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| Place_of_Birth = [[the North]]
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| Date_of_Birth  = {{Date|298}}
 
| Date_of_Birth  = {{Date|298}}
| Place_of_Death = [[the Twins]]
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| Place_of_Death = the [[Twins]]
 
| Date_of_Death  = {{Date|299}}
 
| Date_of_Death  = {{Date|299}}
| Books          = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears)<br>[[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears)<br>[[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears)<br>[[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned)<br>[[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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'''Grey Wind''' is a [[direwolf]] bonded to [[Robb Stark]]. He is the litter-mate of [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]], [[Shaggydog]], and [[Ghost]].  
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'''Grey Wind''' is a [[direwolf]] bonded to [[Robb Stark]]. He is the litter-mate of [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]], [[Shaggydog]], and [[Ghost]].
  
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
Grey Wind has smoke grey fur and yellow eyes.{{ref|ACOK|7}}
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{{See also|:Category:Images of Grey Wind|l1=Images of Grey Wind}}
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Grey Wind has smoke grey fur and yellow eyes.{{Ref|ACOK|7}} He is a lean direwolf.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Grey Wind is discovered along with his litter mates by [[Robb Stark]] and [[Jon Snow]] after the direwolves' mother has been killed by a stag.{{ref|AGOT|1}} Like the other [[House Stark|Stark]] direwolves, Grey Wind forms a special bond with his master. Like Robb, Grey Wind grows bold and faithful. Robb names him Grey Wind due to his fast speed when running.{{ref|AGOT|8}} During [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s return to [[Winterfell]], [[Rickon Stark]] arrives with the direwolves, [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]], Grey Wind and [[Shaggydog]] in tow. When they catch the scent of Tyrion, all three direwolves move in to corner him and Tyrion is only saved when the Starks call off their wolves.{{ref|AGOT|24}}
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[[File:T Jedruszek FuriousCharge.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Robb Stark]] followed into battle by Grey Wind - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
  
During [[Bran Stark]]'s first ride on a horse since his fall, Robb, Grey Wind and Summer go off in search of deer, leaving Bran alone. A small party of [[wildlings]] come upon Bran and promptly try to rob him. Robb, Grey Wind and Summer return and a fight ensues. Grey Wind kills [[Wallen]] and then runs down another of the wildlings. All of the wildlings are killed except for [[Osha]], who surrenders and is taken captive for further questioning.{{ref|AGOT|37}}
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Grey Wind is discovered along with his litter mates by [[Robb Stark]] and [[Jon Snow]] after the direwolves' mother has been killed by a stag.{{Ref|AGOT|1}} Like the other [[House Stark|Stark]] direwolves, Grey Wind forms a special bond with his master. Like Robb, Grey Wind grows bold and faithful. Robb names him Grey Wind due to his fast speed when running.{{Ref|AGOT|8}} During [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s return to [[Winterfell]], [[Rickon Stark]] arrives with the direwolves [[Summer]], Grey Wind, and [[Shaggydog]] in tow. When they catch the scent of Tyrion, all three direwolves move in to corner him and Tyrion is only saved when the Starks call off their wolves.{{Ref|AGOT|24}}
  
Grey Wind follows Robb around Winterfell and sits at his feet when he holds court. When [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] menaces Robb during an audience, Grey Wind bites two of the lord's fingers off, helping Robb gain the respect of Umber and other Stark bannermen. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Grey Wind follows Robb into battle and adds significantly to Robb's fearsome reputation. At the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]], Grey Wind kills several men.{{ref|aCoK|7}}
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During [[Bran Stark]]'s first ride on a horse since his fall, Robb, Grey Wind, and Summer go off in search of deer, leaving Bran alone. A small party of [[wildlings]] come upon Bran and promptly try to rob him. Robb, Grey Wind, and Summer return and a fight ensues. Grey Wind kills [[Wallen]] and then runs down another of the wildlings. All of the wildlings are killed except for [[Osha]], who surrenders and is taken captive for further questioning.{{Ref|AGOT|37}}
  
[[File:T Jedruszek FuriousCharge.jpg|300px|thumb|Robb Stark followed into battle by Grey Wind - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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Grey Wind follows Robb around Winterfell and sits at his feet when he holds court. When [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] menaces Robb during an audience, Grey Wind bites two of the lord's fingers off, helping Robb gain the respect of Umber and other Stark bannermen. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Grey Wind follows Robb into battle and adds significantly to Robb's fearsome reputation. At the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], Grey Wind kills several men.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Grey Wind is present when Robb gives peace terms for [[Cleos Frey]]; Cleos is visibly scared of him.{{ref|aCoK|7}} Robb's cavalry slip past the [[Golden Tooth]] into the [[Westerlands]] using a secret goat track that Grey Wind discovers.{{ref|ACOK|39}} At the [[Battle of Oxcross]] Robb sets Grey Wind on the Lannisters' horses after the [[Blackfish]]'s scouts cut the horse lines, causing a stampede and a crushing rout of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]]'s host.{{ref|acok|32}} Rumors circulate that Robb fed Ser Stafford's heart to Grey Wind after the battle.{{ref|ACOK|39}}
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[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Show of ForceII.png|300px|thumb|King [[Robb Stark]], Grey Wind, and the [[north]]ern army attack [[House Lannister|Lannister]] forces - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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Grey Wind is present at [[Riverrun]] when Robb gives peace terms for Ser [[Cleos Frey]], who is visibly scared.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}
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Robb's cavalry slip past the [[Golden Tooth]] into the [[westerlands]] using a secret goat track that Grey Wind discovers.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} At the [[Battle of Oxcross]] Robb sets Grey Wind on the Lannisters' [[horse]]s after Ser [[Brynden Tully]]'s scouts cut the horse lines, causing a stampede and a crushing rout of Ser [[Stafford Lannister]]'s host.{{Ref|ACOK|32}} The direwolf kills six or seven men{{Ref|ASOS|14}} and rumors circulate that Robb fed Stafford's heart to Grey Wind after the battle.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Grey Wind goes into battle several more times beside Robb. At the [[Battle of Oxcross]] he kills six or seven men and a man at both [[Battle of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and the [[Battle of the Crag|Crag]]. He does not like the smell of [[Rolph Spicer|Rolph]] or [[Sybell Spicer]], which leads [[Catelyn Tully]] to urge Robb to send Rolph away. However, the fear and disquiet that Sybell and her children show toward Grey Wind leads Robb to send Grey Wind away from him more often than not. Robb had believed the direwolves were guardians, but he lost faith in the idea after hearing that Bran and Rickon were killed by [[Theon Greyjoy]] at Winterfell.{{ref|ASOS|14}}
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Grey Wind goes into battle several more times beside Robb, killing a man at both [[Taking of Ashemark|Ashemark]] and the [[Storming of the Crag|Crag]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}} He does not like the smell of Ser [[Rolph Spicer|Rolph]] or Lady [[Sybell Spicer]], which leads Robb's mother, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]], to urge Robb to send Rolph away. However, the fear and disquiet that Sybell and her children show toward Grey Wind leads Robb to send Grey Wind away from him more often than not. Robb had believed the direwolves were guardians, but he loses faith in the idea after hearing that Bran and Rickon [[Sack of Winterfell|were killed]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]] at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}}
  
Just before the [[Red Wedding]], Grey Wind senses the [[House Frey|Freys]]' impending betrayal. He growls at [[Lothar Frey]] and [[Walder Rivers]] upon Robb's arrival at [[the Twins]]. Catelyn urges Robb to trust Grey Wind's instincts, but Robb has him tethered in the stables during [[Edmure Tully]]'s wedding. While the butchery of the Stark forces takes place, Frey men kill Grey Wind, but not before he is released by [[Raynald Westerling]], allegedly killing four Frey wolfhounds and tearing the arm off of a man, even while being shot by crossbows. His head is sewn onto Robb's corpse as a final insult to the Starks.
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Catelyn hears Grey Wind howling after Riverrun learns of the deaths of [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|20}} Robb often scouts with Grey Wind during the journey from Riverrun to the [[Twins]] for the [[wedding]] of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Roslin Frey]]. At [[Oldstones]] the direwolf leaps upon the tomb of King [[Tristifer IV Mudd]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}}
  
While defending the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] has a dream and sees a ghastly grey direwolf spotted with blood, staring back at him with sad golden eyes. He mistakenly thinks of [[Summer]], unaware of Robb and Grey Wind's deaths.{{ref|aSoS|64}}
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Arriving at the Twins, Grey Wind growls at Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], Ser [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]], [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]], and [[Petyr Frey]], and Petyr Pimple falls from his scared horse. Grey Wind balks at the gatehouse, so Robb has Ser [[Raynald Westerling]] keep the direwolf outside of the hall.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Catelyn urges Robb to trust Grey Wind's instincts, but Robb has him tethered in the stables during Edmure's wedding, since Lord [[Walder Frey]] bans the direwolf from his hall.{{Ref|ASOS|51}} While the butchery of the Stark forces takes place in the [[Red Wedding]], Frey men kill Grey Wind, but not before he is released by Raynald, allegedly killing four Frey wolfhounds and tearing the arm off the kennelmaster, even while being shot by crossbows.{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} Grey Wind's crowned head is sewn onto Robb's corpse as a final insult to the Starks.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}
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While defending the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] has a dream and sees a ghastly grey direwolf spotted with blood, staring back at him with sad golden eyes. He mistakenly thinks of [[Summer]], unaware of Robb's and Grey Wind's deaths.{{Ref|ASOS|64}}
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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Grey Wind's defender, Raynald, is presumed dead after falling into the [[Green Fork]].{{Ref|AFFC|44}}
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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Jon Snow's direwolf, [[Ghost]], is aware that his littermate Grey Wind is dead,{{Ref|ADWD|3}} while [[Bran Stark]] fears the same.{{Ref|ADWD|4}}
  
 
==Quotes about Grey Wind==
 
==Quotes about Grey Wind==
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{{Quote|I saw [[Greatjon Umber|Lord Umber]]'s giant-in chains and the [[House Mallister|Mallister]] eagle, but it was [[Robb Stark|the boy]] who led them, with a monstrous wolf running at his side. I wasn't there to see, but it's said the beast killed four men and ripped apart a dozen [[horse]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|69}}|a messenger to [[Tywin Lannister]]'s council after the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]]}}
  
{{Quote|He’s killed too many men to fear them now. {{Ref|asos|14}}}}
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{{Quote|A hall is no place for a wolf. He gets restless, you've seen. Growling and snapping. I should never have taken him into battle with me. He's killed too many men to fear them now. [[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne's]] anxious around him, and he terrifies [[Sybell Spicer|her mother]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}}|[[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
[[Robb Stark]]
 
 
 
  
{{Quote|He's a direwolf, not a dog, and dangerous to men he does not trust. {{ref|asos|49}}}}
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{{Quote|Any man Grey Wind mislikes is a man I do not want close to you. These wolves are more than wolves, Robb. You must know that. I think perhaps the gods sent them to us. [[Eddard Stark|Your father's]] gods, the [[old gods]] of the [[north]].{{Ref|ASOS|14}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Robb Stark]], upon learning that Grey Wind does not like [[Rolph Spicer]]}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Lothar Frey]]
 
  
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{{Quote|A silence fell across the torchlit hall, and in the quiet Catelyn could hear Grey Wind howling half a castle away. He smells the blood, she thought, through stone walls and wooden doors, through night and rain, he still knows the scent of death and ruin.{{Ref|ASOS|20}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
  
{{Quote|[[Rolph Spicer|Any man]] Grey Wind mislikes is a man I do not want close to you. These wolves are more than wolves, Robb. You must know that. I think perhaps the gods sent them to us. [[Eddard Stark|Your father]]’s gods, the [[old gods]] of the north. {{Ref|asos|14}}}}
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{{Quote|He's a [[direwolf]], not a dog, and dangerous to men he does not trust.{{Ref|ASOS|49}}|[[Robb Stark]] to [[Lothar Frey]]}}
– [[Catelyn Tully]] to [[Robb Stark]], upon learning that Grey Wind does not like Ser [[Rolph Spicer]]
 
  
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{{Quote|'''Walder''': Your wild beast has a taste for human flesh, I hear, heh. Rips out throats, yes. I'll have no such creature at my [[Roslin Frey|Roslin's]] feast, amongst women and little ones, all my sweet innocents.<br>
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'''Robb''': Grey Wind is no danger to them, my lord. Not so long as I am there.{{Ref|ASOS|51}}|[[Walder Frey]] and [[Robb Stark]]}}
  
{{Quote|I saw [[Greatjon Umber|Lord Umber]]'s giant-in chains and the [[House Mallister|Mallister]] eagle, but it was [[Robb Stark|the boy]] who led them, with a monstrous wolf running at his side. I wasn't there to see, but it's said the beast killed four men and ripped apart a dozen horses. {{Ref|agot|69}}}}
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==References==
– A messenger to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s council after the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]
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==References and Notes==
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Grey Wind
Grey Wind and King Robb - by Amok ©
Grey Wind and King Robb - by Amok ©

Allegiance Robb Stark
Race Direwolf
Born In 298 AC, the north
Died In 299 AC, the Twins
Books

TV series Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3

Grey Wind is a direwolf bonded to Robb Stark. He is the litter-mate of Lady, Nymeria, Summer, Shaggydog, and Ghost.

Appearance

Grey Wind has smoke grey fur and yellow eyes.[1] He is a lean direwolf.[2]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Robb Stark followed into battle by Grey Wind - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

Grey Wind is discovered along with his litter mates by Robb Stark and Jon Snow after the direwolves' mother has been killed by a stag.[3] Like the other Stark direwolves, Grey Wind forms a special bond with his master. Like Robb, Grey Wind grows bold and faithful. Robb names him Grey Wind due to his fast speed when running.[4] During Tyrion Lannister's return to Winterfell, Rickon Stark arrives with the direwolves Summer, Grey Wind, and Shaggydog in tow. When they catch the scent of Tyrion, all three direwolves move in to corner him and Tyrion is only saved when the Starks call off their wolves.[5]

During Bran Stark's first ride on a horse since his fall, Robb, Grey Wind, and Summer go off in search of deer, leaving Bran alone. A small party of wildlings come upon Bran and promptly try to rob him. Robb, Grey Wind, and Summer return and a fight ensues. Grey Wind kills Wallen and then runs down another of the wildlings. All of the wildlings are killed except for Osha, who surrenders and is taken captive for further questioning.[6]

Grey Wind follows Robb around Winterfell and sits at his feet when he holds court. When Greatjon Umber menaces Robb during an audience, Grey Wind bites two of the lord's fingers off, helping Robb gain the respect of Umber and other Stark bannermen. During the War of the Five Kings, Grey Wind follows Robb into battle and adds significantly to Robb's fearsome reputation. At the battle in the Whispering Wood, Grey Wind kills several men.[1]

A Clash of Kings

King Robb Stark, Grey Wind, and the northern army attack Lannister forces - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

Grey Wind is present at Riverrun when Robb gives peace terms for Ser Cleos Frey, who is visibly scared.[1]

Robb's cavalry slip past the Golden Tooth into the westerlands using a secret goat track that Grey Wind discovers.[7] At the Battle of Oxcross Robb sets Grey Wind on the Lannisters' horses after Ser Brynden Tully's scouts cut the horse lines, causing a stampede and a crushing rout of Ser Stafford Lannister's host.[8] The direwolf kills six or seven men[9] and rumors circulate that Robb fed Stafford's heart to Grey Wind after the battle.[7]

A Storm of Swords

Grey Wind goes into battle several more times beside Robb, killing a man at both Ashemark and the Crag.[9] He does not like the smell of Ser Rolph or Lady Sybell Spicer, which leads Robb's mother, Lady Catelyn Stark, to urge Robb to send Rolph away. However, the fear and disquiet that Sybell and her children show toward Grey Wind leads Robb to send Grey Wind away from him more often than not. Robb had believed the direwolves were guardians, but he loses faith in the idea after hearing that Bran and Rickon were killed by Theon Greyjoy at Winterfell.[9]

Catelyn hears Grey Wind howling after Riverrun learns of the deaths of Willem Lannister and Tion Frey.[10] Robb often scouts with Grey Wind during the journey from Riverrun to the Twins for the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully to Roslin Frey. At Oldstones the direwolf leaps upon the tomb of King Tristifer IV Mudd.[2]

Arriving at the Twins, Grey Wind growls at Ser Ryman, Ser Edwyn, Black Walder, and Petyr Frey, and Petyr Pimple falls from his scared horse. Grey Wind balks at the gatehouse, so Robb has Ser Raynald Westerling keep the direwolf outside of the hall.[11] Catelyn urges Robb to trust Grey Wind's instincts, but Robb has him tethered in the stables during Edmure's wedding, since Lord Walder Frey bans the direwolf from his hall.[12] While the butchery of the Stark forces takes place in the Red Wedding, Frey men kill Grey Wind, but not before he is released by Raynald, allegedly killing four Frey wolfhounds and tearing the arm off the kennelmaster, even while being shot by crossbows.[13] Grey Wind's crowned head is sewn onto Robb's corpse as a final insult to the Starks.[14]

While defending the Wall, Jon Snow has a dream and sees a ghastly grey direwolf spotted with blood, staring back at him with sad golden eyes. He mistakenly thinks of Summer, unaware of Robb's and Grey Wind's deaths.[15]

A Feast for Crows

Grey Wind's defender, Raynald, is presumed dead after falling into the Green Fork.[16]

A Dance with Dragons

Jon Snow's direwolf, Ghost, is aware that his littermate Grey Wind is dead,[17] while Bran Stark fears the same.[18]

Quotes about Grey Wind

I saw Lord Umber's giant-in chains and the Mallister eagle, but it was the boy who led them, with a monstrous wolf running at his side. I wasn't there to see, but it's said the beast killed four men and ripped apart a dozen horses.[19]

—a messenger to Tywin Lannister's council after the battle in the Whispering Wood

A hall is no place for a wolf. He gets restless, you've seen. Growling and snapping. I should never have taken him into battle with me. He's killed too many men to fear them now. Jeyne's anxious around him, and he terrifies her mother.[9]

Any man Grey Wind mislikes is a man I do not want close to you. These wolves are more than wolves, Robb. You must know that. I think perhaps the gods sent them to us. Your father's gods, the old gods of the north.[9]

Catelyn Stark to Robb Stark, upon learning that Grey Wind does not like Rolph Spicer

A silence fell across the torchlit hall, and in the quiet Catelyn could hear Grey Wind howling half a castle away. He smells the blood, she thought, through stone walls and wooden doors, through night and rain, he still knows the scent of death and ruin.[10]

—thoughts of Catelyn Stark

He's a direwolf, not a dog, and dangerous to men he does not trust.[11]

Walder: Your wild beast has a taste for human flesh, I hear, heh. Rips out throats, yes. I'll have no such creature at my Roslin's feast, amongst women and little ones, all my sweet innocents.
Robb: Grey Wind is no danger to them, my lord. Not so long as I am there.[12]

References