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Rodrik Stark
Rodrik woke up in a fright he had a nightmare. He remembered screaming for ned to watch out but ned didn't notice so rodrik had ran to ned and knocked ned out of the way but rodrik felt cold steel pierce his neck coughing unable to talk and then everything had gone black this is when rodrik had woken up.
Rodrik woke his wolf winfur grabed his sword which was called the wolf fury this was no ordinary sword this sword was valyrian steel he remembered the day he got it like his brothers Brandon and eddard who fostered so was he. Rodrik had been sent to the mormonts of bear island .One day the island had been attacked by ironborn raiders bearing no sigil the ironborn and bear islander clashed there was a massive ironborn man Rodrik had clashed with as they fought Rodrik sword was chipped in many places the ironborn gave no ground and eventually had disarmed him. Rodrik believed he was going to die but winfur had attacked the ironborn from behind and began attacking the ironborn knees. He fell to the ground Rodrik got up quickly and grabbed the ironborn sword and sliced his neck killing the man instantly. Lord Mormont had come to his side to check up on him to make sure he was okay but Mormont when looked at the sword do you know what that is boy Mormont said Rodrik replied some steel sword my lord it is sharp though Mormont looked at rodrik some sharpsword boy are you stupid that valyrian steel Rodrik looked at the sword but before he could think Lord Mormont spoke again every good sword has a name. Rodrik looked at his wolf who had saved his life and looked at the sword he replied wolf fury Lord Mormont gave a small approving nod and then shouted bury our dead and burn the ironborn it time to head back. Rodrik didn't spend much more than a week at the stronghold of house Mormont beforebeing summoned by his lord father Rickard Stark back to Winterfell. He missed bear island.
Rodrik sat in the godswood the only place in winterfell where he felt calm. Lord Manderly was to arrive at winterfell to speak to his father about a marriage between a stark and manderly. He returned to his chambers to change into more better suited clothes the he realised all his family was in winterfell for a change Brandon was home from the Rills and eddard the honourable foul was back from the eyrie. He is the third eldest lyanna was a year younger than him and than there was benjen with talk of joining the nights watch Rodrik would do everything in his power to stop the nights watch was longer the order it once was his lady mother lyarra had recovered from another sickness
The manderlys had been sited by the outriders and the entire of winterfell had come to attention to greet the Lord manderly. Rodrik looked manderly he was old and his son and heir wyman had come too. They bowerd to lord rickard and then they greeted eachother and Lord rickard introduced his family and then lord manderly spoke may we get to the business in hand my lord stark.
Rickard stark
He nodded to Lord Manderly and turned to his steward, escort Lord manderly to my solar. He nodded Rickard turned to his eldest but then saw him and all his other children approached wyman manderly and begin talking to him he turned and headed to his solar Rickard closed the door and said may I trouble for a glass of wine my lord Manderly merely smiled and said no thank you my lord Rickard nodded and then Rickard sat down MY lord Manderly when I received your raven suggesting such a match I was surprised my Lord my eldest Brandon is betrothed to catelyn tully and lyanna is betrothed to Robert baratheon as you probably already know my lord .Manderly spoke Lord Stark my daughter Elissa is still unmarried and there is no suitable match for her unless I marry her to roose Bolton but that will never happen. Rickard thought for moment so the merman had come to him after all the other matches were gone. But the Manderlys have always been loyal to the manderly spoke which of your sons do you wish to marry to elissa Rickard taught there was only Eddard and Rodrik .Lord Manderly saw his liege lord and knew he would have to offer more from what he heard eddard stark was a honourable person while rodrik had fought ironborn and like all the stark had his own direwolves. Lord Manderly spoke aloud My Lord if I may I would suggest marrying Rodrik to elissa. I will pay a dowry of 1000 golden dragons Lord rickard then spoke know we need to pick a suitable holdfast for manderly smiled he knew just which holdfast to give no not a holdfast a castle a legendry one given to by the starks a long time ago it had fallen into ruin but could be turned into a mighty castle .That castle was the wolfs den
Rodrik Stark
My lord rodrik he heard martyn cassel call him your father request your presence in the great hall immediately he turnerd to martyn and nodded he walked into the great hall all his family was seated father in the high chair Brandon to his right mother to the left and the rest of his eddard ,lyanna and benjen sat aswell
He was confused did he do something wrong or what had his father called he turned and looked at his father and said what going father Rickard stark replied I have important announcement to make I wanted all the family here first to all hear it at the same time. Lord rickard began to speak he announce to his family that house stark and house manderly would be joined together. Rickard look at him. Rodrik will marry Elissa manderly a year from know but that not all as lyanna was about to say something Lord rickard said on the day of your wedding you will be given the wolf den and all it land and incomes you will be the first stark lord since the greystark to hold the castle
Rodrik didn't know what to say he was shocked as a third son he wasn't supposed to inherit anything but here he was going to become the lord of the wolf den but he wouldn't be a lord for another year so he would be able to get himself ready he would need a sigil and house words but the sigil was more important than house words
1 YEAR LATER
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The starks looked at harrenhal it was huge Rickard,Brandon,Eddard,Rodrik and lyanna had ridden south to attend the and benjen had stayed at winterfell as there must always be a stark in winterfell. For rodrik after they returned to the north he would be getting married Brandon had made jokes of getting as many handmaidens into Rodrik bedroll before Rodrik was married
The starks and there guard and retainers had set up tents all the stark direwolves were left in winterfell due to lord Rickard insistence. NED NED it good to see you ned looked at his friend and smiled they gave each other a bear hugged this was rodrik stark first time meeting Robert baratheon the man who was going to marry lyanna Robert offered a polite courtesy and gift to lyanna and greeted Brandon and rodrik
Rodrik stark
Rodrik looked at Robert baratheon and remembered everything ned told him Robert had fathered a bastard in the vale some little girl called mya stone there was also a smell a smell of wine Robert left after him he looked at Brandon ned had gone off with roberth and lyanna Brandon said he seems a nice man Rodrik grunted he had feeling abouth this baratheon a bad feeling about this man he decided his two brother blonde by one being like hime and another too blind to see it there was one thing he knew he would they said Robert baratheon was deadly with a war hammer Rodrik decided he would test the steel of the baratheon Rodrik would enter the melee