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Eddard Stark
The northern lord whose integrity is treated as a vulnerability in the capital.
- principled
- literal
- protective
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Alliances are traded like currency, and one trade goes catastrophically wrong.
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Memory hooks
- S1 E1He solves problems by telling the truth to the wrong person.
- S1 E9His decisions set the terms of the entire northern storyline that follows.
Connections
guardianJon Snow
Raised in the same household without the same standing — the tension that starts Jon's arc.
parentArya Stark
He indulges her refusal to fit the role expected of her.
parentSansa Stark
He brings her south expecting an advantageous match, not a hostage situation.
rivalCersei Lannister
The central opposition of season one: evidence against leverage.
Appearances
S1 E1
A northern lord accepts a southern post
Eddard Stark is asked to serve the crown and leaves the north with part of his family.
Why it mattersThe Stark family is split across the map for years.
S1 E9
A succession dispute becomes a war
A disputed claim to the throne turns a court argument into an open, multi-party conflict.
Why it mattersThe realm splits into competing claimants.
Performer credit
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