Starks at Tourney at Harrenhal
Benjen Stark - The Wolf Pup
Lyanna Stark - The She Wolf
Ned Stark - The Quiet Wolf
Brandon Stark - The Wild Wolf
The first photo on the new instagram account of @gameofthrones
(via whitegandalfisdead)
The Wolf and the Lion will be at each other’s throats.
(via morsmordre-x)
Dark Horse Deluxe has launched a line of Game of Thrones glassware today, featuring shot glasses and pint glasses with various house sigils. We are giving away four total sets of glassware: two sets of house sigil pint glasses (featuring Stark, Targaryen, Baratheon and Lannister glasses) and two sets of house sigil shot glasses (featuring the same).
Leave a comment on the linked post between now and Friday at 8 PM EST. This contest is open to US and international readers.
We will draw four winners and email them over the weekend. Be sure to check your inbox and spam folder then to see if you’ve won. More official rules found at WiC. Good luck!
Visit WiC to enter!
History and Lore » The Starks of Winterfell trace their descent to the First Men in the Age of Heroes. The family’s founder was Brandon the Builder, who in the aftermath of the Long Night, helped establish the Night’s Watch. Legend has it he enlisted the aid of giants and the powerful magic of the Children of the Forest to raise the mighty Wall, which has protected the realm for generations. He went on to build the ancestral seat of Wintefell, and reigned as the first King in the North.
The Starks reigned as kings for thousands of years, even withstanding the invasion of the Andals. As the southern kingdoms fell and the Children of the Forest were driven away, the North stood strong, maintaining its religious customs and its way of life. Eventually, the reigns of the Kings of Winter came to an end with the coming of Aegon the Conqueror. After Aegon and his dragons destroyed the combined armies of the Reach and the Rock at the Field of Fire, King Torrhen Stark bent the knee and swore fealty to the Targaryen dynasty in order to spare the destruction of Wintefell and his people. He was forever after known as the King Who Knelt.
As a reward for his submission, Aegon named Torrhen Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. The Starks take great pride in their history and traditions. It is one of the few noble houses that still keeps the Old Gods. A sacred weirwood tree looms large in Winterfell’s godswood.
Its ancestral sword, Ice, was forged in ancient Valyria and has been passed down through the generations. House Stark remains steadfast in its support of the Night’s Watch, even as the once-illustrious order has fallen on hard times.
Much like their sigil, the grey direwolf, House Stark is the stuff of legend in the North and throughout the Seven Kingdoms. And their family words, “Winter Is Coming”, serve as a reminder of their beginnings in the wake of the Long Night and a grim portent of things to come. [x]
‘Winterfell Wolves’ design revamped, with better colours and more decorative markings!
Available as a t-shirt HERE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE GREAT HOUSE OF STARK!
Yuletart 2012 art by Jai
Here is KMDdesigns’ Autumn/Winter 12 collection, based on house Stark - Hope you like it!
Game of Thrones cake!
Winter is coming. (via Poster & Portraits 2012 on Behance)
