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Unfortunately he runs to Winterfell, ancestral home of the Stark family, whose most notable trait is a dour acceptance that they must do the morally right thing, even if that's not always easy. The Starks consist of: Eddard aka Ned, played with just the right amount of northern steel by Sean Bean; his wife Catelyn, who, on the evidence of the first episode, seems to be something of a worrier; and their children Robb (straight-forward, doesn't do much this episode), Sansa (a bit spoilt, wants to be a princess), Arya (tomboy, hates sewing), Bran (wide-eyed, enjoys climbing) Rickon (who we have yet to meet). Also hanging out at Winterfell are Ned's ward Theon, played by a wonderfully snide Alfie Allen, and his illegitimate son, Jon (cue an army of fans crying L+ R = J. Don't worry this will make sense later, maybe).
Ned learns of the deserter's arrest and promptly takes his sons, legitimate and otherwise, off on a rather bleak family outing to a beheading. After a brief lecture about why it's important for the man who passes the sentence to swing the sword, the family trudge back towards home only to discover first a dead stag, then a dying direwolf (essentially a giant wolf) and her six pups. The significance of the wolf dying with a stag's antler wedged in its throat will become clearer later, but for now the Starks adopt the pups – stopping only for Ned to give another lecture; this time about the importance of pet care. His children must not just feed and look after the wolves, but also bury them themselves if all goes wrong. It's a hard life being a Stark.
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