god i love crannogmen because i love the idea that there’s this ethnic group within an ethnic group (northmen) that’s just sort of regarded as foreign and strange and mysterious by everyone except by the starks who have complete and utter faith in them and regard them like they do every other house. they’re like the reclusive neighbors in the corner house that no one understands except for the people who live in the big house on the cul de sac who have dinner parties with them every weekend. i love crannogmen.