Eddard Stark raised and cared for him as his son when he did not have to. He still vividly remembered his first childhood with the uncle and aunt that did not want him, and the difference was simply jarring. Though, Catelyn did not want him either. But Eddard Stark made all the difference. His true sire meant little to him beyond a name. What kind of person abandons his wife and two children to elope or kidnap a fourteen-year-old maiden? And not any man, but the Crown Prince of the Seven Kingdoms, who also had various other duties left unattended while the realm burned in rebellion because of his actions.