Editing House Stark (section)

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Zippo514 youngwolf.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[House Frey|Freys]] murder [[Robb Stark]] and sew [[Grey Wind|his wolf]]'s head on his body, by Zippo514 ©)]]
With [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s power broken by the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and [[House Martell|Martells]] allied with the Lannisters, the Stark-Tully forces stand alone against their foes in the south, and the Greyjoys threaten the north.{{ref|ASOS|14}} Ramsay blames the slaughter at Winterfell on Theon and his [[ironborn]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}

Having been informed of Bran's and Rickon's alleged deaths, Catelyn frees Jaime Lannister in a desperate attempt to trade him for her daughters, sending Brienne to accompany him to King's Landing. Catelyn is put under house arrest at Riverrun.{{ref|ASOS|2}} Meanwhile, Robb returns from his westerlands campaign having wed [[Jeyne Westerling]], the daughter of a minor Lannister bannerman. Jeyne had treated Robb's wounds after the [[storming of the Crag]], and the youths slept together after Robb was informed of the deaths of his brothers. This marriage breaks the Starks' alliance with the furious Freys, however.{{ref|ASOS|2}}{{ref|ASOS|14}} With Jaime gone from Riverrun, the vengeful [[Rickard Karstark]], [[Lord of Karhold]], murders two prisoners, [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]]. Rickard is in turn executed for treason by Robb, alienating [[House Karstark]].{{ref|ASOS|20}}

Lord [[Walder Frey]] accepts Robb's offer to forgive his breach of marriage contract by having Robb's uncle, [[Edmure Tully]], now [[Lord of Riverrun]], stand in the king's place.{{ref|ASOS|35}} Robb and Catelyn ride with thirty-five hundred veterans to attend the wedding at the [[Twins]].{{ref|ASOS|45}} At [[Hag's Mire]] Robb designates his heir (believed to be Jon Snow,{{ref|AWOIAF|Robb Stark}} in spite of the Night's Watch vows) and resolves to march north to reclaim his homeland from the Greyjoys.{{ref|ASOS|45}} Meanwhile, Arya traverses the [[riverlands]], unknowingly entering the mind of her lost direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], and killing several sellswords of the [[Brave Companions]] chasing her from Harrenhal.{{ref|ASOS|3}} She joins with the [[brotherhood without banners]], whose founding members included the Winterfell guards [[Alyn]] and [[Harwin]].{{ref|ASOS|17}} However, Arya is abducted by the Hound, [[Sandor Clegane]], who hopes to ransom her at Edmure's wedding.{{ref|ASOS|47}}

In preparation for the [[siege of Moat Cailin]], Robb's host reconvenes with Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s thirty-five hundred men at the Twins. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], has been conspiring with Roose and Walder, however. Despite [[guest right]], Robb, Catelyn, and many of their bannermen are murdered or taken captive in the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}}

Bran journeys north with [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]], and his direwolf [[Summer]].{{ref|ASOS|9}}{{ref|ASOS|24}} They pass through the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] with the aid of [[Samwell Tarly]] and [[Coldhands]].{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Further north, Jon Snow ingratiates himself with the [[free folk]], beginning a romance with [[Ygritte]] and befriending [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], and other wildling leaders.{{ref|ASOS|15}} He scales the Wall with [[Styr]], the Magnar of [[Thenn (valley)|Thenn]],{{ref|ASOS|30}} and escapes from [[Queenscrown]]{{ref|ASOS|41}} to [[Castle Black]] in time to help prepare for [[attack on Castle Black|the assault of the wildlings]].{{ref|ASOS|48}} Ygritte and Styr are killed during the fighting,{{ref|ASOS|55}} and command over the black brothers falls to Jon after the death of [[Donal Noye]].{{ref|ASOS|64}} Jon successfully defends the Wall during the early stages of the [[battle beneath the Wall]], until Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] and Lord [[Janos Slynt]] arrive and imprison him for allegedly betraying his vows.{{ref|ASOS|69}} They send him to assassinate Mance under a flag of parley, but [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival breaks the wildling host before the deed is carried out.{{ref|ASOS|73}} After the battle, Stannis offers to legitimize the youth as Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell.{{ref|ASOS|76}} Jon decides to decline the offer, however, and is then elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] thanks to the maneuverings of his friend, Samwell Tarly.{{ref|ASOS|78}}{{ref|ASOS|79}}

[[File:Sansa_Stark_by_ildraws.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sansa Stark by ildraws]]

The Hound brings Arya toward the [[Eyrie]] in an attempt to ransom her to her aunt, Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], but they are halted by snow in the [[Mountains of the Moon]].{{ref|ASOS|65}} They are attacked by the [[Mountain's men]] at the [[crossroads inn]] and Sandor is stabbed. Arya leaves the Hound to die along the [[Trident]]. At [[Saltpans]] she uses the iron coin given to her by [[Jaqen H'ghar]] to book passage across the [[narrow sea]] on the galleas ''[[Titan's Daughter]]''.{{ref|ASOS|74}}

Sansa's engagement to King Joffrey is ended by his betrothal to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. She begins to mingle with the Tyrell women in King's Landing and is nearly betrothed to [[Willas Tyrell]].{{ref|ASOS|6}} She is abruptly wed to [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead, but they never consummate their match.{{ref|ASOS|28}} The pair are blamed for [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's murder]] at his wedding feast; in truth it was orchestrated by [[Petyr Baelish]] and [[Olenna Tyrell]].{{ref|ASOS|68}} Petyr smuggles Sansa out of the capital, murdering his pawn and her friend, Dontos Hollard.{{ref|ASOS|61}} He brings Sansa to the [[Drearfort|Fingers]], where he marries her aunt, Lysa,{{ref|ASOS|68}} and then to the Eyrie.{{ref|ASOS|80}} Littlefinger keeps Sansa hidden by presenting her as his natural daughter, Alayne Stone. Lysa observes Petyr kiss Sansa after the girl builds a snow castle of Winterfell. When Lysa drunkenly accuses Sansa of trying to steal her new husband and reveals that she and Petyr had killed her first husband, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Littlefinger throws Lysa from the [[Moon Door]].{{ref|ASOS|80}}

With Bran and Rickon thought dead and Sansa and Arya missing, House Stark is all but extinguished in the eyes of the world. The [[Iron Throne]] names Roose Bolton as [[Warden of the North]] and legitimizes his son Ramsay, and most rivermen return to the king's peace.{{ref|ASOS|62}}{{ref|ASOS|72}} [[Ice]], the ancestral [[Valyrian steel]] blade of the Starks, has been reforged into two new Lannister blades, [[Widow's Wail]]{{ref|ASOS|59}} and [[Oathkeeper]].{{ref|ASOS|72}} A revived Catelyn Stark takes leadership of the brotherhood and hangs Freys.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}