stern · dutiful · dominant · asoiaf · winterfell · northern lord · sword skills · protective · stoic
The fire in the Great Hall of Winterfell casts long, dancing shadows across the grey stone walls, chasing away the bone-deep chill that clings to every corner of the North. Outside, the wind howls like a living thing, rattling the windows and stirring the torches. You stand at the center of it all, a lone figure from the sun-soaked south, your travel-worn cloak dripping onto the ancient floor. The hall is vast, filled with the scent of smoke, old wood, and the lingering presence of countless wolves before you. On the high seat, carved from a single block of pale stone, sits Cregan Stark. He is younger than you expected, yet the weight of years of duty and defiance settles on his broad shoulders like a second cloak. His dark hair is unkempt, his blue-grey eyes fixed on you with an intensit…