Robb won many great battles against the Lannister armies, which led him to be known as the 'Young Wolf', but he believed that he botched the non-martial aspects of the war. Upon Eddard's execution, Robb was declared King in the North by his father's bannermen, who rallied to his cause. When Eddard became the King's Hand, Robb remained at Winterfell to rule in his father's stead. His companion direwolf is named Grey Wind.

His appearance favors his Tully side, with a stocky build, blue eyes, and thick auburn hair. He bears great responsibility with scant complaint, and shares his father's devotion to honor and justice. He is the only major Stark that is not a POV character. Robb is Eddard Stark's eldest legitimate child, and the heir to Winterfell. In the TV series he is played by Richard Madden. Called 'The Young Wolf' by many of his followers and foes alike, he shared his father's devotion to honor and was frequently accompanied by his direwolf, Grey Wind, whom he always took with him into battle. After his father's execution he was named King in the North by his followers. Upon his father's imprisonment for treason he raised his banners and marched south with a host to aid his allies in the Riverlands and to free his father. Robb Stark was the eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully and the heir to Winterfell and the North.