House Bolton
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| Coat of Arms | A flayed man, red on pink |
|---|---|
| Seat | The Dreadfort |
| Current Lord | Roose Bolton |
| Region | The North |
| Heir | Ramsay Snow |
| Overlord | House Stark, House Baratheon. |
House Bolton is an old line descended from the First Men and dating back to the Age of Heroes. Their sigil is a flayed man, red on pink. Their seat is the Dreadfort and they are one of the most powerful lords of the North. The Boltons' are best known for their practice of flaying their enemies.
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[edit] History
The Boltons are an ancient and powerful house of the North who for many centuries were bitter rivals of the Kings in the North, the Starks of Winterfell. The Boltons achieved some successes against the Starks, flaying the skins of several Stark lords and hanging them in their stronghold, the Dreadfort. According to rumour, some Bolton lords even wore the flayed skins of their enemies - including the Starks - as cloaks. This practice has given the Boltons a sinister reputation, and it has been suggested that the Night's King was a Bolton.
Approximately a thousand years ago, the Boltons finally swore fealty to the Kings in the North and agreed to abandon their tactic of flaying their enemies. However, three hundred years later the Boltons rose in rebellion against the Starks of Winterfell. The Stark armies besieged the Dreadfort for four years before the Boltons finally capitulated and dipped their banners once more. For many centuries the Boltons remained loyal to the Starks, although rumours persised that they continued to flay their prisoners in secret, and maintain a hidden chamber in the Dreadfort to display the skins of their enemies. After Roose Bolton betrayed his fealty to Robb Stark during the Red Wedding, the Boltons usurped the Starks to became overlords of the North and Roose the Warden of the North.
[edit] Current members
[edit] Roose
- Main article: Roose Bolton
Roose Bolton is Lord of the Dreadfort and head of House Bolton. Known for his eery pale eyes and his habit of leeching himself, for which he is called the Leech Lord, Roose is a cold and methodical man. Although initially an ally of Robb Stark during the War of the Five Kings, Roose ultimately betrayed the Starks and allied with House Lannister.
[edit] Ramsay
- Main article: Ramsay Bolton
Ramsay is the natural son of Roose and known as both the Bastard of Bolton or the Bastard of the Dreadfort. A psychotic killer, Ramsay was sentenced to death by Eddard Stark for grievous crimes, but he managed to evade his sentence and turn the situation to his advantage. After Theon Greyjoy took Winterfell, Ramsay pretended to help him until he could take the castle for himself. Legitimized for his service against the Starks, Ramsay has become heir to the Dreadfort and Lord of Winterfell.
[edit] Sworn Houses
After they were raised to Lords of the North several houses swore fealty to their new overlords, not all willingly.
- House Manderly of White Harbour.
- House Ryswell of the Rills.
- House Umber of Last Hearth.
- House Waterman
- House Wells
| Houses from the North | |
| Overlords: | Stark |
|---|---|
| Noble houses: | Bolton | Cerwyn | Dustin | Flint (Flint's Finger) | Flint (Widow's Watch) Hornwood | Karstark | Locke | Manderly | Mormont | Reed | Ryswell | Umber |
| Masterly houses: | Glover | Tallhart |
| Mountain clans: | Flint | Liddle | Norrey | Wull |
