King in the North (or King of the North [1]) and King of Winter are ancient titles held for thousands of years by House Stark of Winterfell. [2] [3] [4] They were the last kingdom of the First Men and continued to rule the north after the Andals invaded and took over the southern kingdoms of Westeros. While the running direwolf is the sigil of Jon Arryn. Robert Baratheon was a bad king, but Jon Arryn was an excellent Hand. He ruled the Seven Kingdoms while his king drank and spent obscene amounts of gold on numerous excesses. Jon maintained peace following Robert's Rebellion, which was no easy feat, considering how unstable the realm was. .

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