Winter Is Coming.

Those words are not a boast or a threat, but a warning. A warning to all Starks of Winterfell that darkness looms upon the horizon and that they must be ready for whatever comes out of that darkness. For eight thousand years, this warning has been given from father to son and generation to generation. From the Age of Heroes when they ruled the North as Kings of Winter to the War of Conquest when Torrhen, First of His Name, bent the knee to Aegon Targaryen to the fall of his dynasty three hundred years at the hands of Eddard, son of Rickard, who led the North in rebellion against Mad King Aerys alongside Robert Baratheon of the Stormlands who would then become King himself. Then and now, the words remain true. Even after seventeen years of peace and plenty, the winter still lingers on the horizon. Ready to envelop the world in ice, snow and darkness. One Stark will face this challenge under the most undesirable circumstances, but he must face it.

For he is Torrhen Stark, the Second of His Name, and this is his tale...