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Place/location article, book-canon (Corvus)

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'''The North''' is the largest of the constituent regions of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of [[Westeros]], comprising roughly the northern third of the continent. It is ruled from [[Winterfell]] by House [[Stark]], who held it as Kings in the North for thousands of years before bending the knee to House [[Targaryen]], after which they ruled as Wardens of the North.

The North is a vast, cold, and thinly settled land of forests, hills, moors, and mountains, bounded in the south by the [[Neck]] and in the far north by the [[Wall]]. Its people are hardy, plainspoken, and largely keep to the worship of the [[Old Gods of the Forest|old gods]] rather than the [[Faith of the Seven]] that dominates the south.

== Geography ==
The North stretches from the Neck, the narrow marshy isthmus guarded by [[Moat Cailin]] and the crannogmen of House [[Reed]], all the way to the Wall. It is larger than all the other kingdoms combined but far less populous. Its terrain includes the wolfswood, the great forest west of Winterfell; the stony shore and the rugged northern mountains, home to the mountain clans; the barrowlands of the First Men; and the cold coasts facing the [[Shivering Sea]] and the [[Sunset Sea]].

Major holdings include Winterfell, the [[Dreadfort]] of House Bolton, [[White Harbor]] of House Manderly, the only true city in the North, Karhold, Last Hearth, Deepwood Motte, and Torrhen's Square. [[Bear Island]] in the west is the seat of House Mormont.

== History ==
The North was settled in the [[Dawn Age]] by the children of the forest and later the [[First Men]], whose blood still runs strongest in the northern lords. For thousands of years the Starks ruled as Kings of Winter, fighting off ironborn raids, the Boltons, and threats from beyond the Wall. They never fell to the [[Andals]] who conquered the south, so the North preserved the old gods and the customs of the First Men.

When [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] came, King [[Torrhen Stark]] knelt rather than burn, and the North joined the Seven Kingdoms while keeping its identity. During the [[War of the Five Kings]], the lords of the North declared [[Robb Stark]] King in the North, reviving the ancient title before his betrayal and death at the [[Red Wedding]].

== Inhabitants ==
Northmen are known for their loyalty, their hardiness, and their grim sense of honor. Many keep the old gods and the godswoods of weirwood. The North is also home to the crannogmen of the Neck, the mountain clans, and the people of the [[White Harbor]] who, uniquely among northern houses, follow the Faith of the Seven.

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Archmaesterjimmie: Place/location article, book-canon (Corvus)