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==History==
 
==History==
The Dreadfort is ill-omened, for it is said that the Boltons still keep torture chambers and a special room where they hang the flayed skins of their enemies, including several Kings of [[House Stark]].{{Ref|aGoT|53}} Centuries ago, the Boltons rose up against King [[Harlon Stark]], and the Dreadfort held out for two years under siege before the Boltons surrendered.
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The Dreadfort is ill-omened, for it is said that the Boltons still keep torture chambers and a special room where they hang the flayed skins of their enemies, including several Kings of [[House Stark]].{{Ref|aGoT|53}} Centuries ago, the Boltons rose up against King [[Harlon Stark]], and the Dreadfort held out for two years under siege before the Boltons surrendered.{{ref|ADWD|17}}
  
 
==Layout==
 
==Layout==
The Dreadfort is a strong fortress, with high walls and triangular merlons that look like sharp stone teeth. Its great hall is dim and smoky, with rows of torches grasped by skeletal human hands jutting from the walls. Long tables stand before a dais with a high table. The hall has a vaulted ceiling and wooden rafters turned black from smoke.{{ref|ADWD|12}}
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The Dreadfort is a strong fortress, with high walls and triangular merlons that look like sharp stone teeth. It has thick stone walls and massive towers.{{ref|ADWD|17}} Its great hall is dim and smoky, with rows of torches grasped by skeletal human hands jutting from the walls. Long tables stand before a dais with a high table. The hall has a vaulted ceiling and wooden rafters turned black from smoke.{{ref|ADWD|12}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Theon Greyjoy]] is kept in a dungeon below the castle where he has been subjected to Ramsay's flaying.{{ref|ADWD|12}}
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[[Theon Greyjoy]] is kept in a dungeon below the castle where he has been subjected to Ramsay's flaying.{{ref|ADWD|12}} [[Arnolf Karstark]] writes to [[Stannis Baratheon]] that the Dreadfort is weakly garrisoned with fewer than fifty men, half of them servants. However, [[Jon Snow]] convinces Stannis to instead march from [[Castle Black]] to [[Deepwood Motte]].{{ref|ADWD|17}}
  
  

Revision as of 20:18, 6 September 2013

Dreadfort
Castle
The North and the location of the Dreadfort
The North and the location of the Dreadfort
Dreadfort
Artwork by lykhaon ©
Location Westeros, North
Government House Bolton, Feudal Lord
Religion Old gods

The Dreadfort is a fortress in the North and the seat of House Bolton. It is located on the banks of the Weeping Water, in the eastern half of the continent.[1]

History

The Dreadfort is ill-omened, for it is said that the Boltons still keep torture chambers and a special room where they hang the flayed skins of their enemies, including several Kings of House Stark.[2] Centuries ago, the Boltons rose up against King Harlon Stark, and the Dreadfort held out for two years under siege before the Boltons surrendered.[3]

Layout

The Dreadfort is a strong fortress, with high walls and triangular merlons that look like sharp stone teeth. It has thick stone walls and massive towers.[3] Its great hall is dim and smoky, with rows of torches grasped by skeletal human hands jutting from the walls. Long tables stand before a dais with a high table. The hall has a vaulted ceiling and wooden rafters turned black from smoke.[4]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Dreadfort men under the command of Lord Roose Bolton join the northern host called by Robb Stark at Winterfell.[2]

A Clash of Kings

Lady Donella Hornwood learns that Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Roose, is massing men at the Dreadfort.[5]

A Storm of Swords

According to a letter Lothar Frey reads to Robb, the women and children who survived the Sack of Winterfell were taken to the Dreadfort by the Bastard of Bolton.[6]

During the War of the Five Kings the Boltons turn on their Stark allies and aid the Freys in slaughtering them at the Red Wedding.[7] King Tommen Baratheon signs decrees which name Roose Bolton the new Warden of the North and which legitimize Ramsay Snow as Ramsay Bolton.[8] With the bulk of the Bolton host trapped south of Moat Cailin, the Dreadfort is under the rule of Ramsay.

A Dance with Dragons

Theon Greyjoy is kept in a dungeon below the castle where he has been subjected to Ramsay's flaying.[4] Arnolf Karstark writes to Stannis Baratheon that the Dreadfort is weakly garrisoned with fewer than fifty men, half of them servants. However, Jon Snow convinces Stannis to instead march from Castle Black to Deepwood Motte.[3]


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Prisoners in the Dreadfort – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

References and Notes