House Stark ( Stark )

House Stark of Winterfell is one of the Great Houses of Westeros and the principal noble house of The North; many lesser houses are sworn to them. In days of old they ruled as Kings of Winter; since the Targaryen Conquest they have been Wardens of the North. Their seat, Winterfell, is an ancient castle renowned for its strength. Their sigil is a grey direwolf racing across a field of white, and their words are “Winter Is Coming,” one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast. Members of the family tend to be lean of build and long of face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes.

The Starks are an ancient house, descended from Bran the Builder, a legendary figure from the Age of Heroes, who raised their ancestral home at Winterfell thousands of years in the past, as well as the Wall. They are descendants of the First Men and still follow some of their ancient traditions and the Old Gods of the forest. The Starks were Kings of Winter in the North for many thousands of years from the Age of Heroes, possibly beginning with Bran the Builder. Ever since Bran constructed the Wall, the Starks have been friends of the Night’s Watch, and have manned the Wall for thousands of years. The Night’s King, the attainted 13th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, is said to have been a Stark, among his many possible origins. The Starks also helped repel several major wildling invasions, such as when they and their Umber bannermen defeated the Kings-Beyond-the-Wall like the brothers Gendel and Gorne, as well as Bael the Bard, who both sired and fought a Stark.

The known members of this house are:

Brandon Stark, eldest son and heir of Lord Rickard Stark. Slain along with his father by order of the Mad King.

Eddard “Ned” Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North

Catelyn Tully, Lord Eddard’s wife.

Robb Stark, Lord Eddard’s eldest trueborn son and heir, also known as “the Young Wolf”.

Sansa Stark, Eddard and Catelyn’s elder daughter.

Arya Stark, Eddard and Catelyn’s younger daughter

Bran Stark Eddard and Catelyn’s second son

Rickon Stark, Eddard and Catelyn’s youngest child,

Jon Snow is Eddard’s bastard son, who was raised at Winterfell alongside his Stark half-siblings.

Lyanna Stark, only daughter of Lord Rickard Stark and once betrothed to Robert Baratheon, died after being spirited away by Rhaegar Targaryen.

Benjen Stark, Benjen Stark is Eddard’s younger brother and his last surviving sibling. He is First Ranger of the Night’s Watch