Brandon Starke

Brandon Starke is the second oldest child of Rickard and Trysell Starke making him a member of House Starke. Brandon Starke has three siblings in the form of Eddard, Benjen, and Lyanna Starke of which Eddard is the Lord of the House, and Lord of Stormwind, while his brother Benjen was married but his wife died early on in their marriage, and since then he has rejected several offers to marry other women, and finally his sister Lyanna is the same age as his nephew Robb Starke as his father Rickard had Lyanna with a young bar maid when he was in his late eighties. Brandon is married to Barbrey Starke formally of House Ryswell with whome he has two children with.

Brandon Starke wasn't raised with his siblings as he was the second oldest it was deemed he should be prepared for military life in House Starke and as such he went northward to the town of Barrowton where he was a ward of House Ryswell. When he left Barrowton he came back to Stormwind with his new wife Barbrey Ryswell and their young son named Brandon Starke II. Back in Stormwind he led a large force during the conflict with Gondor, and was then insrumental during the Invasion of Westbridge.

Early History
Brandon was fostered at Barrowton with Lord Dustin, father of Willam Dustin, but he spent most his time riding the Rills. In his youth, he took the maidenhead of Barbrey Ryswell who was infatuated with him. Brandon was betrothed to Barbrey Ryswell of House Ryswell of Riverrun, but Petyr Baelish, a ward of Barbrey's father, loved her and challenged Brandon to a duel for her hand. Brandon won their duel, but did not kill Petyr, in concession to Barbrey's pleas.



Invasion of Westbridge
Main Article : Invasion of Westbridge

Eddard Starke was the leader of the Starke forces that were assembled to take part in the Invasion, and he along with House Lannister was tasked with using the ships that had been constructed to land on the two islands that existed in Westbridge. On the day of the invasion Eddard relunctantly led his forces along with House Lannister on to the boats of the Lucerne fleet, and they sailed up the river Rhine to coincide with arrival during the night. On a normal occasion their boats would have been discovered by the Westbridge lighthouses that were located throughout the islands, and this would have led to the fleet of Westbridge ships launching to stop them, but the lighthouses were taken out of commision by the work of the Order of the Violet Dragon and thus Westbridge was blind to the ships movements.

The forty five ships of the fleet which had been designed to carry troops and thus had very large top levels so that the nearly 25,000 troops of the two houses would be able to land effectivly. Brandon Starke was in charge of the front line troops and he and his men were heavily armed and ready for the fight as the boats neared the islands.