Editing Neck (section)

===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}}