Cregan stark

King Cregan the fourth is the second born son and third born child of lord Eddard and lady Catelyn stark he is the younger brother to King Robb stark and Jon snow as well as the younger twin to princess Sansa stark he becomes king in the north after the death of his brother rob in the red wedding

### Appearance and character

As a young boy Cregan was extremely shy and preferred reading books to fighting he was however incredibly intelligent learning to speak Valyrian at the age of six. Despite being weak and small as a young boy he has grow to be a true northern and in some ways overly cruel to his enemies by the time of the frist book he is larger than his father and brothers and a better fighter He is described as being nearly as tall as King Robert at the age of thirteen and older looking than his years. His colouring is a mix of his father and mother he has a long face and grey eyes like his father Arya and Jon snow but his hair is a Tully red like his mother and other siblings but although a darker red than there’s.

He is best friends with ‘Big’ Ned umber younger brother of SmallJon Umber and uncle to his son ‘Wee’ Ned Umber his namesake he is closer with Ned and the Umbers than any of his blood family except perhaps his older twin Sansa his status as the “black sheep” of the stark family similar to his great uncle Bryden Tully and his black furred direwolf whom he called magnar earned him the nickname black wolf from some. He has already fought in battles with wildlings and killed at least three by the time of the first book he is described to have unnaturally sharp teeth and a “terrifying wolffish grin” which he often displays in battle he speaks with a thicker northern accent than his siblings and is more northern in general some say he practices cannibalism and blood scarifies to the old gods although this is likely Lannister propaganda .

#### History

When he was six Maester luwin recommend Lord Eddard send the boy to the citadel to train as a maester but his father was concerned for his sons lack of Marshall prowess so instead sent the boy to be fostered at last hearth by lord greatjon umber at the age of seven In the hopes that he would become less of a coward at frist Cregan did not take to his new life at last hearth but a month after arriving with the umbers an incident in which he was forced to kill a wildling raider changed him mentally he felt strong for the first time in his life and from that day on became completely different.

Three years later in 295 AC when he was ten he returned to winterfell for a short visit alongside Ned Umber his family were shocked to see how much he had changed in the three years since they had seen him he shocked them even more by beating his two older brothers in a spar and when Theon Greyjoy insulted him before there spar he beat him half too death he had hoped this would finally make his father proud but only saw disgust on his father face. From that day he knew he would be the odd one out in his family no matter what he did and resigned himself to one day becoming his brothers “attack dog” he left winterfell again shortly after to go back to last hearth and did not return until he was summoned along with the umbers for the vist of king Robert to winterfell