Robb Stark
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| Alias | The Young Wolf |
| Title | King of the North |
| Allegiance | House Stark |
| Culture | The North |
| Born |
283 AL Riverrun |
| Died |
299 Al The Twins |
| Spouse | Jeyne Westerling |
| Coat of arms | white on grey, a snarling face of a direwolf |
Robb Stark was the eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully and the heir to Winterfell and the North. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason he raised his banners and marched south with a host to aid his allies in the Riverlands and to free his father. After his father's execution he was named King in the North by his followers. Called "The Young Wolf" by many of his followers and foes alike, he shared his father's devotion to honor and was frequently accompanied by his direwolf, Grey Wind, whom he always took with him into battle.
Appearance
Robb's appearance favored his Tully side, with a stocky build, blue eyes, and thick auburn hair. He opened the series as a boy of fourteen years.[1]
Biography
Early Life
Robb was born in Riverrun, presumably the product of Eddard and Catelyn's wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in Robert's Rebellion.[2] Upon his return from the war, Catelyn greeted Ned with an infant Robb, and all returned to Winterfell where Ned would rule as Lord and Robb was to be raised as heir.
Growing up in Winterfell, Robb was on good terms with his younger siblings and developed a friendly rivalry with his bastard half-brother Jon Snow, with whom he was a marked contrast in appearance and personality.
A Game of Thrones
Robb attended the execution of Gared and was present at Jon Snow's discovery of a litter of six direwolf pups in the snow. He claimed one of the direwolves for his own and named him Grey Wind.
Shortly after the arrival of the king's court at Winterfell, Robb sparred with Joffrey Lannister using wooden swords. Bad blood developed between the two when Joffrey challenged Robb to spar with live steel which Ser Rodrik Cassel, Winterfell's master-at-arms, did not allow it, to the mockery and chagrin of many of the present Lannisters and their retainers. When Eddard was named Hand of the King and journeyed South to King's Landing, Robb remained in Winterfell to rule in his father's stead.
After King Robert's death and in response to his father's arrest for treason, Robb called the banners of the North and marched south to the Riverlands, in part to support his mother's household in response to the invasion from the West on the part of House Lannister, and with the ultimate goal of freeing Eddard Stark. Upon learning that Riverrun had been besieged by a host led by Jaime Lannister whilst another force led by Tywin Lannister approached from the South, Robb split his forces, sending the majority of his footmen under the command of Roose Bolton to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the Green Fork at the Twins with the majority of his horse with the goal of riding to and lifting the siege of Riverrun. For allowing him crossing at the Twins, Lord Walder Frey extracted the price of a marriage contract, ensuring that Robb was to marry a daughter of his house to be chosen after the war was finished.
Robb led the horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle Brynden Tully he achieved complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the Whispering Wood, annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive. Shortly thereafter Robb was able to lift the siege of Riverrun, forcing Tywin's army, which had scored a victory against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to Harrenhal.
Upon his Lord Father's execution at the command of King Joffrey Baratheon, effectively ending the possibility of peace between Stark and Lannister, Robb was named by his bannermen as the King in the North.
A Clash of Kings
Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sent Theon Greyjoy, who had fought with him in the Whispering Wood, to Pyke with the goal of securing an alliance with his father Balon against the Lannisters, while sending his mother South for her to treat with the late King Robert's younger brothers Stannis and Renly, both of whom had crowned themselves king. Both envoys failed in their missions; Catelyn was unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the Baratheon brothers (witnessing Renly's assassination in the process) while Theon was rebuffed outright by Balon, who responded to the offer for peace with a large-scale invasion of the North.
Robb, in the meantime, gathered his force and launched an invasion into the Westerlands, smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at Oxcross and winning battles at Ashemark and The Crag. At the Crag, Robb suffered a wound and was tended by Jeyne Westerling. There he learned that a small force led by his one-time friend Theon Greyjoy had taken Winterfell, and murdered his younger brothers Bran and Rickon (though they were in truth alive). Jeyne comforted him upon his hearing this news, which led to his taking her maidenhood. In an effort to preserve her honor, Robb wed her immediately thereafter.
A Storm of Swords
Robb returned to Riverrun with his new wife in tow, much to his mother's horror as, having pledged to wed a daughter of House Frey, this was not a slight that Walder Frey was likely to overlook. Other problems awaited him in Riverrun: Edmure Tully, his mother's eldest brother and acting Lord of the Riverlands whilst his father Hoster Tully lay on his deathbed, met Tywin Lannister's army as they attempted to cross the Red Fork at a ford near Riverrun and threw them back. While this prevented Tywin's force from approaching Robb's from the rear, Robb's plan was to entangle the army in a chase while Stannis Baratheon marched on King's Landing. Being thrown back at Riverrun allowed Tywin's force to turn around and arrive at King's Landing in time for the Battle of the Blackwater and turn the tide of the battle in the Lannister's favor.
Additionally, Robb learned that in her grief over the supposed murder of two of her sons, Catelyn had released Jaime Lannister from captivity and entrusted him with a mission to return her daughters Sansa and Arya to her, if possible. This earned her the enmity of Lord Rickard Karstark, as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the Whispering Wood; Karstark required vengeance for their deaths. In response to his release, Karstark sent men to the cells of Riverrun and murdered Tion Frey and Willem Lannister, two prisoners. For this crime Robb sentenced him to death, and beheaded Lord Rickard himself. Immediately after, the Karstark forces deserted Robb's army.
After the death of Hoster Tully, Robb intended to return to the North, reclaim his territory which has been conquered by the ironmen, and avenge the deaths of his brothers. With his brothers believed dead, he discussed the matter of his succession with his mother, and to her chagrin suggested that his wish was that, if he were to die, Jon Snow might succeed him. Shortly after, he sent Maege Mormont and Greatjon Umber North to Greywater Watch with a letter detailing his plans, its contents unrevealed.
Marching back North to the Twins in order to gain passage for his army back North, aware that he had slighted Walder Frey in his marriage to Jeyne Westerling, he suggested that Edmure Tully could be made to wed one of Lord Walder's daughters in his stead, a proposal to which Edmure reluctantly agreed. Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he took his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agreed to wed his daughter Roslin to Edmure.
Despite Grey Wind apparently sensing the upcoming betrayal, Robb entered the Twins and the nuptials that later became known as the Red Wedding occurred. After the ceremony and the bedding, Frey betrayed Robb, having smuggled sellswords into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murdered Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watched Roose Bolton deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart, before Catelyn murdered Walder's lackwit grandson Jinglebell and was killed shortly thereafter herself. Grey Wind was also slain, his head removed and sewn onto Robb's body.
Family
References and Sources
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn
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