House Stark of Winterfell is one of the Great Houses of Westeros and the 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.
The Stark sigil is a grey direwolf racing across a field of white, and their words are "Winter Is Coming", one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast.
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.
History
Background
Sworn Houses
- House Blackwood of the Wolfswood
- House Bolton of the Dreadfort
- House Cerwyn of Cerwyn
- House Dustin of Barrowton
- House Flint of Widow's Watch
- House Glover of Deepwood Motte
- House Hornwood of Hornwood
- House Karstark of Karhold
- House Locke of Oldcastle
- House Magnar of Kingshouse
- House Manderly of White Harbor
- House Mormont of Bear Island
- House Poole
- House Reed of Greywater Watch
- House Ryswell of the Rills
- House Stane of Driftwood Hall
- House Stout of Goldgrass
- House Tallhart of Torrhen's Square
- House Umber of the Last Hearth
- House Flint of the northern mountain clans
- House Wull of the northern mountain clans
- House Norrey of the northern mountain clans
- House Liddle of the northern mountain clans