Saturday, December 12, 2015

Robb Stark

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Robb's army arrives at the Twins, the castle seat of [[House Frey]], for his uncle Edmure's wedding. Enduring Lord Walder Frey's insults directed at him and his wife, Robb makes a public apology to Lord Frey's daughters and granddaughters for breaking his promise to marry one of them. Frey accepts the apology and offers the Starks and their men [[Guest right|his hospitality]].
 
Robb's army arrives at the Twins, the castle seat of [[House Frey]], for his uncle Edmure's wedding. Enduring Lord Walder Frey's insults directed at him and his wife, Robb makes a public apology to Lord Frey's daughters and granddaughters for breaking his promise to marry one of them. Frey accepts the apology and offers the Starks and their men [[Guest right|his hospitality]].
   
[[File:Robb_and_Talisa_Red_Wedding.jpg|thumb|Robb crawls towards his dead wife]]That night Edmure is introduced to his bride [[Roslin Frey]], discovering much to his relief that she is a beauty. The wedding and the feast that follows it are quite celebratory and lively affairs, with all the participants in high spirits. As the celebrations reach their heights Lord Walder calls for the bedding ceremony. Robb agrees and the bride and groom are carried off to their wedding bed, Roslin carried off by the male guests and followed closely by Edmure, who is collected by the Frey women.
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That night Edmure is introduced to his bride [[Roslin Frey]], discovering much to his relief that she is a beauty. The wedding and the feast that follows it are quite celebratory and lively affairs, with all the participants in high spirits. As the celebrations reach their heights Lord Walder calls for the bedding ceremony. Robb agrees and the bride and groom are carried off to their wedding bed, Roslin carried off by the male guests and followed closely by Edmure, who is collected by the Frey women.
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[[File:Robb_and_Talisa_Red_Wedding.jpg|thumb|Robb crawls towards his dead wife]]
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After they leave and the festivities begin to wind down, Catelyn becomes suspicious when she notices [[Walder Rivers|Black Walder Rivers]] close the banquet hall doors and the musicians in the gallery begin playing "[[The Rains of Castamere (song)|The Rains of Castamere]]"- the song commemorating [[House Lannister]]'s brutal elimination of [[House Reyne]] . Walder rises to make a toast to Robb, and Catelyn, seated beside Lord [[Roose Bolton]], notices that the latter is wearing mail under his clothing. Realizing they are in a trap, Catelyn slaps Roose across the face and screams a warning to Robb, but by then it is too late. Lord Walder signals his men to attack. Lothar draws a knife and repeatedly stabs the pregnant Talisa in the stomach, fatally wounding her and killing their unborn child. Before he can react, Robb is shot by the musicians with crossbows several times and falls to the ground. Numerous other Stark men are killed by the assassins or Frey men. Robb crawls towards Talisa despite his injuries and manages to hold her in his arms, but he sees that she is dead.
 
[[File:Red_wedding_roose_slider.png|thumb|left|"''The Lannisters send their regards''" - Robb is killed by Roose Bolton]]
 
[[File:Red_wedding_roose_slider.png|thumb|left|"''The Lannisters send their regards''" - Robb is killed by Roose Bolton]]
After they leave and the festivities begin to wind down, Catelyn becomes suspicious when she notices [[Walder Rivers|Black Walder Rivers]] close the banquet hall doors and the musicians in the gallery begin playing "[[The Rains of Castamere (song)|The Rains of Castamere]]"- the song commemorating [[House Lannister]]'s brutal elimination of [[House Reyne]] . Walder rises to make a toast to Robb, and Catelyn, seated beside Lord [[Roose Bolton]], notices that the latter is wearing mail under his clothing. Realizing they are in a trap, Catelyn slaps Roose across the face and screams a warning to Robb, but by then it is too late. Lord Walder signals his men to attack. Lothar draws a knife and repeatedly stabs the pregnant Talisa in the stomach, fatally wounding her and killing their unborn child. Before he can react, Robb is shot by the musicians with crossbows several times and falls to the ground. Numerous other Stark men are killed by the assassins or Frey men.
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Catelyn, having been wounded by a crossbow bolt, manages to take [[Joyeuse Erenford]] hostage, threatening to kill her if Walder doesn't spare Robb, who lingers despondent beside his wife's corpse. Walder refuses, dismissing his wife as replaceable. Robb then somehow finds the strength to drag himself back onto his feet, barely, and weakly calls out "Mother!" to her in a daze. As Catelyn looks into Robb's eyes, Roose Bolton steps in front of Robb and tells him that "the Lannisters send their regards," and stabs Robb through the heart.<ref>"[[The Rains of Castamere (episode)|The Rains of Castamere]]"</ref>
 
Upon seeing Talisa dying near him, Robb drags himself towards her despite his injuries and manages to hold her in his arms as she dies, heartbroken at the loss of his beloved wife and unborn child. Catelyn, having been wounded by a crossbow bolt, manages to take [[Joyeuse Erenford]] hostage, threatening to kill her if Walder doesn't spare Robb, who lingers despondent beside his wife's corpse. Walder refuses, dismissing his wife as replaceable. Roose Bolton, who had fled the hall when the massacre began, seizes Robb, saying "The Lannisters send their regards". Too broken to defend himself, Robb does nothing as Roose stabs him through the heart, killing him instantly. Mad with grief at the death of her firstborn son, her daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild, Catelyn kills Walder's wife before Black Walder kills her as well.<ref>"[[The Rains of Castamere (episode)|The Rains of Castamere]]"</ref>
 
   
 
[[File:Robb_Wind.png|thumb|The Freys parade Robb's mutilated corpse at the climax of the massacre.]]
 
[[File:Robb_Wind.png|thumb|The Freys parade Robb's mutilated corpse at the climax of the massacre.]]
 
 
As the [[Red Wedding|massacre]] of Robb's army rages outside the Twins, Robb's body is paraded atop a horse across the keep, with the head removed and replaced with that of his direwolf, [[Grey Wind]], sewn in its place as a final act of mockery to the King in the North. This sight is witnessed by Arya and [[Sandor Clegane]] during their escape. Later on, Arya and Sandor come across a group of camping Frey soldiers, one of which is describing the process of sewing Grey Wind's head onto Robb's body. Arya stabs the man to death while Sandor kills the rest, exacting a small vengeance for Robb.<ref name="S3EP09">"[[Mhysa]]"</ref>
 
As the [[Red Wedding|massacre]] of Robb's army rages outside the Twins, Robb's body is paraded atop a horse across the keep, with the head removed and replaced with that of his direwolf, [[Grey Wind]], sewn in its place as a final act of mockery to the King in the North. This sight is witnessed by Arya and [[Sandor Clegane]] during their escape. Later on, Arya and Sandor come across a group of camping Frey soldiers, one of which is describing the process of sewing Grey Wind's head onto Robb's body. Arya stabs the man to death while Sandor kills the rest, exacting a small vengeance for Robb.<ref name="S3EP09">"[[Mhysa]]"</ref>
   

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