Catelyn's uncle, a renowned knight who quarrelled with his brother Lord Hoster and has served as a freelance military commander ever since. Tough, experienced, and fiercely loyal to his family despite the estrangement.

Wife of Eddard Stark, born of House Tully of Riverrun. A fiercely protective mother and shrewd political mind, Catelyn's instincts about the dangers threatening her family prove sharper than her husband's trust in old friendships.

Catelyn Stark's younger sister, widow of Jon Arryn and Lady of the Vale. Increasingly erratic and paranoid, she retreats to the Eyrie with her sickly son Robin, whose welfare is both her obsession and her weakness. Her fear and her choices ripple through the plot in ways she never intends.