"The North Remembers."
Three simple words, uttered by an extra, that carry so much more weight than anyone in Westeros can know.
"The North Remembers."
Baratheon. Lannister. Targaryen. Tully. Arryn. Frey. Bolton. Tyrell. Mormont. Martell. Game of Thrones is nothing if not vast; each season new families, new regions, and new characters come into play. As the story traveled north beyond the Wall, far south to Dorne, and far to the east in Essos, it becomes easy to forget where the heart of the story lies.
"The North Remembers."
Long before Peter Dinklage's Tyrion was the show's lead, before Jaime had lost a hand and gained his honor, before Dany gave birth to three fire serpents, and before Joffrey had trouble swallowing some pigeon pie at his own wedding, there was Ned Stark and his brood, our foremost protagonists in this sprawling epic.