Robb Stark

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Richard Madden as Robb Stark

Alias The Young Wolf
Title King in the North
Allegiance House Stark
Culture The North
Born In 283 ALRiverrun
Died In 299 ALThe Twins
Spouse Jeyne Westerling
Personal arms white on grey, the snarling face of a direwolf
Books

Played by Richard Madden

Robb Stark is the eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully and the heir to Winterfell and the North. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason, he raised his banners and marched south with a host to aid his allies in the Riverlands and to free his father. After his father's execution, he was named King in the North by his followers. Called "The Young Wolf" by many of his followers and foes alike, he shares his father's devotion to honor and is frequently accompanied by his direwolf, Grey Wind, whom he always takes with him into battle. In the TV series he is played by Richard Madden.[1]

History

Robb was born in Riverrun, presumably the product of Eddard and Catelyn's wedding night, for Eddard raced off to war immediately following the nuptials to fight in Robert's Rebellion.[2] Upon his return from the war, Catelyn greeted Ned with an infant Robb, and all returned to Winterfell, where Ned would rule as Lord and Robb was to be raised as his heir.

Growing up in Winterfell, Robb was on good terms with his younger siblings, and developed a friendly rivalry with his bastard half-brother, Jon Snow, with whom he was a marked contrast in appearance and personality.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Robb attends the execution of Gared and is present when Jon Snow discovers a of litter of six direwolf pups in the snow. He claims one of the direwolves for his own and names him Grey Wind.[3]

Shortly after the arrival of the king's court at Winterfell, Robb spars with Joffrey Baratheon using wooden swords. Bad blood develops between the two when Joffrey challenges Robb to spar with live steel. Ser Rodrik Cassel, Winterfell's master-at-arms, does not allow it, to the mockery and chagrin of many of the present Lannisters and their retainers.[4] When Eddard is named Hand of the King and journeys south to King's Landing, Robb remains in Winterfell to rule in his father's stead.

After King Robert's death, and in response to his father's arrest for treason, Robb calls the banners of the North and marches south to the Riverlands, in part to support his mother's household, House Tully, in response to the invasion of Lannisters from the West, and with the ultimate goal of freeing Eddard Stark. Upon learning that Riverrun has been besieged by a host led by Jaime Lannister, whilst another force led by Tywin Lannister approaches from the south, Robb splits his forces, sending the majority of his footmen under the command of Roose Bolton to engage Tywin's army, while crossing the Green Fork at the Twins with the majority of his horse. His goal is to ride to and lift the siege of Riverrun. For allowing him crossing at the Twins, Lord Walder Frey extracts the price of a marriage contract, ensuring that Robb will marry a daughter of his house to be chosen after the war is finished.

Robb leads his horsemen to Riverrun, where, aided by the counsel of his great-uncle, Brynden Tully, he achieves complete surprise in ambushing Jaime Lannister's army in the Whispering Wood, annihilating Jaime's forces and taking Jaime captive. Shortly thereafter Robb is able to lift the siege of Riverrun, forcing Tywin's army, which had scored a victory against Roose Bolton's footmen on the eastern shores of the Green Fork, to retreat back to Harrenhal.

Upon his Lord Father's execution at the command of King Joffrey Baratheon, effectively ending the possibility of peace between Stark and Lannister, Robb is crowned by his bannermen as the King in the North.

A Clash of Kings

Remaining idle for a time at Riverrun, Robb sends Theon Greyjoy, who fought with him in the Whispering Wood, to Pyke with the goal of securing an alliance with his father Balon against the Lannisters. He also sends his mother south to treat with the late King Robert's younger brothers Stannis and Renly, both of whom have crowned themselves king. Both envoys fail in their missions; Catelyn is unable to secure any meaningful treaty with either of the Baratheon brothers (witnessing Renly's assassination in the process), while Theon is rebuffed outright by Balon, who responds to the offer for peace with a large-scale invasion of the North.

Robb, in the meantime, gathers his force and launches an invasion into the Westerlands, smashing a newly-forming Lannister host at Oxcross and winning battles at Ashemark and The Crag. At the Crag, Robb suffers a wound and is tended by Jeyne Westerling. There he learns that a small force led by his one-time friend, Theon Greyjoy, has taken Winterfell and murdered his younger brothers Bran and Rickon (though they were alive, in truth). Jeyne comforts him upon his hearing this news, which leads to his taking her maidenhood. In an effort to preserve her honor, Robb weds her immediately thereafter.

A Storm of Swords

Robb returns to Riverrun with his new wife in tow, much to his mother's horror as, having pledged to wed a daughter of House Frey, this was not a slight that Walder Frey is likely to overlook. Other problems await him in Riverrun: Edmure Tully, his mother's eldest brother and acting Lord of the Riverlands whilst his father Hoster Tully lays on his deathbed, met Tywin Lannister's army as they attempted to cross the Red Fork at a ford near Riverrun and threw them back. While this prevented Tywin's force from approaching Robb's from the rear, Robb's plan had been to entangle the army in a chase while Stannis Baratheon marched on King's Landing. Being thrown back at Riverrun allowed Tywin's force to turn around and arrive at King's Landing in time for the Battle of the Blackwater, which turned the tide of the battle in the Lannister's favor.

Additionally, Robb learns that in her grief over the supposed murder of two of her sons, Catelyn released Jaime Lannister from captivity and entrusted him with a mission to return her daughters Sansa and Arya to her, if possible. This earns her the enmity of Lord Rickard Karstark, as Jaime had slain two of Karstark's sons in the Whispering Wood; Karstark required vengeance for their deaths. In response to his release, Karstark sends men to the cells of Riverrun and murders Tion Frey and Willem Lannister, two prisoners. For this crime, Robb sentences him to death and beheads Lord Rickard himself. Immediately after, the Karstark forces desert Robb's army.

After the death of Hoster Tully, Robb intends to return to the North, reclaim his territory, which has been conquered by the ironmen, and avenge the deaths of his brothers. Because he believes his brothers dead, he discusses the matter of his succession with his mother. To her chagrin, he suggests that, if he were to die, Jon Snow should succeed him. Shortly after, he sends Maege Mormont and Galbart Glover north to Greywater Watch with a letter detailing his plans, its contents unrevealed.

He marches back north to the Twins in order to gain passage for his army back across the Trident. Aware that he slighted Walder Frey in his marriage to Jeyne Westerling, he suggests that Edmure Tully wed one of Lord Walder's daughters in his stead, a proposal to which Edmure reluctantly agrees. Leaving Jeyne behind at Riverrun, he takes his host with him to the Twins, where Lord Walder agrees to wed his daughter Roslin to Edmure.

Even though Grey Wind apparently senses the upcoming betrayal, Robb enters the Twins and the nuptials that later become known as the Red Wedding occur. After the ceremony and the bedding, Lord Walder betrays Robb, having smuggled sellswords into the feast under the guise of musicians, and murders Robb along with all of his companions and men. Catelyn watches Roose Bolton deliver the final blow to her son, stabbing him through the heart. Driven mad with despair, Catelyn murders Walder's lackwit grandson Jinglebell and is killed shortly thereafter herself. Grey Wind is also slain, his head removed and sewn onto Robb's body.

Appearance

Robb's appearance favored his Tully side, with a stocky build, blue eyes, and thick auburn hair. He opened the series as a boy of fourteen years.[5]

Family

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beron
 
Lorra
Royce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donnor
 
Lyanne
Glover
 
 
Willam
 
Melantha
Blackwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artos
 
Lysara
Karstark
 
Berena
 
Alysanne
 
Errold
 
Rodrik
 
Arya
Flint
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandon
 
Edwyle
 
Marna
Locke
 
Jocelyn
 
Benedict
Royce
 
Brandon
 
Benjen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harrold
Rogers
 
Branda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Rickard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lyarra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brandon
 
Catelyn
Tully
 
Eddard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unknown
woman
 
Lyanna
 
Benjen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeyne
Westerling
 
Robb
 
Sansa
 
Tyrion
Lannister
 
Arya
 
Brandon
 
Rickon
 
Jon
Snow
 
 
 



References and Notes

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