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Status 6?
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Definitely. Status and Military Rank are basically the same thing in this setting at low levels, but I would keep the costs separate for situations like this, when you get up to the very highest levels where some of the Lords Paramount are Wardens of a Compass Point and some aren't. Hoster Tully is a Status 6 Lord just like Ned, Jon Arryn, etc, but his Military Rank is probably only a 5 to their 6 because if the whole realm was invaded they'd be the go-to generals.
Robb's ascension to "King in the North" doesn't increase his Status IMHO; it just makes him the top dog in a smaller pond, marries his Status to his Military Rank since he is no longer part of a larger semi-organized force, and carries a negative Reputation for rebellion in certain quarters.
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Wealth Multimillioner ?
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Absolutely. The Lannisters may have an arbitrarily greater amount of wealth, especially liquid assets, but the Starks don't exactly live a Spartan life of austerity in their geothermally-heated castle sitting on a parcel of land the size of half the Seven Kingdoms, despite their distaste for flashy displays.
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Legal enforcement powers
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10 points before he becomes the Hand of the King, for absolute authority within his domain. 15 afterward, for absolute authority across the kingdom unless he acts against the King (for example, when he tells Beric Dondarrion to put a team together and go execute Gregor Clegane).
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Allies?
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As suggested above, Ned inspires personal loyalty in some (perhaps more than most others of his stature), but still has plenty of regular employees who are just doing their jobs and would sell him out for a big enough bag of gold.
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What else/How much
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Ned almost certainly has a complex web of Reputations, considering his eventful military career and his role in national politics. To the people who fought by his side in Robert's Rebellion and Balon's rebellion he is the hero that lifted the siege of Dragonstone. To the Targaryens he is one of "the Usurper's Dogs," and the loyalist Lords of the Reach who were laying siege to Dragonstone probably aren't all smiles and hugs about him, either. In particular, the Dayne family probably has some colorful opinions about the guy. In the North and to the smallfolk he is seen as a generic stern but benevolent patriarch, but south of the Neck (and behind closed doors in the Dreadfort) many people who are in the know see him as an idealistic bumpkin from the sticks and snicker at his naivete in social matters.