Editing Catelyn Stark (section)

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:A Price of Honor nejna.png|350px|thumb|right|Catelyn claws her face at the [[Red Wedding]], by nejna ©]]
Catelyn frees Jaime in a covert attempt to exchange him for her daughters [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], believed to be captives at King's Landing.{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Cat sends Brienne as Jaime's escort and Ser [[Cleos Frey]] as an envoy.{{ref|ASOS|1}}{{ref|ASOS|2}}

Catelyn is placed under house arrest at Riverrun by Ser [[Desmond Grell]] and by Edmure once her brother returns from battle.{{ref|ASOS|2}} After returning from the [[westerlands]], Robb's bannermen are cool toward Catelyn because of her release of Jaime, and Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] is especially outraged at having been denied vengeance for Jaime having slain two of his sons, [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark|Torrhen]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} Robb forgives his mother, telling her of his wedding to [[Jeyne Westerling]] after the [[storming of the Crag]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} Since [[Grey Wind]], Robb's [[direwolf]], dislikes Ser [[Rolph Spicer]], Jeyne's uncle, Catelyn advises Robb to have Rolph sent away.{{ref|ASOS|14}}

Lord Karstark murders two of Robb's prisoners, [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]], leading to his own beheading by the [[King in the North]].{{ref|ASOS|20}} Robb becomes more withdrawn because of the war. When Queen Jeyne asks Catelyn how she can help Robb, Catelyn advises the young bride to be patient.{{ref|ASOS|20}}

Catelyn's father, Lord Hoster, finally dies at Riverrun, making Edmure the new lord.{{ref|ASOS|35}} Cat advises Robb to make peace with the Lannisters, but the king declines.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

While traveling to the [[Twins]] for Edmure's marriage with [[Roslin Frey]], Catelyn objects to Robb's intention to name [[Jon Snow]] his heir.{{ref|ASOS|45}} Against her wishes, Robb intends to have Catelyn remain at [[Seagard]] under the protection of Lord [[Jason Mallister]] for the remainder of the war.{{ref|ASOS|45}} 

Catelyn attends Edmure's wedding at the Twins, sitting between Ser [[Ryman Frey]] and Lord [[Roose Bolton]] during the feast.{{ref|ASOS|51}} However, the [[House Frey|Freys]] and [[House Bolton|Boltons]] betray the Starks in an act of treachery that becomes known as the [[Red Wedding]]. In a desperate attempt to save her son's life, Catelyn seizes Lord [[Walder Frey]]'s lackwit grandson, [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Aegon]], and tries to trade his life for Robb's. When Robb is killed by Roose, Catelyn saws through Aegon's throat with a knife. Walder had planned to take Catelyn hostage,{{ref|ASOS|53}} but the maddened woman claws her own face and Ser [[Raymund Frey]] is allowed to slit her throat.{{Ref|ASOS|51}} The Freys dump her body naked into the Green Fork, a mockery of [[House Tully]]'s funeral customs,{{ref|ASOS|58}} after Catelyn has been dead for a day and a night.{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}

Three days after her death,{{Ref|AFFC|42}} Catelyn's corpse is retrieved from the Green Fork by [[Arya Stark]]'s [[direwolf]], [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], who runs away when humans approach.{{ref|ASOS|65}} Catelyn is resurrected by Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]], who gives his life for hers through the [[last kiss]].{{ref|AFFC|42}} Catelyn's wounds only partially heal, however, leaving her mutilated and with an impaired ability to speak. Consumed with the desire for vengeance over her family's betrayal and murder, she assumes command of Beric's [[outlaw]] band, the [[brotherhood without banners]], and leads them in mercilessly pursuing and executing everyone she considers a Lannister collaborator, among them [[Petyr Frey|Petyr]] and [[Merrett Frey]] at [[Oldstones]].{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}

[[Petyr Baelish]] brings Sansa to the [[Vale of Arryn]] after [[Purple Wedding|the death]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], and he marries Catelyn's widowed sister [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]] at the [[Fingers]].{{ref|ASOS|68}} To keep Sansa's identity secret, she is claimed to be Alayne Stone, Petyr's [[bastard]] daughter. Petyr kisses Sansa at the [[Eyrie]], which Lysa interprets as an advance by her niece toward her new husband. When Lysa threatens Sansa, Petyr tells his wife he has only loved one woman, Catelyn, and pushes Lysa through the [[Moon Door]] to her death.{{ref|ASOS|80}}