The second time triplets were born to the King of Winter and Lord of House Stark, was 1.500 years after King Theon "The Hungry Wolf" Stark's time. It was the year 3.500 BC. The first child was a boy, Ragnar Stark. The second was a girl, Zoe Stark. The third and final child was, again, a boy, Edwyle Stark.
The whole of the North rejoiced the birth of triplets, and all were expecting Ragnar to be the champion of the people, Zoe to be the "builder", and Edwyle to be the "Hungry Wolf". They were wrong.
The last triplets had been recorded in history as having very different personalities. The same was true for this set of triplets as well. The role of the "Hungry Wolf" was taken by Ragnar Stark, a man of great skill with a sword and am even greater millitary mind.
The role of the "Builder", was taken by the youngest son, Edwyle Stark, a man with a keen mind, easy to take on the next challenge.
Lastly, the role of the "People's Champion", was taken by the sister, Zoe Stark, a young woman who many said was half-horse, for she was almost always on the roads, hunting down bandits and common thieves and rapists, and bringing them to the people they wrong to face justice. The people loved her and gave her the nickname "The Huntress".
When the triplets were five and twenty, 25, years of age, the island of Skagos, with House Magnar as their overlords, declared themselves independent and named House Magnar as the King Of Skagos.
The large island is located in the mouth of the Bay of Seals, off the northeastern coast of Westeros. Nearby is the isle Skane and beyond it is the Shivering Sea. Skagos is mountainous and forbidding with rough and treacherous currents around the isle. Sailing is hazardous, especially during the autumn storms when the cold can freeze ropes and sails. The nearby waters have rich fishing grounds.
The then King In The North, Rickard Stark sent his warlike son, Ragnar Stark, to deal with the rebellion. It is not known exactly what happened at the island, it is only known that Ragnar, did not land with an army in Skagos, but with 20 men, each of them trusted friends. He send 7 of his friends to Driftwood Hall and another 7 to Deepdown. He kept the seat of House Magnar, Kingshouse, the self proclaimed Kings Of Skagos, for himself and his closest friends. It is said that the night that Ragnar snuck into the castle, a storm the like nobody had even seen struck the island, it ripped the gates of the castle of it's hinges and trees of the ground. Ragnar got into the castle, and the Magnars fled, thinking him the Storm God. Come morning, not a single person with Magnar blood was left alive.
Ragnar exacuted the Lords of the other two houses that had supported the Magnars in their rebellion, and he sent every male of these two houses to the Wall, and he married of their sisters and daughters to his closest friends, two of which he made the Lords of Driftwood Hall, Deepdown and Kingshouse, which was renamed Skagshouse. The common people of Skagos, from then on reffered to Ragnar as the "Strombringer".
When Ragnar returned at Winterfell victorious, his father was overjoyed and stunned and how quickly and efficiently his son had dealt with the rebellion, and he asked him what did he want as a reward. Ragnar then turned to his younger brother, Edwyle, and asked him to build him a great castle at the southernmost part of Skagos, right by the Bay Of Seals, so that he, a Stark, can rule over the island so that they never rebell against House Stark ever again.
Ragnar then took the name last name Stormwolf and he ruled as the "Warden" of Skagos, from the castle his brother built him, the Stormfort.
A couple of years later, the Ironborn had taken over Sea Dragon Point, by the Sunset Sea, and they were committing their usual crimes to the Northerners living there. Zoe Stark, along with Lord Galbart Glover and the younger son of Lord Ryswell, Roderick Ryswell, led 5.000 men and liberated the place from the Ironborn.
Edwyle Stark, now the King In The North after his father's death, build a castle and a port at Sea Dragon Point. He giftet the castle and all it's lands and incomes to Roderick Ryswell and his sister Zoe Stark, who with their union took the name Frost, and tasked them to protect the North's western coast from the Ironborn.
This was the second time that the oldest of the "Three Wolves", as the people started to call them, did not become "King In The North" after their father's death. Instead, the triplets conversed among themselves and decided which of them would be "King" or "Queen In The North".
Edwyle Stark, was remembered in history as the King In The North who saw to the needs of the people. He invented a new instrument that was twice as good at farming and gifted his creation to hundreds of farmers all over the North, which saw the North producing almost double the food than ever before, and this helped increase the population of the North in time. Edwyle Stark, also expanded the system of the hot pipes inside Winterfell, to include the Winter's Town, so now even the common people that lived there could be as warm as the people that lived inside Winterfell. The people thanked Edwyle profusely, and build him a statue in the middle of the Winter's Town.
It was this increase in food and the betterment of Winter's Town that saw to it's devolopment into the North's first true city in the centuries that followed Edwyle's rule. Edwyle also started the first steps into building the North a fleet, now that their Western coast had a castle and a port, Sea Dragon Point. But that project would not be fulfilled for centuries to come.
For the growth and prosperity he brought to the people of the North, common and nobles alike, the people remember Edwyle Stark as the "Harbinger".
The last time triplets were born to the Starks of Winterfell, was 1.000 years after the time of Edwyle "The Harbringer" Stark. It was the year 2.500 BC.
By this time in the history of the North, the North was prospering. The population of the North had increased by half of what it was in the time of the "Harbringer", and the people lived longer and healthier lives because of the advancement in medicine that had occurred in this time, both by people of the North and by the Citadel.
The triplets were born as the grandchildren of the King In The North, Brandon Stark.
King Brandon was known as "Brandon The Shipwright" due to his love of the sea. When Brandon The Shipwright was born, the Northern fleet consisted of 100 ships in the Western shore, the majority of which were anchored in Sea Dragon Point under the command of House Frost, and 20 ships in the Eastern shore anchored in the Wolf's Den under the command of a cadet branch of House Stark, House Greystark.
King Brandon The Shipwright, fostered with his future wife's family in Sea Dragon Point, as a ward of House Frost, were he discovered his love for the sea.
His love of the sea was the reason that King Brandon built the greatest fleet Westeros had ever seen. He increased the number of warships on the Western shore by 100, essentially doubling the number of warships previously there. He also increased the number of ships on the Eatern coast by 60, essentially quadrupling the number of ships previously there, though half of the ships on the Eastern shore were merchant ships used for trade, and for navigating the waters of the rivers of the White Knife, the Weeping Water, the Broken Branch and the Last River.
When the King's grandchildren were born, the North was surprised, for the Old Gods had gifted House Stark triplets.
The first child was a boy, Willam Stark. The second was a girl, Sansa Stark. The third and final child was, again, a boy, Rickard Stark.
When the triplets were 10 years of age, their grandfather, King Brandon Stark abdicated his throne to his only son Prince Brandon Stark, and took 50 ships with him to attempt to sail the Sunset Sea. With him were younger sons, brothers and cousins of Houses all over the North, even the South, and a good ammount of Ironborn sailors that wanted to sail to the unknown. Every single one of them were volunteers.
Three, 3, years passed since Brandon The Shipwright sailed to the Sunset Sea, at it was know common knowledge that he, and the others that sailed with him were dead.
His son, King Brandon Stark, in his grief rode to his mother's family in Sea Dragon Point, were the remaining 150 ships of the North's Eastern Fleet were located, and burned every single ship.
It is said that the burning of 150 ships produced such a huge fire that it was visible from Winterfell.
When word reached Winterfell of what the King had done, Sansa Stark was furious. She quickly took command of the Castle with the help of her brothers and when her father arrived in Winterfell she told him and his men to stand down and surrender their weapons. Some men on the King's side tried to fight, but the Princess had them shot full of arrows. Her father surrendered and tried to convience his daughter that he did what he did for the good of his family. The King tried to make the triplets promise that they would never again built ships. The Princess, outraged with her father's madness, threw him into a cell before he could go to the Wolf's Den and burn the rest of the Northern Fleet. What followed after was a devastating winter that lasted for 5 years. The people and the Lords of the North started to whisper that this was a punishment sent to the Starks by the Old Gods, to punish them for reducing the greatest Fleet in Westeros from 220 ships on the Western coast to nothing in a span of a moment.
After the Winter was over, Sansa now the Direwolf Queen, even if her father was still alive in his cell, tasked her brother Rickard and House Frost to begin rebuilding their Western Fleet. Prince Rickard Stark along with designing the new ships for the North's Western Fleet, invented a new way for people to warn of danger. Inspired by the gigantic fire his father started that could be seen all the way to Winterfell, Rickard built strong towers made of hard stone, some as tall as 40 feet, and at the top of these towers he built a spot where a fire could be lit. The purpose of these Beacon-Towers is to warn the rest of the North about attacks. The Beacon-Towers are built near one another so each tower can see the fire of the previous one and, in turn, light their own fire so that the next tower can see. This series of towers continues until the fire can be seen by a major Castle, where they, in turn, will inform Winterfell and the rest of the North.
While the New Western Fleet and these towers were in construction noone expected trouble to come so soon.
The Ironborn stirred from their island homes, eyeing the lumber-laden lands of the North with envy and greed.
Harrag Kraken, ruler of the Iron Islands and King on the Seastone Chair, thinking the North weakened from both the Burning of the Fleet, the long Winter and from the fact that they were being led by an 18 year old girl, set his Iron Fleet to the sail, moving up the western coast of the Stony Shore, leaving a good portion of ships filled with reavers to raid, loot, and burn the Stony Shore for lumber and other goods, before sailing further north to conquer Bear Island, left virtually undefended now that the Western Fleet was no more and the construction of the new one would take a long time.
When Prince Willam Stark saw Ironborn ships sail right past Frostport (the port at Sea Dragon Point) and onto Bear Island, he rode hard to Deepwood Motte and then on a boat to Bear Island with 500 men from House Frost, House Glover and other Houses of the Wolfswood such as Forester, to defend it from the Ironborn.
Prince Willam Stark fought valiantly, and managed to save the family of Lord Jorah Mormont, but not before losing his own. A statue of Prince Willam Stark is still in Mormont Keep today, and it depicts Prince Willam Stark with a Direwolf at his side and holding a bear cub in his arms.
It is said that when Queen Sansa Stark learned of her brother's death she howled, and all of the wolves of the Wolfswood howled with her. Queen Sansa Stark vowed vengence and charged House Greystark to sail muster every ship, be it merchant, fishing boat or war galley, on the North's Eastern shore and sail them around Dorne to smash the Ironborn. Ships gathered from Skagos, Ramsgate, Widow's Watch, Oldcastle and the Three Sisters who joined the Northmen in promise of gold and glory. In total the ships numbered 120. They left 40 ships behind, 10 war galleys included, and the rest 80 ships with 5.000 men, began the journey around the Arm of Dorne.
When King Tytos Lannister heard of the North's weak position he quickly made an alliance with the King Of The Iron Islands, and took his 50 ships and landed on Cape Kraken and the Cape of Eagles.
All this time Queen Sansa Stark was mastering her men. 10.000 men had mustered at Winterfell, not including men from Bear Island, Deepwood Motte, Sea Dragon Point, Black Mountain, the Rills, Barrowtown, Moar Cailin and Greywater Watch. All these Houses, except Moat Cailin and Greywater Watch had send their men to the Stony Shore and the Rills. 10.000 men.
Queen Sansa Stark marched to the Neck with 17.000 men in order to go to Cape Kraken to deal with the Ironborn and Westernlanders there. While the Queen's campaign in Cape Kraken was proving fruitful, it was also in a standstill, cause she did not have any ships to trully counter the Ironborn and Lannister men. The North's Eastern Fleet should just be passing Starfall, the family of the Queen's mother, and an ancient ally of the Starks (It is said that while Starfall was built by House Dayne, the bridges that connect the island and the mainland, as well as the city surrounding it was designed by Brandon the Builder. House Dayne is also one of the only Houses south of the Neck to worship the Old Gods, along with House Blackwood and House Royce.) The answer came when King Jason Mallister and King Artos Blackwood came to the Winter Queen with a proposal. They, too, despised the Ironborn and the Lions for what they were doing to their people, and proposed that they join forces to bring both of them down. The Winter Queen agreed and together with their forces numbering 25.000 men they beat back the Lannisters and the Ironborn at Cape Kraken and the Cape of Eagles.
It is said that Queen Sansa Stark spilled so much blood that Ironman's Bay was forever known after that day, as the Red Sea.
(As it was, the longships that King Harrag Kraken he sent to Bear Island were never seen under Ironborn banners again, and neither where the Ironborn that manned them, the local Northerners, be it men or women, old or young, taking non-too-kindly to the Ironborn attempting to cut down the Weirwoods along with the pine and ironwood of the North, and… dealt with them accordingly.
Those Ironborn would not meet their god in the drowned halls. They would meet Gods far older, and far less lenient to them.)
After the North with their Mallister and Blackwood allies pushed back the Ironborn to their islands and the Lannisters deep into the Westerlands, King Jason Mallister and King Artos Blackwood thought the war won. Queen Sansa had other ideas. She wanted revenge for her people and, most importantly, for the death of her brother Prince Willam Stark, who was the champion of the people, and as such every man and woman in the North wanted to avenge his death. The promise of loot from the rich in gold Westerlands as well as the promise of destabilizing the Ironborn for generations to come convinced their Southern allies, and they marched with 30.000 men, containing both reinforcements from the North, as well as other petty Kings and Lords wanting to take a bite out of the rich Westerlands.
Within two months the Golden Tooth fell, and with it, the Westerlander's best defender.
What Queen Sansa Stark did next is only known as "The Burning Of The West". Queen Sansa burned and slaughtered villages and castles alike, becoming richer in gold and crops with every castle she took.
By the time the North's Eastern Fleet was visible in Crakenhall (the southernmost castle in the Westerland's coast) Queen Sansa Stark had already sacked Lannisport.
The North's Eastern Fleet, 80 ships all in all, was accompanied by the Star Fleet, the fleet of House Dayne of Starfall, with another 80 ships.
When King Tytos Lannister saw the huge armada outside of Casterly Rock, he knew all was lost and surrendered.
By the time Queen Sansa was done, the only valuable thing in the West was in the mines, for she took everything the Lords Of The West had already mined.
With the help of the North's Eastern Fleet and the Star Fleet, they went to the Iron Islands. King Harrag Kraken was betrayed by Lord Harras Hoare who allied with the Queen of Winter and betrayed his fellow Ironborn. Queen Sansa slaughtered half of the islands' inhabitants, sunk half their ships and then left the Ironborn to their own.
It would take generations before the Ironborn and the Lannisters and their bannermen to ever recover their former strength again.
It is said that the Winter Queen took 60% of all the loot, including gold, silver, crops and other minerals, they took in the Westerlands. King Jason Mallister took 15%, as did King Artos Blackwood. House Dayne took 9%, and the rest took 1%.
The North had never had so much loot before. Even with their own gold mines in the Black Mountains. Queen Sansa put the money to good use.
As the Castle of House Ryswell had been burned and destroyed by the Ironborn, she had her brother Prince Rickard Stark, to build them a new Castle at the where the river of the Twin Lakes splits.
She also build a castle at end of the Barrow Lake, and gave it to commoner that had saved her life during the campaign to the West. He took the name Torrhen Tallhart.
She also tasked her brother to find ways to block enemy, mainly Ironborn, ships from entering the rivers. Prince Rickard Stark invented the river-gates, which would sit at the points where the rivers were their most narrow point.
The two towers, one on either side of the river have a mechanism that holds two chains. One below the water made of bronze so it doesn't rust but remains strong to stop ships moving through while the chain above the water is made of steel so it is harder to cut. To make sure the chains hold, the two chains will be connected with a chain between them. This way it could be raised and lowered as necessary to allow friendly ships to pass through but hold hostile ones at bay.
These towers were built squared with narrow slits in the stone to allow archers to fire at the river area while protected from arrow fire themselves. On the top of each tower, which can serve as a place to watch the river, are two scorpions, which using a bracket and rail system, could be moved around and locked in place yet fired at any direction land or river. Each stands high to give a good view of the surrounding area and has reinforced doors for protection. Also on top is a beacon which can be lit in event of enemy attack. A series of simpler watchtowers between the gate and the nearest settlement will have a similar beacon which can then be lit to spread the warning from one to the next and all the way back to the settlement so even if the gates fall, the settlement will be warned with time to spare.
In order to help trade come to Winterfell, Prince Reickard Stark proposed aplan that at the moment seemed insane. Rickard thought that he could dig out a huge chunk of land to the side of Winterfell, so that river-ships could sail directly up the White Knife and near Winterfell.
This project took almost a century to complete, but with Prince Rickard's plan and blueprints they made it work. The Winter Harbor is 2 hours ride away from Wintercity and has a population of 2.000 people. Not everyone can sail up the White Knife. There are some experienced sailors that are hired and trained specifically by their predecessors for this job. These sailors are called pilots, and just as no one knows how to navigate the Neck as well as the Crannogmen, no one knows how to navigate the White Knife and Rickard's Pass (as the part of the land that turned into a river was called) as well as these pilots.
King Jason Mallister, while, technically, on good terms with the Starks of Winterfell, was horrified by the damage the Winter Queen did to the West, and he was afraid of what one day may happen if the Starks turn their gaze South.
So, he saw the strategic importans of the northern part of the Green Fort of the Trident, and so with the gold he took from the West, he built a pair of castles on each bank of the Green Fork, that serves as a vital bridge across the river. The lord of the house is called the Lord Of The Crossing. He gave this castle to his younger son, who took on the name Patrek Rivershield, and he named the castle, The Shield Towers.
The strategic location of the Shield Towers has allowed House Rivershield to become quite wealthy, over the centuries and House Rivershield rules over wider domains than any other House in the Riverlands.
Prince Willam Stark is remembered as "The Hero Of Bear Island", and once every year, on the anniversary of his death the people of Bear Island celebrate him.
Prince Rickard Stark, is remembered fondly in the North, especially amongst House Ryswell and the other Houses on the North's Western Shore. He is remembered as Prince Rickard Stark "The Protector"
The Northerners remember Queen Sansa Stark, as one of the best rulers in the North's history.
Meanwhile, the religion of the Seven condemn Queen Sansa Stark, saying what she did is blasphemy against the Seven, not things a woman should do, and hate her for burning septs in the West.
History has given Queen Sansa Stark the names "The Red Queen", "The Blood Queen", "The Wolf Of Death" and lastly most people call her "The Queen Of Death".
It has been 2.500 years since triplets have been born into House Stark.
The Dragons came, and made the Starks give up their crown, and still, no triplets were born into House Stark.
Some say the Old Gods abandoned them. That they were not worthy of ruling the North anymore. And for a time, with the kidnapping of the Lady Lyanna Stark, the daughter of Lord Rickard Stark, and his subsequent murder alongside his son and heir Brandon Stark, all signs pointed in that direction, that the Old Gods had abandoned House Stark.
This was proven to be false.
As the ancestral Valyrian Steel Sword of House Stark, ICE, pierced the heart of the Dragon Prince, the man who kindapped and raped a daughter of House Stark, Cregan Stark, the firstborn son of Lord Eddard Stark open his grey eyes.
After 2.500 years, after a Mad Dragon took the lives of 3 members of House Stark, the Old Gods gave their gift yet again.
As the Last Dragon died at the hands of a Stark, the first triplet in over 2.500 years opened his eyes.