Arya Stark
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Arya of House Stark is the second daughter and third child of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Lady Catelyn of House Tully. She is currently nine.
290 AL Her younger brother Brandon was born.
294 AL Her younger brother Rickon was born.
After witnessing an execution Robb and Jon Snow found a litter of six direwolf pups. The siblings got a pup each.
They gathered in the kitchen to argue about the names for the pups.
Robert Baratheon, King of the Seven Kingdoms arrived at Winterfell. Among the three hundred travelling with him were Queen Cersei, Prince Joffrey Baratheon, Princess Myrcella Baratheon, Prince Tommen Baratheon, Ser Jaime Lannister, two other knights of the Kingsguard, Tyrion Lannister and Sandor Clegane.They were met at the gates by Lord Eddard, Lady Catelyn and the children. On Robert's request he and Eddard left the others and went down to the crypt.
A feast was held in the Great Hall of Winterfell. The royal family entered the hall in procession, Lord Stark first escorting the queen followed by King Robert and Lady Stark. Then came the children, Rickon, Robb and Myrcella, Arya and Tommen and Sansa and Joffrey. After them came Ser Jaime and Tyrion Lannister. Last came Benjen Stark and Theon Greyjoy. Lord and Lady Stark hosted the king and queen on a raised platform beneath which sat the Stark and royal children. The children were not permitted to bring their wolves.
Sansa named her wolf Lady. Arya named her wolf Nymeria, a great scandal.
Queen Cersei brought Princess Myrcella to stich together with Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Beth Cassel and Jeyne Poole, overseen by Septa Mordane. The girls discussed Prince Jofferey, who Sansa was going marry, and Jon Snow. When Septa Mordane critized Arya's crooked stiches, she ran out of the room. She found her wolf Nymeria in the guardroom at the base of the stairs. They headed for a window in the covered bridge between the armory and the Great Keep from where they would watch the boys practicing in the yard. They found Jon Snow already there with his wolf Ghost. Jon had not been allowed to practice with the princes. Bran was fighting Prince Tommen, both clad in heavy padding and with wooden swords, watched over by Ser Rodrik Cassel, the master-at-arms. Among the spectators were Robb Stark and Theon Greyjoy and Prince Joffrey, surrounded by knights and squires in Baratheon and Lannister livery. Prince Tommen fell rolling to the ground. Ser Rodrik broke off the fight and told Lew and Donnis to help Bran and Tommen out of their armor. Ser Rodrik suggested Robb and Joffrey fight another round, Robb agreed, but Joffrey refused to fight more with wooden swords, proposing live steel instead. Ser Rodrik would only allow tourney swords, Sandor Clegane told Ser Rodrik to obey the prince. After an argument where Clegane and Joffrey made fun of Robb Stark, the princes left the yard with their retinue. Arya and Jon parted, with Arya going back to her room where she found Septa Mordane and Lady Catelyn waiting.
Description
Septa Mordane once told Lady Catelyn that Arya had the hands of a blacksmith. Arya resembles her father, her hair a lusterless brown and her face long and solemn.
