King Balon's brother and successor, Euron Crow's Eye, continues to style himself King of the Isles and the North, although he redirects the ironborn offensives to the Reach. ДЄn unknowing Jon is elected Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. One of Robb's betrayers, Lord Roose Bolton, is named Warden of the North by the Iron Throne. Before Jon can be informed of Robb's decision, however, the king is murdered at the Twins during the Red Wedding. According to a semi-canon source, Robb decides to legitimize his bastard half-brother, Jon Snow, and names him as heir in his will. Д«ecause he is childless and his younger brothers, Bran and Rickon, are believed dead, King Robb worries that Tyrion Lannister will claim Winterfell through his marriage to Sansa Stark. After the ironborn capture Moat Cailin, Deepwood Motte, Torrhen's Square, and Winterfell, Robb is called by some the King Who Lost the North. A Storm of SwordsДЄlong with being King in the North, Robb is also the King of the Trident. ДЄfter Balon Greyjoy conquers several portions of the north, he styles himself ' King of the Isles and the North' by right of conquest, disputing the Stark claim. The smith of Riverrun makes a crown for Robb inspired by the old crown of the Kings of Winter. Robb is also later known as the King of the Trident. Rejecting House Baratheon of King's Landing and the Iron Throne, the northern and river lords assembled at Riverrun after the Battle of the Camps declare Eddard's eldest son, Robb, to be the King in the North. The title is revived during the War of the Five Kings after King Joffrey I Baratheon orders the execution of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell. The history of the Stark kings is described in Maester Childer's Winter's Kings, or the Legends and Lineages of the Starks of Winterfell. Since then Lord Stark has traditionally held the title Warden of the North for the Iron Throne. The crown of the Kings of Winter was surrendered to Aegon. The last King in the North was Torrhen Stark, who bent the knee to House Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest, thus making the north part of the Seven Kingdoms controlled by the Iron Throne. While 'King of Winter' was used by ancient Stark monarchs, 'King in the North' was used in more recent centuries. The Starks also eventually conquered the troublesome island of Skagos. After the Rape of the Three Sisters, the Starks battled with the Arryn Kings of Mountain and Vale for a thousand years over the Bite in the War Across the Water. The Stark kings often warred with the ironborn from the Iron Islands and wildlings from beyond the Wall. Many of their defeated enemies were forced to yield their women as prizes or brides. They defeated the Warg King and Marsh Kings, forced the Blackwoods to flee, and vanquished the Greenwoods, Towers, Ambers, and Frosts. Over thousands of years, the Kings of Winter expanded from Winterfell, conquering and reducing to vassalage a number of rival kings, including Barrow Kings in the Thousand Years War, Red Kings of House Bolton, Flints, Slates, Umbers, Lockes, Glovers, Fishers, and Ryders. Ballads claim the ancient Kings of Winter, the Lords of Winterfell, drove giants from the north and slew the skinchangers led by Gaven Greywolf in the War of the Wolves. House Stark traces their descent from the legendary Bran the Builder, who is said to have lived in the Age of Heroes and built the Wall and Winterfell in the aftermath of the Long Night. The servants of the kings are buried in a lichyard next to Winterfell's First Keep. Each king's stone statue has an iron sword across its lap and is guarded by a stone wolf. The Kings in the North are buried in the crypt of Winterfell, with older kings buried in deep and dark lower levels. The crown of the Kings of Winter was an open circlet of hammered bronze incised with runes of the First Men, surmounted by nine black iron spikes in the shape of longswords.

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