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** While his refusal to comply with the plot to assassinate Daenerys Targaryen certainly had noble reasoning, it also wasn't exactly a very smart decision either. Sitting and doing nothing while a mutually hated rival with a direct claim to the throne gathers untold strength and power just across the sea was naïve at best, LethallyStupid at worst. Even the entire small council sides with Robert and makes it very clear to Ned that letting her live would only endanger the entire realm for no real benefit, and Ned's only real retort (That the Dothraki would never cross the sea) was not only flimsy, but was later also proven to be incorrect. While his reasoning of not wanting to kill a young soon-to-be-mother and her unborn child was understandable, the fact remains that had Khal Drogo and Daenerys's unborn son not perished due to outside circumstances, the result would've been exactly as Robert predicted: A Targaryen claimant invading all of Westeros with a Dothraki horde at his back, with all the death and destruction that would entail.
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* CharacterDeath: After despairing over Robb's death in "The Rains of Castamere", her throat is slit by a Frey.

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* CharacterDeath: After despairing over Robb's death in "The Rains of Castamere", her throat is slit by a Frey. Unlike the books, she stays dead.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Played straight with Ned. Inverted with the FauxAffablyEvil Littlefinger.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Whatever else may be said about House Stark, they are not believers in turning the other cheek, with the only exception being King Jon Snow who tends to be more forgiving than his family members, and even ''he'' [[GoodIsNotSoft will execute individuals when the situation calls for it]] (Janos Slynt, the mutineers) and give a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to [[{{sadist}} Ramsay Bolton]]. Robb Stark fully intends to make House Lannister pay for their transgressions; Catelyn Stark carries out her threat to execute Walder Frey's wife whom she takes hostage during the Red Wedding; Bran Stark wargs into Hodor's mind, having Hodor brutally snap the neck of Locke who tried to kidnap and kill him and Rickon; Arya Stark conducts multiple assassinations and institutes [[ThePurge a purge]] on House Frey for the Red Wedding; and Sansa Stark summarily executes Ramsay Snow and Littlefinger. Ned Stark likewise fully [[GoodIsNotSoft intended to execute Ser Jorah Mormont for his crime of slavery]]. [[labelnote:From the books...]]This characteristic of House Stark is quite legendary in the extended lore. One notable example was Brandon "Ice Eyes" Stark who liberated the Wolf's Den from slavers and pirates and then, more or less, turned the slave-masters over to their former victims and promptly oversaw the slaves making their slave-masters into offerings of HumanSacrifice for the old gods. Likewise, Lady Stoneheart, the AdaptedOut [[CameBackWrong aspect of Catelyn Stark]] after the Red Wedding, has brutally instituted a ReignOfTerror in the Riverlands against the Freys and decorated many trees with their hanging corpses.[[/labelnote]]

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Whatever else may be said about House Stark, they are not believers in turning the other cheek, with the only exception being King Jon Snow who tends to be more forgiving than his family members, and even ''he'' [[GoodIsNotSoft will execute individuals when the situation calls for it]] (Janos Slynt, the mutineers) and give a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to [[{{sadist}} Ramsay Bolton]].Bolton]] before leaving him at Sansa's mercy. Robb Stark fully intends to make House Lannister pay for their transgressions; Catelyn Stark carries out her threat to execute Walder Frey's wife whom she takes hostage during the Red Wedding; Bran Stark wargs into Hodor's mind, having Hodor brutally snap the neck of Locke who tried to kidnap and kill him and Rickon; Arya Stark conducts multiple assassinations and institutes [[ThePurge a purge]] on House Frey for the Red Wedding; and Sansa Stark summarily executes Ramsay Snow and Littlefinger. Ned Stark likewise fully [[GoodIsNotSoft intended to execute Ser Jorah Mormont for his crime of slavery]]. [[labelnote:From the books...]]This characteristic of House Stark is quite legendary in the extended lore. One notable example was Brandon "Ice Eyes" Stark who liberated the Wolf's Den from slavers and pirates and then, more or less, turned the slave-masters over to their former victims and promptly oversaw the slaves making their slave-masters into offerings of HumanSacrifice for the old gods. Likewise, Lady Stoneheart, the AdaptedOut [[CameBackWrong aspect of Catelyn Stark]] after the Red Wedding, has brutally instituted a ReignOfTerror in the Riverlands against the Freys and decorated many trees with their hanging corpses.[[/labelnote]]

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* BerserkButton: Ned is calm, cool, and composed. Until you compare his wife to a whore. Then he'll slam you against a wall and choke you.

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** Hurting innocent children. He argues with Robert when he refuses to punish Tywin Lannister for the murders of Rhaegar's children, and it is because of Cersei's children that he decides to give her a chance to flee Westeros before he tells Robert the truth.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: In ''[[JustForPun stark]]'' contrast to Robert, who misses war and his glory days. Best shown in "Lord Snow", where Ned watches Arya practicing fencing with Syrio Forel, only to have his amused expression slowly turns grim as he's gradually reminded of the hell of war, apparently hearing the distant sound of swords clashing and men dying.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: In ''[[JustForPun stark]]'' ''stark'' contrast to Robert, who misses war and his glory days. Best shown in "Lord Snow", where Ned watches Arya practicing fencing with Syrio Forel, only to have his amused expression slowly turns grim as he's gradually reminded of the hell of war, apparently hearing the distant sound of swords clashing and men dying.
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* BeingGoodSucks: Eddard Stark is without a doubt one of the most honorable characters in the series, even risking his life to do what he believes is right. Unfortunately, considering that Westeros is not a particularly honorable place, both he and his family end up paying the consequences.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Ned has enormous appreciation and respect for his servants in Winterfell and the North, which justifies the enormous loyalty they have for him even after he is dead.


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* ArrangedMarriage: After the death of his brother Brandon, Eddard married his betrothed, Catelyn, to secure an alliance with House Tully during Robert's Rebellion.

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* IconicOutfit: The Stark army tend to wear a common outfit of a brown leather-fronted coat of plates over a green gambeson [[labelnote:Note]] a padded jacket meant to absorb blows and prevent chaffing when wearing metal armor[[/labelnote]] and somtimes a chainmail shirt when in the field. It's far more modest and showy than other armour seen elsewhere and the fact that it's worn by soldiers and commanders, regardless of rank, suggests the FrontlineGeneral ethos espoused and followed by Ned and imbibed by his kids
* KickTheDog: A tragic and forced example. Ned was forced to kill Sansa's pet direwolf Lady on Cersei's orders after Joffrey gets bitten by Nymeria. Despite knowing that Lady was innocent to begin with, Ned is unable to protest against the order because doing so would land him and his family in trouble; he is merely distraught as he pets Lady before doing the execution on her, sadly assuring that it's NothingPersonal against her.

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* IconicOutfit: The Stark army tend to wear a common outfit of a brown leather-fronted coat of plates over a green gambeson [[labelnote:Note]] a padded jacket meant to absorb blows and prevent chaffing when wearing metal armor[[/labelnote]] and somtimes a chainmail shirt when in the field. It's far more modest and showy than other armour seen elsewhere and the fact that it's worn by soldiers and commanders, regardless of rank, suggests the FrontlineGeneral ethos espoused and followed by Ned and imbibed by his kids
* KickTheDog: A tragic and forced example. Ned was forced to kill Sansa's pet direwolf Lady on Cersei's orders after Joffrey gets bitten by Nymeria. Despite knowing that Lady was innocent to begin with, Ned is unable to protest against the order because doing so would land him and his family in trouble; he is merely distraught as he pets Lady before doing the execution on her, sadly assuring that it's NothingPersonal against her.
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* KickTheDog: A tragic and forced example. Ned was forced to kill Sansa's pet direwolf Lady on Cersei's orders after Joffrey gets bitten by Nymeria. Despite knowing that Lady was innocent to begin with, Ned is unable to protest against the order because doing so would land him and his family in trouble; he is merely distraught as he pets Lady before doing a quick execution on her in tears, assuring that it's NothingPersonal against her.
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* KickTheDog: A tragic and forced example. Ned was forced to kill Sansa's pet direwolf Lady on Cersei's orders after Joffrey gets bitten by Nymeria. Despite knowing that Lady was innocent to begin with, Ned is unable to protest against the order because doing so would land him and his family in trouble; he is merely distraught as he pets Lady before doing the execution on her, sadly assuring that it's NothingPersonal against her.

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* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments.

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* DeadpanSnarker: He He's usually straight laced but has his moments.moments of sarcastic wit when exasperated.


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** On the news of Danaerys' wedding to Khal Drogo.
-->'''Ned''': Do we send her a wedding gift?
** When Varys asks him what madness possessed him to tell Cersei her secret, he has this to say.
-->'''Ned''': The madness of mercy.
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** Ned's political trajectory has been compared to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hastings,_1st_Baron_Hastings Baron William Hastings]], an ally of Edward IV (Robert Baratheon's basis) who was much-entrusted with running the realm and who was executed in the process of royal succession. His death was notably portrayed this way in Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/RichardIII''.

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* {{Irony}}: He absolutely [[WouldNotHurtAChild wouldn't let a child be killed]] and that's the reason he [[HonorBeforeReason tells Cersei of his plan to expose Joffrey's parentage]], so she would leave with her children before he does. He ends up with his head chopped off by the very child he was trying to save.

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** Lyanna was said to be found in her own blood before she succumbed.
** Ned's execution has him give up his honor under false charges, with his head being mounted on a spike immediately after.
** Robb, Catelyn, and Talisa's are as infamous as Lord Rickard and Brandon above, if not more. To specify, Robb's corpse was beheaded and has his direwolf's head sewn on it. Catelyn was stripped naked and thrown in a river, denied of her family's tradition of VikingFuneral. Talisa was repeatedly stabbed in the womb, while pregnant.

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** Lyanna was said to be found in her own blood before she succumbed.
succumbed. [[spoiler: Little did the world know is that she fataly bled a lot because she was going through DeathByChildbirth.]]
** Ned's execution has him give up his honor under false charges, with his head being mounted on a spike immediately after.
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** Robb, Catelyn, and Talisa's are as infamous as Lord Rickard and Brandon above, if not more. To specify, Robb's Robb gets stabbed in the chest by a sworn bannerman, his corpse was is beheaded and has his direwolf's head sewn on it. Catelyn was Catelyn’s throat gets deeply cut from behind, her corpse is stripped naked and thrown in a river, denied of her family's tradition of VikingFuneral. Talisa was repeatedly stabbed in the womb, while pregnant.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: His warning of Cersei to save her children and his refusal to take Joffrey hostage get him arrested.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: His warning of Cersei to save her children and his refusal to take Joffrey hostage get him arrested.arrested and later executed on Joffrey’s command.



* DeadGuyJunior: She invoked this with Robb, wishing that if their unborn child turns out to be a boy, she would like to name him after Robb’s late father, Eddard. Unfortunately, the Red Wedding slaughter happens soon after, and the Freys really wanted her to suffer via stabbing her womb.



* NotLikeOtherGirls: When Talisa explains to Robb why she left Volantis to become a field nurse, she tells him that a slave saved her brother's life (even though he would be put to death for doing so), which inspired her to go do something with her life, not like "all the other highborn maidens who only cared about dancing at balls". Unfortunately, her viewpoint is [[https://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/130331693072/a-waste-of-time anachronistic and misunderstanding of their society]].

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* NotLikeOtherGirls: When Talisa explains to Robb why she left Volantis to become a field nurse, she tells him that a slave saved her brother's life (even though he would be put to death for doing so), which inspired her to go do something with her life, not like "all the other highborn maidens who only cared about dancing at balls". Unfortunately, her viewpoint is [[https://turtle-paced.tumblr.com/post/130331693072/a-waste-of-time anachronistic and misunderstanding of their society]].society]]

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The Starks are highly popular with their vassals. Especially Ned Stark whose name even compels respect from the likes of Robett Glover, embittered by Robb Stark's ShockingDefeatLegacy. They are also very well liked by the smallfolk. This is almost certainly why Stannis tries to win Ned Stark’s bastard son, Jon Snow, to his campaign to win the North. In exchange for Jon leaving the Night's Watch and bending the knee to him, Stannis makes Jon an offer of legitimization and lordship of Winterfell but Jon declines out of his Stark sense of duty.



* BeingGoodSucks: In Westeros, the decent way rarely is the efficient or happy way. Doing the right thing has its tolls. Deconstructed in Season 4. Even after their downfall the Starks still command HundredPercentAdorationRating among many of their former vassals and allies, all of whom would not hesitate a second to help any of the surviving Stark children, and when Stannis demands the capitulation of the northern noble Houses early in Season 5, their answer is exemplified by a ''ten year old'' girl's answer: "Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark." Then Season 6 comes around and this trope once again shows the price of good intentions, as most of the Northern houses turn their backs on the Starks.

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* BeingGoodSucks: In Westeros, the decent way rarely is the efficient or happy way. Doing the right thing has its tolls. Deconstructed in Season 4. Even after their downfall the Starks are still command HundredPercentAdorationRating among beloved by many of their former vassals and allies, all of whom would not hesitate a second to help any of the surviving Stark children, and when Stannis demands the capitulation of the northern noble Houses early in Season 5, their answer is exemplified by a ''ten year old'' girl's answer: "Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark." Then Season 6 comes around and this trope once again shows the price of good intentions, as most of the Northern houses turn their backs on the Starks.



* DecadentCourt: ''Strongly'' inverted, and in very significant fashion. The Starks run one of the most informal and utilitarian courts in the series, which plays into their HundredPercentAdorationRating, since such practicality plays into [[HadToBeSharp the unity the North needs to survive winter.]] As for deadly, almost everyone can count on the Starks' honorable nature ensuring their safety, unlike in other courts... unless, like Littlefinger, you try and act like you're in the usual DecadentCourt and spend your time trying to turn people on each other only to find [[GoodIsNotNice your throat being slit in the main hall.]]

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* DecadentCourt: ''Strongly'' inverted, and in very significant fashion. The Starks run one of the most informal and utilitarian courts in the series, which plays into their HundredPercentAdorationRating, popularity, since such practicality plays into [[HadToBeSharp the unity the North needs to survive winter.]] As for deadly, almost everyone can count on the Starks' honorable nature ensuring their safety, unlike in other courts... unless, like Littlefinger, you try and act like you're in the usual DecadentCourt and spend your time trying to turn people on each other only to find [[GoodIsNotNice your throat being slit in the main hall.]]



* SuccessionCrisis: Notable in its aversion. The Starks have been reduced to an (ostensibly) bastard-born older brother without the Stark name, two young women, and a paralyzed young man. For any other house, this would spell the end of the family in a traditional sense, because the Stark name wouldn’t be passed down, and likely also result in in-fighting between the older bastard and his true-born half-siblings. But because the Starks love each other and have a HundredPercentAdorationRating, no fuss has been raised after they came BackFromTheBrink, and even Littlefinger found himself fatally mistaken in trying to play their rivalries against each other.

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* SuccessionCrisis: Notable in its aversion. The Starks have been reduced to an (ostensibly) bastard-born older brother without the Stark name, two young women, and a paralyzed young man. For any other house, this would spell the end of the family in a traditional sense, because the Stark name wouldn’t be passed down, and likely also result in in-fighting between the older bastard and his true-born half-siblings. But because the Starks love each other and have a HundredPercentAdorationRating, are liked by their vassals, no fuss has been raised after they came BackFromTheBrink, and even Littlefinger found himself fatally mistaken in trying to play their rivalries against each other.



** In general, by the end of Season 6: the Starks' HundredPercentAdorationRating finally pays off. They manage to gather many new allies, most notably Brienne, Davos, Littlefinger (for now), and the Wildlings while still having the support of their vassals. With their support, Sansa and Jon manage to defeat the Boltons for good and retake Winterfell, reclaiming the North and becoming one of the most united and powerful factions of the setting just behind Daenerys Targaryen's army.

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** In general, by the end of Season 6: the Starks' HundredPercentAdorationRating popularity finally pays off. They manage to gather many new allies, most notably Brienne, Davos, Littlefinger (for now), and the Wildlings while still having the support of their vassals. With their support, Sansa and Jon manage to defeat the Boltons for good and retake Winterfell, reclaiming the North and becoming one of the most united and powerful factions of the setting just behind Daenerys Targaryen's army.



* UniversallyBelovedLeader: The Starks are highly popular with their vassals. Especially Ned Stark whose name even compels respect from the likes of Robett Glover, embittered by Robb Stark's ShockingDefeatLegacy. They are also very well liked by the smallfolk. This is almost certainly why Stannis tries to win Ned Stark’s bastard son, Jon Snow, to his campaign to win the North. In exchange for Jon leaving the Night's Watch and bending the knee to him, Stannis makes Jon an offer of legitimization and lordship of Winterfell but Jon declines out of his Stark sense of duty.



* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The North loved him so much that they're willing to throw their lots in with his children to avenge him when Ned is unfairly murdered in King's Landing.


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* UniversallyBelovedLeader: The North loved his lordship so much that they're willing to throw their lots in with his children to avenge him when Ned is unfairly murdered in King's Landing.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The Starks are highly popular with their vassals and smallfolk. Especially Ned Stark whose name even compels respect from the likes of Robett Glover, embittered by Robb Stark's ShockingDefeatLegacy. They are also very well liked by the smallfolk. This is almost certainly why Stannis tries to win Ned Stark’s bastard son, Jon Snow, to his campaign to win the North. In exchange for Jon leaving the Night's Watch and bending the knee to him, Stannis makes Jon an offer of legitimization and lordship of Winterfell but Jon declines out of his Stark sense of duty.

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: The Starks are highly popular with their vassals and smallfolk.vassals. Especially Ned Stark whose name even compels respect from the likes of Robett Glover, embittered by Robb Stark's ShockingDefeatLegacy. They are also very well liked by the smallfolk. This is almost certainly why Stannis tries to win Ned Stark’s bastard son, Jon Snow, to his campaign to win the North. In exchange for Jon leaving the Night's Watch and bending the knee to him, Stannis makes Jon an offer of legitimization and lordship of Winterfell but Jon declines out of his Stark sense of duty.

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* AuthoritySoundsDeep: Cat's voice is deep, fitting for the highest female authority in the North.



* ContraltoOfDanger: Cat's voice is deep, fitting for the highest female authority in the North.
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* AdaptationalDumbass: Due to Robb's AgeLift and the show and his now given the opporunity to be a POV character in his own right, the nature of Catelyn's relationship with him gets tweaked.

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* AdaptationalDumbass: Due to Robb's AgeLift and the show and his now given the opporunity opportunity to be a POV character in his own right, the nature of Catelyn's relationship with him gets tweaked.
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** In the Book, Catelyn was something of the CassandraTruth, trying to advise her HotBlooded son on how to properly lead his army, with her often valid advice getting ignored. In the show, Robb is both older and more mature so this aspect of his character gets phased out, leading to Catelyn releasing Jaime in a moment of weakness comes off as a really gross and dumb undermining of Robb's leadership.

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** In the Book, book, Catelyn was something of the CassandraTruth, trying to advise her HotBlooded son on how to properly lead his army, with her often valid advice getting ignored. In the show, Robb is both older and more mature so this aspect of his character gets phased out, leading to Catelyn releasing Jaime in a moment of weakness comes off as a really gross and dumb undermining of Robb's leadership.
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Like several honorable classic heroes, he refuses to make moral compromises and tries to save everybody. This ends up backfiring, chiefly warning Cersei to save her children. Not only does this lead to his own death, but leads to the crowning of a [[TheCaligula deranged psychopath]], the very child he was trying to save.

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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Like several honorable classic heroes, he refuses to make moral compromises and tries to save everybody. This ends up backfiring, chiefly by warning Cersei to save her children. Not only does this lead to his own death, but leads to the crowning of a [[TheCaligula deranged psychopath]], the very child he was trying to save.
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* TheHeroDies: As above, the main character of Season 1, only to be killed-off an episode before the first SeasonFinale.

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* BadassBaritone: He has quite a deep voice. Interestingly, he is more of a GutturalGrowler in his prime, as seen in the Season 6 flashback.
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One of the oldest the Great Houses of Westeros, very big on honor and tradition. Once, the Starks were Kings in the North and the Kings of Winter, but after Aegon's conquest and the reformation of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, the Starks' rank [[DemotedToDragon was reduced to Wardens of the North]]. The old titles are revived following the execution of Ned Stark and his son's acclamation as King. In the aftermath of the [[LuredIntoATrap Red Wedding]], House Stark was believed to be extinguished with Robb Stark and his family being murdered (though some of his siblings still survive), with their lands, titles and seat of power handed over to [[TheStarscream House Bolton]]. After the Second Battle of Winterfell, House Bolton is destroyed and the Starks are restored to power with [[UnexpectedSuccessor Jon Snow as the new King in the North]].

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One of the oldest the Great Houses of Westeros, very big on honor and tradition. Once, the Starks were Kings in the North and the Kings of Winter, but after Aegon's conquest and the reformation of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, the Starks' rank [[DemotedToDragon was reduced to Wardens of the North]]. The old titles are revived following the execution of Ned Stark and his son's acclamation as King. In the aftermath of the [[LuredIntoATrap Red Wedding]], House Stark was believed to be extinguished with Robb Stark and his family being murdered (though some of his siblings still survive), with their lands, titles and seat of power handed over to [[TheStarscream House Bolton]]. After the Second Battle of Winterfell, House Bolton is destroyed and the Starks are restored to power with [[UnexpectedSuccessor Jon Snow as the new King in the North]].

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* DamselInDistress: Lyanna was kidnapped by Rhaegar. At least that's the accepted story. It was totally consensual and she eloped with him. By the time anyone found out the truth, however, Robert's Rebellion was in full swing.



* DistressedDamsel: Lyanna was kidnapped by Rhaegar. At least that's the accepted story. It was totally consensual and she eloped with him. By the time anyone found out the truth, however, Robert's Rebellion was in full swing.

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