The ruling house of the North, seated at Winterfell. The Starks trace their lineage back thousands of years to the First Men, and their words – Winter Is Coming – serve as both warning and promise. Honour, duty, and endurance define the Stark way, though these virtues prove as much burden as shield in the wars to come.

The ruling house of the Riverlands, seated at Riverrun. The Tullys are bound by blood to both the Starks and the Arryns through strategic marriages. Their words – Family, Duty, Honour – define their priorities in that exact order.

An outlaw band formed from the remnants of a force sent by Eddard Stark to bring justice to the Riverlands. Led by Beric Dondarrion and the red priest Thoros of Myr, the Brotherhood fights to protect the smallfolk from the depredations of war, regardless of which side commits them.