Editing Rickard Stark (section)

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Lord Rickard demanded [[trial by combat]], and the king granted the request. Stark armored himself as for battle, thinking to duel one of the [[Kingsguard]]. Me, perhaps. Instead they took him to the [[Great Hall (Red Keep)|throne room]] and suspended him from the rafters while two of [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys's]] [[pyromancers]] kindled a blaze beneath him. The king told him that fire was the champion of [[House Targaryen]]. So all Lord Rickard needed to do to prove himself innocent of treason was ... well, not burn.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|[[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|[[Maesters|They]] tend to us when we are sick and injured, or distraught over the [[illness]] of a parent or a child. Whenever we are weakest and most vulnerable, there they are. Sometimes they heal us, and we are duly grateful. When they fail, they console us in our grief, and we are grateful for that as well. Out of gratitude we give them a place beneath our roof and make them privy to all our shames and secrets, a part of every council. And before too long, the ruler has become the ruled. That was how it was with Lord Rickard Stark. Maester [[Walys Flowers|Walys]] was his grey rat's name.{{Ref|ADWD|37}}|[[Barbrey Dustin]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{Quote|The day I learned that [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] was to marry [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]], though ... there was nothing sweet about that pain. He never wanted her, I promise you that. He told me so, on our last night together ... but Rickard Stark had great ambitions too. [[Southron]] ambitions that would not be served by having his heir marry the daughter of [[Rodrik Ryswell|one of his own vassals]].{{Ref|ADWD|41}}|[[Barbrey Dustin]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}