Editing Crypts of Winterfell (section)

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Chris Casciano Rickon Stark.JPG|thumb|350px|[[Rickon Stark]] and [[Shaggydog]] in the crypts, by Chris Casciano © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Shortly after arriving at [[Winterfell]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] visits the crypt with Lord [[Eddard Stark]] to pay his respects.{{ref|AGOT|4}} Ned notices that the oldest longswords have rusted away to nothing. They visit the large tomb of Ned's father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], and the flanking tombs of Ned's siblings, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and [[Lyanna Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|4}}

At [[Castle Black]], [[Jon Snow]] tells [[Samwell Tarly]] that he sometimes dreams of the crypts. Although he is not afraid of the stone tombs of the [[Kings of Winter]], he is fearful of of what he will find within the deeper depths and awakens when it becomes too dark.{{ref|AGOT|26}}

While in [[King's Landing]], Ned dreams of the crypts beneath Winterfell, envisioning the Kings of Winter watching him with eyes of ice and the stone direwolves snarling at him. Lyanna's statue whispers to him, "Promise me, Ned."{{ref|AGOT|47}}

The crippled [[Bran Stark]] dreams of visiting the crypts with the [[three-eyed crow]] and speaking with his father, Eddard, who is away in the capital. After waking he tasks [[Hodor]] with bringing him the crypts, but the stableboy is terrified and refuses to enter the crypts, which had not happened before.{{ref|AGOT|66}}<ref name=SSM>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Hodor_and_the_Crypts Hodor and the Crypts], January 03, 1999</ref>

To prove that Ned is not there, Maester [[Luwin]] brings Bran to the crypts with the assistance of [[Osha]] instead of Hodor. Bran identifies the statues of Kings [[Jon Stark|Jon]], [[Rickard Stark (king)|Rickard]], [[Theon Stark|Theon the Hungry Wolf]], [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], and [[Torrhen Stark]], as well as Lords [[Cregan Stark|Cregan]] and [[Rickard Stark|Rickard]] and Rickard's children, Brandon and Lyanna. [[Rickon Stark]], having hidden in Ned's empty tomb, claims he also had a vision of Ned the previous night. Later in Luwin's turret, they receive a [[raven]] informing them of Ned's death in King's Landing.{{ref|AGOT|66}}