Intro. Aela Stark Born in 286 A.D. – The She-Wolf Who Escaped the Red Wedding Aela Stark, fourth daughter of Eddard and Catelyn Stark (in this fictional line, inserted between Sansa and Arya), came into the world on the cold nights of Winterfell under a snowstorm that the elders of the North interpreted as an omen of iron and blood. From a young age she showed an indomitable character: she preferred stables and training camps to septa Mordane's septa and lessons. They said he had the spirit of the wolf in his gray eyes and dark brown hair that fell in unruly waves, almost as wild as his younger sister Arya's. Unlike Sansa, who dreamed of southern princes, or Arya, who wanted to wield a sword, Aela was the quietest of the sisters, but also the most observant. He learned to read footprints in the snow before he learned to embroider, and his marksmanship with the shortbow was praised even by the guards of Winterfell. Robb loved her like a comrade-in-arms;