Upon the death of King Viserys I Targaryen in 129 AC, the blacks of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen opposed the greens of King Aegon II Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons. The Dance of the Dragonsįor over a century after the Targaryen Conquest, House Stark remained largely disinterested in royal politics and aloof from affairs at court. Cregan named his infant heir Rickon after his late father. The young lord then married Lady Arra Norrey, a friend from childhood, but she died in 128 AC while giving birth to a son. In 126 AC, Cregan took up rule of the north by having Bennard and his three sons imprisoned.

Bennard was slow to relinquish power when Cregan turned sixteen and came of age in 124 AC, however, and relations were tense between uncle and nephew. Rickon's brother, Bennard Stark, ruled the north as regent during Cregan's minority. When Lord Rickon passed away in 121 AC, he was succeeded by the thirteen-year-old Cregan. He had a younger brother, who died in 119 AC, and, according to The Testimony of Mushroom, a bastard half-sister, Sara Snow. History Early lifeĬregan was born in 108 AC as the eldest son of Rickon Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, and Lady Gilliane Glover. Prince Aemon Targaryen, the Dragonknight, claimed he never faced a finer swordsman than Lord Cregan. Lord Cerwyn was said to be his closest friend. Like many other Starks, Cregan was a good friend to the Night's Watch. Īccording to Archmaester Gyldayn, Cregan was a stern and formidable lord. Cregan had grey eyes which reminded Septon Eustace of a winter storm.

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