For thousands of years after Bran the Builder built the wall there was peace, no more White Walkers and no more Children of the Forest, at least that's how the story goes but little did everyone know they were all wrong, they just didn't know how wrong they were until he awaken from his deep sleep.
1AC changed everything, when Aegon Targaryen took control of Westeros completely, he didn't just take control of everyone's land but took their life blood of every kingdom for dominance and for the North he took the one thing he should have not touched and that was the Frozen Throne that sat in Winterfell for over 10,000 years, not everyone knew but the throne held the Ancient Magic of the entire North and kept it all in check so when Aegon took the throne the wall lost its battery and the wall began to lose its power, and that's when hidden underneath Winterfell that hasn't been touched since the First Men touched the continent, in a ancient cave with a large tree and lava surrounding a throne sat a man, he was tall as a giant standing 14 feet tall, in his right hand was a great sword made of ice with mist constantly coming off it! And in his left was a blue dragon egg that pulsed with power, the man sat there with his eyes closed but when the throne was taken his eye brows furrowed, then a faint magic ripple left his body that went over the entire planet and left everyone especially the dragons on the planet with a feeling of dread for a few minutes then it was gone.
298AC
Ned stark sat in his office in Winterfell looking over papers from off over the North, he rubbed his brow in irritation not wanting the deal with stuck up nobels but someone had to do it and it had to be him, after a few hours he took a break and began to walk to be training area where his sons Robb Stark and Jon Snow fought with wood swords, Jon fought with such finesse it was incredible, when Jon finally got the hit on Robb and won they both smiled, Ned couldn't help the small smile from his lips but that was wipped away when his personal guard Jory walked up to him with a piece of paper that had the kings seal and he cursed under his breath, when he took it and opened it letting him know the king was on the way to Winterfell and Ned had a feeling what is was for and couldn't help the dread running up his spine.
A little later in the day Ned told his entire family and had all his servants and guards start preparing for the King, he took a break and went to the crypt where all Starks were buried, he has been coming down here for years to see his sisters face, while he stood infront of his sisters statue and spoke of all his worry's, as he stood there talking for several hours he was saying goodbye and was about to begin to walk away until a sound caught his ear behind him and he paused, he turned around quickly and saw nothing, he looked around for a while and saw nothing so he was going to start to turn when the sound came again but deep in the hallway, he pulled Ice, his sword from his belt and talked down the hallway for 10 minutes until he came to the very first statue, the man who knelt, Torrhen Stark.
When he came face to face with the man he held his breath waiting for something to happen and he didn't need to wait a long time when the entire statue, moved and a stair case came into view and at the base he saw a red glow, he took a deep breath and began to walk down with Ice ready, a few minutes later he reached the base and looked around the corner and saw lava in a large circle and a massive tree in the center, when he looked around he saw on the cave walls runes and strange carvings, he began to walk around the large cave on the outside of the lava not taking his eyes off the carvings and runes not making any sense until he stopped on one specific carvings of a man holding a wooden staff that had a glow on the top, but what really caught his attention was a wall infront of the man, "MY BROTHER SURE LIKED TO MAKE A SCENE" a deep voice came from everyone and the cave began the shake, Ned turned around quickly with his sword posed ready to strike but stopped when a giant of a man sat behind him, what stopped his was ice blue eyes that shined with power, when Ned looked closer he saw some familiar traits of the Stark family, the man had pitch black hair that Ned couldn't tell how long since it flowed behind him and a pitch black beard that fell into the man's lap, he was wearing blue armor made out of metal that Ned didn't recognize, that's when he saw the Sword and Egg in his hands, that's when Ned remembered the the giant of a man said, "you said brother" Ned quiestioned, "your brother is Bran the builder" Ned took a step back hitting the cave wall.
The Man looked at Ned and laughed, "DID YOU SAY BRAN THE BUILDER, WHAT DID HE BUILD" the man said, Ned looked at the man's eyes and responded, "Bran the Builder, built the 800 foot ice wall along with the nights watch and Winterfell" Ned said with confidence, and the man immediately laughed once more making the cave walls shake one more, "OH THAT BASTARD, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WOULD HID HIS TRUE NAME AND GIVE MINE, IF I SEE HIM AGAIN I WILL THRASH HIM HAHAHAH" he said shaking his head, Ned looked shocked "wait your name!!!, your Bran the Builder, mine ancestor from thousands of years ago" Ned practically yelled dropping his sword, "HAHAHA I AM BRAN BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE BUILDER" he smirked, "YOU CAN CALL ME BRANDON STARK, THE ELDEST AND ORIGINAL STARK, THE DESCENDANT OF THE SO CALLED BUILDER", Ned's mouth just fell open in shock, "then who built the wall, I DON'T understand", "HIS NAME WAS JONATHAN STARK, HE WAS A MINOR WIZARD, NOT EVEN THAT POWERFUL" "this is insane, a our whole history is a lie" Ned fell down onto his ass and just shook his head, "AHHH NOT ALL A LIE, EVERYTHING IS TRUE I JUST DONT KNOW WHY HE USED MY NAME, PROBABLY TO SCARE THE GODS, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ONE THING" Ned nodded and looked at the man, he slowly stood up and creaking and cracking sounds behind the fill the large cave, Ned just looked up just now noticing how big he truly was, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE" the man screamed shocking Ned even more, "www—hat doo doo you mean" Ned stuttered "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU LET SOME LITTLE DRAGON COME AND TAKE THE SACRED SEAT OF THE STARKS, YOU LET SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A STARK RULE OVER THE NORTH, YOU ARE A STARK, MY DESCENDANT, NOT SOME LITTLE BUILDER WHO BUILT ONE WALL AND A CASTLE, NO YOU ARE MINE, BRANDON THE GOD KILLER, THE ONE WHO MADE THE GODS OF THIS WORLD RUN OFF IT, WHO HID IN FEAR OF JUST MY NAME, BUT YOU WHO PRAY TO SOME LITTLE UP STARTS YOU CALL THE OLD GODS, AND EVEN WORSE THE SEVEN, A LITTLE CRY BABY WHO WENT TO THEIR DADDY TO STOP ME, AND WHEN I CUT OFF HIS HEAD HID IN ANOTHER WORLD, YOU ARE A DISAPPOINTED TO THE STARK NAME" the giant now with the name Brandon screamed, Ned all the while had tears rolling down his cheeks in awe and in terror, who would have though his Elder in front of him was named the God killer but it hit deep when he was called a disappointment, "what do I do" Ned whispered out, dropping his head in shame, "YOU GO TO WAR, YOU SHOW ALL THESE COWARDS THAT A STARK RULES THE NORTH, AND I WILL BE RIGHT THERE WATCHING" Brandon said and his body and sword began to shrink until he was a foot taller than Ned, who just nodded and stood back up "follow me sir", "waiittt" Brandon said and put his sword in his belt, and pulled out a small blade hidden, Ned watched in terror thinking he was going to use that blade on him but stopped when Brandon grabbed his beard and cut it off at his chin, then he grabbed his long hair and the top of his head and did the same, long black hair dropped to the floor, Brandon waived his hand and both burst into flames until nothing was left, Brandon looked to Ned with a smirk, "let's go".