History Characters / GameOfThronesOtherNorthernHouses

* FantasticRacism: His hostile hatred of the wildlings causes him to betray the house his house has been loyal to for centuries, and causes him to side with monstrous Boltons. Jon Snow notes to the wildlings that if the Boltons one the battle, Umber would go after women and children of the wildlings too.

** He is also this to Tormund Giantsbane, as they are both large, ferocious warriors with a hot-temper and foul-mouth, but Smalljon serves as * * * TheBrute to Ramsay while Tormund is TheBigGuy to Jon. [[spoiler: Its rather fitting that they face each other in the Battle of the Bastards.]]

** He is also this to Tormund Giantsbane, as they are both large, ferocious warriors with a hot-temper and foul-mouth, but Smalljon serves as TheBrute to Ramsay while Tormund is TheBigGuy to Jon. [[spoiler: Its rather fitting that they face each other in the Battle of the Bastards.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: He dies in the Red Wedding in the books, trying to save Robb's life. In the show, he's an ally of Ramsay Bolton (although he doesn't like him as a person, but allies for higher causes), hated his late father, and [[spoiler:hands Rickon Stark over to the Boltons, which ultimately lead to Rickon's death]].

! House Reed
%% Do not add the crocodile sigil, it's completely fanmade
-> ''"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'''."''
-->-- '''Jon Snow''', ''History and Lore: The North''

The mysterious rulers of the Neck, the narrow peninsula of marshlands that separates the North from the Riverlands, and the southernmost vassals of House Stark. The inhabitants of the Neck are known as Crannogmen, because they live on crannogs (manmade islands) in the swamps.

* AnimalMotifs: House Reed's sigil is that of a lizard-lion ([[NeverSmileAtACrocodile huge crocodiles]]) native to their swamps.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: House Reed is modest and reclusive, reflected in the members we've seen, but utterly fierce defenders of their territory and the North's first line of defence against southern invasion.[[labelnote:From the books...]] Their enemies call them all manner of disparaging nicknames for their "dishonourable" tactics and humble lifestyle but among such monikers is ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bog Devils]]''.[[/labelnote]]
* CombatPragmatist: The crannogmen will use every weapon at their disposal to make their enemies time in their lands miserable. They ambush foes using their superior knowledge of the terrain and then disappear, deliberately get smaller groups lost to pick them off and even use poisonous weapons (like darts) just to make things even more insufferable.
* ShroudedInMyth: Everyone has no clue on where exactly their stronghold is, or what their members look like except Bran, Rickon, Osha and Hodor (well, the latter part at least) because Jojen and Meera personally looked for them.
* 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.
* TwoFirstNames: Reed can be used as a given name, at least during modern times.
* 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).

[[folder:Lord Howland Reed]]
->'''Played By:''' Leo Woodruff (flashback)

-> '''Bran Stark:''' Your father is Howland Reed. He saved my father's life during the rebellion.\\
'''Jojen Reed:''' Your father told you about the rebellion? Mine never did.

Lord of Greywater Watch, head of House Reed, and ruler of the swamp-dwelling Crannogmen. He is also an old friend of Eddard Stark.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He stabs Ser Arthur Dayne just before he delivers the CoupDeGrace the last moment and saves Ned's life]].
* CombatPragmatist: How do you overcome the greatest swordsman of your generation? [[spoiler: You take him by surprise. Howland has zero qualms about saving his friend Ned by stabbing Ser Arthur from behind.]] Justified as, while he's the Lord of his house, he's not a knight.
* 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]] [[spoiler:The third episode of Season 6 is our first cross-media glimpse of him]].
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:How he kills Ser Arthur Dayne, Bran expresses surprise at this apparently dishonorable act]].
* ManlyTears: Openly wept when his son Jojen told him of his vision-dream, because he correctly interpreted that it meant his liege-lord and great friend Eddard Stark had been killed.
* NotQuiteDead: Heroic version given it was to save his friend [[spoiler: Reed gets the drop on Dayne because he was believed dead or dying from his wounds.]]
* OldFriend: Of Ned Stark. Unusually, he is also TheGhost and only introduced after Ned's death.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: After Jojen dies in the Season 4 finale.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's short but he's sneaky and tough and [[spoiler:along with Ned is the only survivor of the battle at the Tower of Joy]].
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He's the only person living that knows what went down at The Tower of Joy, at least until Bran gets to see it in a vision.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Eddard Stark. He was one of Eddard's personal companions during Robert's Rebellion.

[[folder:Jojen Reed]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[PsychicDreamsForEveryone [I saw] the only thing that mattered.]] [[TheChosenOne You.]]"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Thomas Brodie-Sangster

->''"I saw you die tonight. I saw your body burn. I saw the snow fall, and bury your bones."''

The son of Howland Reed, Jojen is a greenseer, like Bran, and accompanies him on his journey beyond the Wall.

* AffectionateNickname: Little Grandfather; according to Creator/EllieKendrick in the "New Characters" video.
* AgeLift: A lesser one to keep up with all the rest of the characters. He looks older than 13, his age in the books, though he is described as looking and acting more mature than his actual age.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's the younger child but the minute Karl and his friends threaten to hurt and rape his sister, Jojen gets very, very scary.
* CreepyChild: He appears to be this at first. Subverted when it turns out that he's actually a nice kid. He can invoke this to threatening effect though, like when he intimidates Karl Tanner right as he's about to rape his sister Meera.
* DeathByAdaptation: Is mortally wounded by Wights, and mercy killed by Meera when they reach the Three Eyed Raven's tree.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Apparently, having repeated visions causes seizures. [[labelnote:From the books...]]Jojen does not suffer seizures, but his knowledge of the future has caused him to have a weary, depressive demeanor.[[/labelnote]]
* DreamSpying: He saw Ned's execution in a dream.
* FaintingSeer: His visions seem to take a very heavy physical toll on him, and so he frequently faints or has seizures.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introducing himself into Bran's dream.
* HeroicSacrifice: The Three-Eyed Raven tells Bran how Jojen's entire journey with Bran to the cave was this, considering Jojen was very weak and that he fully expected and accepted death when they reached it.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 3.
* IllBoy: He gets noticeably pale, weaker and clammier as he and Meera journey north of the Wall with Bran, and his seizures become more prolific as well.
* LickedByTheDog: The first sign that he is a good guy is that the very aggressive and protective Summer refuses to attack him.
* MrExposition: He explains Bran's powers in his second scene. After two whole seasons went with little to no explanation.
* MysteriousBacker: To Bran.
* NervesOfSteel: Granted, he knows his sister is close by and has his back, but Jojen never loses his affable tone even when Osha has a spear to his neck - and a full-grown direwolf is baring its teeth at the same time.
* 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 Psychic Child]].
* NonActionGuy: He's perfectly comfortable admitting his sister is the better fighter.
* TheOmniscient: As an experienced greenseer, he can see things happening far away, in the future or the distant past, and can sneak into other people's dreams.
* PsychicChildren: Like Bran, he's a greenseer. But not a warg.
* 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.
* SlasherSmile: Gives an awesome one to Karl, when he tells him that he's seen his future and his very imminent death.
* WaifProphet: He's a frail young man with the ability to see the future.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite appearing to only be a few years older than Bran, he's the first character to actually have some idea as to what Bran's dreams are.

[[folder:Meera Reed]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Some people will always need help. But that doesn't mean they are not worth helping."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/EllieKendrick

->'''Jojen:''' My sister carries the weapons. \\
'''Meera:''' I'm better with them. Drop the spear. Drop it!

The daughter of Howland Reed. Meera protects her brother and Bran as they travel the North.
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* 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.
* AdaptationDyeJob: From the red-brown of the books to Ellie Kendrick's natural black.
* AgeLift: A lesser one to keep up with all the rest of the characters. In the show, she's implied to be closer in age to Bran and Jojen, but even in the books she looks younger than her actual age due to her being a Crannogman, who are small people in general.
* TheArcher: Instead of keeping a trident like her books counterpart, though [[spoiler: one dead White Walker speaks to her skill with a throwing spear, which is a bit closer in spirit.]]
* BadassNormal: She's not a giant wolf like Summer, doesn't have SuperStrength like Hodor, and doesn't have supernatural abilities like Bran [[spoiler: or Benjen but one-shotting a ''White Walker'' definitely makes you one.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: She's fiercely protective of her younger brother.
* CoolBigSister: When Osha asks her if she's ashamed by the fact her brother is a NonActionGuy, she just laughs at the question, stating that there is no shame in wanting to protect someone. Not only that but she obviously adores her little brother. This also crosses with shades of BigSisterInstinct.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:She's at her wit's end when the wights finally catch up with her and Bran after they barely escape the Three-Eyed Raven's cave. She embraces him crying, convinced of their ultimate fate, to provide a last protection to her one remaining friend. Then, Benjen fends off the wights and saves their lives]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Becomes the third living human to kill a White Walker in the series, and the first living woman to do so.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ambushing ''Osha''.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 3.
* KnifeNut: Despite her being also a...
* NiceGirl: Meera is friendly, patient and calm. Although her NiceGirl instincts get pushed by her rivalry with Osha.
* MercyKill: Gives one to her brother Jojen, when he falls against wights while trying to get them to the Three-Eyed Raven's cave.
* QuirkyCurls: Her hairstyle. Karl Tanner even compliments her (in a not so flattering manner) for it.
* ShipTease: With Bran since about Season 4.
* SitcomArchnemesis: To Osha, who quickly grows jealous of Meera.
* TraumaCongaLine: In season 4. She has to deal with Jojen's increasingly bad health, getting captured by the Night's Watch mutineers and [[NearRapeExperience almost gang-raped]], and then she's forced to kill her beloved younger brother, who's been mortally wounded. [[FromBadToWorse "The Door" keeps on carrying the torch]], as Meera is forced to watch as [[spoiler: the Children of the Forest, Summer, the Three-Eyed Raven, and finally Hodor are all slain by the White Walkers]]. To twist the knife just a bit further, [[spoiler: Meera turns out to be unwittingly complicit in Bran's accidental MindRape of young Hodor]]. Unsurprisingly, the weight finally gets to be too much to bear in the next episode: [[spoiler: when it looks like all hope is finally lost and the wight horde is about to be the end of the two of them despite Hodor's sacrifice, Meera pulls Bran into a shielding hug and just ''sobs.'' [[BigDamnHeroes Fortunately]]...]]
* TheWorfEffect: She is introduced ambushing Osha while Osha herself is ambushing Jojen.
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! House Karstark

->''"The Sun of Winter."''

->''"We are kin, Stark and Karstark."''
-->-- '''Rickard Karstark'''

A powerful vassal house in the North, and distant kinsmen of the Starks, who held fealty to House Stark prior to the execution of Lord Rickard Karstark. Their stronghold is Karhold on the eastern coast of the North. [[labelnote:From the books...]]House Karstark originated as a cadet branch of House Stark about a thousand years prior.[[/labelnote]]

* AdaptedOut: Alys Karstark, Lord Rickard's only daughter, doesn't exist (or at least is never mentioned) in the show.
* ItsPersonal: Lord Rickard towards the Lannisters after Jaime killed his two sons. Later to House Stark after Robb executed Lord Rickard for killing two Lannister squires, to the point that [[spoiler: they sided with House Bolton when Sansa and Jon start reclaiming the Northern seat]].
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Their house sigil is a white sun.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Their forces bailed on Robb after he executes Lord Rickard, which prevents them from getting an invitation to the Red Wedding.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: What really pisses them off about Robb executing Lord Rickard is that the Stark and Karstark are kin, and kinslaying is considered a despicable crime, forgetting that [[NeverMyFault what really pissed off Robb Stark was Lord Rickard executing two harmless children who weren't even remotely guilty of Jaime's crimes]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Robb executing Lord Rickard greatly fractures their ties with House Stark. Catelyn freeing the murderer of Lord Rickard's children probably did not help.

[[folder:Lord Rickard Karstark]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Those who stand between a father and his vengeance shall taste death!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' John Stahl

->''"It's treason to free your enemies. In war, you kill your enemies. Did your father not teach you that, boy?"''

Lord of Karhold and head of House Karstark. A powerful Stark bannerman and one of Robb's two most important commanders in the War of the Five Kings. He betrayed his king by killing two young Lannister hostages, for which he was convicted of treason and executed by Robb Stark with his own hand. With his last breath, Lord Karstark [[DyingCurse cursed Robb for a kinslayer]] due to the ancient blood ties between Houses Stark and Karstark.

* AntiVillain: Type II; his villainy is the result of his grief over the deaths of his sons.
* AssholeVictim: Murdering unarmed kids'll do that.
* BadassBeard: He probably has the most epic beard in the series thus far... with the possible exception of Tormund Giantsbane. Looks almost like an old photo of grim and bearded American frontiersmen. Doubles as BeardOfSorrow after the death of his sons.
* BadassBoast: By the Old Gods, he's got some awesome ones at that.
-->'''Catelyn''': Wise men do not make demands of kings!\\
'''Lord Rickard''': Fathers who love their sons ''do''. In the mornin', I will have this murderer's head.
* BadassGrandpa: Karstark has reached his elderly years, but it hasn't stopped him from being a badass.
* BrutalHonesty: To Robb in "Dark Wings, Dark Words".
-->'''Robb''': If you no longer believe--\\
'''Karstark''': I can believe until it snows in Dorne. It don't change the fact: we've got 'alf the men.\\
'''Robb''': You don't think we can win.\\
'''Karstark''': May I speak my mind, Your Grace?\\
'''Robb''': Have you not been speaking your mind, Lord Karstark?\\
'''Karstark''': I think you lost this war the day you married 'er. ''(Nods at Talisa)''
* ColonelBadass: Along with Roose Bolton, he's one of Robb's principal subordinates.
* CommanderContrarian: To Robb and Catelyn, though his points are usually good.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments:
-->'''Karstark''': We're at war. This march is a distraction.\\
'''Robb''': My grandfather's funeral is ''not'' a distraction.\\
'''Karstark''': We ridin' ta battle at Riverrun?\\
'''Robb''': No.\\
'''Karstark''': Then it's a distraction.\\
'''Robb''': My uncle Edmure has his forces garrisoned there. We need his men.\\
'''Karstark''': Unless 'e's been breedin' 'em, 'e won't 'ave enough ta make a difference.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Karstark shows no fear at his own execution, only disgust directed at Robb.
* DemotedToExtra: In Season 1, although he becomes Robb's most visible bannerman in the second and third seasons.
* DontYouDarePityMe: To Catelyn, after she frees Jaime ''who had just killed Karstark's son''.
-->'''Karstark:''' I don't want your grief. I want my vengeance. And you stole it from me!
* DyingCurse: He points out that Stark and Karstark are not only descendants of the First Men but also kin, and wants the curse of kinslaying to haunt Robb for the rest of his days. [[labelnote:From the Books]] Karstark are no more kin to the Starks than other houses the Starks intermarried with over the years since it's been centuries since they began as a minor cadet branch, and kinslaying applies mostly to immediate and second nearest family[[/labelnote]]
* ForWantOfANail: While not a terribly major player in the War of Five Kings, it's his killing of two Lannister boys (and Rickard's summary execution) that causes the Karstarks to abandon the Stark cause, which plays a great part in losing them the war. On top of that, the killing of the two Lannisters also provokes the Lannisters to vengeance, leading to the Red Wedding. In a sense, Rickard Karstark set the entirety of Robb's downfall in motion.
--> '''Karstark:''' Kill me and be cursed. You are no king of mine.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 2.
* {{Jerkass}}: Granted, we only really see him after the deaths of his sons, which would put him in a bit of a poor mood...but Karstark is still a GrumpyOldMan.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Karstark is right that it ''was'' foolish of Catelyn to free Jaime Lannister, and it ''was'' foolish of Robb to marry Talisa and thus forsake a vow made to Walder Frey.
* GrumpyOldMan: His responses when Robb asks him about possible lodging for Ser Alton show that he is a rather irritable man. Justified, as the North has recently lost Winterfell, which calls into question Robb's worthiness as King in the North. He was right about Robb marrying Talisa costing him the war. The Freys weren't too happy about it.
* GutturalGrowler: Has a very raspy voice.
* OffWithHisHead: By Robb himself, as per summary execution.
* OldSoldier: He's a capable general in Robb's army, having fought against the Mad King. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He also killed Ser Stafford Lannister at the Battle of Oxcross. (the battle in episode 4)[[/labelnote]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The death of his two sons from Jaime's hands are the main driving force of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Lannisters.
* PapaWolf: He comes within ''inches'' of striking Catelyn because she refuses to let him kill Jaime for killing his son, who was guarding the cell Jaime was in.
-->'''Karstark:''' I lost one son fighting by you son's side. I lost another to the Kingslayer, strangled with a chain. You committed a treason, because your children are prisoners? I would carve out my heart and offer it to the Father, if he would let my sons wake from their graves and step into a prison cell!
* RevengeBeforeReason: He wants to execute Jaime even though he's a valuable hostage. He's even aware that it doesn't make sense, but his love for his sons ran deep.
* RevengeByProxy: Karstark murders Willem and Martyn Lannister, two unarmed teenage hostages, just because he wants to do damage to a Lannister, ''any'' Lannister.
* TragicVillain: The deaths of his sons and the subsequent lack of retribution (including Catelyn freeing Torrhen's killer) drive him mad. Thanks to John Dahl's intense performance and his entirely understandable motives, it's hard not to feel pity for Rickard Karstark. The man lost both his sons and the killer went free.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Has taken over for Roose Bolton as this in Season 3, due to child murder. Ultimately subverted, by Bolton himself, who (perhaps unsurprisingly) turns out to be even eviller in "The Rains of Castamere", and gets a KlingonPromotion to Warden of the North in the package. At least the Karstarks never killed their King.
* ViolentGlaswegian: His ill manner and murderous lust for vengeance are accompanied by a heavy Scottish accent.
* WouldHurtAChild: Driven mad by grief and rage, Karstark brutally and mercilessly murders Martyn and Willem Lannister; two young children who were barely squires, all for the crime of having a Lannister name.

[[folder:Torrhen Karstark]]
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->'''Played By''': Tyrone [=McElhennon=]

One of Rickard Karstark's sons. Killed by Jaime Lannister during his escape attempt.

* AscendedExtra: From throwaway PosthumousCharacter in the books to actually appearing and having lines in one episode.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Instead of as a casualty of battle, TV!Torrhen is assigned to guard Jaime during his captivity and is killed by him during an escape attempt. This makes Karstark's obsession with killing Jaime more understandable than in the books.
* RedShirt: Gets no characterization before being killed.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Only for a while. He survives farther into the storyline than his book counterpart, who dies in the Battle of the Whispering Wood protecting Robb from Jaime.

[[folder:Harrion Karstark]]

Another of Rickard Karstark's sons. Killed by Jaime Lannister during Robb's first battle.
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* CompositeCharacter: His death comes from that of his own brother Eddard Karstark, who seems to have been AdaptedOut to prevent confusion with Ned Stark.
* 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' ''intentional'' 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.
* KilledOffscreen: Killed by Jaime during Robb's first battle at Riverrun.
* PosthumousCharacter: In Season 2, Lord Rickard mentions two of his sons are dead. In Season 3, Robb calls him by name.

[[folder:Lord Harald Karstark]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Starks lost my house the day King Robb cut off my father's head. It's time for new blood in the North."'']]
->'''Played By''': Paul Rattray

Another son of Lord Rickard, and the new Lord of Karhold and head of House Karstark following his father's execution.

* ArmoredClosetGay: After Smalljon snarks that he likes "young boys", Lord Harald slightly reacts violently.
* BeardOfEvil: He sports a trimmed beard and is described as ruthless and calculating.
* BetrayalByInaction: He commits it to [[spoiler: Roose Bolton, when he does nothing to prevent his liege's murder when he stands there by standing there and doing nothing while Ramsay kills him]].
* CanonForeigner: Has no counterpart in the novels.
* CompositeCharacter: Seemingly a condensation of two characters from the books - Rickard's eldest son Harrion (the one of Rickard's three sons who lived in the novels, whose name is given to one of his dead sons in the show) and Rickard's uncle Arnolf, who becomes the new ruler of the House and sides with the Boltons.
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: To Ramsay Bolton. After Roose is murdered by his son, he switches allegiance to him straight away and he chastises Maester Wolkan for not referring to Ramsay as Lord]].
* HarmfulToMinors: Smalljon Umber implies that he's a pedophile, although there's no real indication it's anything more than a baseless insult.
* {{Jerkass}}: He is cold and unfriendly at the best of times.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: Seems to play this role to Ramsay, supporting his actions even when they go against the wishes of Roose.
* RevengeBeforeReason: He tries to convince the Boltons that they should kill Jon Snow because he still represent a Stark threat looming over their domain and because he wants to avenge his father, never mind that in his position as Lord Commander to the Night's Watch requires him to forsake any lands and titles and also trying to target the Night's Watch would quickly earns the enmity of all other Northern houses. Roose refuses to pursue this idea [[spoiler: which leads to Harald becoming an accomplice by inaction to Roose's murder, letting Ramsay killing him so he can take his place and go through their plan to march into Castle Black]].
* TheSociopath: Doesn't seem to be bothered in the least by [[spoiler:Ramsay murdering his father right in front of him, and immediately begins telling others to address Ramsay as Lord Bolton. Lord Umber also implies that he's a pedophile]].
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: It's unclear if he's one of the casualties of the Batlle of the Bastards, as he is last shown before the titular battle takes place.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: He has despised the Starks ever since Robb executed his father.

! House Umber

->''"The Umbers are great warriors. Even I heard about them growing up."''
-->-- '''Osha'''

Another vassal house sworn to the Starks. Their lands are to the far north of the Stark territories, just south of the Wall. Their stronghold is a castle called the Last Hearth.

* AdaptedOut: The Giant on the Umber sigil is missing. Only the broken chains it wears remain.
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: House Umber's current state is unknown after allying with the Boltons, and loosing, even betraying Rickon Stark. Their lord was killed, though Lady Tarly had mentioned Lord Umber (likely Gretjon) having daughters.]]
* TheBigGuy: They're considered as the muscle of the North.
* BloodKnight: They love fighting in the frontlines.
* BoisterousBruiser: These people are really loud.
* ChainedByFashion: Their sigil is chains, and they wear chains in their armor.
* FaceHeelTurn: Despite their reputation as a "famously loyal" house, the Umbers betray House Stark and change allegiances to House Bolton in Season 6.
* FireForgedFriends: Became close with the Starks thanks to fighting Wildlings together for centuries.
* FrontlineGeneral: Their Lords personally lead their men in combat.
* RatedMForManly: House Umber is the "Camp Macho" of the northern houses.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: Sansa is so pissed off at them for surrendering Rickon to the Boltons that she wishes to hang them all after they're done with the Boltons.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: Jon allowing the Wildlings to go South of the Wall pisses off their new Lord so much that he allied with the Boltons despite hating them.]]
* XMakesAnythingCool: Their sigil is four chains linked by a central ring on a dark red field.

[[folder:Lord Jon "The Greatjon" Umber]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There sits the only King I mean to bend my knee to:'' '''The KING IN THE NORTH!'''''"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Clive Mantle

->''"For thirty years I've been makin' corpses out of men, boy! I'm the man you want leadin' the vanguard."''

Lord of Last Hearth and head of House Umber. A powerful lord in the North and one of Robb's chief vassals in the War of the Five Kings, though he spends most of it [[PutOnABus offscreen]].

* BadassBeard: He has a very thick beard.
* BadassBoast: Propense to them.
* BadassGrandpa: He might be in his older years, but that just means he's got more kills than most.
* TheBigGuy: To Robb's [[TheHero Hero]].
* BloodKnight: He's extremely eager to lead the vanguard.
* BoisterousBruiser: Oh yeah.
* BusCrash: Smalljon observes he died at some unspecified time before season 6.
* CatchPhrase: '''THE KING IN THE NORTH!''', seems to be shaping up to be a battlecry of sorts for him and the Northern army.
* ChewingTheScenery: Holy shit, is his presence always felt when he's speaking.
* DeathByAdaptation: He's a captive of the Freys after the Red Wedding in the books. Here, he's revealed to have suffered a BusCrash in Season 6.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Losing two of his fingers and then humiliated by Robb's direwolf Grey Wind after attempting to defy him earned him the Greatjon's respect, admiration and loyalty.
* {{Fingore}}: Grey Wind bit off two of his fingers. He's more impressed than anything.
* HandicappedBadass: Is still one of Robb's best soldiers despite losing two fingers.
* IllPretendIDidntHearThat: On the receiving end of one from Robb when his boisterousness led him to do something he'd regret. It instills quite a bit of respect in him towards Robb for it.
-->'''Robb:''' My lord father taught me it was death to bare steel against your liege lord. Doubtless, the Greatjon only meant to cut my meat for me.\\
'''Greatjon:''' Your MEAT... is [[LargeHam BLOODY TOUGH]]! (round of laughter from all the lords as he [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction holds his direwolf-chewed hand]])
* InSeriesNickname: "The Greatjon." We later learn that his son (also Jon) is called "The Smalljon."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Loud and aggressive but also truly loyal to House Stark.
* KilledOffscreen: Apparently died sometime after the Red Wedding.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: When he proclaims Robb '''"THE KING IN THE NORTH!"'''
* LargeAndInCharge: A 6'6 BoisterousBruiser who is the head of a noble house in the North.
* LargeHam: Oh, yes.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: He reacts with good cheer after a direwolf eats two of his fingers.
* ModestRoyalty: A nice touch of it in Season 1. After Catelyn Stark reunites with the Northern army and the other nobles are dismissed to give her and Robb a few moments alone, he throws an arm around Ser Rodrik Cassel and leads him away with a "Rodrik, you old dog!", and Rodrik responds in kind. As was said, it's a nice touch to see one of the greatest lords in the North on a first name basis with a lowly knight, making him come across as far less formal and more approachable than, say, Lord Eddard.
* NoIndoorVoice: Shouts most of his dialogue.
* PutOnABus: Doesn't appear in Season 2, neither does he appear in Season 3 onward, either. Justified via a Season 2 DVD extra: Robb sent him to liberate the Riverlands while he pushed into the Westerlands.
* SpitefulSpit: His reaction to the proposals of supporting either Stannis' or Renly's claim to the Iron Throne.
* TestosteronePoisoning: His masculinity is portrayed as over the top. Most notable is when he's {{Fingore}}'d by Grey Wind, where he immediately pledge support for Robb despite disagreeing with him earlier.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In Season 2 we at least know he's waging war in the Riverlands, but there's been no word on his fate following the Red Wedding. By season 6 it appears he died somehow. Clive Mantle apparently had serious difficulties meeting the show's schedule, until they finally just killed him offscreen.

[[folder:Lord Jon "The Smalljon" Umber]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who owns the North?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Dean S. Jagger

The new Lord of the Last Hearth and head of House Umber, and eldest son of the Greatjon. A powerful lord in the North and one of Roose Bolton's chief vassals.

* AdaptationalVillainy: He dies in the Red Wedding in the books, trying to save Robb's life. In the show, he's an ally of Ramsay Bolton (although he doesn't like him as a person, but allies for higher causes), hated his late father, and [[spoiler:hands Rickon Stark over to the Boltons, which ultimately lead to Rickon's death]].
* AntagonisticOffspring: His father was a loyal bannerman to House Stark. Smalljon willingly works with the Boltons albeit for pragmatic reasons.
* AntiVillain: He doesn't seem particularly fond of the Boltons (on the contrary, it's evident he despises them). His primary motivation is protecting the North from Wildling invasions.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Killed by a man belonging to a group of people he hates who is friends with the person who belongs to the house he betrayed.]]
* BadassBeard: Like father, like son.
* BadassInCharge: Leader of his house and Bolton's infantry. He takes on Tormund, one of the best fighters in the series, and would have killed him [[spoiler: if the arrival of the Knights of the Vale hadn't distracted him at the crucial moment.]]
* TheBrute: Described as "a massive bear of a man with a temper to match" and he serves as Ramsay's muscle in his forces.
* BoisterousBruiser: Gives off this vibe as this huge warrior with BrutalHonesty.
* BrutalHonesty: He inherited his father's mouth for sure. Calls Roose Bolton a cunt, repeatedly, to his ''son's face'' [[spoiler:and openly admits that he knows Ramsay killed Roose]].
* CompositeCharacter: Possibly a composite of several book characters - the Greatjon's son Smalljon, and his uncles "Crowfood" and "Whoresbane".
* CountryMatters: Smalljon's eloquent opinion of Roose Bolton.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Tormund rips out his throat with his teeth and then stabs his face multiple times with a dirk.]].
* DeadpanSnarker: He is highly sardonic.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Holds nothing but contempt to the Boltons and continues to insult both Ramsay and the late Roose even while trying to barter an alliance with him.
* EnemyMine: Despite his open distaste for the Boltons (and their Karstark allies), Smalljon chooses to ally with Ramsay because of Jon Snow's decision to let the Wildlings through the Wall and he believes that this will result in them razing the Umber's land.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To his departed father. Picture the Greatjon except morally ambiguous and you got the Smalljon.
** He is also this to Tormund Giantsbane, as they are both large, ferocious warriors with a hot-temper and foul-mouth, but Smalljon serves as TheBrute to Ramsay while Tormund is TheBigGuy to Jon. [[spoiler: Its rather fitting that they face each other in the Battle of the Bastards.]]
* GenerationXerox: Inherits his father's boastful nature, the size, the massive beard, the temper and the brutal honesty. He just seems a tad more villainous.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He complains about Jon Snow letting the Wildlings south of the Wall and settling at the Gift, land that legally belongs to the Watch, yet they, and most Northern houses, did ''nothing'' to help the Watch when they truly needed help. He, and other Northern houses, didn't respond to Maester Aemon's call for aid against the White Walkers and Mance Rayder, nor did they respond once the previous season after Lord Commander Jon Snow sent many letters calling for men and supplies, and now have the nerve to complain about Jon Snow making the best of his understaffed and undersupplied situation.
* {{Jerkass}}: Umbers aren't exactly known for being friendly, but Smalljon truly shows himself to be this when he [[spoiler: betrays Rickon to Ramsay.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He comes to Ramsay because he basically has no other choice, as Ramsay '''is''' the Warden of the North and the Smalljon's liege lord; he flat-out points out that he's not happy to resort to Ramsay in the very least.
** As the northernmost house in Westeros, the Umbers have fended off Wildlings for thousands of years, so there's no lost love between them; to his eyes, this time is no different.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Smalljon hates Wildlings and joins the Boltons so they can help them kills the Wildlings, ends up being killed by Tormund, a wildling. Even more karmic is that Tormund's nickname is Giantsbane, making fit that he would off a [[TheBrute brute]] like Smalljon.]]
* KickTheDog: Killing Shaggy, Rickon's Direwolf. Handing over Osha, when she serves little value as a hostage unlike Rickon, also falls under this category.
* NotSoDifferent: He's been fighting wildlings so much he knows their national anthem.
** "Fuck kneeling and fuck oaths."
* RightForTheWrongReasons: He is correct that Jon allied with the wildlings and allowed them past the wall. He is wrong in believing he's going to lead them against the North. Though his assumption that Jon is very likely to move against the Boltons is much more probable.
* SirSwearsALot: Quite the foul mouth.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Smalljon Umber was killed during the Red Wedding in the books. Here, he isn't even introduced until long after that event. [[spoiler: He dies during the second battle at Winterfell.]]
* {{Troll}}: He taunts Ramsay in his introduction and he's clearly loving every second of it.
* VillainBall: He knows what an unknown warhorn blowing in the middle of battle means [[spoiler: Tormund being a Wildling doesn't and bite his throat out while Smalljon is trying to see who is entering the fray.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's mainly bartering an alliance with Ramsay, whom he openly condemns, just to protect the North from an army of Wildlings. Unfortunately, he's mistaken that the Wildlings are being led by Jon Snow to sack the North.

! House Mormont

->''"Here We Stand."''

A comparatively small Stark vassal house, ruling Bear Island, situated in the Bay of Ice.

[[folder:In General]]

* ActionGirl: While not a full AmazonBrigade, the Mormonts do train their female members (like Maege and her daughter Lyanna) to be just as much warriors as their men. It comes from living on a remote island where the men are out at sea most of the day on fishing boats to get basic sustenance; the women left behind on land had to be capable of defending themselves from attacks by the ironborn longships and wildling boats.
* AncestralWeapon: Longclaw, a Valyrian sword. Lord Jeor's passes it to his protegee Jon Snow, a bastard from House Stark.
* AnimalMotifs: Their sigil is a black [[BearsAreBadNews bear]] in a green wood.
** ArtEvolution: Their heraldry switched from having the bear passant (striding) from Season 1 onwards to having the bear rampant (rearing on its hind legs) in Season 6, without explanation.
* BadassFamily: To a man (and woman).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Characters we met who belong to this house are all benevolent people but are extremely ferocious if pushed too far.
* HadToBeSharp: Bear Island is the ass end of nowhere to the Seven Kingdoms, located almost north of ''The North'' on a remote off-shore island, vulnerable to raids from both the ironborn and the wildlings. It's the northwestern corner of the known world, away from any sea lanes. On top of this they lead a hardscrabble existence on their resource-poor island: it is heavily forested, largely untamed (albeit beautiful) wilderness filled with ''bears'', to the point that their main food source is from fishing instead of farming or hunting.
* SceneryPorn: The scenery in Bear Island is beautiful.
* UndyingLoyalty: To House Stark.
--> '''Lyanna Mormont:''' Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark.

[[folder:Lord Jeor Mormont]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamesCosmo

The former Lord of Bear Island, later Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. See Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch

[[folder:Lord/Ser Jorah Mormont]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/IainGlen

Son of Jeor Mormont. Fled his lordship in disgrace after selling slaves, leaving Bear Island to his aunt Maege. See Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysCourt.

[[folder:Lady Maege Mormont]]
->'''Played By:''' Elizabeth Barrett

Lady of Bear Island, sister of Jeor Mormont and aunt of Ser Jorah.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is already snowy white in the books. Here, it's still brown.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her name.
* BadassGrandma: One of the few females fighting alongside Northmen and leading a noble house.
* DeathByAdaptation: Maege is still presumably alive in the books. [[labelnote:From the books...]]She is sent on mission along with Galbart Glover to find Howland Reed, but she hasn't been heard ever since.[[/labelnote]]
* DemotedToExtra: And suffering from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome in Season 2.
* KilledOffScreen: Confirmed by her heir Lyanna in Season 6 to have died during Robb's Riverlands campaign.
* TheLadette: Wearing mail and fighting along men and leading men.
* KneelBeforeFrodo: She is one of the nobles present when Robb is declared King in the North.

[[folder:Lady Lyanna Mormont]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"House Mormont has kept faith with House Stark for a thousand years. We will not break faith today."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Bella Ramsey

-> ''"Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark."''

Lady Maege's daughter, the new Lady of Bear Island and head of House Mormont, presently a girl of ten.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Upon the death of her mother during Robb Stark's campaign, she became the head of her house.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's very blunt and full of sass at her young age.
* AscendedExtra: An unseen character mentioned in a single anecdote in the novels, in the show she is made the Lady of Bear Island and appears in person, even accompanying the Starks into the field.
* BadassAdorable: She may be young, but the girl knows how to hold her own against older men in debates.
* BreakoutCharacter: She quickly becomes one of the most popular characters on the show after only appearing in three episodes, and in one of those, she doesn't even have any lines, only a withering DeathGlare of utter contempt for Ramsay.
* BrutalHonesty: Lyanna is not one for softening her words or the reality of the situation. The Starks didn't come to reminiscence, they came for her soldiers, no point wasting time chatting. Jon's a bastard and Sansa's been married twice, making neither an actual Stark. And if they want her to send what little men she has into yet another battle for the Starks, then they had best give her a damn good reason. She's honest towards herself too: when Sansa tries to compliment her by saying that she'll grow up to be a great beauty, Lyanna responds: "I doubt it. My mother wasn't a great beauty or any other kind of beauty."
* ChekhovsGunman: She's first mentioned by Stannis in Season 5 after she wrote him a letter that rejects her house taking up arms for him before becoming an integral part of the Stark restoration in Season 6.
* CommonalityConnection: How Davos persuades her, as both know what it is to suddenly be in charge of a position they never expected to have.
* CompositeCharacter: While Lyanna writes the letter to Stannis in the books as well, the show version seems to combine aspects of Wyman Manderly's granddaughter, Wylla, with her wanting to fight in the name of House Stark odds be damned and her capacity for badass speeches. She's also basically a condensation of all four of Maege's younger daughters from the novel into a single character.
* DeadGuyJunior: Discussed when Sansa attempts, largely in vain, to instigate some small talk by mentioning the young Lady Mormont was specifically named for her late aunt, Lyanna Stark.
* DeathGlare: Fixes one on Ramsay during the entire meet between she and the rest of the lords sworn to House Stark, and Bolton's men.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Despite their rough introduction, she eventually mellows down to Jon and Sansa. [[spoiler: She even nominates Jon as the new King in the North, which he won.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Even before the viewers get to see her, her blunt nature (for her age) is established in her letter to Stannis, refusing to support him or any other king who isn't a Stark of Winterfell. In her first appearance, she brushes off any attempts at smooth talk and flattery by Jon and Sansa and dominates the scene with her presence in spite of being a little girl.
* ExactWords: Lyanna pledges loyalty to the Starks but not to Sansa who is technically both a Lannister and a Bolton nor to Jon who is illegitimate. This changes after the battle, as she is the first to name Jon, King in the North.
* {{Foil}}: Take a minute to compare this girl with Tommen Baratheon and Robin Arryn. Tommen and Robin have access to far more soldiers and hold far more power, furthermore they are male and expected to be badass, yet both are weak-willed puppets lacking any form of autonomy or guts. Lyanna is a girl with very few men and younger than both, but determined, wise beyond her years, clearly in charge and tough as nails. She is also a lot like Bran when he ruled Winterfell but unlike Bran who had vassals to protect she only has to protect her own.
* FrontlineGeneral: She accompanies her men to Jon Snow's camp, putting herself at considerable risk.
* HatesSmallTalk: She quickly shuts down the admittedly poor attempts at small talk and flattery during her meeting with Sansa and Jon. She'd rather just get to the point. Even her initial greeting ends so abruptly that it catches her guests unaware.
--> '''Lyanna:''' I think we've had enough small talk. Why are you here?
* IceQueen: She's a no-nonsense character and her frank nature are intimidating. Appropriately enough, her House's eat is called the Bay of Ice.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 6.
* IronLady: She's a [[TheStoic stoic]], determined, brave and no-nonsense leader despite her very young age.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Her attitude is harsh but it's not incorrect. A bastard and a twice married lady arrive requesting she aid them in another war for the Starks, even though neither are technically members of that house. Loyalty is not reason enough to risk losing everything.
* LittleMissBadass: Despite her age, Lady Lyanna Mormont proves to be just as fierce in person as her written words to Stannis indicated. This is a girl who can shame an entire room full of men three times her size and age.
* LittleMissSnarker: She's full of sass.
* OneSteveLimit: A rare aversion for the TV show, which otherwise went out of its way to ''enforce'' a One Steve Limit onto the source material, i.e. "Robert Arryn" was changed to "Robin Arryn". The showrunners argued, with some validity, that while the long books could get away with multiple characters with the same first name, it would have been too confusing in the more condensed format of a TV series. Lyanna Mormont was a rare exception, because it's a plot point that she's a DeadGuyJunior, named after Lyanna Stark.
* OutsideContextProblem: Ser Davos wins her support by affirming their true enemy is the Night King and the real war is between the living and the dead. The Boltons divide the North and the Northern houses will [[DividedWeFall fall]] if they are allowed to remain in power. Faced with long odds against the Boltons versus no chance against the White Walkers, Lyanna opts to take her chances fighting alongside the Starks.
* QualityOverQuantity: Although the force she can offer is small, she claims that each of her warriors are worth ten mainlanders (evocative of House Mormont's sigil animal; a [[BearsAreBadNews bear]]). Considering how badass Northern soldiers have generally been portrayed when fighting larger southern forces, this is quite the BadassBoast. This isn't an idle boast, either. As explained in the novels, the Bear Island is off the northwest coast of the North, so they're ''constantly'' fighting off not only wildling raids (in small fishing ships) but heavy raids from the ironborn coming up from the south. Thus they have very strong martial traditions -- look at how tough Jeor was and Jorah still is -- and they also had to train even their daughters to be warriors (to survive while the men are out at sea in fishing ships).
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of her decisions are taken with advice of her maester and sentinel but she also know when it's her call. Even though she is loyal to the Stark she won't throw her men in battle without more convincing arguments and does not ask any large compensation from the Stark when she sides withe them as they are her liege.
* RefugeInAudacity: As contrary as it may seem, her honesty and bluntness are actually even more effective coming from the mouth of a ten-year-old girl than they might be from an adult.
* ShamingTheMob: At the gathering in Winterfell following the retaking, she firmly reminds the other Northern houses lords that they didn't do anything to help the Starks after the Red Wedding and after said houses were betrayed by the Boltons and Freys. Lord Manderly admits she's right.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Lyanna Mormont is literally the ''only'' head of a major Northern House shown to be female, even during their war council in the Season 6 finale. In the books, at least four Houses are headed by women at this point (due to all the men dying in the war). Notably, in that same war council scene, "Lord Cerwyn" appears - in the books, House Cerwyn is headed by a ''woman'' at this point, because Ramsay killed her father and brother. The TV series actively gender-swapped female leaders into male ones - possibly to showcase Lyanna as "exceptional" (when in the books, female rulers are fairly commonplace).
** Lyanna Mormont is literally the ''only'' female head of a major vassal House (not one of the Great Houses like the Tyrells or Lannisters) who has appeared in the first six TV seasons that is both a recurring role and has speaking lines. She's also only the ''second'' female head of a major noble House to have speaking lines - the first was Anya Waynwood in Season 4, who only appeared in one episode. Even though Lyanna's mother Maege did appear on-screen in Season 1, she didn't have any speaking lines nor was she identified in dialogue (it was really just a cameo).
* TheStoic: Past her DeathGlare to Ramsay Bolton, she shows very little emotions.
* UndyingLoyalty: She lets Stannis know in no uncertain terms that House Mormont will only follow House Stark. When Jon and Sansa call upon her to aid them against the Boltons, Lyanna eventually decides to uphold their millennia old alliance and fight with them once again. Once the Stark alliance reclaims Winterfell, her [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing words]] shame all the other northern lords, many of which did not answer the Starks' call, and then she becomes Jon's kingmaker. Despite being unable to devote not even a hundred troops to the Battle of the Bastards, she turned out to be by far the most valuable ally that Jon and Sansa recruited.
--> '''Lyanna:''' House Mormont has kept faith with House Stark for a thousand years. We will not break faith today.
* WhenSheSmiles: Despite introducing herself as a [[IceQueen no-nonsense]] LittleMissSnarker, she looks adorable while smiling during [[spoiler: Jon's AwesomeMomentOfCrowning]] (which ''she'' initiated).
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The young Lady Lyanna is quick to point out the many flaws with a Stark/Mormont alliance without even bothering to consult her advisers. Jon isn't actually a Stark but a Snow and Sansa is a Lannister or a Bolton (depending on the source). She then rather bluntly asks why should she risk Mormont soldiers for a Stark, especially after the losses they suffered last time around. It's only when Ser Davos gives a rather sobering account of the real threat, the undead hordes, she agrees to help.
--> '''Lyanna:''' Why should I have to risk one more Mormont life for someone else's war?
* YoungAndInCharge: Lady Lyanna is now the leader of House Mormont despite being a child. Judging by how she handles the room and her own advisor during her meeting with the Stark leadership, she certainly seems to have the disposition for it.

! House Glover

-> '''Greatjon Umber:''' ''"The bloody Wall will melt before an Umber marches behind a Glover!"''

Another Stark vassal house. Their lands are in the middle of the North's western coastline, including substantial parts of the Wolfswood, and their stronghold is Deepwood Motte.

[[folder:In General]]

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Ironborn took their castle during the events of Seasons 2-4.
* PowerFist: Their sigil is an armored fist.
* UndyingLoyalty: To House Stark until Lord Robett's reign. Following the restoration of House Stark after the second battle of Winterfell, Lord Robett reaffirms their loyalty.
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[[folder:Lord Galbart Glover]]
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->'''Played By:''' Mark Coney

->''"Renly is not right!"''

Lord of Deepwood Motte and head of House Glover.
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* AlliterativeName: '''G'''albart '''G'''lover.
* BadassBeard: He is chosen to command Robb's vanguard over The Greatjon.
* BusCrash: He hasn't been seen since the end of the first season. His brother confirmed that he died during the Robb's campaign.
* DeathByAdaptation: He is still presumably alive in the books. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He is sent on mission along with Maege Mormont to find Howland Reed, but he hasn't been heard ever since.[[/labelnote]]
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[[folder:Lord Robett Glover]]
->'''Played By:''' Tim [=McInnery=]

->''"House Glover will not abandon its ancestral home to fight alongside '''wildlings'''!"''

The younger brother of Galbart Glover, and the new Lord of Deepwood Motte and head of House Glover.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: He helps Wyman Manderley take down House Bolton from the very start in the books, and- so far as we know- isn't bigoted against the Wildlings.
* TheAtoner: He is clearly regretful of not having supported House Stark before, so he seeks to make amends for it.
* BrutalHonesty: Doesn't hide his bitterness about Robb's mistakes.
* DespairEventHorizon: The death of his family and men seems to have broken Robett. But he snaps out of it when Jon Snow retakes Winterfell.
* FantasticRacism: He refuses to aid Jon and Sansa's campaign to retake the North, partly because the majority of their fighting force is made up of wildlings. He also refers to Queen Talisa as a "foreign whore".
* GutturalGrowler: Has a raspy and intimidating voice.
* HeelFaceTurn: After Jon [[spoiler: wins the Battle of the Bastards,]] Robett joins him.
* IOweYouMyLife: Another reason he did not join the Stark restoration army is because it was the Boltons that helped them liberate their lands from the Ironborn.
* JadeColoredGlasses: His faith on House Stark was severely crushed by Robb's failures and downfall.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He has already lost many men, his brother and his castle in service to Robb Stark, who made some terrible strategic mistakes in his war campaign. It's understandable why he refuses to lend more troops. He even brings up that it's the Boltons and not the Starks that gave him back his castle.
* ShellShockedVeteran: It's clear the loss of life during the war and the Red Wedding left Robett broken.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Bitterly reminisces about King Robb's shortcomings and calls Queen Talisa a "foreign whore".
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:After House Bolton's defeat, he states he regrets not helping Jon Snow and House Stark in their greatest hour of need. He asks for forgiveness, and Jon Snow tells him that there is nothing to forgive. Afterwards, he along with other Northerners declare Jon Snow the new King of the North.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Averted. Despite his house's famous loyalty to the Starks, he refuses to be dragged into a war he doesn't believe can be won. When the Boltons are ousted, he reaffirms his loyalty to House Stark and to Jon Snow.
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! House Manderly

One of the largest Northern houses, and in charge of the city of White Harbor, with a seat in the New Castle.

[[folder:In General]]
* BadassBeard: Their sigil is a battling merman with a beard.
* TheGhost: Repeatedly said to be one of the largest Northern houses after the Boltons, along with the Umbers and Karstarks, but don't appear. Wyman Manderly finally shows up in ''The Winds of Winter''.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Their sigil is a merman wielding a trident.
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[[folder:Lord Wyman Manderly]]
->'''Played By:''' Sean Blowers

The Lord of White Harbor and head of House Manderly.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: His book counterpart is know for his extreme obessity, and is repeatedly said to be incapable of sitting a horse. He's still a stout fellow, but hardly much more so than Yohn Royce or Rodrick Cassel.
* AdaptationalWimp: He's a PayEvilUntoEvil [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] in the books. On the show, he sits out the battle of Winterfell for fear of loosing Manderly men for nothing.
* ChekhovsGunman: House Manderly is often mentioned as one of the big Houses in the North (Bolton, Karstark, Umber and Manderly), but they're suspiciously absent from the Battle of the Bastards. Wyman proceeds to show up and commit his men to Jon Snow's cause after it, also kickstarting his crowning.
* DemotedToExtra: In the books he's an architect of a vast conspiracy in the North to undermine the Boltons and Freys and restore the Starks to power. In here he sits out the battle of the bastards and only ever appears after Jon and Sansa have reclaimed Winterfell.
* NeutralNoLonger: Wyman stood out of the war in the North to avoid the loss of life by his men. By the end of the season, he is now firmly a follower of House Stark.
* TheNicknamer: He names Jon Snow "the White Wolf".
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son and heir was butchered at the Red Wedding.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He shows up for about one short scene at the end of the sixth season, but after Lady Mormont declared her endorsement of [[spoiler: Jon Snow as King in The North]], his agreement is what catalyzes the motion.
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[[folder:Ser Wendel Manderly]]
->'''Played By:''' Oddie Braddell

A son of Lord Wyman Manderly, who accompanies Robb to the war.
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* DemotedToExtra: He only appears in one episode and has no lines. The only way the audience would know he was an important Northerner without knowing his backstory in the books would be because he's positioned very close to Robb Stark and Roose Bolton during Edmure's wedding, the camera kind of lingers on him whenever he's onscreen and that he's wearing a big House Manderly trident-armed merman sigil brooch.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Not for himself, of course, since 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: Played by an established actor, but has no lines or discernible role other than introduce his House.
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%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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! House Cerwyn

A Northern house sworn to the Starks, with its seat at Castle Cerwyn, close to Winterfell.

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* AnAxeToGrind: Their sigil is a war-axe.
* BadassBoast: According to supplementary material, their motto is "Honed and Ready".
* GenderFlip: House Cerwyn was actually headed by a ''woman'' at this point in the novels, Jonelle Cerwyn, after the Boltons killed her father and brother. The TV version omitted Jonelle and kept her brother alive - actually part of a pattern of gender-swapping minor background vassals from female to male.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: It's pronounced ''K''erwyn, not ''S''erwyn.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: When Ramsay proudly recounts how he flayed Lord Cerwyn alive in Season 5, Roose berates him for his stupidity, pointing out that while it ensured their submission for the moment, in the long term he just gained the Cerwyn's lasting enmity and they will jump at the next chance to rebel against the Boltons. Then when the actual uprising against Ramsay occurred in Season 6, the Cerwyns were nowhere to be seen - ''even when'' Jon Snow pointed out that Ramsay's men only follow him out of fear and will turn on him when he is weak.
* UndyingLoyalty: They stand behind the Starks when the Boltons take the North. Unfortunately, this causes the death of the entire House except one heir.
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[[folder: Lord Cley Cerwyn]]
->'''Played By:''' Tom Varrey

The young and inexperienced new Lord of Cerwyn and head of House Cerwyn.

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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''ley '''C'''erwin.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He swore fealty to House Bolton when Ramsay flayed his entire family and threatened to do the same to him.
* ChekhovsGunman: Cley Cerwyn was mentioned in season 5 as the current Lord of the (Stark-loyal but forced to serve the Boltons under threat of flaying). In season 6 he shows up to support the Starks.
* SoleSurvivor: Of House Cerwyn. Ramsay flayed all the other members.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the books he died trying to reclaim Winterfell with Rodrik. In the show he's still around years after that.
* UndyingLoyalty: He only kneeled to the Boltons [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse under direct threat]]. When that passes, he's a proud bannerman to House Stark again.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Cley believes with the Bolton dead the threat is passed, now they just have to survive winter. Jon Snow reminds him that the White Walkers are on their way.
* YoungAndInCharge: When we see him, he seems barely out of his teens, but leading House Cerwyn.
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! Other Stark Bannermen

[[folder:House Mazin]]

A Northern house that joins Jon and Sansa's cause with 143 men.
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* CanonForeigner: They have no book counterpart.
* EarlyBirdCameo: First mentioned in a [[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E4TheSonsOfTheHarpy season 5 episode]].
* ShoutOut: The house is named after Craig Mazin, a screenwriter and friend of the showrunners.
* UndyingLoyalty: Small though they are, they still join the remnants of House Stark.
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[[folder:House Hornwood]]

A Northern house that joins Jon and Sansa's cause with two hundred men.
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* BadassBoast: Master Luwin tells Bran back in season 1 that their motto is "Righteous In Wrath", which is pretty foreboding.
* BadassCreed: "Righteous In Wrath" turns out to be true. They're one of the two Houses in "righteous wrath" for the Stark's death who rises against the Boltons.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the books, the last legitimate Hornwoods die during Robb's initial campaign in the Riverlands and the widowed Lady Hornwood meets a gruesome end at Ramsay's hands. In the show, the house is still around.
* UndyingLoyalty: Small though they are, they still join the remnants of House Stark.
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[[folder:House Forrester]]

A Northern house directly surbordinate to Glover. They are famous for their trademark Ironwood; lumber that is hard to burn, and burns ''blue'' when it does.

''See [[Characters/TelltalesGameOfThronesHouseForrester Telltale Game of Thrones: House Forrester]]''
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Smalljon seems to have figured out the situation as Jon Snow leading a Wildling army down South to RapePillageAndBurn, which is monstrously wrong. [[spoiler: This ends up costing dearly to him]].

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: House Umber's current state is unknown after their head was killed during the Battle of the Bastards, as there are not any other known living relatives.]]

* FountainOfMemes: She may hold the record among ''Game of Thrones'' characters for number of memes generated per minute of screen time.

* 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]] [[spoiler:The Season 6, third episode is our first cross-media glimpse of him]].

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: He gets noticeably pale, weaker and clammier as he and Meera journey north of the Wall with Bran, and his seizures become more prolific as well.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Bitterly reminisces about King Robb and calls Queen Talisa as a "foreign whore".

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He shows up for about one short scene at the end of the sixth season, but after Lady Mormont declared her endorsement of Jon Snow as King in The North, his agreement is what catalyzes the motion.

--> ''"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'''."''
-->-- '''Jon Snow''', ''History and Lore: The North''.

-> '''Bran Stark:''' ''"Your father is Howland Reed. He saved my father's life during the rebellion."''
-> '''Jojen Reed:''' ''"Your father told you about the rebellion? Mine never did."''

-->''"I saw you die tonight. I saw your body burn. I saw the snow fall, and bury your bones."''

-->'''Jojen:''' My sister carries the weapons.
-->'''Meera:''' I'm better with them. Drop the spear. Drop it!

->'''Rickard Karstark:''' ''"We are kin, Stark and Karstark."''

-->''"It's treason to free your enemies. In war, you kill your enemies. Did your father not teach you that, boy?"''

-->'''Catelyn''': Wise men do not make demands of kings!
-->'''Lord Rickard''': Fathers who love their sons ''do''. In the mornin', I will have this murderer's head.

-->'''Robb''': If you no longer believe--
-->'''Karstark''': I can believe until it snows in Dorne. It don't change the fact: we've got 'alf the men.
-->'''Robb''': You don't think we can win.
-->'''Karstark''': May I speak my mind, Your Grace?
-->'''Robb''': Have you not been speaking your mind, Lord Karstark?
-->'''Karstark''': I think you lost this war the day you married 'er. ''(Nods at Talisa)''

-->'''Karstark''': We're at war. This march is a distraction.
-->'''Robb''': My grandfather's funeral is ''not'' a distraction.
-->'''Karstark''': We ridin' ta battle at Riverrun?
-->'''Robb''': No.
-->'''Karstark''': Then it's a distraction.
-->'''Robb''': My uncle Edmure has his forces garrisoned there. We need his men.
-->'''Karstark''': Unless 'e's been breedin' 'em, 'e won't 'ave enough ta make a difference.

->'''Osha:''' ''"The Umbers are great warriors. Even I heard about them growing up."''

-->''"For thirty years I've been makin' corpses out of men, boy! I'm the man you want leadin' the vanguard."''

-->'''Robb:''' My lord father taught me it was death to bare steel against your liege lord. Doubtless, the Greatjon only meant to cut my meat for me.
-->'''Greatjon:''' Your MEAT... is [[LargeHam BLOODY TOUGH]]! (round of laughter from all the lords as he [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction holds his direwolf-chewed hand]])

---> ''"Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is Stark."''

-->''"Renly is not right!"''

-->"House Glover will not abandon it's ancestral home to fight alongside ''wildlings''!"

A Northern house that joins Jon and Sansa's cause with 200 men.

* OutsideContextVillain: Ser Davos wins her support by affirming their true enemy is the Night King and the real war is between the living and the dead. The Boltons divide the North and the Northern houses will [[DividedWeFall fall]] if they are allowed to remain in power. Faced with long odds against the Boltons versus no chance against the White Walkers, Lyanna opts to take her chances fighting alongside the Starks.

* TheObiWan: He teaches Bran much about being a warg and dies when Bran reaches his destiny.

Lord of White Harbor.

A Northern house sworn to the Starks.

The young and inexperienced new Lord of House Cerwyn.

* TheGhost: Repeatedly said to be one of the largest Northern houses after the Boltons, along with the Umbers and Karstarks, but don't appear. Wyman Manderly finally shows up in the last episode of S6.

* TheGhost: Repeatedly said to be one of the largest Northern houses after the Boltons, along with the Umbers and Karstarks, but don't appear.

* NeutralNoLonger: Wyman stood out of the war in the North to avoid the loss of life by his men. By the end of the season, he isnow firmly a man of House Stark.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He shows up for about one short scene at the end of the sixth season, but it's his support of Jon Snow who triggers his coronation as King in the North.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Tormund rips out his throat with his teeth and then stabs him multiple times with a dirk.]].

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Smalljon hates Wildlings and joins the Boltons so they can help them kills the Wildlings, ends up being killed by Tormund, a wildling.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Smalljon seems to have figured out the situation as Jon Snow leading a Wildling army down South to RapePillageAndBurn, which is monstrously wrong.

Lady of Bear Island, sister of Jeor Mormont and aunt of Ser Jorah. Portrayed by an unidentified extra so far.

* BreakoutCharacter: Has quickly become one of the most popular characters on the show, despite only appearing in three episodes (so far). And in one of those, she didn't even have any lines, only a withering DeathGlare of utter contempt for Ramsay.

* BreakoutCharacter: Has quickly become one of the most popular characters on the show.

* UndyingLoyalty: To House Stark until Lord Robett's reign.
** Following the restoration of House Stark after the second battle of Winterfell, Lord Robett reaffirms their loyalty.

* UndyingLoyalty: Averted. Despite his house's famous loyalty to the Starks, he refuses to be dragged into a war he doesn't believe can be won.
** When the Boltons are ousted, he reaffirms his loyalty to House Stark and to Jon Snow.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Their sigil is a merman holding wielding a trident.

* UndyingLoyalty: He only kneeled to the Boltons [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse under direct threat]]. When that passes, he's a proud bannerman to House Stark again.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Cley believes with the Bolton dead the threat is passed, now they just have to survive winter. Jon Snow reminds him that the White Walkers are on their way.

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* AncestralWeapon: Longclaw, a Valyrian sword that is currently at the possession of Lord Jeor's former protegee Jon Snow, a bastard from House Stark.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Your father was a '''cunt'''."'' [[note]]To Ramsay Bolton[[/note]]]]