the honor by sending him back to King's Landing to guard [[Rhaella Targaryen|Queen Rhaella]] and [[Viserys Targaryen|Prince Viserys]], depriving him of the chance to participate in [[House Whent|Lord Whent's]] tourney. Jaime realized then that the King had only chosen him for the Kingsguard as a slight against Lord Tywin, of whom Aerys was insanely jealous, to rob him of his heir.{{Ref|aSoS|44}} Furthermore, the plan failed to bring Jaime and Cersei closer together, as they had intended. Lord Tywin, furious at the turn of events, used a pretext to resign as Hand and returned with Cersei to Casterly Rock. Jaime remained at court, guarding the King.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

===Kingsguard===
During Jaime's time in the Kingsguard, Aerys's growing insanity and attendant cruelty became more and more apparent, and Jaime found himself conflicted and troubled by many of the King's actions. One night, he and Ser [[Jonothor Darry|Jon Darry]] stood guard outside Queen Rhaella's bedchamber while Aerys raped and ravaged her. Jaime commented to Darry that they were sworn to protect the Queen as well, to which Darry replied "We are, but not from him."{{Ref|aFfC|16}} He had a similar reaction to the execution of [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and Lord [[Rickard Stark]], and was reminded by Ser [[Gerold Hightower]] that he swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.{{Ref|aCoK|55}} Jaime coped with much of Aerys's cruelty by "going away inside", advice he would later pass on to [[Brienne]], when Vargo Hoat's men were considering raping her, and to his son, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] when the boy is upset by the smell of [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] rotting. He genuinely believes this advice, as a way to deal with a harsh reality and making an appalling task tolerable.{{Ref|aFfC|8}}

As [[Robert's Rebellion]] grew, Aerys refused to let Jaime join the royal army, instead keeping him in King's Landing to be used as a potential hostage against Lord Tywin, who had yet to choose a side in the conflict. Aerys appointed several Hands throughout the war, but never invited Tywin to take up his old office. Eventually Jaime was the only White Cloak in the capital.

After the [[Battle of the Bells]], it became apparent to Aerys that the rebellion might be successful and that King's Landing might be lost. Aerys devised a [[The Wildfire Plot|plan]] with the help of his chief [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]] that involved placing caches of [[wildfire]] all throughout the city. The plan was to burn the entire city to the ground rather than lose it to Robert. His new [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], who had been elevated to the position after the exile of both previous Hands (Lord [[Owen Merryweather]] and [[Jon Connington]]), confronted Aerys about his plan, removing his chain of office in protest and flinging it to the floor. For that, Aerys burned him alive, and raised his favorite pyromancer [[Rossart]] to the Handship. All the while, Jaime guarded the King, blankly observing the details of his plan and keeping his secrets.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

When [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar]] left the [[Red Keep]] to face the rebels on the [[Trident]], Jaime begged Rhaegar to take him along and let Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] or Ser [[Jon Darry]] protect the king for once. Rhaegar refused the suggestion, admitting that King Aerys wanted to keep Jaime close as he was afraid of Tywin Lannister more than anyone else. However, Rhaegar promised an angry and disappointed Jaime that changes would be made when he returned from the battlefield.{{Ref|aSoS|8}} But Rhaegar was killed in the [[Battle of the Trident]] and the defeat of his army all but decided the outcome of the war in favour of a rebel victory. Aerys had his pregnant [[Rhaella Targaryen|queen]] and son [[Viserys Targaryen]] sent to [[Dragonstone]].

===The Kingslayer===
[[File:Maureval_Kingslayer.jpg‎ ‎|The Kingslayer - by [http://maureval.deviantart.com/ Maureval ©]|thumb|250px|right]]
After the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] at last roused himself from [[Casterly Rock]] and called his banners. His main concerns were that his son was in [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys']] hand and that the king, facing defeat, might kill Jaime just out of spite, as well as that Jaime himself could do something rash. The [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies marched to the gates of [[King's Landing]], pleading for entry. Though [[Varys]] called Lord Tywin a traitor, King Aerys listened to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], who told him that Lord Tywin had come to his defense, and heeded his advice to open the gates to Lord Tywin and his army. Once inside, Tywin betrayed Aerys and began the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

As the sole Kingsguard knight remaining in King's Landing, the defense of the [[Red Keep]] became Jaime's responsibility. Knowing that he didn't stand a chance to defend the castle, he sent a messenger to the King, asking for leave to make terms with the attackers. The messenger came back with the King's order that Jaime should bring him Lord Tywin's head to prove that he is no traitor. The messenger also informed him that [[Rossart]] was with the King, leading Jaime to believe that Aerys was about to command the destruction of the city.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Jaime went to the throne room. On the way, he came across Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. Jaime attacked him. Rossart tried to defend himself but stood no chance against the experienced knight. Jaime killed the pyromancer with his sword. He then slipped into the throne room through the king's door, finding Aerys alone pacing through the room. When the King saw the blood on Jaime's sword, he demanded to know whether it was Lord Tywin's, renewing his command that Jaime should bring him his father's head, otherwise Jaime would burn with all the other traitors. He told Jaime that Rossart was on his way to give the enemies a warm welcome, asking again whose blood was on Jaime's sword. Jaime answered that it was Rossart's. The King became scared, his mouth dropping open in shock. Aerys lost control of his bowels, soiling himself. He turned and ran towards the Iron Throne. Jaime apprehended him, hauling him off the steps. The Mad King squealed like a pig as Jaime killed him with a single slash across the throat, thereby preventing him from giving the command to burn the city to some other pyromancer.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Lord Tywin's men, led by Ser [[Elys Westerling]] and Lord [[Roland Crakehall (Lord)|Roland Crakehall]], burst into the throne room in time to see Jaime killing the King, forestalling any chance for Jaime to steal away and let someone else claim responsibility. Jaime told them to advise all who were still fighting that the King was dead and to spare anyone who yielded. Lord Crakehall then asked whether a new king should be proclaimed as well, indicating that it could be Lord Tywin or [[Robert Baratheon]] or that even a new Targaryen king could be installed. Jaime mused for a moment on the possibility of choosing [[Viserys Targaryen]] or Rhaegar's son [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] as the new king with Lord Tywin as his Hand, but, realising that both boys shared the same blood as Aerys and thus the same propensity for madness, Jaime declared to Crakehall that it was all the same to him. He then seated himself on the Iron Throne, waiting to see who would come to claim it. He was found sitting there when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] rode into the hall with his men to claim the throne for Robert Baratheon.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

In the following days, Jaime secretly hunted down and killed the two other pyromancers involved in Aerys' plan, [[Belis]] and [[Garigus]].{{Ref|aSoS|37}} Although Eddard Stark urged Robert to strip him of the white cloak, arguing that Jaime should at the very least be made to join the [[Night's Watch]], Robert listened to [[Jon Arryn]] instead and Jaime was pardoned by King Robert I and, along with Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], continued to serve in the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|36}} Robert also gave him the name ''[[Kingslayer]]''.

Though reviled by the realm for his betrayal, Jaime considers the slaying of Aerys to be his finest act. His true motivation for killing King Aerys remains unknown to the masses.

===Under King Robert===
[[File:Lannister twins by arkoniel.jpg|300px|thumb|The Lannister twins by [http://arkoniel.deviantart.com/ Mathia Arkoniel©]]]
Though his sister Cersei was wed to Robert and made Queen, she and Jaime renewed their illicit relationship and continued it throughout Robert's reign. In the following years, Cersei would give birth to three children: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Though believed by the realm to be Robert's children, Jaime is the father of all three, and all three resemble their real parents.

One day, Jaime and his brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], 13 years of age at the time, while on a nightly ride from [[Lannisport]] to [[Casterly Rock]], saved a 14-year-old girl called [[Tysha]] who was followed by outlaws. While Jaime pursued the men, Tyrion took the girl to an inn. The two ended up sleeping together, the first time for both. Tyrion fell in love and secretly married the orphanded daughter of a crofter. However, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] learned about this and decided to sabotage the marriage of his son to a lowborn girl. He instructed Jaime to lie to Tyrion that he had staged the whole affair, including the outlaws, because he had thought his brother finally needed a woman. Jaime was further ordered to tell Tyrion that Tysha was in fact a whore, for whom Jaime had paid double because she was still a maiden. Lord Tywin advised Jaime that all Tysha wanted was the gold of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], which made her no better than a whore, so it wouldn't even be a lie, predicting that Tyrion would thank his brother later in life. Jaime did as bid. Later, Lord Tywin, to teach his younger son a lesson, brought Tysha in and had his guards rape and pay her in Tyrion's presence, forcing Tyrion himself to go last. The experience traumatized Tyrion and determined his cynical opinion about love and his hatred for his father.{{Ref|aGoT|42}}{{Ref|aSoS|77}} Jaime never told Tyrion the truth and later considered his role in ending his brother's marriage the sole instance when he was unkind to Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Jaime and Bran HBO.jpg|300px|thumb|"The Things I do for love": Jaime Lannister pushing [[Bran Stark]] out a window. ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===

After the death of their foster-father [[Jon Arryn]], King Robert travels north to visit Ned Stark at [[Winterfell]] and persuade him to become Lord Arryn's successor as Hand of the King. Jaime himself is Jon's successor as [[Warden of the East]] rather than [[Robert Arryn]], who would have been the traditional appointee. The king is accompanied by much of the court, among them Jaime, Cersei, and their brother Tyrion.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

While at Winterfell, Jaime and Cersei attend the feast given by House Stark. Later, they are caught having sex by [[Bran Stark]]. Bran is shocked and almost falls from the tower. Jaime pulls him up and then throws him out of the window, intending to kill him to keep the affair a secret. Bran survives but falls into a coma.{{Ref|aGoT|8}}

Ned Stark accepts King Robert's invitation to be Hand, and begins investigating the death of Jon Arryn.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}{{Ref|aGoT|25}} In this investigation he discovers Jaime and Cersei's secret relationship by piecing together the fact that every time in history a Lannister wedded a Baratheon, they produced raven-haired children. Instead Cersei's children Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen are all fair-haired.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

Meanwhile, [[Catelyn Stark]], Lady of [[Winterfell]], captures Jaime's brother Tyrion on suspicion of involvement in a botched assassination attempt on Bran Stark.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} Suspecting Cersei, Jaime her on this point - apparently putting Bran out of his misery had been discussed by Cersei and Robert in front of the children. In retaliation for Tyrion's capture, but ostensibly to create an uprising, Jaime breaks Kingsguard neutrality by leading Lannister men in an attack on Ned and his Northmen in the streets of King's Landing, leading to numerous deaths on both sides.{{Ref|aGoT|35}} Jaime then flees from King's Landing and joins his father, afield with his army to threaten Lady Catelyn's home in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|39}} Lord Lannister appoints Jaime to command half the host of the [[Westerlands]].

Jaime's army marches against the River Lords, [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|smashing]] a small force beneath the [[Golden Tooth]], followed by [[Battle of Riverrun|another victory]] against Ser [[Edmure Tully]] that results in the capture of the Tully heir and the siege of [[Riverrun]].{{Ref|aGoT|55}} However [[Robb Stark]]'s [[The North|Northern]] army steals a surprise march on Jaime, intent on relieving Riverrun. His men, flying Tully colors, raid Jaime's camps to draw him out. Robb surprises the Lannister army at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]. Seeing the battle was lost, Jaime fought bravely to try and cut down Robb, managing to kill [[House Hornwood|Daryn Hornwood]] and the sons of Lord [[House Karstark|Rickard Karstark]] before he is captured.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} Afterwards, the Stark-Tully forces are able to best his own leaderless troops in the [[Battle of the Camps]], and Jaime is imprisoned in Riverrun. While there he is named Lord Commander of the Kingsguard after Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] is dismissed by his sister.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===

When Lord Tywin appoints Tyrion as Acting [[Hand of the King]], Tyrion promises to help free Jaime to gain Cersei's support.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} Tyrion's plan to free Jaime with disguised soldiers is unsuccessful. For breaking his word not to try to escape, [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] transfers him to the dungeons. He is kept chained and malnourished.{{Ref|aCoK|39}} During this period Cersei takes their cousin [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] as her lover.

While the [[War of the Five Kings]] rages around him, Jaime continues to be imprisoned in Riverrun. Negotiations for his release lead to nothing. Tyrion swears in open court to trade [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] for the return of his brother. However, Robb Stark declines this exchange. Distraught at the news of the alleged deaths of her sons [[Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], Catelyn interrogates Jaime. {{Ref|aCoK|45}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===

[[Catelyn]], acting on her own, releases Jaime in an attempt to make an unofficial exchange for her daughters. Along with his cousin and fellow captive Ser [[Cleos Frey]], and Lady Catelyns's sworn sword [[Brienne of Tarth]], Jaime begins the journey towards [[King's Landing]]. Due to his imprisonment at [[Riverrun]] for close to a year, Jaime lost a lot of weight and started to resemble a lion with his ungroomed facial hair. During his journey to [[King's Landing]] with Brienne and Cleos, he decided to shave his head so his golden locks would not be recognized, although he kept the beard. The trio evade recapture by Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and his party from Riverrun, through Brienne's ingenious tactic of dropping boulders onto the chasing boat.{{Ref|aSoS|1}} Jaime approves of Brienne's decision to ignore the travel advice of the "innkeeper" at the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], suspecting he is in league with bandits.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} Later, on the road between [[Maidenpool]] and [[Duskendale]], Cleos is killed when the group is ambushed by bandits - he is mourned by none. Afterward, Jaime takes his sword and briefly duels Brienne in an attempt to escape, but both of them are caught unawares and captured by the [[Brave Companions]] led by [[Vargo Hoat]], who had betrayed Lord Tywin and shifted allegiance to the newly-crowned King [[Robb]].

[[File:Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|right|Jaime Lannister portrayed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the HBO series]]
Vargo Hoat suspects that his superior, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], is thinking about going over to the Lannisters after their victory over [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], and their alliance to [[House Tyrell]]. To prevent this he orders [[Zollo|one of his men]] to chop Jaime's sword hand off, thinking that the blame will fall on Bolton.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}

For Jaime, the loss of his hand and with it his fighting ability destroys everything that he was. He falls into a deep depression and loses the will to live. Brienne reminds him that he has something to live for, namely, for his family and for revenge.

While they are held at [[Harrenhal]] they share a bath in the bathhouse. Jaime divulges to Brienne the events surrounding the [[Sack of King's Landing]], including Aerys's [[The Wildfire Plot|wildfire plot]]. Brienne later remembers the incident as follows...

{{Quote|''"The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and Jaime had come walking through that mist naked at his [[Nameday|name day]], looking half a corpse and half a god."''{{Ref|aFfC|9}}}}

Later, at dinner, Lord Bolton hints that he will free Jaime as long as Jaime absolves him of the blame for the loss of his hand. Jaime agrees, and Lord Bolton orders [[Walton|Steelshanks Walton]] to escort him to King's Landing. Brienne is to remain behind as Lord Vargo's prize. {{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Bolton leaves to join King [[Robb]] and Walton begins the journey to King's Landing with Jaime and the disgraced maester, [[Qyburn]]. The latter's task is to keep Jaime healthy. When sleeping on a [[weirwood]] stump, Jaime has a dream about Brienne. Moved by this he goes back to [[Harrenhal]] and rescues Brienne from Vargo Hoat.{{Ref|aSoS|44}}

As the party arrives at the castle in King's Landing they run into Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], now a brother of the [[Kingsguard]]. Loras accuses Brienne of murdering Renly Baratheon. Again Jaime comes to her rescue and has Brienne arrested rather than allowing Loras to kill her. He then proceeds to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to see Cersei. Cersei is mourning for their son Joffrey, who has died, and whose corpse is being prepared for its funeral. Undaunted by this Cersei and Jaime have sex in front of [[Joffrey]]'s corpse.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}

This turns out to be the last time that he and Cersei share intimate relations, as their relationship begins to fall apart. Jaime is changed by his experiences. Tywin gives him a [[Oathkeeper|Valaryian steel blade]], crafted out of [[Ned]]'s greatsword [[Ice]], but Jaime feels insulted by his father's gift of a sword when he knows how useless he his without his sword hand. He quarrels with his father and refuses to resign from the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|62}} He calls a meeting of the order in [[Red Keep#White_Sword_Tower|White Sword Tower]] to take the measure of his Sworn Brothers and to remind them of their true duties.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

Jaime passes the Valyrian sword, now named [[Oathkeeper]], on to Brienne; tasking her to keep [[Sansa Stark]] safe from Cersei and noting the irony of her looking after Sansa with [[Ned Stark]]'s own steel. Ensuring that she is equally well provisioned by providing her with gold, a horse and armour, he also provides a letter sealed and signed by [[Tommen]], declaring she is about the King's business and not to be hindered. The shield she is given is the one he bore from [[Harrenhal]]. {{Ref|aSoS|72}}

Following Joffrey's death, Cersei accuses [[Tyrion]] of his murder. When both trial by words and battle fail Tyrion, Jaime still does not believe that Tyrion is the murderer. He forces Lord Varys to arrange Tyrion's escape. During the escape Jaime confesses to his brother an old sin:

Years ago Jaime had told him that [[Tysha]], the girl Tyrion had secretly married was in fact a [[whore]] hired by Jaime. Their father had the girl raped by his soldiers and by [[Tyrion]] himself to teach them a lesson. But in fact Tysha was the [[croft]]er's daughter as she claimed to be and had loved Tyrion genuinely.

Incensed at this revelation, Tyrion hits Jaime, and, knowing that Joffrey was Jaime's son and not Robert's, falsely claims responsibility for his murder. As a final revenge he reveals that the truth about Cersei's sexual escapades with [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]].{{Ref|aSoS|77}} Tyrion storms off and, unknown to Jaime but with the aid of Varys and a secret passage, enters [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] private chambers and kills him.{{Ref|aSoS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Harrenhal bath by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Brienne of Tarth]]: Jaime in the bath half a corpse and half a god.{{ref|aFfC|9}} Art by [http://cabepfir.deviantart.com/ Cabepfir] ]]

Following the murder of his father by his brother Tyrion, Jaime remains in [[King's Landing]] and stands vigil over Tywin. During the night, Cersei comes to him and pleads for him to become the King's Hand. He refuses and Cersei leaves angrily, stating she was a fool for ever having loved him.{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

By his suggestion,{{Ref|aFfC|8}} Tommen and [[Margaery Tyrell]] are married, therefore releasing [[Mace Tyrell]] from his promise of not leaving King's Landing until Margaery's marriage.{{Ref|aFfC|12}} During his next few days at King's Landing, Jaime finds himself increasingly at odds with his uncle [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]] and his sister Cersei. He attempts to give his best counsel to both, as well as to his [[Kingsguard]] subject Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].{{Ref|aFfC|16}}

Following the funeral, Cersei commands him to leave King's Landing with the intention of lifting the siege on [[Riverrun]]. Jaime accepts, on the condition that he is allowed to bring the King's Justice, Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]. The castle is held by Ser [[Brynden Tully|Brynden the Blackfish]], and is one of the last strongholds still loyal to the late King [[Robb]]. Before he departs the city he has an armorer forge him a hand he can strap to his stump. The new hand is made of solid gold with mother of pearl fingernails, it is sturdy and allows Jaime to strap a shield (clumsily) to his right hand.

Jaime also takes with him [[Lewys Piper]] and [[Garrett Paege]], who were made his squires/hostages (both of their families fought for [[House Stark]]). [[Josmyn Peckledon]] also became another squire for Jaime as a reward for his bravery in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].

During the journey, Jaime spars with [[Ilyn Payne]] during the nights, in order to train himself to fight left-handed. Along the way he stops at [[Harrenhal]], where he installs Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]] as castellan and releases the few prisoners kept there, including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]. He has an angry confrontation with Red [[Ronnet Connington]] when he insults [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} To rid himself of Ser Ronnet and [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men-at-arms he charges Ser Ronnet to lead them to escort [[Wylis Manderly]] safely to [[Maidenpool]], where Wylis will be put on a ship to his home of [[White Harbor]].

After departing Harrenhal Jaime stops at [[Darry]] where his cousin, Lancel, confesses to having slept with Cersei. {{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Soon after, Jaime arrives at Riverrun. He holds a parley with Ser Brynden Tully, but is unsuccessful in convincing him to release the castle. He then speaks with Brynden's nephew [[Edmure Tully]], the current Lord of Riverrun, who is held prisoner by the besieging forces (commanded by Jaime's uncle and Cleos's father Ser [[Emmon Frey]]). Emmon has been halfheartedly threatening to hang Lord Edmure every day, but the Blackfish has remained unfazed.

Jaime, recognizing the need for a change in strategy, tells Edmure that he is to be released and returned to Riverrun. If he yields the castle, the garrison will be spared and all that wish to join the [[Night's Watch]] will be allowed to do so. If he does not surrender, the castle will be sacked and burned, and Jaime will return Edmure's child as soon as [[Roslin Frey|his Frey wife]] gives birth - with a catapult.{{Ref|aFfC|38}} Edmure decides to yield the castle and is taken to [[Casterly Rock]] as a prisoner, but not before allowing Brynden to escape by swimming under the Water Gate at night. Jaime is furious at this and sends some of his men to find him, but they are unsuccessful.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

Soon after taking the castle, Jaime receives a letter from Cersei asking for help. She has been imprisoned by the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]] and is to go on trial. Cersei requests Jaime as her champion in a potential trial-by-combat. Jaime does not reply to the letter and orders it to be burned. {{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Jaime_beard.jpg|Jaime - by [http://pojypojy.deviantart.com/ Pojypojy ©]|thumb|200px|right]]
Jaime arrives at [[Raventree Hall]], the last holdout of [[Robb Stark]]'s supporters. The Hall is under [[Siege of Raventree|siege]] by Lord [[Jonos Bracken]]. Jaime finds the state of the siege to be dismal, and hopes to swiftly end it. His arrival is unexpected, and he strides into Bracken's tent while he is with [[Hildy|a whore]]. Bracken fills Jaime in on the situation at hand, and Jaime finds the scene rooted in the age-old feud between [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]].

He then treats with [[Tytos Blackwood]]. Lord Tytos agrees to bend the knee to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] and rescind his support of the [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Tully|Tully]] cause. In return, Blackwood must give up some of his lands to Jonos Bracken and send his son [[Hoster Blackwood|Hoster]] to the [[Red Keep]] as a hostage. Because of [[House Bracken]]'s early support of Robb Stark, however, Jaime also requires Jonos Bracken to send one of his daughters to King's Landing as a hostage.

After settling matters at Raventree, Jaime and his men head back to [[Riverrun]]. They make camp at [[Pennytree]], where the locals are still wary of travelers and "king's men," and will not allow Jaime's men to enter the holdfast. Jaime decides not to follow the advice of Ser [[Kennos of Kayce]], who recommends that he storm the holdfast. While at Pennytree, Jaime receives an unexpected visit from [[Brienne of Tarth]]. She tells Jaime that she has found [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], who is a day's ride away. She claims, however, that Jaime must go with her alone or else the [[Sandor Clegane|Hound]] will kill the girl.{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

==Quotes by Jaime==

{{Quote|Have no fear, [[Eddard Stark|Stark]]. I was only keeping it warm for our friend [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]. It’s not a very comfortable [[Iron Throne|seat]], I’m afraid. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- Jaime to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|''The things I do for love.'' {{Ref|aGoT|8}}}}

{{Quote|''Why would Cersei need the Warrior? She has me.'' {{Ref|aFfC|16}}}}

{{Quote|''There are no men like me. There's only me.'' {{Ref|aCoK|55}}}}

{{Quote|''I think it passing odd that I am loved by [[Tyrion Lannister|one]] for a kindness I never did, and reviled by so many for my finest act.'' {{Ref|aCoK|55}}}}

{{Quote|''By what right does the [[Eddard Stark|wolf]] judge the lion? By what right.''{{Ref|aSoS|37}}}}

{{Quote|''That boy had wanted to be Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], but someplace along the way he had become the [[Smiling Knight]] instead.''}} - Jaime contemplating himself

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' Ser, you’ve been remiss in teaching our new brothers their duties.
'''Meryn:''' What duties?

'''Jaime:''' Keeping the king alive. How many monarchs have you lost since I left the city? Two, is it?{{Ref|aSoS|62}}}}
- Jaime to [[Meryn Trant]]

{{Quote|Now sheathe your bloody sword, or I’ll take it from you and shove it up some place even [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] never found.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}}}
- Jaime to [[Loras Tyrell]]

==Quotes about Jaime==

{{Quote|Our false brother. {{Ref|agot|39|p 425}}}} - Ser [[Oswell Whent]]

{{Quote|''The Kingslayer...The false knight who profaned his blade with the blood of the king he had sworn to defend''}} - [[Barristan Selmy]] {{Ref|aGoT|57}}

{{Quote|''[[Varys|The eunuch]] should never have been pardoned. No more than the Kingslayer. At the least, Robert should have stripped the white cloak from him and sent him to [[the Wall]] as [[Eddard Stark|Lord Stark]] urged.''}} -[[Stannis Baratheon]] {{Ref|aSoS|36}}

{{Quote|''[[Barristan Selmy|Selmy]] had never approved of Jaime's presence in his precious [[Kingsguard]]. Before [[Robert's Rebellion|the rebellion]], the old knight thought him too young and untried; afterward, he had been known to say that the Kingslayer should exchange that white cloak for [[Night's Watch|a black one]].''}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]], musing on Barristan Selmy's contempt for his brother. {{Ref|aDwD|57}}

{{Quote|''He was weak from imprisonment, and chained at the wrists. No knight in the Seven Kingdoms could have stood against him at his full strength, with no chains to hamper him. Jaime had done many wicked things, but the man could fight! His maiming him had been monstrously cruel. It was one thing to slay a lion, another to hack his paw off and leave him broken and bewildered.''}} - [[Brienne]] remembering her fight with Jaime prior to Jaime losing his sword hand. {{Ref|aFfC|4}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Dalbridge

2013-08-04T09:07:03Z

TimeForChilli: /* A Clash of Kings */

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'''Dalbridge''' is a ranger of the [[Night's Watch]]. He is nicknamed '''Squire Dalbridge''' because in the spring of his youth he once squired for a non-specified king. He is an older man, regarded as a great archer.{{ref|aCoK|51}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Dalbridge is chosen for [[Qhorin Halfhand]]'s group searching the [[Skirling Pass]] for the [[wildlings]].{{ref|aCoK|51}} When the group is discovered by the wildlings, Dalbridge stays behind to hold them off, while the others make their escape. It is there that he is killed.{{ref|aCoK|53}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|It's always pretty women in my dreams. Would that I dreamed more often.{{ref|ACOK|53}}}} - Squire Dalbridge

==References and Notes==
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Dalbridge

2013-08-04T09:06:00Z

TimeForChilli: /* A Clash of Kings */ ****

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'''Dalbridge''' is a ranger of the [[Night's Watch]]. He is nicknamed '''Squire Dalbridge''' because in the spring of his youth he once squired for a non-specified king. He is an older man, regarded as a great archer.{{ref|aCoK|51}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Dalbridge is chosen for [[Qhorin Halfhand]]'s group searching the [[Skirling Pass]] for the [[wildlings]].{{ref|aCoK|51}} When the group is discovered by the wildlings, Dalbridge stays behind to hold them off, while the others make their escape. It is there that is killed.{{ref|aCoK|53}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|It's always pretty women in my dreams. Would that I dreamed more often.{{ref|ACOK|53}}}} - Squire Dalbridge

==References and Notes==
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Tickler

2013-07-29T09:00:50Z

TimeForChilli:

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[[File:Tickler.jpg|250px|right|The Tickler as played by Anthony Morris in [[Game of Thrones|the TV series]]]]
The '''Tickler''' is a [[The Mountain's men|man-at-arms in service]] to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He earned the name ''Tickler'' from his role and reputation as a torturer.

==Appearance==
He has medium height and build, with a face so ordinary that it's difficult to establish his age.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

==Recent Events==
===A Clash of Kings===
The Tickler is one of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s [[The Mountain's men|men]] at arms and is part of the group that captures [[Arya Stark]], [[Gendry]] and [[Hot Pie]] in the [[Riverlands]]. The Tickler tortures the smallfolk of the Riverlands on the orders of Ser Gregor, trying to gain information on the whereabouts of Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] and any loot they might know the location of.{{Ref|aCoK|26}} For this, Arya adds him to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_Death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

===A Storm of Swords===
The Tickler, [[Polliver]] and a squire were drinking at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]] when [[Sandor Clegane]] and Arya entered. A fight ensued and the three were killed. While the Tickler was trying to engage Sandor, Arya slipped up behind him and stabbed him to death, screaming his repeated interrogation dialogue:{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

{{Quote|"Is there any gold hidden in the village?! Silver?! Gems?! Where is Lord Beric?!"}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}

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Tickler

2013-07-29T09:00:24Z

TimeForChilli:

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[[File:Tickler.jpg|250px|right|The Tickler as played by Anthony Morris in [[Game of Thrones|the TV series]]]]
The '''Tickler''' is a [[The Mountain's men|man-at-arms in service]] to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He earned the name ''Tickler'' from his role and reputation as a torturer.

==Appearance==
He has medium height and build, with a face so ordinary that it's difficult to establish his age.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

==Recent Events==
===A Clash of Kings===
The Tickler is one of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s [[The Mountain's men|men]] at arms and is part of the group that captures [[Arya Stark]], [[Gendry]] and [[Hot Pie]] in the [[Riverlands]]. The Tickler tortures the smallfolk of the Riverlands on the orders of Ser Gregor, trying to gain information on the whereabouts of Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] and any loot they might know the location of.{{Ref|aCoK|26}} For this, Arya adds him to her [[Arya_Stark#Arya_and_Death|prayer kill list]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

===A Storm of Swords===
The Tickler, [[Polliver]] and a squire were drinking at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]] when [[Sandor Clegane]] and Arya entered. A fight ensued and the three were killed. While the Tickler was trying to engage Sandor, Arya slipped up behind him and stabbed him to death, screaming his repeated interrogation dialogue:{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

{{Quote|"Is there any gold hidden in the village?! Silver?! gems?! Where is Lord Beric?!"}}

==References and Notes==
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Tywin Lannister

2013-07-29T08:56:16Z

TimeForChilli: /* A Storm of Swords */

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[[File:Tywin and Aerys.jpg|thumb|350px|Tywin appointed as [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] [[King's Hand]]]]

'''Tywin Lannister''' is Lord of [[Casterly Rock]], Shield of [[Lannisport]] and [[Warden of the West]]. The head of [[House Lannister]], Tywin is one of the most powerful lords in [[Westeros]], and is the father of [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], and [[Tyrion Lannister]]. He loves his children Jaime and Cersei, but despises Tyrion. This is partly because Tyrion is deformed, but also Tywin blames his son for causing his beloved wife [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]]'s death during his birth, as well as for shaming the family name with his frequent whoring.

==Character and Appearance==
Tywin Lannister is a calculating, intelligent, politically astute, ruthless, and controlling man. Tywin dedicated his life and efforts into maintaining the Lannisters' prestige, ensuring House Lannister is respected or at least feared. He is a proven battle commander and politician and has a very powerful presence combined with an unflinching gaze that can make lesser men swiftly turn away.

Tywin is a tall, slender, broad-shouldered man in his fifties. He has kept his head shaved ever since he started going bald, but grows out bushy golden side-whiskers and has green eyes flecked with gold. In battle, he wears deep crimson armor highlighted with gold, with a cloth-of-gold cape.{{Ref|aGoT|56}} See also [[:Category:Images of Tywin Lannister|this collection of images]].

==History==
===Early life===

Tywin was born to [[Tytos Lannister]]. Not much is known of Tywin’s childhood, but his early years were formative ones, shaping his mind and resolve for the life that lay ahead of him. Tywin was forced to watch his mighty house nearly brought to ruin through his father's actions. His father while a gentle and amiable man was also weak willed and eager to please, loans went unpaid and his bannermen did what they pleased mocking him in their cups or openly defying him. Perhaps the most important moment for Tywin was the realization of what power meant, which was driven home when his father, tried to quell Lord Tarbeck, his most disloyal bannermen by having him imprisoned. Lord Tarbeck's wife responded by capturing three Lannisters and threatening to harm them if her husband was not returned. Tywin counseled his father to send Lord Tarbeck back to his Lady in three pieces, one for every Lannister captured, but Tytos was a gentler man than that, and he caved in to Lady Tarbecks demands further weakening the position of their house.{{Ref|aSoS|44}}

As a result of his father's follies Tywin Lannister never laughed as he mistrusted laughter, hearing too much of it directed at his father and House Lannister in his youth. Tywin also seldom smiled when he was young and never smiled again after his wife's death. {{ref|AFFC|33}}

===In power===

House Lannister's reputation was low because of Tywin's weak father, Tytos.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} Tywin had to take ruthless steps to rectify the situation restoring the family honor and fortune from its near ruin. Tywin took upon himself the task of putting down his two most unruly houses, [[House Tarbeck]] and [[House Reyne]], for their [[Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion|defiance]]. He did so with ruthless efficiency, destroying both houses entirely so that their lines were ended, leaving their ruined and shattered castles as a mute testimony to the fate that awaits those who scorn the power of [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Such was the brutality of Tywin's destruction of House Reyne that a song called "[[The Rains of Castamere]]" was written as a tribute to the event. Indeed when Lord [[House Farman|Farman]] of [[Faircastle]] grew truculent Tywin sent a messenger with a lute instead of a letter and once the "Rains of Castamere" was played Lord Farman caused no further trouble.

When Tywin's father Tytos finally keeled over of a burst heart while climbing a flight of steps to visit his mistress,{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Tywin became the Lord of Casterly Rock and [[Warden of the West]]. Upon his father's death Tywin found his father's mistress trying on one of his late mother's gowns. A common-born woman and the daughter of a chandler, the mistress dominated Tytos utterly, ordering about the household knights and dismissing servants and helping herself to his late wife's jewelery.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} Tywin had her stripped naked and forced the sobbing woman to walk the streets of [[Lannisport]] to confess to every man she met that she was a thief and a harlot before banishing her from the [[Westerlands]].{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

Tywin married his cousin [[Joanna Lannister]] and from all reports the marriage was a happy one. [[Genna Lannister]] said that Tywin smiled on the day he wed Joanna.{{Ref|aFfC|33}} It was said that though Tywin ruled the Seven Kingdoms ([[Hand of the King|as Hand]]) he was ruled at home by his lady wife. Joanna gave him twins that he hoped would one day be Lord of Casterly Rock and Queen of Westeros, but then disaster struck when his beloved wife died giving birth to [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], considered a hideous monster. Tywin was devastated by Joanna's untimely death and took no further wife. [[Gerion Lannister]] once told his nephew Tyrion that the best part of Tywin died when Joanna did.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

Tywin's ability came to the attention of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], who, impressed with the young and capable heir to Casterly Rock, appointed Tywin, who was twenty at that time, to be his [[Hand of the King]]. Tywin proved himself a brilliant administrator and held the post for twenty years of peace and plenty. Some people joked it was he and not the king who really ruled the land. It ended when Aery's increasing paranoia and jealousy drove the two into several bitter disagreements. According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], Aerys lusted after Tywin's wife when she was alive<ref>Aerys's own unhappy marriage was arranged</ref> which caused further friction between the two. After Aerys refused to marry [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] to his heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], and raised [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Tywin's fifteen-year old son, to the [[Kingsguard]], robbing Tywin of his prized heir, Tywin understood that the king’s motivations were to make Jaime a hostage to use against his father. Tywin resigned his position on some thin pretext and returned to [[Casterly Rock]].

===Robert's Rebellion and aftermath===
[[File:Nachomolina_Tywin_Lannister.jpg‎ ‎|Tywin Lannister - by Nacho Molina ©|thumb|430px|right]]

When [[Robert's Rebellion]] began, Lord Tywin sat at Casterly Rock and waited, ignoring King Aerys's orders to arm, taking no side until after [[Robert Baratheon]]'s decisive victory at the [[Battle of the Trident]]. After the battle, Tywin mustered his forces and rode for the capital of [[King's Landing]]. After Aerys was convinced by Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] that Tywin had come to aid him, he ordered the gates of the city opened for Tywin. The Westerlanders proceeded to [[Sack of King's Landing|sack the city]]. Aerys was killed by Jaime before Tywin's forces arrived at the Red Keep, but [[Gregor Clegane]] and [[Amory Lorch]], knights sworn to Tywin and under Tywin's orders, slew Rhaegar's wife [[Elia Martell|Elia of Dorne]] and her two young children, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]]. Tywin wrapped the bodies in crimson Lannister cloaks to better conceal the blood and presented them to Robert Baratheon as a token of fealty. When asked by his son Tyrion years later why Tywin did not let Robert bloody his own hands, Tywin's replied:

{{Quote|We had come late to Robert's cause. It was necessary to demonstrate our loyalty. When I laid those bodies before the throne, no man could doubt that we had forsaken House Targaryen forever. And Robert's relief was palpable. As stupid as he was, even he knew that Rhaegar's children had to die if his throne was ever to be secure. Yet he saw himself as a hero, and heroes do not kill children. {{Ref|aSoS|53}}}}

While earning House Lannister the hatred of both [[House Martell]] of [[Dorne]] and the population of [[King's Landing]], this act also secured the marriage of the new king, Robert Baratheon, to Tywin's daughter [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], whose proposed betrothal to Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] had been rejected by Aerys much to Tywin's bitter disappointment. Cersei's marriage to the new, young, and popular king did much to make up for Tywin's earlier disappointment. After the rebellion, Tywin returned to [[Casterly Rock]], where he continued to serve as Lord and Warden of the West. Due to King Robert's financial mismanagement of the realm, as well as his own new connection to the throne by marriage, Lord Tywin frequently lent money to the crown, placing the court in King's Landing in debt of over three million [[Currency|gold dragons]]) to House Lannister.

Though ruthless, Tywin Lannister was also an able and shrewd ruler who brought great prosperity during his tenures as the King's Hand. He was especially talented at the raising of funds, leading to a persistent jest that he must "shit gold."{{Ref|aCoK|30}} His daughter Cersei once reminisced that the common folk of [[Lannisport]] cheered twice as loud for him as they did for their actual king, Mad Aerys II. Even so Tywin was more respected then loved in the [[Westerlands]] and he became despised in [[King's Landing]] after his house treacherously sacked the city.

===Children===

When Tywin discovered his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] wed a common girl, [[Tysha]], which in Tywin's eyes would make the house a laughingstock again, Tywin taught him a sharp lesson. He commanded Tyrion's brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] to name her a prostitute and made Tyrion watch as Tywin gave Tysha over to his garrison of guards, having each man pay the girl a silver coin after raping her. He forced Tyrion to do the same but pay the girl a gold coin.{{Ref|aGoT|42}} He earned the enmity of his son forever for that act, but Tywin did not care, for it was on his other children that he placed all his hopes.

Tywin later refused to allow Tyrion to travel and see the world as Tywin's brothers had in their youth, fearing he would bring further shame on House Lannister and as a "gift" for Tyrion's sixteenth [[Nameday|nameday]] he put his son in charge of cleaning all the drains of [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|aDwD|8}}

When Tyrion became 16-years-old, the official age of adulthood, he believed he would be free to do as he wished. Tywin disillusioned him, replying:

{{Quote|No man is free. Only children and fools think elsewise.{{Ref|aDwD|8}}}}

Though Tywin's children also greatly respected him, none of them were able to conform to the paths he had laid out for them, a fact that caused many difficulties.{{Ref|aFfC|44}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Tywin Lannister3.png|thumb|350px|Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister]]

Believed to be responsible for hiring an assassin to murder [[Bran Stark]] while he lay in a coma, Tywin's son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is arrested at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]] by [[Catelyn Tully]], the wife of [[Eddard Stark]], current Hand of the King. She takes him to her sister [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]], at the [[Eyrie]], for trial. Though Tywin does not care about Tyrion's welfare, he sees the arrest and kidnapping as a direct slight on House Lannister's honor which he will not tolerate. In response Tywin sends Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and his men, disguised as brigands, to sack and pillage various villages and hamlets across the [[Riverlands]], Catelyn's homeland.{{Ref|aGoT|43}} These raids mark one of the seminal points in what is to become the [[War of the Five Kings]].

Tywin's aim is to draw Eddard out of King's Landing, capture him, and exchange him for the freedom of his son. Eddard, however, is injured in a skirmish on the streets of King's Landing with Tywin's son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and sends Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] in his stead. When Beric's forces reached the [[Mummer's Ford]], soldiers of Tywin's and Gregor's [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|attacked from all sides]], routing Dondarrion's host. Dondarrion himself is mortally wounded, though he would be revived by [[Thoros of Myr]] and go on to form the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], which would continually harass the Lannister forces for the duration of the war.

As the war gains momentum, Tywin's forces take the majority of the Riverlands and lay siege to [[Riverrun]] before meeting their first real opposition in the [[Battle of the Green Fork]]. Just prior to the battle, Tyrion, having won his freedom from the [[Vale of Arryn]] via [[trial by combat]] and earned the loyalty of many of the [[Mountain clans]] along the way, meets with his father. Tywin sends Tyrion and his clansmen into the battle on the left flank, believing the undisciplined men likely to rout, but giving the northern commander, which Tywin believed to be the young and inexperienced [[Robb Stark]], a chance to over-commit and be annihilated.{{Ref|aGoT|62}} The clansmen do not rout, however, and the northern commander is not Robb but instead the more cautious and experienced [[Roose Bolton]]. The battle is a Lannister victory, but it buys enough time for a separate northern force under Robb Stark's command to cross the [[Trident]] at [[The Twins]] and lift the siege of Riverrun, capturing Tywin's other son, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], in the process.

After the death of King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]], Tywin is named Hand of the King for his grandson [[Joffrey Baratheon]].{{Ref|aGoT|57}} After the battle, he sends Tyrion to King's Landing to serve as Hand in his stead, and to prepare the city's defenses in anticipation of an attack from one or both of Robert's brothers, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], both of whom have laid claim to the Iron Throne, while Tywin manages the war with [[the North]] and the Riverlands.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
The loss of Riverrun means that Tywin is not able to pursue and destroy Roose Bolton's forces. Instead he marchs south to [[Harrenhal]] while he ponders his next move. When Robb Stark marches from Riverrun and invades the [[Westerlands]], smashing a new Lannister host being raised and trained by [[Stafford Lannister]] at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] and turning his forces loose to scour the Westerlands, Tywin leaves Harrenhal and marches his forces west in pursuit. Robb's plan is to lead Tywin's army on a long chase across the Westerlands, bleeding his forces and living off of their lands. However, [[Edmure Tully]], who had been tasked with holding Riverrun but was unaware of Robb's plan, meets Tywin's army in the field in the [[Battle of the Fords]].{{Ref|aCoK|45}}

Tywin's forces are bloodied and thrown back, but the delay allows word to reach Tywin that Stannis Baratheon has murdered his brother Renly and laid claim to much of his army, and that he is marching and sailing on King's Landing with an enormous force. Tywin turns his force southeast on a forced march to King's Landing, joining with the newly-allied forces of [[House Tyrell]]. Together they arrive just in time for the waning moments of the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], where they are able to break and drive away the majority of Stannis' army, which had been on the cusp of victory, by taking them in the flank.{{Ref|aSoS|14}} Tywin commands the host's right flank during the battle.{{Ref|aCoK|62}} Tywin is declared Savior of the City by [[Joffrey Baratheon|King Joffrey]].<ref>Which is ironic as Tywin was responsible for the previous Sack of the city during the [[War of the Usurper]]</ref> Tywin's son Tyrion, who had done much for the city's defenses, is critically wounded in the fighting.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Tywin's timely arrival at the Battle of the Blackwater allows him to take the majority of the credit for the Lannister victory. Tywin assumes his official position as King Joffrey's Hand,{{Ref|aCoK|64}} while giving Tyrion, after his recovery, the position of [[Master of Coin]], which Tyrion sees as a demotion and an insult. Tywin arranges for Tyrion to be wed to [[Sansa Stark]]{{Ref|aSoS|19}} before she can be betrothed to [[Willas Tyrell]], giving him claim over [[Winterfell]] and directly denying Tyrion's ambition to inherit [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|aSoS|4}} He also makees plans to find a suitor to marry his widowed daughter, Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], though they are never realized. He offers her to Willas Tyrell but [[Mace Tyrell]], after being hectored by his mother, [[Olenna Redwyne]], refuses the match. Tywin demands that Tyrion act as if the offer were never made.{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

After learning that Robb Stark has unexpectedly wed [[Jeyne Westerling]] and that [[House Westerling]] has gone over to the Starks, Tywin remains in communication, via raven, with Jeyne's mother [[Sybell Spicer]]. He also communicates with [[Roose Bolton]], who has switched sides to the Lannisters after taking Harrenhal, and Lord [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]], who sees Robb's marriage to Jeyne as an insult to [[House Frey]], as it breaks a marriage pact Robb had previously made to wed a Frey girl. The [[Red Wedding]] is the direct result of their correspondence, which sees Robb Stark betrayed and murdered along with the vast majority of his host, effectively ending the war with House Lannister the victor.

Tywin Lannister has [[Ice]], the [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword of [[Eddard Stark]], melted down and reforged into two longswords as gifts, [[Widow's Wail|one]] for Joffrey on his wedding day and [[Oathkeeper|the other]] to Jaime.{{Ref|aSoS|32}} Not long after, King Joffrey is poisoned and dies at the feast following his wedding to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. Tywin's son Tyrion is falsely accused of the crime, and Tywin agrees to be one of Tyrion's three judges, alongside [[Oberyn Martell]] and [[Mace Tyrell]], at his trial. When it becomes clear that he is going to be found guilty, Tyrion demands trial by combat, and Oberyn surprisingly volunteers to champion him. Cersei, being Tyrion's accuser, selects Ser Gregor Clegane to represent the crown. Gregor, despite being poisoned by Oberyn during the trial, wins the duel, slaying Oberyn, and Tyrion is thus found guilty.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}

Tywin faces huge political ramifications from the trial. Before slaying Oberyn, Gregor roars his guilt in slaying [[Elia Martell]] and her [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] for all the realm to hear. Tywin fears [[Dorne]] might join [[Stannis Baratheon]], which could prolong the [[War of the Five Kings|war]] for years. He plans on having Gregor executed to appease [[House Martell]], but needs it to be seen to be the [[Ilyn Payne|King's Justice]] who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands [[Pycelle]] to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.{{Ref|aSoS|72}}

Awaiting his sentencing, Tyrion is freed from the Red Keep's dungeon by his brother Jaime and a reluctant Varys. During his escape, Jaime reveals the truth about Tyrion's first wife Tysha, saying she was not a whore but a girl just met on the road and Tywin had made Jaime speak the lie to Tyrion. Tyrion is enraged by this and has Varys show him to a ladder that leads directly into the [[Tower of the Hand]], Tywin's residence, Tyrion finds his ex-lover [[Shae]] in Tywin's bed, wearing nothing but his father's golden chain of office. Tyrion strangles her to death with it. He then takes a crossbow from the wall and finds Tywin in the privy and confronts him about Tysha. Tywin remains belligerent, repeatedly calling her a whore, which Tyrion sees as the final insult; shooting him through his bowels with the crossbow, mortally wounding him. Tywin dies while seated on the privy, causing Tyrion to think as he left his father's body:

{{Quote|But the stink that filled the privy gave ample evidence that the oft-repeated jape about his father was just another lie. Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold. {{Ref|aSoS|77}}}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After Tywin's body is discovered, it is prepared for a state burial. [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] has the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] remove the body of [[Shae]] and swears she will have the tongue removed of any man who mentions Shae was ever there.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} The remains of Lord Tywin are shown for seven days in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] before making its way west with an entourage of knights and lords from the [[Westerlands]]. The smell of the body is so bad many of the mourners grow sick or faint from being too near. A drying of the mouth also causes Tywin's lips to curl up and make him appear to smile.{{Ref|aFfC|8}} This disturbs Jaime and Cersei, because Tywin Lannister seldom smiled.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] thinks of Tywin and how Tywin would never have dreamed his own golden [[Cersei Lannister|daughter]] would experience a similar fate (a walk of shame) as Tywin made their fathers mistress suffer. {{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Tywin==
{{Quote|When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you. And any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king at all. [[Mad King|Aerys]] never understood that.{{ref|aSoS|53}}}}

{{Quote|Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}}} - on the [[Red Wedding]]

{{Quote|There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool.{{Ref|aSoS|32}}}}

{{Quote|The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever then the men who laugh at them.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} Tywin to Tyrion when Tyrion asks if the [[House Westerling|Westerlings]] are fools when he learns of the marriage of [[Robb Stark]] to [[Jeyne Westerling]].

{{Quote|You are not my son. You say you are the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, and only that. Very well, ser. Go do your duty.{{Ref|aSoS|62}}}}
- Tywin to [[Jaime]]

==Quotes about Tywin==
{{Quote|Ned would sooner entrust a child to a pit viper than to Lord Tywin.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}} -[[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile, he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold. {{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} -[[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Men say Tywin never smiled, but he smiled when he wed your [[Joanna Lannister|mother]], and when [[Aerys II|Aerys]] made him [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. When [[Tarbeck Hall]] came crashing down on [[Ellyn Tarbeck|Lady Ellyn]], that scheming bitch, [[Tygett Lannister|Tyg]] claimed he smiled then, and he smiled at your birth, Jaime, I saw with my own eyes.{{ref|AFFC|33}}}} -[[Genna Lannister]] to her nephew [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]

{{Quote|Tywin seems a hard man to you, but he's no harder than he's had to be. [[Tytos Lannister|Our own father]] was gentle and amiable, but so weak his bannermen mocked him in their cups. [[Reyne-Tarbeck Rebellion|Some saw fit to defy him openly]]. Other lords borrowed his gold and never troubled to repay it. At court they japed of toothless lions. Even his own mistress stole from him. A woman scarcely one step above a whore, and she helped herself to my mother's jewels! It fell to Tywin to restore [[House Lannister]] to its proper place. Just as it fell to him to rule this realm, when he was no more than twenty. He bore that heavy burden for '''twenty years''' and all it earned him was [[Aerys II Targaryen|a mad king]]'s envy. Instead of the honor he deserved, he was made to suffer slights beyond count, yet he gave the Seven Kingdoms peace, plenty and justice. He is a just man.{{Ref|aSOS|66}}}} -[[Kevan Lannister]]

{{Quote|I have served six kings, but here before us lies the greatest man I ever knew. Lord Tywin wore no crown, yet he was all a king should be.{{ref|aFfC|8}}}} - [[Pycelle]] at Lord Tywin's funeral.

{{Quote|I was seven when [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] persuaded [[Tytos Lannister|my lord father]] to give my hand to [[Emmon Frey|Emm]]. His ''second'' son, not even his heir. Father was himself a thirdborn son, and younger children crave the approval of their elders. Frey sensed that weakness in him, and Father agreed for no better reason than to please him. My betrothal was announced at a feast with half [[Westerlands|the west]] in attendance. [[Ellyn Tarbeck]] laughed and the [[Red Lion of Castamere|Red Lion]] went angry from the hall. The rest sat on their tongues. Only Tywin dared speak against the match. A boy of ten. Father turned as white as mare's milk, and Walder Frey was '''quivering'''...How could I not love him after that? That is not to say I approved of all he did, or much enjoyed the company of the man he became...but every little girl needs a big brother to protect her. Tywin was big even when he was little.{{Ref|aFfC|33}}}} - [[Genna Lannister]] reminiscing about her older brother.

{{Quote|Are you down in some hell, Father? A nice cold hell where you can look up and see me help restore [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad Aerys's]] [[Daenerys Targaryen|daughter]] to the [[Iron Throne]]?{{Ref|aDwD|5}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]]

==Family==
Tywin married his cousin [[Joanna Lannister]]. They had three children; Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion. Joanna died when giving birth to Tyrion. It is an unexplained mystery why Tywin named his first son Jaime, after no one known, and gave the family-traditional-style name Tyrion to his deformed second son.

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