Grey Wind

Grey Wind
Biographical information
Species	Direwolf
Personal information
Family	Lady - sister (deceased) Nymeria - sister Summer - brother Shaggydog - brother Ghost - brother
World of Westeros
Season(s)	1, 2, 3
Appeared in	8 episodes (see below)
First seen in	"Winter is Coming"
Last seen in	"The Rains of Castamere"

"I heard his wolf killed a dozen men and as many horses."

―Leo Lefford

Grey Wind was one of six direwolf cubs found by the children of House Stark. Grey Wind is adopted and raised by Robb Stark. He was killed at the Red Wedding.

Biography

Season 1

Grey Wind as a pup in Winterfell.

When Tyrion Lannister appears before Robb Stark at Winterfell to present him with plans for a custom saddle which will allow the crippled Bran Stark to ride a horse, Grey Wind is under the table at Robb's feet glaring at Tyrion.

Lord Greatjon Umber draws his sword when Robb refuses to give him command of the Northern army's vanguard, a tantamount to a threat. Grey Wind jumps over the table. He latches on to Umber and bites off two of his fingers.

Lord Leo Lefford reports that during the Battle of the Whispering Wood, Grey Wind killed a dozen men and as many horses.

Season 2

At one year old, Grey Wind stands as tall as a man's waist.

When Robb approaches his hostage Jaime Lannister at camp, Grey Wind slowly emerges. Grey Wind has grown larger and stands protectively next to Robb, who caresses his back. After Robb leaves, Grey Wind inches closer to Jaime and taunts him with a snap, before leaving to rejoin his master.

Grey Wind plays a decisive role in the Battle of Oxcross. The direwolf sneaks into the Lannisters' camp and frightens their horses, as well as killing several sentries. Without their horses the Lannister army is easily slaughtered as they are roused from sleep by Stark cavalry. Such an impression is made on Lannister forces that terrified rumors spread in King's Landing that Robb attacked the Lannister camp using an entire army of wolves.

Season 3

Grey Wind during Robb's army's march to Riverrun

Grey Wind travels along with the Stark host as it moves from Harrenhal to Riverrun. There, he is present during the execution of Rickard Karstark.

Grey Wind is killed

Grey Wind accompanies Robb's host to the Twins for the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, though he's placed inside a kernel. When the Frey and Bolton men turn on the Starks, Grey Wind is shot several times by Frey crossbowmen, killing him before Arya Stark releases him.

Later, as the Frey and Bolton men continue massacring the Northern army, Grey Wind's head is removed and sewn in place of Robb's and paraded atop a horse around the Twins as final act of mockery and dessecration to the late King in the North.

Appearances

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Image Gallery

Robb finds Grey Wind as a newborn puppy

Grey Wind face to face with the captive Jaime Lannister

Grey Wind at the Battle of Oxcross

Grey Wind during the execution of Rickard Karstark

Grey Wind's head is nailed to the beheaded corpse of his master as a final insult to the King in the North

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels Grey Wind is arguably the most disciplined of the six cubs; he follows Robb's commands almost to the letter, mirroring how Robb is arguably Ned's most understanding and disciplined child, very much his father's son. It is stated that he received his name because Robb felt that he ran so fast that he seemed like just a blur, a "grey wind" moving over the fields. He is colored smokey grey, with yellow eyes. During the Red Wedding, as the massacre is taking place, Grey Wind is released by Ser Raynald Westerling, allegedly killing four Frey wolfhounds and tearing the arm off of a man, even while being shot by crossbows.

See also

• Grey Wind at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)

References

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