the starks
brandon stark, 43
catelyn stark, 41
robb stark, 22
sansa stark, 19 reserved by haley
arya stark, 17
eddard stark, 42
ashara stark, 38
sarra stark, 23
bran stark, 18
beron stark, 18
THE HOT-HEADED BRANDON STARK TOOK WINTERFELL AFTER RICKARD STARK AND LYARRA STARK DIED OF THE PLAGUE. HE NAMED HIS MORE LEVEL-HEADED YOUNGER BROTHER, EDDARD STARK AS HIS SENTINEL AND THEY RULE THE NORTH TOGETHER. BRANDON STARK'S WIFE IS CATELYN STARK FORMERLY TULLY AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN. THEIR HEIR, ROBB STARK CAUSED A SCANDAL BY MARRYING RAYA STARK FORMERLY BRANCH, THE DAUGHTER OF A MINOR LORD BEFORE THE KING COULD SET A BETROTHAL. AS REVENGE, AND TO CEMENT A STARK-LANNISTER ALLIANCE, RHAEGAR BETROTHED SANSA STARK TO JOFFREY LANNISTER --AGAINST BRANDON AND CATELYN'S WISHES. THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, ARYA STARK, IS PROVING HERSELF TO BE EVEN MORE WILD AND HARD-HEADED THAN HER AUNT, AND IS RALLYING HARD AGAINST HER OWN BETROTHAL TO A NORTHERN LORD.
MEANWHILE, EDDARD STARK AND HIS WIFE ASHARA STARK, FORMERLY DAYNE, HAVE THREE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN. THE ELDEST, SARRA STARK, RETURNED TO WINTERFELL AFTER THE UNTIMELY LOSS OF HER YOUNG NORTHERN HUSBAND TO THE PLAGUE. THE TWINS, BRAN STARK AND BERON STARK, ARE TROUBLE-MAKERS WITH LOFTY DREAMS OF KNIGHTHOOD--BUT THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A STARK ON THE WALL, AND IT CAN'T BE ROBB, SO WHICH OF THEM WILL IT BE?