History Characters / GameOfThronesHouseStark

* OutnumberedSibling: The only female of Ned's siblings.

* 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. 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.

[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | '''House Stark''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannister House Lannister]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesEuronGreyjoy King Euron Greyjoy]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheonGreyjoy Theon Greyjoy]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesMargaeryTyrell Margaery Tyrell]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | '''House Stark''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannister House Lannister]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTheonGreyjoy Theon Greyjoy]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesMargaeryTyrell Margaery Tyrell]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: To an extent. Talisa is a kind and intelligent woman, a skilled medic and a loving wife to Robb, but she's generally seen and remembered by people as a "foreign whore" who seduced their king and lost them the war. Although Robb and Talisa's marriage was a [[LoveRuinsTheRealm pretty terrible idea]] in hindsight and definitely contributed to Robb's downfall, Talisa is viewed with a lot more vitriol than she deserves.

* MsFanservice: While mostly dresssed conservatively, Talisa ends up naked when making love with Robb in "The Prince of Winterfell" and "The Bear and The Maiden Faith", complete with an [[MaleGaze emphasis]] on her ass.

** In retrospect, one wonders whether Ned's HonorBeforeReason is a personal trapping, his simple human decency manifesting itself, or something that was also developed/intensified by his being a ward of Jon Arryn, whose house's penchant for honor (bordering on HeadInTheSandManagement, according to Littlefinger) is well-known. Considering both he and Robert continue to revere Jon Arryn even into their last days, it must have made a serious mark on both of them (even if, indeed, Robert never lived up to it).

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Robb when they first met.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: ''Multiple times''. The Freys really want to make sure Robb and Talisa's unborn child is dead.

* {{Misblamed}}: [[invoked]] Judging from some of the Northern Lords' dialogues in Season 6, they blame her for Robb's defeat.

* MsFanservice: While mostly dresssed conservatively, Talisa ends up naked when making love with Robb in a couple of scenes, complete with an [[MaleGaze emphasis]] on her ass.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Without all the blood and gore that is.

* UnkemptBeauty: She's often shown with messy hair, covered with grime or blood but not enough to detract from her beauty.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SeanBean, Sebastian Croft (Child), Robert Aramayo (Young Adult)

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Warning [[MamaBear Cersei]]? [[WhatAnIdiot Really]]? Varys calls him out on this the following episode telling him that his mercy towards Cersei's illegitimate children led to Robert's death, the very reason he became Hand in the first place. This ends up having serious repercussions. Not only does it lead to his own death, but the death of several of his family members and the destruction of his entire House. To top it all off, this action leads to Joffrey being crowned king and we all know how that went.

* LooksLikeJesus: The Stark men have a tendency to wear their dark hair long and an affinity for sporting a BadassBeard.

* BadassBeard: He wears a full (although not too thick) beard and as mentioned above, is very much a badass.

* BadassBeard: Thinner than his brothers, but present all the same and as badass.

* LooksLikeJesus: Shares the Stark penchant of wearing his dark hair long with a BadassBeard. Amusingly, Joseph Mawle, who played Benjen, played Jesus in the TV serial ''The Passion.''

[[Characters/GameOfThronesWesteros The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros]] | '''House Stark''' ([[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkChildren House Stark Children]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesJonSnow Jon Snow]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesSansaStark Sansa Stark]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesAryaStark Arya Stark]]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold House Stark Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBolton House Bolton]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseKarstark House Karstark]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMormont House Mormont]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseReed House Reed]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses Other Northern Houses]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannister House Lannister]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTywinLannister Tywin Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesCerseiLannister Cersei Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseLannisterHousehold House Lannister Household]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane House Clegane]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheonOfKingsLanding House Baratheon of King’s Landing]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTargaryen House Targaryen]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt Daenerys I’s Court]] [[[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Characters/GameOfThronesTyrionLannister Tyrion Lannister]]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesServantsOfDaenerys Servants of Daenerys]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseBaratheon House Baratheon of Storm’s End and Dragonstone]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesStannisBaratheon Stannis Baratheon]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseGreyjoy House Greyjoy]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesTheonGreyjoy Theon Greyjoy]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesPetyrBaelish Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTully House Tully]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseFrey House Frey]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTyrell House Tyrell]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseTarly House Tarly]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseMartell House Martell]] ([[Characters/GameOfThronesSandSnakes Sand Snakes]]) | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFreeCities The Free Cities]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSlaversBay Slaver's Bay]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheDothrakiSeaAndTheRedWaste The Dothraki Sea and the Red Waste]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesQarth Qarth]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch The Night's Watch]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRoyalCourt Royal Court]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheKingsguard The Kingsguard]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesWildlings Wildlings]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheFaithOfTheSeven The Faith of the Seven]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesRedTemple Red Temple]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesIndependentCharacters Independent Characters]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesTheatreTroupe Theatre Troupe]] | [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Supernatural Beings]]]]]]-]

* AnyoneCanDie: If there is a character that can illustrate this trope, it's Ned.

One of the oldest of 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]].

* FamousLastWords: [[{{Tearjerker}} "Promise me, Ned. Promise me."]]

* KillItWithFire: See CruelAndUnusualDeath above.

* ProtagonistCentredMorality: What triggered his downfall was his discovery regarding the SecretLegacy of Cersei's children because he was planning to expose them to Robert and warned Cersei. [[{{Irony}} Yet Ned is guilty of a similar deed]] by hiding his sister’s son with Rhaegar Targaryen under his roof for years, [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo passing him off as his own illegitimate child]]. On his behalf, Ned did this to protect his nephew with no intentions for political gain while Cersei pushes for Joffrey and Tommen to inherit the crown of King Robert Baratheon, knowing full well they are not the legitimate heirs. Also, Ned believed at the time that Cersei had his friend Jon Arryn killed for having found out this same information, another thing he would not forgive.

* TheProtagonist: Of all the houses in ''Game of Thrones'', the Starks are the primary focus of the series besides the Lannisters and the Targaryens. The execution of Ned at King's Landing, in particular, is the inciting incident that causes the War of the Five Kings, not to mention that the Stark children have a significant amount of screen time as much as Tywin and Cersei Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen.

* RagtagBunchofMisfits: As of Season 6, with their leadership consisting of one of the last Starks (Sansa), a former Lord Commander of the Night's Watch (Jon Snow), a knight from a noble house in the Stormlands (Davos), a Red Priestess (Melisandre), and a Wildling chieftain (Tormund). The bulk of their army consists of two thousand Wildlings and several hundred bannermen from the few Northern houses still loyal to them. Suffice to say, the resurgent forces of House Stark are a diverse bunch. As of the finale, this is taken further with the addition of the surviving Northern Lords, Littlefinger and the Vale Lords as their bannermen.

* TheProtagonist: Of all the houses in ''Game of Thrones'', the Starks are the primary focus of the series besides the Lannisters and the Targaryens. The execution of Ned at King's Landing, in particular, is the inciting incident that causes the War of the Five Kings, not to mention that the Stark children have a significant amount of screen time as much as Tywin and Cersei Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen.

* TheProtagonist: Of all the houses in ''Game of Thrones'', the Starks are the primary focus of the series besides the Lannisters and the Targaryens. The execution of Ned kicks off the War of the Five Kings while the Stark children have a significant amount of screen time as much as Tywin and Cersei Lannister as well as Daenerys Targaryen.

One of the oldest of 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, 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]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Heavily mixed with HadToBeSharp, all of the remaining Starks as a whole came back greater individually than a the beginning of the War of the Five Kings.

* DeadpanSnarker: Upon first meeting Robb, she is quite blunt and sassy with him. "That'll help his foot grow back", is her response to Robb declaring he has no hatred for the amputated lad.

* TheHighQueen: After marrying Robb, she becomes TheHighQueen in the North. She is a NiceGirl who makes efforts to support and advise Robb during his campaign; however, she apparently isn't very popular with her people.

* {{Irony}}: Despite being the Queen in the North, she points out to Robb that she doesn't know where Winterfell is. She in fact ''never'' gets to see Winterfell before her untimely death.

* MsFanservice: While mostly dresssed conservatively, Talisa ends up naked when making love with Robb, conplete with an [[MaleGaze emphasis]] on her rear.

* LettingHerHairDown: Her hair is often tied back when she's nursing, but it's shown down in a scene where she flirts with Robb and then at their wedding.

* TheSmartGirl: She is an adept healer. See also GoodIsNotDumb.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Robb's infatuation with her results in the Freys, Karstarks and Boltons breaking with House Stark, leading to the extermination of the Starks and their loyal bannermen at the Red Wedding.

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: As the wife of Ned and mother of the King in the North, she is the closest analogue to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Neville,_Duchess_of_York Cecily Neville, Duchess of York]], who became the most senior power-broker of the Yorkist side apart from her own son, the future king Edward IV (i.e. Robb's counterpart). Much like Cecily, she definitely played preference among the children at her care (George, Duke of Clarence for Cecily, and Catelyn's own brood over Jon and Theon). However, she is definitely seen as more honorable, level-headed and less-entitled, compared to the real-life woman who got the unflattering epithet "Proud Cis," both for her haughtiness and temper.

* BrainyBrunette: Beneath that brunette hair pulses the brain of a highly competent nurse.

* DeadpanSnarker: Upon first meeting Robb, she is quite blunt and sassy with him.