The Red Wedding was one of the major climaxes in A Storm of Swords. It came about because Robb Stark, who was betrothed to a female of the proud Frey clan, married Jeyne Westerling, of a lesser house. Robb still needed the Freys, bannermen to Riverrun who were his primary support, to help him win the War, and so tried to treaty with them and win back their loyalty. At Walder Frey's insistence, he and his fleet went to the Twins, where Edmure Tully, Robb's uncle, married a Frey woman. Catelyn Stark, Robb's mother, believed that they were safe after partaking in food and drink at the Frey's table. Catelyn soon recognized The Rains of Castamere but by then it was too late. After crossbow men shot Robb, Lord Bolton stabbed Robb in the stomach. The Frey men slaughtered the small Stark host and