North

### Geography

Rivers and plains, with forests and mountains in the northwest; temperate to sub-arctic
Swamps in the Neck along southern border

### Castles

Castle Cerwyn House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Deepwood Motte House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Dormund Keep House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Dreadfort House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Flint's Finger House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Greywater Watch House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Hornwood House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Karhold House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Last Hearth House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Moat Cailin House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Oldcastle House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Queenscrown House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Ramsgate House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Torrhen's Square House Mooton of Maidenpool is one of the Noble Houses situated in the Riverlands of Westeros. Maidenpool is their seat of rule and is a one of the main ports for trades within the Bay of Crabs Widow's Watch

### Founded

By Brandon the Builder

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.

## Geography

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.

The region is sparsely populated, with vast wilderness, rising moorlands, high plains, forests, pine-covered hills and snow-capped mountains, speckled with tiny villages and holdfasts. The cold north is much less fertile than provinces in southern Westeros. Its harsh climate is deadly in winter and occasionally it will snow even in summer. The north has two major land barriers, the Wall to the north and the Neck to the south. The north is bound on each side by major seas, the Shivering Sea to the east and the Sunset Sea to the west.

Winterfell, the ancestral seat of House Stark, is a large castle at the center of the north. Nearby is the winter town. The vast wolfswood, the largest forest of the Seven Kingdoms, extends northwest to the Bay of Ice and Sea Dragon Point. Deepwood Motte, the seat of House Glover, lies in the western wolfswood. House Mormont rules Bear Island in the Bay of Ice. The northern mountains extend from the wolfswood to the Wall and are inhabited by northern mountain clans.

South of the wolfswood is hilly terrain with several large lakes. Torrhen's Square, seat of House Tallhart, is by the largest of these lakes. Farther west along the Sunset Sea is the Stony Shore, which contains fishing villages. Southeast of the Stony Shore and north of Blazewater Bay is the Rills, plains which are ruled by House Ryswell. East of the Rills and south of Winterfell are the barrowlands, hilly plains dotted with the barrows of the First Men. House Dustin rules the large town of Barrowton. There are unnamed rivers which flow south from Barrowton and near Torrhen's Square into the Saltspear, while another unnamed river divides the Stony Shore from the Rills.

South of the barrowlands is the Neck, an isthmus forming the border with the riverlands to the south. A vast swamp and the source of the Green Fork, the Neck is home to the crannogmen; House Reed rules from the moving castle Greywater Watch. The ruined castle of Moat Cailin, on the causeway near the Fever River, controls access to the north from the Neck. Here the Kings in the North held off southron invasions.

A large peninsula is west of the Neck and south of the Saltspear and Blazewater Bay. Flint's Finger, home of House Flint of Flint's Finger, is on its north shore, and Cape Kraken and the Flint Cliffs are along its western and southern shores. South of the peninsula are Ironman's Bay and the Iron Islands.

East of the barrowlands is the White Knife, a major river of the north which has its source at Long Lake northeast of Winterfell. Castle Cerwyn, the seat of House Cerwyn, is near a tributary south of Winterfell. The White Knife runs south to White Harbor, one of the major cities of the Seven Kingdoms and the main port of the north. Southeast of White Harbor is Oldcastle, the seat of House Locke, while farther east are Ramsgate and the Broken Branch, which has its source in the Sheepshead Hills northeast of White Harbor. Widow's Watch, the castle of House Flint of Widow's Watch, is built on an isolated peninsula east of Ramsgate in the Shivering Sea. The Bite separates the southeastern North, much of which is influenced by House Manderly of White Harbor, from the Vale of Arryn.

Hornwood, the seat of House Hornwood, is in the Hornwood forest north of White Harbor and south of the Dreadfort, the seat of House Bolton. The Dreadfort lies near the Weeping Water, which flows east to the Shivering Sea. Northeast of the Dreadfort are the forested lands of House Karstark. East of their castle, Karhold, are the Grey Cliffs. In the Bay of Seals are several islands, including Skagos and uninhabited Skane. The largest, Skagos, is said to be inhabited by cannibals and unicorns and is only nominally controlled by the Starks of Winterfell.

North of Winterfell and the Dreadfort and northwest of Karhold are the lands of House Umber, whose castle of Last Hearth is in a forest. The Umbers control the Lonely Hills and land along the Bay of Seals. Beginning near Last Hearth, the Last River flows southeast between Karhold and the Dreadfort.

The Wall is a colossal fortification that protects the north from threats beyond the Wall, such as wildlings. It is separated from the northern lands owing allegiance to Winterfell by the Gift, which are lands of the Night's Watch north of the Umbers' lands.

Winterfell and Moat Cailin are along the kingsroad, which connects Castle Black at the Wall with the riverlands to the south. There are farms, holdfasts, inns, and villages along the road.

The land of the north is not seen as valuable by many south of the Neck.