𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍

— The North is one of the constituent regions of Westeros and was a sovereign nation ruled by Kings in the North before Aegon's Conquest. The largest region of the Seven Kingdoms, the dominion of House Stark extends from the border of the New Gift, which is controlled by the Night's Watch, to the southern edge of the Neck far to the south.

— The constant cold and the iron grip of winter set apart the northerners from the people of the kingdoms south of the Neck. The north's terrain and climate do not easily yield the necessities of daily life. Some northmen live in remote, distant areas where they act as little more than clans and tribes.

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— Most northmen are descended from the First Men. The Old Tongue spoken by the First Men of antiquity has been replaced by the Common Tongue. Northmen are often large in stature and have thick beards, and long, dark hair. Northmen place less of an emphasis on courtly ritual and culture, and instead prefer hunting and brawling. As the north is largely uncultivated, there are few roads of import there. Most of the inland trade passes by either the kingsroad or the rivers. Trade items from the north include wool, hides, and timber.*

— Most of the north's people still follow the old gods and their heart trees, and have little inclination for newer religions. There are a few houses who follow the Faith of the Seven, including Houses Manderly, Wells, and Whitehill. Due to its religious aspect, most northmen refuse to take holy orders and thus cannot become knights.

— The North and the First Men are approximately equivalent culturally to Northern England and Scotland, with their retaining of First Men culture reminding of Celtic influences in Scotland. The Northern mountain clans are reminiscent of the Scottish Highland clans.

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— The north has been ruled by the Starks for thousands of years from the castle known as Winterfell. The only city in the region is White Harbor, while the most prominent northern towns are the winter town and Barrowton. Notable bannermen of the region include Bolton, Cerwyn, Dustin, Flint, Glover, Hornwood, Karstark, Manderly, Mormont, Reed, Ryswell, Tallhart, and Umber. Bastards of noble origin raised in the north are given the surname Snow.

House Stark of Winterfell:
— House Stark of Winterfell is one of the Great Houses of Westeros and the principal noble house of the north. In days of old they ruled as Kings of Winter, but since Aegon's Conquest they have been Wardens of the North, Lords of Winterfell, and Lord Paramount of the North. Their seat, Winterfell, is an ancient castle renowned for its strength. Their sigil is a grey direwolf racing across a field of white. Their words are "Winter is Coming", one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast. Members of this House usually have long faces, dark brown hair, and grey eyes. 3 spots open
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House Bolton of the Dreadfort:
— A noble house from the Dreadfort in the north. They are an old line descended from the First Men. The Boltons are known for their practice of flaying their enemies. The Bolton sigil is a red flayed man, on pale pink spotted with red blood drops. Their words are "Our blades are sharp." They are historical rivals of House Stark. 4 spots open
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House Cerwyn of Castle Cerwyn
— A noble house from the north. They are descended from the First Men. They are one of the closest bannermen to the Starks, Castle Cerwyn being just a half day's ride from Winterfell, and are among the most powerful as well. Their blazon is a black battle-axe on silver. Their words are "Honed and Ready". Lord Dustin is a friend of Lord Stark's. 4 spots open
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House Dustin of Barrowton:
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— One of the major families sworn to House Stark. They are descended from the First Men. Their castle is Barrow Hall in Barrowton, a prominent town in the north. Their arms portray two rusted longaxes with black shafts crossed, a black crown between their points, on yellow. The rusted crown on their arms derives from their claim of descent from the First King and the Barrow Kings that followed him.* 4 spots open
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***House Flint of Widow's Watch:***
*— A noble house from Widow's Watch in the east of the north. They are descended from the First Men. They are the most powerful branch of House Flint, the senior branch of the extended Flint family. Their banner is a blue field strewn with whitecaps, on a yellow chief with crested line a pair of blue eyes and their motto is "Ever Vigilant".* 4 spots open
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***House Flint of Flint's Finger***
*— A noble house from Flint's Finger in the southwest of the north. They are descended from the First Men. They are less powerful than the Flints of Widow's Watch, of whom they are a cadet branch of. They are descended from the First Men. Their banner is a grey stone hand upon a white inverted pall on paly black and grey.* 4 spots open
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***House Glover of Deepwood Motte***
*— A noble house from the north, and among the principal houses sworn to the Starks of Winterfell. They are descended from the First Men. Deepwood Motte is located in the northwestern wolfswood. Houses Bole, Branch, Forrester, and Woods of the wolfswood are sworn to the Glovers. Their blazon is silver mailed fist on scarlet.* 4 spots open
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***House Hornwood of Hornwood***
*— A noble house whose seat is Hornwood in the north. They are descended from the First Men and are among the principal bannermen of Starks of Winterfell. Their sigil is a bull moose, brown on a field of dark orange. Their words are "Righteous in Wrath". The lands of the house border those of House Bolton and House Manderly.* 4 spots open
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House Karstark of Karhold
— A noble house from Karhold in the north. They were founded as a cadet branch of their overlords, the Starks of Winterfell, and are thus descended from the First Men. They are among their principal bannermen. Their blazon is a white sunburst on black and their motto is "The Sun of Winter". 4 spots open
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House Manderly of White Harbor
— A noble family in the north whose seat is the New Castle in the city of White Harbor. They are among the most powerful and loyal vassals of House Stark as well as the richest northern family due to their control of the only city in the region. Unlike most other northern houses, the Manderlys follow the Faith of the Seven instead of the old gods, as the family are a House of First Men who emigrated from the Reach after the coming of the Andals. The Manderlys' blazon is a white merman with dark green hair, beard and tail, carrying a black trident, over a blue-green field. Their bannermen includes a dozen petty lords and a hundred landed knights. 4 spots open
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House Mormont of Bear Island
— A noble house of the north, one of the principal families sworn to House Stark. They are descended from the First Men, and ike the other women of Bear Island, the women of House Mormont learned how to defend themselves from ironmen and wildlings. Their seat is at Bear Island, located in the Bay of Ice northwest of Winterfell. Their blazon is a black bear over a green wood and their motto is "Here We Stand". House Mormont is one of the few houses to have an ancestral weapon of Valyrian steel: a bastard sword called Longclaw. However, due to Bear Island's lack of valuable resources, the Mormonts are a rather poor house. Their hall is made of huge logs, surrounded by an earthen palisade. 4 spots open
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***House Reed of Greywater Watch***
*— A noble house from Greywater Watch, and one of the principal families in the north. They rule the crannogmen, an ethnic subset of the First Men who live in the swamps and marshes of the Neck. Their arms are a black lizard-lion on grey-green. 3 spots open
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***House Ryswell of the Rills***
*— A noble family of the north, one of the prominent houses sworn to House Stark of Winterfell. The Ryswells are descended from the First Men and rule the Rills, the extensive area between the barrowlands and the Stony Shore in the north. Their blazon is a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border.* 3 spots open
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***House Tallhart of Torrhen's Square***
*— A noble house from the north and is among the principal houses sworn to House Stark. Tallharts descend from the First Men. Their arms show three green sentinel trees, over a brown field. The words of the house are "Proud and Free".* 4 spots open
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***House Umber of the Last Hearth***
*— A noble house from the Last Hearth in the north, who are descended from the First Men. Umbers can be huge and boisterous. The Umber sigil is a roaring giant, brown-haired and wearing a skin, with broken silver chains, on flame-red. With the exception of the castles of the Night's Watch, Last Hearth is the northernmost major castle of the Seven Kingdoms.* 4 spots open
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