Editing House Karstark (section)

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the [[Sack of Winterfell]], [[Bran Stark]] considers going to the [[House Umber|Umbers]] or the Karstarks, whom he considers loyal. He remembers that his father [[Eddard Stark]] always said Karhold was a strong castle.{{Ref|ASOS|9}}

In the [[battle at Duskendale]], Harrion is captured by Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]'s army, and he is then held at [[Maidenpool]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} Some of the Karstark foot that survive the battle rejoin Roose Bolton's forces.{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

Lord Karstark returns to Riverrun from the westerlands with the rest of Robb's army. Finding that [[Catelyn Stark]] had freed Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] from captivity in an effort to retrieve her daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], Rickard feels she has robbed him of his vengeance. Driven to desperation, he and seven of his men murder the captive squires [[Tion Frey]] and [[Willem Lannister]], killing two [[House Tully guards|Tully men]] and injuring three Umbers in the process.{{Ref|ASOS|20}} Meanwhile, he had also sent his cavalry to scour the [[riverlands]] for Jaime, promising the hand of his daughter [[Alys Karstark|Alys]] to whomever brings him Jaime's head.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

For his crime, Robb Stark sentences Rickard to death and beheads him. In his speech before his execution, Rickard appeals to his and his family's loyalty to House Stark, and he curses Robb with an accusation of [[kinslaying]] due to the ancient relation between Karstarks and Starks.{{Ref|ASOS|20}}

Karstark men search the [[crownlands]] and riverlands, including [[Acorn Hall]], [[Blackbottom Bend]], the [[Hayford road]], [[Sallydance]],{{Ref|ASOS|22}} and [[fighting at Sow's Horn|Sow's Horn]], where they are defeated by the men of [[House Hogg]], resulting in three Karstarks being killed and buried.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} Not finding Ser Jaime in [[Tumbler's Falls]], a group of northmen, possibly Karstarks, proceed to rape and then kill eight people before being apprehended by the [[Mad Huntsman]], who puts them in [[crow cage]]s in [[Stoney Sept]], which had also already been attacked by northmen.{{Ref|ASOS|29}} [[Second sack of Maidenpool|Maidenpool]] and an unnamed village nearby are also attacked by northmen,{{Ref|AFFC|14}} possibly Karstarks. Jaime is eventually captured by the [[Brave Companions]] and brought to Lord Bolton at Harrenhal.{{Ref|AFFC|31}} To protect Jaime from roving Karstarks, Roose has [[Steelshanks Walton]] escort the Kingslayer from Harrenhal to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Some Karstark infantry are part of the force that Lord Bolton keeps with him after the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]]. They march with Roose to the [[Twins]] for the wedding between Lord [[Edmure Tully]] and [[Roslin Frey]],{{Ref|ASOS|49}} and the incognito Arya hears their songs in the tents outside the castles.{{Ref|ASOS|50}} During the [[Red Wedding]], mailed men in shaggy fur cloaks—presumably Karstarks or [[House Bolton|Boltons]]—join the slaughter of men loyal to Robb, such as [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|Smalljon Umber]].{{Ref|ASOS|51}}

Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] sends a raven to Karhold in a plea for help to defend [[attack on Castle Black|Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]].{{Ref|ASOS|55}}