History Characters / GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses

* DeathByAdaptation: In the books Harrion is captured at the Battle of the Green Fork, imprisoned at Harrenhal and released when Arya and Jaqen H'ghar liberate the northern prisoners and the Brave Companions turn on Amory Lorch and deliver the castle to Lord Bolton. In the novels, Rickard has three sons and two of them die, one of which is named "Eddard Karstark" after Eddard Stark. Given the TV series's reluctance to use the books' ''intentionall'' aversion of the OneSteveLimit rule, because they thought the audience would be confused, they swapped Eddard Karstark's death with Harrion - though whether "Eddard Karstark" will take his brother's place from the storyline in later novels, or if he will be renamed, or simply be Adapted Out, is anyone's guess.

* DeathByAdaptation: In the books Harrion is captured at the Battle of the Green Fork, imprisoned at Harrenhal and released when Arya and Jaqen H'ghar liberate the northern prisoners and the Brave Companions turn on Amory Lorch and deliver the castle to Lord Bolton.

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* {{Badass}}: Bran mentions that he saved Ned's life during Robert's Rebellion. [[labelnote:From the books...]]This occurred during Eddard's mission to rescue his sister from the Tower of Joy, with only Howland and Ned surviving the mission.[[/labelnote]]
* TheGhost: In-universe as well as out. [[labelnote:From the books...]]House Reed's seat, Greywater Watch, is constantly moving because it is built on a floating island, and has never been found by anyone not led by a Crannogman guide. The Crannogmen, while exceptionally loyal to the Starks, are mercurial and reclusive by nature, and all live on floating islands similar to the one Greywater Watch lies on, making them nearly impossible to find if they don't want to be found. And, because passing between the south and North requires knowledge of the floating islands or the Crannogmen's own secret routes, they have proven extremely difficult to conquer and strategically essential. And of course as he's the only one who witnessed what happened at Tower of Joy (Lyanna Stark's death, Ned's promise to her) and still living, it's obvious that we won't see him at least till the last seasons.[[/labelnote]]
* ManlyTears: Jojen tells Bran that Howland cried upon learning of Eddard's death from his son's dream.
* OldFriend: Of Ned Stark. Unusually, he is also TheGhost and (in the show) only introduced after Ned's death.

* SwampsAreEvil: Played with. Played straight in that the swamps of the Neck are very dangerous to outsiders and, combined with the fact that the isthmus is a natural choke point to begin with, have served as a very effective buffer against invasion from the south for centuries. In the Histories & Lore videos, Jon Snow says that the Neck is nearly as effective a barrier as the Wall itself on the other side of the North. The swamps are impassable by large armies, filled with quicksand, disease-carrying insects, and "Lizard-lions" (huge crocodiles of some kind). House Reed and their crannogmen ambush outsiders using poisoned arrows. Even the ironborn who managed to take Moat Cailin from its undefended northern side, as we see at the end of Season 4, are being bled very badly by attrition from the surrounding crannogmen. The trope is inverted in that House Reed is ''staunchly'' loyal to House Stark itself, so it depends on your points of view.
* UndyingLoyalty: To House Stark, moreso than even other Northern Houses. Even with the Starks defeated and Winterfell burned, the Reed children continue to follow and protect Bran Stark as his brother Robb's heir (and to guide him to his magical destiny beyond the Wall).

--> ''"House Reed, the gatekeepers of the North and among the most important and loyal bannermen of House Stark. Also a bit strange. I heard their oath of fealty once as a child. It's like no other lord's, ancient and dark. They swear by earth and water, by bronze and iron, by ice and fire."''

->'''Played By:''' Main/EllieKendrick

* AffectionateNickname: Little Grandfather; according to EllieKendrick in the "New Characters" video.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/EllieKendrick

* ColonelBadass
* ThrowItIn: The commentary reveals the quote above was an adlib on the actor's part, but was kept in because it was funny.

* FaintingSeer: His visions seem to take a very heavy physical toll on him, and he frequently faints or has seizures.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Three-Eyed Raven tells Bran that Jojen's entire journey with Bran to the cave was this, considering that Jojen was very weak and that he fully expected and accepted death when they reached it.]]

* KnifeNut: Despite being also a...

* QuirkyCurls: Her hairstyle is this.

* BigSisterInstinct: She's fiercely protective of her brother.

* TraumaCongaLine: In season 4. She has to deal with Jojen's increasingly bad health, getting captured by the Night's Watch mutineers and almost gang-raped, then [[spoiler:she's forced to kill her beloved brother, who's been mortally wounded.]]

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->'''Played By''': Thomas Brodie-Sangster

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Is mortally wounded by Wights, and mercy killed by Meera when they reach the Three Eyed Raven's tree.]]

* DawsonCasting: Whereas Jojen is in his early/mid teens, Brodie-Sangster is 21, though he [[OlderThanTheyLook doesn't look like it.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Is mortally wounded by Wights, and mercy killed by Meera when they reach the Three Eyed Raven's tree.]]

* FaintingSeer

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: The Three-Eyed Raven tells Bran that Jojen's entire journey with Bran to the cave was this, considering that Jojen was very weak and that he fully expected and accepted death when they reached it.]]

->'''Played By''': EllieKendrick

* ActionGirl: She is introduced by getting the drop [[TheWorfEffect on Osha]], which is no easy task. She also seems to be the reason why her brother has been able to survive in the North, which has become a rather dangerous place since the war started.

* {{Badass}}
* BigSisterInstinct

* DeadpanSnarker

* NiceGirl
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Gives one to her brother Jojen, when he falls against wights while trying to get them to the Three-Eyed Raven's cave.]]
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Osha.

** PsychicLink: The first time Bran sees Jojen is in a dream. He later confirms that he introduced himself in the dream on purpose. The way he made Summer trust him and go away might also have been this.

* WaifProphet

* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: Is mortally wounded by Wights, and mercy killed by Meera when they reach the Three Eyed Raven's tree.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: The Three-Eyed Raven tells Bran that Jojen's entire journey with Bran to the cave was this, considering that Jojen was very weak and that he fully expected and accepted death when they reached it.]]

* [[spoiler: MercyKill: Gives one to her brother Jojen, when he falls against wights while trying to get them to the Three-Eyed Raven's cave.]]

* [[spoiler: SparedByAdaptation: Non-fatal variation. In the books he was at the Red Wedding and is eventually captured by Freys men and held captive, to keep House Umber in line, but in the series he's ([[PutOnABus presumably]]) still at the Riverlands waging war.]]

* Early Bird Cameo: Not for himself, of course, since [[spoiler: he dies in the same episode in which he's introduced]], but his appearance could count as this for House Manderly, who play a large role in one of the later books in the series and would be hard to adapt out.
* SpearCarrier
* RedShirt
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: Is mortally wounded by Wights and mercy killed by Meera when they reach the Three Eyed Raven's tree.]]

* [[spoiler: MercyKill: She slits Jojen's throat after he has been stabbed repeatedly by a wight.]]

* ManlyTears: Jojen tells Bran that Howland cried upon learning of Eddard's death from his sons dream.

* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: is mortally wounded by Wights and mercy killed by Meera when they reach the Three Eyed Raven's tree.]]

-->-- '''Jon Snow''', ''History and Lore''.

* NiceGuy: While at first glance a CreepyChild, Jojen quickly shows himself to be a friendly and down to earth kid, if a bit mysterious thanks to also being a PsychicChildren