Benjen Starke

Benjen Starke is the second youngest of the children of Rickard, and Trysell Starke making him a member of House Starke. Benjen Starke has three siblings in the form of Eddard, Brandon, and Lyanna Starke of which Eddard is the Lord of the House, and Lord of Stormwind, while his brother Brandon is a Thane of Stromwind and is a truly brilliant and honorable fighter, 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. Benjen was married but his wife died early on in their marriage, and since then he has rejected several offers to marry other women.

Benjen is unlike his two older brothers in that he does not wish to be known at all. This came to be when his wife died early in their marriage. Benjen had truly loved her, and her loss destroyed something in Benjen and since this day he has led the forces of House Starkes archery battalions. Known for always wearing black Benjen Starke is a loyal but depressed member of House Starke.

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. Benjen Starke was in charge as often was the case of the archer battalions commanded by House Starke, and as the boats approached the islands he and his men prepared to stay on board the boats and pick off anyone that dared resist the landing.