Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-208.54.37.146-20160628231617/@comment-5308269-20160801162431

90.201.44.221 wrote: Littlefinger said he declared for house stark so chances are that means the vale is legally under control of the north since LF is Lord until either Robin dies and whoever is his heir takes over, or Robin comes of age. The north also owns harrenhal as littlefinger is Lord of harrenhal.

Littlefinger has *allied* with the North. That does not mean they're under the rule of House Stark. And Littlefinger is *Lord Protector* of the Vale, as Robin Arryn is still a minor. And even then, the Lord Paramountcy will likely go to Robin's closest blood-relations, rather than his step-father. And if anything the Lords of the Vale want to be an independent kingdom just like the North. Plus, they *saved* the Stark army from certain defeat at the hands of Ramsay Bolton and his allies. So technically, if the Vale of Arryn wanted to pull rank with the Northerners, then they currently have the numbers to do just that.

And Littlefinger legally owns Harrenhal by the will of King Joffrey. Except he has no forces their to keep it, so it is effectively in the hands of either House Frey or House Tully, assuming Arya knew to free her uncle Edmure Tully after killing Walder Frey and his sons.