Although this page is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.
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- "And it's not just thieves, my lord. There's wolves in them hills now, more than I ever seen. They come down in the night and they kill my sheep. My three sons is away fighting for your brother, my lord. They'll fight, keep fighting till they're told to go home. I have no one to man my flock now. Only me. I can't keep watch all day and all night."
- ―The shepherd explains his hardships to Bran Stark
This unnamed man was a shepherd who owed his lands to House Stark of Winterfell.
Biography[]
Background[]
He and his family lived in the lands of House Stark of Winterfell. His sons fought in the army of Robb Stark in the War of the Five Kings.[1]
Game of Thrones: Season 2[]
In the great hall of Winterfell, Bran holds court for his people. The shepherd reports being unable to tend to his flock, since his three sons fight in the south. Bran offers to assign two orphans, Billy and Jack, from Winterfell's outlying town to aid him. The shepherd gratefully accepts, saying that his wife always wanted more children.[1]
Winterfell is later seized by Theon Greyjoy. Bran and Rickon escape and pass close by to the shepherd's farm. Theon tracks them there and brutally questions the shepherd who denies having seen them. Dagmer finds nutshells and tells Theon to send Luwin back to Winterfell. Theon later returns to Winterfell with the charred corpses of two boys, pretending that they are the Stark princes.[2]
Theon intends to compensate the shepherd for his trouble, but Dagmer reveals to Theon that he killed the shepherd and his wife to prevent them from revealing that the two corpses were those of the orphans.[3]
In the books[]
In A Clash of Kings, in which most of Season 2 is based, there's no shepherd that adopts two orphans. Instead, there's a miller and his wife from Winterstown, whose two sons are killed at Theon's command to facilitate an identical ruse. The wife, who desperately begs for mercy, is also killed at Theon's command. It is unknown what has become of the miller, who was not at home while his family was murdered.
Appearances[]
- – "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
- – "A Man Without Honor"
- – "The Prince of Winterfell" (mentioned)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Game of Thrones: Season 2, Episode 5: "The Ghost of Harrenhal" (2012).
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 2, Episode 7: "A Man Without Honor" (2012).
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 2, Episode 8: "The Prince of Winterfell" (2012).
Notes[]
- ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 2 in 299 AC.
Head
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Queen Sansa Stark | Heir
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Princess Arya Stark | ||
Seat
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Winterfell | Region
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North | ||
Titles |
King in the North · Lord of Winterfell · Warden of the North (under the Iron Throne) | ||||
Ancestors |
Brandon the Builder · Brandon the Breaker · Dorren Stark · Jon Stark · Rickard Stark · Rodrik Stark · Karlon Stark · Theon Stark · Osric Stark · Torrhen Stark · Brandon Snow · Rickon Stark · Cregan Stark | ||||
Members |
Bran I, the Broken · Jon Snow | ||||
Deceased |
Rickard Stark · Brandon Stark · Lyanna Stark · Eddard Stark · Robb Stark · Talisa Stark · Catelyn Stark · Rickon Stark · Benjen Stark | ||||
Household |
{Maester Luwin} · {Ser Rodrik Cassel} · {Jory Cassel} · {Vayon Poole} · Jeyne Poole · {Septa Mordane} · {Old Nan} · {Hodor} · {Farlen} · {Mikken} · {Osha} · {Jojen Reed} · Maester Wolkan |