Editing Neck (section)

==History==
===Antiquity===
According to legend, the Neck turned into a swamp when [[greenseers]] used the [[hammer of the waters]]. Some [[maesters]] instead believe the landscape was caused by a natural event.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}

The Neck was originally an independent realm ruled by the [[Marsh King]]s, until King [[Rickard Stark (king)|Rickard Stark]] of [[Winterfell]] defeated the last Marsh King and married his daughter, annexing the Neck to the domain of the [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} [[House Stark]] was able to preserve northern independence by holding the Neck and [[Moat Cailin]]. Some [[children of the forest]] may have fled to the Neck during the [[coming of the Andals]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}

King [[Benedict I Justman|Benedict the Just]], founder of [[House Justman]], extended his domains to border the Neck during his long reign.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}

===Targaryen Era===
[[File:Moatcailinloganfeliciano.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Moat Cailin]], by Logan Feliciano © Fantasy Flight Games]]
During [[Aegon's Conquest]], [[Torrhen Stark]], [[King in the North]] marched an army of thirty thousand south through the Neck to the [[Trident]],{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} but he ultimately choose to kneel in submission to [[Aegon I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Orchards were planted throughout southern Westeros from the [[Reach]] to the Neck during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} The right of the [[first night]], an ancient custom of the [[First Men]], was rarely practiced south of the Neck during Jaehaerys's time, but it was more common in the [[north]]. Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] convinced Jaehaerys to outlaw the first night throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} Jaehaerys commanded the construction of the kingsroad to connect [[Storm's End]] with the [[Wall]],{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain.}} with the portion running through the Neck becoming known as the [[causeway]].{{ref|AGOT|15}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Lord [[Cregan Stark]] marched a great host down the Neck to oppose [[Aegon II Targaryen]] in support of first [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and then her son, [[Aegon III Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} 

Lord [[Eddard Stark]] called the northern banners during [[Robert's Rebellion]] and marched south against King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{ref|ACOK|22}}{{ref|ADWD|41}}