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Eddard Stark

    • Born

    1263
    • Ned's younger brother Benjen is born

    1267
    • Ned begins his training with Lord Jon Arryn

    1271
    • Ned carries a wedding proposal from Robert

    • Lyanna expresses some doubts to Ned

    1279
    • The Tourney at Harrenhal

    • Ned meets Howland Reed

    • Rhaegar Targaryen makes a bold choice

    1281
    • Prince Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Ned's sister Lyanna

    • Brandon Stark rides to King's Landing

    • Brandon and Rickard Stark are sentenced to death

    • King Aerys II Targaryen demands the heads of Ned and Robert

    • Ned Travels from the Vale to the North to gather an army

    • Ned saves the day at the Battle of The Bells

    • Ned marries Catelyn Tully!

    1282
    • The Battle of The Trident

    • Eddard Stark arrives at King's Landing

    • Ned ends the siege at Storm's End

    • Ned goes to retrieve his sister from the Tower of Joy

    • Robb Stark is born

    1283
    • Ned comes back to Winterfell with a bastard son, Jon Snow

    1284
    • Sansa Stark is born

    1286
    • Ned fights in the Greyjoy Rebellion

    • Arya Stark is born

    1289
    • Bran Stark is born

    1290
    • Rickon Stark (he who cannot dodge) is born

    1295
    • Lord Jon Arryn, Robert's hand of the king, dies

    • King Robert Baratheon arrives in Winterfell

    • Ned, along with his sons find 6 Direwolf pups

    • King Robert asks Ned to be his new hand of the king

    • Lysa Arryn sends a letter of warning

    • Ned arrives in King's Landing

    • Ned attends his first small council meeting

    • Catelyn follows Ned to Kings Landing to tell him important news

    • Ned investigates Jon Arryn's final acts

    • Ned attends a tournament in his own honor

    • Ned and Robert have a huge argument and Ned resigns as hand

    • Jamie Lannister fights Ned in response to Tyrion's capture

    • Robert reinstates Ned as hand of the king

    • Ned figures out the shocking truth about Robert and Cersei's children

    • Ned confronts Cersei about his discovery

    • Robert is mortally wounded on a hunt and tells Ned to be acting ruler of the relm

    • King Robert dies and Ned is betreayed by LittleFinger

    • Ned is arrested and Varys visits him in the dungeon

    1298
    • Eddard Stark is executed

    1299
  • Born

    Winterfell
    Eddard was born as the second eldest son of Rickard Stark and Lyarra Stark. Rickard was the Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North, and head of House Stark.
    By Gordon Waldman
  • Ned's younger brother Benjen is born

    Winterfell
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  • Ned begins his training with Lord Jon Arryn

    The Eyrie
    At the age of eight, Ned Stark is fostered by Lord Jon Arryn at the Eyrie and begins learning and training along side a young Robert Baratheon. Robert and Ned quickly become friends and both think of Jon Arryn as a father figure
    By Gordon Waldman
  • Ned carries a wedding proposal from Robert

    Winterfell
    At the age of sixteen Ned spends just as much time in the Eyrie as he does in Winterfell. On one particular visit to his birthplace, he carries a marriage proposal from his good friend Robert Baratheon to his younger sister Lyanna Stark. Ned's father, Rickard, agrees to this proposal and betroths his only daughter to Robert.
    By Gordon Waldman
  • Lyanna expresses some doubts to Ned

    Winterfell
    Lyanna tells her older brother Ned that she believes Robert will never be faithful husband. She claims to have heard of Robert's bastard daughter and is worried about his possible infidelities if they were to be married. This shows some of Lyanna's doubts which may prove important in the future.
    By Gordon Waldman
  • The Tourney at Harrenhal

    Herrenhal
    When Ned was 18 he left his training in the Eyrie and went to the Toruney at Harrenhal in the Riverlands. Both of his brothers, his sister, Lord Aryn, and Robert Baratheon were also in attendance.
    By Gordon Waldman
  • Ned meets Howland Reed

    Harrenhal
    At the Tourney At Harrenhal, Ned meets Howland Reed who becomes one of his best and most loyal friends. Their first actual encounter involved Howland being bullied by three squires and being protected by Ned's sister Lyanna.
    By Gordon Waldman
  • Rhaegar Targaryen makes a bold choice

    During the Tourney at Harrenhal Prince Rhaegar Tagaryen won the jousting competition by beating Lord Yohn Royce, Brandon Stark, Ser Aurthur Dayne, and finally Ser Barristan Selmy. After his victory Rhaegar chose to name Lyanna Stark, Ned's sister, as the "new queen of love and beauty" rather than his own wife Elia of Dorne. This was an extremely controversial act, which Ned later called "the moment when all smiles died."
  • Prince Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Ned's sister Lyanna

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    Very little is known about the details of this event but it essentially sparked the end of the Targaryen reign.
    By Gordon Waldman
  • Brandon Stark rides to King's Landing

    Kings Landing
    Ned's older brother Brandon rides to King's Landing in anger in attempt to free Lyanna. After threatening Rhaegar, Brandon is arrested by the Mad King and Rickard Stark is summoned to King's Landing as well.
  • Brandon and Rickard Stark are sentenced to death

    King's Landing
    After being summoned to King's Landing and arrested by Mad King Aerys, Rickard Stark demands a trial by combat. Aerys agrees but chooses fire as the his Targaryen champion to face Rickard. The Mad King suspended Rickard from the rafters and began burning him with wildfire. Brandon was brought into the throne room attached to a leather strangulation device. A sword was placed just beyond Brandon's reach and as he struggled to grab it in order to save his father, he strangled himself to death.
  • King Aerys II Targaryen demands the heads of Ned and Robert

    After executing Rickard Stark and his eldest son, Ned is left as the oldest heir and therefore the Lord of Winterfell. The Mad King decides that he is not done with his killing spree yet and tells Jon Arryn to turn over Ned and Robert Barathean to be executed. Jon Arryn refuses to give up his wards and instead raises his banners in rebellion against the king.
  • Ned Travels from the Vale to the North to gather an army

    Ned risks his life multiple times as he journeys across the Mountains of the Moon to the Fingers and from their takes a boat to the Three Sisters. He could not take the straight shot to Winterfell because the Vale's major port, Gulltown, remained loyal to the Mad King. Finally making it back to the North, Ned gathers his troops and heads south to the Join the Baratheon and Arryn forces who by that time have already taken Gulltown.
  • Ned saves the day at the Battle of The Bells

    Stoney Step
    Part of the loyalist army lead by the hand of the king Jon Connington was pursuing a wounded Robert Baratheon and his army. The loyalists hoped to catch them before they met up with the other rebel armies. Robert was hiding out while the loyalists searched the town of Stoney Step to find and kill him. Just in the nick of time Ned came to the rescue along with the Tully army. Their combined forces stormed Stoney Step and allowed Robert the chance to lead a counter attack as well. The Loyalist army retreated and Jon Connington was exiled by the Mad King.
  • Ned marries Catelyn Tully!

    Riverrun
    Catelyn Tully had originally been betrothed to Ned's older brother Brandon, but because that hadn't worked out so well Ned was able to slip in. Ned went to Riverrun for the ceremony and got married along side his mentor Jon Arryn who took Catelyn's sister, Lysa, as his wife. This double marriage ceremony officially added House Tully to rebel cause.
  • The Battle of The Trident

    The Trident
    Rhaegar Targaryen himself was called in by his father to lead the entire loyalist forces and end the rebellion once and for all. His army met the entire remaining rebel army at The Trident, a large river in the River Lands. During this battle Robert Barathean slid Rhaegar Targaryen in one on one combat, smashing in his chest with a giant war hammer. However, Robert was wounded in this fight so after the rebels one the battle, Eddard was chosen to lead the army to King's Landing.
  • Eddard Stark arrives at King's Landing

    King's Landing
    After the Battle of the Trident, Eddard stark lead the remaining rebel troops after the loyalists fleeing to King's Landing. By the time Ned arrived, the Lannister army, which had remained neutral until they knew which side would win, had already sacked the city in the name of the rebellion. Ned was outraged by the way Tywin Lannister had taken the city through treachery and killed the children and wife of Prince Rhaegar. He was also shocked when he walked into the throne room to see Jamie Lannister, the head of the Aerys' King's Guard sitting on the Iron Throne with the Mad King dead on the floor in front of him. When Robert did not share the same moral outrage as Ned, their friendship hit a major roadblock.
  • Ned ends the siege at Storm's End

    Storm's End
    Soon after the Lannisters had taken King's Landing, Ned took a force to end the siege of Storm's End. Robert's younger brother Stannis Barathean had held the castle for almost a year while Mace Tyrell and his army seiged in the name of the Mad King. Once Ned and his men arrived, the Tyrell army surrendered without a fight.
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    Ned goes to retrieve his sister from the Tower of Joy

    Dorne
    Ned and six other men, including Howland Reed, travel to Dorne to save Lyanna Stark from where Rhaegar Targaryen had placed her. When Ned's small group arrive at the Tower of Joy, three members of the King's Guard including Ser Aurthur Dayne are outside. A melee commences and the only survivors are Ned Stark and Howland Reed. Once Ned gets inside the tower he finds his sister in "a pool of blood," which an be interpreted in many different ways. As Lyanna dies she makes Ned promise her something.
  • Robb Stark is born

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    Eldest child and son to the late Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn Stark. Heir to House Stark. Named King of the North after the death if his Father. Married Talisa Maegyr from Volantis in a secret ceremony. Subsequently killed at the massacre which was the "Red Wedding" under conspiracy with house Lannister and house Frey. Surviving siblings at the time of death: Sansa Stark, Ayra Stark, Brandon Stark and Rickon Stark. Jon Snow, though raised as a son of Ned Stark, Robb's brother is really Aegon Targaryen, son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, Ned's nephew and Robb's cousin.
  • Ned comes back to Winterfell with a bastard son, Jon Snow

    Winterfell
    When Ned brought a baby boy back to Winterfell and claimed it to be his bastard son Catelyn was understandably upset. He refused to tell her anything about the boy's mother but insisted it was "his blood." hmmmmmmm interesting
  • Sansa Stark is born

    Winterfell
  • 2

    Ned fights in the Greyjoy Rebellion

    Pyke
    Ned fights along side King Robert yet again and helps successfully siege Pyke and force Balon Greyjoy to surrender and end his rebellion. Ned also decides to take Balon's only male heir, Theon Greyjoy, as a hostage/ward.
  • Arya Stark is born

    Winterfell
    By Bran Stark
  • Bran Stark is born

    Winterfell
  • Rickon Stark (he who cannot dodge) is born

    Winterfell
    By Bran Stark
  • Lord Jon Arryn, Robert's hand of the king, dies

    News of Jon Arryn's death arrives in Winterfell and Ned is heartbroken because he saw the man as a father figure. He also hears word that King Robert may be making the long journey to Winterfell.
  • 2

    King Robert Baratheon arrives in Winterfell

    Winterfell
  • 3

    Ned, along with his sons find 6 Direwolf pups

    Winterfell
  • King Robert asks Ned to be his new hand of the king

    Winterfell
    Robert came all the way down to Winterfell to ask a favor of his old friend Ned. Now that Jon Arryn is dead, Robert feels that Ned is his most loyal friend and best choice for hand. Ned really doesn't want to leave Winterfell and his wife but he begrudgingly agrees.
  • Lysa Arryn sends a letter of warning

    Winterfell
    Lisa Arryn, Catelyn's sister send a letter of warning to the Starks claiming that the Lannisters had been involved with her husband, Jon Arryn's, death. Catelyn is extremely worried and begs Ned not to go. Being the loyal man he is Ned says he has a duty to serve his king and decides to go to King's Landing anyway.
  • Ned arrives in King's Landing

    King's Landing
  • Ned attends his first small council meeting

    Kings Landing
  • Catelyn follows Ned to Kings Landing to tell him important news

    Kings Landing
    Littlefinger tells Ned that Catelyn had followed him to Kings landing and is waiting for him in his brothel. After nearly killing Littlefinger for the insulting his wife's honor he is happy to see Catelyn again. She tells him that another attempt had been made on his son Bran's life. This time the man had been carrying a dagger that belonged to Tyrion Lannister.
  • Ned investigates Jon Arryn's final acts

    Kings Landing
    Ned finds out that Jon Arryn was investigating Robert's bastards before his untimely death. Ned goes into the city and actually meets one of these bastards who is working as a blacksmith apprentice.
  • Ned attends a tournament in his own honor

    Ned witnesses the Mountain killing Hugh, Jon Arryn's old squire who was nighted soon after his death. Ned is not sure whether this killing was completely by accident.
  • Ned and Robert have a huge argument and Ned resigns as hand

    King Robert and Ned become at odds when Robert wants to send an assassin after the young Daenerys Targaryen. Ned thinks that she is just a girl and is no real threat to Robert. When Robert wont budge on his decision, Ned resigns as hand of the king.
  • Jamie Lannister fights Ned in response to Tyrion's capture

    After Catelyn Stark captures Tyrion Lannister and charges him with the attempted murder of Bran, his brother Jamie attacks Ned in response.
  • Robert reinstates Ned as hand of the king

    Kings Landing
    Despite Cersei Lannister's anger, Robert decides to not punish Ned for the imprisonment of Tyrion. Instead he essentially forces Ned to remain as hand of the king
  • Ned figures out the shocking truth about Robert and Cersei's children

    After Sansa makes a comment about Geoffrey being nothing like Robert he makes the realization that none of Roberts children are actually his own. Instead Ned suspects them to be a product of incest between Cersei and Jamie Lannister.
  • Ned confronts Cersei about his discovery

    Kings Landing
  • Robert is mortally wounded on a hunt and tells Ned to be acting ruler of the relm

  • King Robert dies and Ned is betreayed by LittleFinger

    Kings Landing
  • Ned is arrested and Varys visits him in the dungeon

  • 2

    Eddard Stark is executed

    Kings Landing
    By Gordon Waldman