"Yes, precisely. My older brother would have been head of house had he lived. I am the eldest Stark now, though, so it falls to me to continue the line and to preserve our family's legacy."

It's a heavy burden, all told, but Sansa doesn't mind it. She's always known she'd have to do her duty as a lady someday and being the Lady of Winterfell is much better than being Ramsay Bolton's property or some old man's wife. She likes who she is now. She's steel now, no longer porcelain, and she won't chip and break.

"There is no House Stark without me."