Winter is coming, as Ned Stark would say, and you might as well have a good beer in hand.

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There were the Northern Starks, led by the gruffly ethical Ned Stark and his dignified wife, Catelyn, and their gruffly ethical and dignified children.

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This is a group of outlaws and guerrilla fighters led by Thoros and Beric Dondarrion, who Ned Stark sent out in Season 1 to arrest the Mountain, Gregor Clegane.

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Before there was Ned Stark, there was Sturm Brightblade.

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The tour continues to Dark Hedges, where Ned Stark's fierce, tomboy daughter Arya reinvented herself as a boy, then moves on to Lordsport Harbour, where unlucky traitor Theon Greyjoy returned to his homeland of the Iron Islands.

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Since so little was conveyed by Ned Stark during Season 1, we need someone like Selmy to convey some of the important details unless, for reasons bizarre and unimaginable, the show has decided to avoid the backstory altogether.

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He later revisited that stark childhood with his performance as Knockout Ned in the acclaimed film City of God.

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