Game of Thrones: Here's Exactly How Many Starks Are Still Alive

The eldest of the Stark siblings and Lady of Winterfell, Sansa started out as a spoiled, bratty young lady of a noble house who dreams of traveling to the South and marrying a knight. Her actual journey to Kings Landing and betrothal to Prince Joffrey quickly show her the error of her ways — though witnessing the death of her father really hammers it in. She learns to use her passive exterior to her advantage while a prisoner of the throne, until Petyr Bealish whisks her away to the Vale.

Sansa doesn't last long there before her aunt's behavior leads the older woman to be pushed through the Moon Door by her conniving husband, Petyr. The man weds Sansa to Ramsey Bolton, a cruel savage who assaults Sansa on their wedding night. She escapes with Theon and finds her way to Castle Black, where she reunites with a recently resurrected Jon Snow. Sansa convinces him to join her in taking back their ancestral home and comes through with the knights of the Vale when Jon is losing the Battle of the Bastards.

After doling out her personal justice against her husband, Sansa aids the newly crowned King in the North with handling castle affairs. Though the two regularly butt heads, Sansa readily steps up to take charge when Jon takes off to Dragonstone to speak with the Dragon Queen. At the end of season seven, Sansa works with her siblings to bring Petyr to justice for his crimes against their family and celebrates the arrival of Winter.

Bran is the first Stark to be struck by tragedy, in the very first episode of Game of Thrones. When King Robert, his wife, Queen Cersei, and her twin brother, Jaime, visit the Starks in Winterfell, Bran goes exploring and climbs the tallest tower he can find. Once he reaches the top of the tower, balancing himself on the ledge of a window, he finds Queen Cersei and Jaime engaging in incestuous sexual intercourse. Startled and worried they will be discovered if the boy reveals anything, Jaime pushes Bran out of the window, where he presumably falls to his death — but Bran survives. He survives another assassination attempt while lying comatose in his bed and eventually wakes up to find his memory foggy and his legs unable to move. From there, Bran is carried by his companion Hodor, pushed on a sled, and finally given a wheelchair.

Bran and his brother Rickon are separated from their family when his sister goes to Kings Landing with their father, Robb goes off to war, and their mother follows him. The two escape Winterfell when Theon Greyjoy betrays the Starks and then are separated from one another. Bran begins a treacherous journey in which he loses his direworlf, Summer, two of his faithful companions Hodor and Benjen, and his sense of humanity. By season seven, he's gone through probably the most impressive physical change of any character and completely lost himself to the special power of the Three-Eyed Raven. Last time we see him in season seven, he and Samwell Tarly are discussing Jon's birthright as the rightful king of the Seven Kingdoms.