House Stark of Winterfell.
It is a principal noble house of the north.
In days of old they ruled as Kings of Winter, but since Aegon's Conquest they have been
Wardens of the North and ruled as Lords of Winterfell.
Their seat, Winterfell, is an ancient castle renowned for its strength.
Aside from the Karstarks of Karhold, the Starks of Winterfell may have other, distant relatives
in the north.
White Harbor and Barrowton are considered to be likely options.
Some younger Starks have also held vassal holdfasts for the lords of Winterfell.
The Stark look consists of a long face, a lean build, dark brown hair and grey eyes.
House Stark was founded by Brandon the Builder, a legendary figure who lived during the Age
of Heroes.Tales from the Reach claim that Bran the Builder was a descendant of Brandon
of the Bloody Blade, who is credited for driving the giants away from the Reach and warring
against Children of the Forest, slaying so many of them at Blue Lake it became known
as Red Lake.
Brandon of the Bloody Blade was supposedly a son of the mythical Garth Greenhand.
According to legend, Brandon built the Wall and Winterfell; some stories say he did this
with the help of giants and that he also sought assistance from the children of the forest.
Tales from the stormlands claim Brandon helped Durran build Storm's End when he was a boy.
Some stories claim King Uthor of the High Tower commissioned Bran to design the stone
Hightower at Oldtown, while others state it was Bran's son, who was also named Brandon.
It is said that Bran the Builder gave the Night's Watch Brandon's Gift, a stretch of
land 25 leagues wide, but some maesters argue it was another Brandon of House Stark.
It has also been suggested, that the Night's King has been a Stark.
The ancient Starks gradually defeated rival kings, such as the Barrow Kings to their south
and the Red Kings from House Bolton of the Dreadfort.
About four hundred years before Robert Baratheon's reign, the Valyrian steel greatsword was spell-forged
in Valyria and acquired by the Starks, who named it "Ice".
Winterfell is the greatest castle of the North.
According to legend, House Stark has held a castle at Winterfell for 8,000 years, since
the Dawn Age, though it has been considerably expanded over the centuries.
The castle is located alongside the Kingsroad as it makes its way from the Wall to the capital
at King's Landing, more than a thousand miles to the south.
Castle is located on a hot springs, the furnaces of the world—the same fires that made the
Fourteen Flames or the smoking mountain of Dragonstone.
The hot water from those springs circulates through the walls and helps to keep the castle
warm during the harsh, long winters.
The winter town, so called because it lies mostly deserted during summer, has rows of
small houses built of log and undressed stone.
Its streets are muddy during summer, when four fifths of the homes are left empty.
During winter even clansmen from the northern mountains come to winter town hiding from
cold.
During long dark winters, warming by the hearths, smallfolk tells stories of a dragon whose
breath heats water beneath castle.
The great main gates have a drawbridge that opens into the market square of the winter
town.
The market square has wooden stalls for produce and goods and a well at its center.
The local alehouse is called Smoking Log.
Kingsroad lies past the castle and town.
The inner walls of Winterfell, which were once the only defensive walls, are estimated
to be some two thousand years old.
In later years, a defensive moat was dug around them, then, a second, outer wall was raised
beyond the moat.
The inner walls stand a hundred feet high, the outer walls eighty.
There are guard turrets on the outer wall and more than thirty watch turrets on the
crenelated inner walls North gate of Winterfell is much taller than
the South Gate, and there is a narrow tunnel inside of the inner wall stretching halfway
around the castle, allowing travel from the from third floor of the South Gate all the
way to the first floor of the north gate without interruption.
Hunter's gate opens directly onto open fields and the wolfswood, so people can come and
go without having to cross through the winter town.
Kennels and kitchens are located near it.
The First Keep is the oldest surviving part of the castle but is no longer in use.
Long abandoned tower, round and squat and decorated with gargoyles.
Around it lies a lichyard where the Kings of Winter would lay their loyal servants.
Crypts are also located in the oldest part of the castle.
The crypt's ironwood door, which is located in the oldest section of Winterfell near the
First Keep, is old and heavy.
The cold and dark crypt is accessible by narrow and winding spiral stone steps which lead
to multiple levels.
One floor contains a long line of granite pillars, two by two, between which are entombed
the dead of House Stark.
While all family members can have tombs in the crypts, statues are traditionally only
made for Kings in the North and Lords of Winterfell.
The likenesses of these high lords are carved into the stone.
Large stone direwolves curl at their feet.
According to tradition, iron longswords across each lord's lap keep vengeful spirits within
the crypt.
The cavernous vault is larger than Winterfell itself, with older Starks buried in deeper
and darker levels.
The lowest level is said to be partly collapsed.
The most recent tombs within the crypts are those of Lord Rickard Stark and his children,
Brandon and Lyanna.
The tombs further back, empty and unsealed, are saved for future dead of House Stark.
The broken tower, also known as the Burned Tower, was once the tallest watchtower in
Winterfell.
A lightning strike set it afire in the middle of the second century after Aegon's conquest,
and the top third of the tower collapsed inward, but no one bothered to rebuild it.
It stands behind the old inner ward.
The glass garden is a greenhouse covered with thick yellow glass.
It is heated by the hot springs, which turn it into a place of moist warmth.
It is used to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers.
A small ancient Godswood, covering three acres, is enclosed within the walls.
It has stood untouched for 10,000 years, At the center of the grove stands an ancient
weirwood with a face carved into it, standing over a pool of black water.
Across the godswood from the heart tree, beneath the windows of the Guest House, an underground
hot spring feeds three small pools, with a moss-covered wall looming above them.
The godswood is enclosed by walls, and is accessed by a main iron gate, or smaller wooden
ones.
The small sept was built for Lady Catelyn Tully, a southron, by her husband, Lord Eddard
Stark.
The Bell Tower is connected to the rookery by a bridge.
The bridge is covered and runs from the fourth floor of the tower to the second floor of
the rookery.
The maester's turret is located below the rookery.
The Library Tower houses the library at Winterfell.
A stonework staircase winds about its exterior.
The Great Keep is the main part of the castle complex.
Its walls are made of granite and it is connected to the armory by a covered bridge.
From a window on that bridge, one can see the entire yard.
The Great Hall is used for receiving guests and the place where the household would dine
together, including the lord of the house.
The Great Hall is very large.
On the outside it is enclosed with grey stone and covered with banners, with wide doors
made of oak and iron, which opens to the castle yard, whilst a rear exit leads to a dimly-lit
gallery.
Inside it can hold eight long rows of trestle tables, four to each side of the central aisle,
and can seat 500 people.
There is also a raised platform for noble guests.
The words of house Stark are: "Winter is coming" one of only a few house words to
be a warning rather than a boast.
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