Fanfic / Ned Stark Lives Awesome Fanfic Funny Heartwarming TearJerker YMMV Create New At the very end of A Game of Thrones, the first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, Lord Eddard Stark is seized for treason after trying to remove King Joffrey Baratheon from the Iron Throne. Cregan Stark, known as the Wolf of the North[1] and later in life the Old Man of the North,[2] was the Lord of Winterfell and head of House Stark during the reigns of kings Viserys I, Aegon II, Aegon III and Daeron I Targaryen.[3][4][2] He briefly served as Hand of the King for Aegon III after the Dance of the Dragons.[4][1]. Eddard Stark known to family and friends as , Ned , is so excited he couldn't sleep . He was visiting home after three years after all . He is fostering in Eeyrie last three years since he is eight namedays old and he will continue his fostering till he reaches majority which is six and ten namedays old in Westeros.