It took another fifteen minutes for everyone of importance to show up. Torrhen looked around carefully and, to his surprise, realised that all the Houses sworn directly to the Starks were here. Every single northern lord and lady of importance was in this hall. For some unknown reason, even the skaglords had left their stony island to come to Winterfell. According to his father, Donnel, the last time the skags had come to the mainland was when Brandon Stark, the youngest son of Cregan, had crushed their rebellion and forced them to kneel.