The Starks had manned the Wall for millennia and had ruled over this land for just as long. As long as the Starks were here, the Wall and the North stood strong. Brandon the Builder, founder of House Stark, built the same wall. The same ancient magic that ran through the North and the Wall flowed in the blood of the ancient Winter Kings. The people of the North respected House Stark and relied on it. Some even said that House Stark had powers over ice, seeing how their founder managed to build the giant structure made of ice, even with the help of the giants and children of the forest.