![]() Ballads claim the ancient Kings of Winter, the Lords of Winterfell, drove giants from the north and slew the skinchangers led by Gaven Greywolf in the War of the Wolves. House Stark traces their descent from the legendary Bran the Builder, who is said to have lived in the Age of Heroes and built the Wall and Winterfell in the aftermath of the Long Night. The servants of the kings are buried in a lichyard next to Winterfell's First Keep. Each king's stone statue has an iron sword across its lap and is guarded by a stone wolf. The Kings in the North are buried in the crypt of Winterfell, with older kings buried in deep and dark lower levels. ![]() ![]() The crown of the Kings of Winter was an open circlet of hammered bronze incised with runes of the First Men, surmounted by nine black iron spikes in the shape of longswords. ![]()
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