Editing House Karstark (section)

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Jaime Lannister Whispering Woods Mike S. Miller.jpg|thumb|300px|Jaime Lannister slays one of the Karstarks by Mike S Miller ©]] 
The Karstarks answer the summons of [[Robb Stark]] when he calls the banners of the north. Led by Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] and his sons, [[Harrion Karstark|Harrion]], [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]], and [[Torrhen Karstark|Torrhen]], they bring three hundred horse and near two thousand foot to [[Winterfell]], singing hymns and marching to the rhythm of a big drum. The Karstark family enters the castle to pay their respects to the Starks.{{Ref|AGOT|53}}

On the march south, the Karhold men quarter in the [[Drunkard's Tower]] at [[Moat Cailin]]. [[Catelyn Stark]] warns her son Robb that he cannot seem indecisive in front of men like Lord [[Roose Bolton]] and Rickard Karstark.{{Ref|AGOT|55}} When the Stark host splits at the [[Twins]], Rickard's heir Harrion leads the Karstark spears with Lord Bolton's infantry, while Rickard and his other sons accompany Robb with their cavalry.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Eddard and Torrhen are two of the [[Robb Stark's personal guard|thirty sons of lords]] who ride with the Young Wolf during the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], where the brothers are killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|63}}

Among others, [[Tyrion Lannister]] sees the Karstark sunburst among the enemy banners in the [[Green Fork]]. He follows Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s charge against a double crescent of Karstark spearmen waiting behind tall oaken shields with the sigil of [[Karhold]]. Harrion is captured during this [[battle on the Green Fork]] and brought to [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|AGOT|62}}

Rickard desires vengeance for his sons, but Jaime is needed as a prisoner. After the [[Battle of the Camps]], Lord Karstark is seen by Catelyn praying at [[Riverrun]]'s godswood with Robb and other followers of the [[old gods]]. He is perceived by Catelyn as a man in a nightmare, gaunt and hollow-eyed in his grief. Rickard remains loyal and is the second man to proclaim Robb the [[King in the North]] after Lord [[Jon Umber|Greatjon Umber]].{{Ref|AGOT|71}}