Editing House Karstark (section)

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Alys Sigorn by Rae Lavergne.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Alys Karstark]] and [[Sigorn]], by Rae Lavergne ©]] 
With the death of Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Rickard]], [[Harrion Karstark]] becomes the new Lord of [[Karhold]]. With Harrion in [[House Lannister|Lannister]] captivity, however, Rickard's uncle [[Arnolf Karstark]], the castellan of Karhold, declares for King [[Stannis Baratheon]]. House Karstark is the only major northern house to do so.{{Ref|ADWD|3}} Stannis considers granting [[Winterfell]] to Arnolf.{{Ref|ADWD|17}}

Secretly, however, Arnolf is in a plot with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]]{{Ref|ADWD|32}} to provoke the Lannisters into executing Harrion and then marry his son [[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]] to Rickard's daughter [[Alys Karstark|Alys]], and then turning against Stannis when his forces reach [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|44}} Alys flees to the [[Wall]] seeking the help of [[Jon Snow]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] and informs him of the plot. Arnolf's plot to claim Karhold is foiled when Jon [[wedding of Sigorn and Alys Karstark|arranges a marriage]] between Alys and [[Sigorn]], the [[Magnar]] of [[Thenn (region)|Thenn]]. Should Harrion die, lordship of Karhold would pass to Alys and the newly-founded [[House Thenn]].{{Ref|ADWD|44}} Cregan arrives at [[Castle Black]] only to find Alys already betrothed, and he is thrown into an [[ice cell]]. He is given the choice to join the [[Night's Watch]] and be cleared of all crimes or wait for the return of King Stannis and be executed for treason.{{Ref|ADWD|49}} Jon has [[Clydas]] send a raven from [[Castle Black]] to [[Deepwood Motte]] in an attempt to warn Stannis of Arnolf's intentions.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}

A captive [[Theon Greyjoy]] is present at the [[Dreadfort]] when [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] hosts Arnolf and [[Hother Umber]].{{Ref|ADWD|12}} Arnolf later joins Stannis at a [[crofters' village]] with four hundred spears, two score archers, and a dozen mounted lances.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}