Eddard Stark, also called "Ned", is the head of House Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and Warden of the North. He is a close friend to King Robert I Baratheon, with whom he was raised. Eddard is one of the major POV characters in A Song of Ice and Fire.
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Eddard is portrayed by Sean Bean, Sebastian Croft (as a child), and Robert Aramayo (as a young man).
Eddard has a long face[10]Â and long brown hair.[11]Â His closely-trimmed beard is beginning to grey.
*A man of six-and-ten, and yet Eddard often found himself shy around women, even around his new wife, a Princess of House Targaryen. Eddard was extremely lucky to have been wedded to a Targaryen, especially when had no Valyrian blood. But that didn't stop him from being awkward.*
*So, as Eddard sat there, watching as Prince Rhaegar, his wife's elder brother, won the Tourney and declared Eddards very own wife as the Queen of Love and Beauty, Eddard felt slightly ashamed and even embarrassed as he watched her accept it. Eddard knew he was an awkward husband that didn't know much of what to do with his wife, and he also knew that Targaryen's often wedded eachother.*
*Eddard felt doubts fill his mind as he watched the scene, would his wife have left him for Rhaegar if her elder brother was not already married? He knew she could leave him, he hadn't even consummated their marriage yet. Eddard could hear his elder brother, Brandon, barking angrily at the Prince due to the fact that the Princess was married to Eddard. But Eddard merely shook his head as if to tell Brandon that there was no point.*
*Eddard glanced at his wife, his throat feeling dry. He wanted to address the fact that she had accepted her brothers declaration, but he didn't know how to start, so he simply reached a hand out and gently aswell as awkwardly rested it on her shoulder.*
"My Lady..."
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