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==Recent Events== ===''A Game of Thrones''=== [[File:T Jedruszek FuriousCharge.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Robb Stark]] followed into battle by Grey Wind - by Tomasz Jedruszek. Β© Fantasy Flight Games]] Grey Wind is discovered along with his litter mates by [[Robb Stark]] and [[Jon Snow]] after the direwolves' mother has been killed by a stag.{{Ref|AGOT|1}} Like the other [[House Stark|Stark]] direwolves, Grey Wind forms a special bond with his master. Like Robb, Grey Wind grows bold and faithful. Robb names him Grey Wind due to his fast speed when running.{{Ref|AGOT|8}} During [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s return to [[Winterfell]], [[Rickon Stark]] arrives with the direwolves [[Summer]], Grey Wind, and [[Shaggydog]] in tow. When they catch the scent of Tyrion, all three direwolves move in to corner him and Tyrion is only saved when the Starks call off their wolves.{{Ref|AGOT|24}} During [[Bran Stark]]'s first ride on a horse since his fall, Robb, Grey Wind, and Summer go off in search of [[deer]], leaving Bran alone. A small party of [[wildlings]] come upon Bran and promptly try to rob him. Robb, Grey Wind, and Summer return and a fight ensues. Grey Wind kills [[Wallen]] and then runs down another of the wildlings. All of the wildlings are killed except for [[Osha]], who surrenders and is taken captive for further questioning.{{Ref|AGOT|37}} Grey Wind follows Robb around Winterfell and sits at his feet when he holds court. When [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] menaces Robb during an audience, Grey Wind bites two of the lord's fingers off, helping Robb gain the respect of Umber and other Stark bannermen. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Grey Wind follows Robb into battle and adds significantly to Robb's fearsome reputation. At the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], Grey Wind kills several men.{{Ref|ACOK|7}} ===''A Clash of Kings''=== [[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Show of ForceII.png|350px|thumb|King [[Robb Stark]], Grey Wind, and the [[north]]ern army attack [[House Lannister|Lannister]] forces - by Tomasz Jedruszek. Β© Fantasy Flight Games]] Grey Wind is present at [[Riverrun]] when Robb gives peace terms for Ser [[Cleos Frey]], who is visibly scared.{{Ref|ACOK|7}} Robb's cavalry slip past the [[Golden Tooth]] into the [[westerlands]] using a secret goat track that Grey Wind discovers.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} At the [[Battle of Oxcross]] Robb sets Grey Wind on the Lannisters' [[horse]]s after Ser [[Brynden Tully]]'s scouts cut the horse lines, causing a stampede and a crushing rout of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]]'s host.{{Ref|ACOK|32}} The direwolf kills six or seven men{{Ref|ASOS|14}} and rumors circulate that Robb fed Stafford's heart to Grey Wind after the battle.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} ===''A Storm of Swords''=== Grey Wind goes into battle several more times beside Robb, killing a man at both [[Taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and the [[Storming of the Crag|Crag]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}} He does not like the smell of Ser [[Rolph Spicer|Rolph]] or Lady [[Sybell Spicer]], which leads Robb's mother, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]], to urge Robb to send Rolph away. However, the fear and disquiet that Sybell and her children show toward Grey Wind leads Robb to send Grey Wind away from him more often than not. Robb had believed the direwolves were guardians, but he loses faith in the idea after hearing that Bran and Rickon [[Sack of Winterfell|were killed]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]] at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}} Catelyn hears Grey Wind howling after Riverrun learns of the deaths of [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|20}} Robb often scouts with Grey Wind during the journey from Riverrun to the [[Twins]] for the [[wedding]] of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Roslin Frey]]. At [[Oldstones]] the direwolf leaps upon the tomb of King [[Tristifer IV Mudd]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}} [[File:Lindsey Burcar Red Wedding II.png|350px|thumb|right|[[Robb Stark]]'s body, with [[Grey Wind]]'s head attached, paraded by the Freys - by Lindsey Burcar]] Arriving at the Twins, Grey Wind growls at Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], Ser [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]], [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]], and [[Petyr Frey]], and Petyr Pimple falls from his scared horse. Grey Wind balks at the gatehouse, so Robb has Ser [[Raynald Westerling]] keep the direwolf outside of the hall.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Catelyn urges Robb to trust Grey Wind's instincts, but Robb has him tethered in the stables during Edmure's wedding, since Lord [[Walder Frey]] bans the direwolf from his hall.{{Ref|ASOS|51}} While the butchery of the Stark forces takes place in the [[Red Wedding]], Frey men kill Grey Wind, but not before he is released by Raynald, allegedly killing four Frey wolfhounds and tearing the arm off the kennelmaster, even while being shot by crossbows.{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} Grey Wind's head is sewn onto Robb's decapitated corpse with Robb's crown nailed atop his head as a final insult to the Starks.{{Ref|ASOS|54}} Bran and Summer have a [[wolf dream|dream]] that something has happened to Robb and Grey Wind, but Bran does not speak of it to anyone, and tries to forget it.{{Ref|ASOS|56}} While defending the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] has a dream and sees a ghastly grey direwolf spotted with blood, staring back at him with sad golden eyes. He mistakenly thinks of [[Summer]], unaware of Robb's and Grey Wind's deaths.{{Ref|ASOS|64}} ===''A Feast for Crows''=== Grey Wind's defender, Raynald, is presumed dead after falling into the [[Green Fork]].{{Ref|AFFC|44}} ===''A Dance with Dragons''=== Jon Snow's direwolf, [[Ghost]], is aware that his littermate Grey Wind is dead,{{Ref|ADWD|3}} while [[Bran Stark]] fears the same.{{Ref|ADWD|4}}
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