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{{Noble House  
| House_name         = House Frey of [[Twins|the Crossing]]
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| House_name = House Frey of [[Twins|the Crossing]]
| image         = [[File:House_Frey.png|250px]]
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| image = [[File:House Frey.svg|250px]]
 
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| Coat_of_arms = Two blue towers, united by a bridge, on silver-grey.
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| Coat_of_arms = Two blue towers, united by a bridge, on a silver-grey field<br>''(Cendrée, a bridge azure, at either end a tower of the same)''
 
| Words =
 
| Words =
| Seat = The [[Twins]]
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| Seat = The [[Twins]]{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
| Current_Lord = [[Walder Frey]]
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| Current_Lord = [[Walder Frey]]{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
| Region = [[the Riverlands]]
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| Region = [[Riverlands]]
| Title = Lord of [[Twins|the Crossing]]
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| Title = [[Lord of the Crossing]]{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
| Heir = [[Edwyn Frey]]
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| Heir = [[Edwyn Frey]]{{Ref|AFFC|44}}
| Overlord = [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]]
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| Overlord = [[House Tully]] (AGOT)<br>[[House Baelish of Harrenhal|House Baelish]] (ADWD)
 
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| Cadet_branch = [[House Frey of Riverrun]]
 
| Cadet_branch = [[House Frey of Riverrun]]
| Founded_in = 600 years ago
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| Founded_in = Around [[Years before Aegon's Conquest|300 BC]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
 
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'''House Frey of the Crossing''' is a noble house of the [[Riverlands]]. Their main seat is the [[Twins]], a pair of castles on each bank of the [[Green Fork]] of the [[Trident]] that serves as a vital bridge across the river. The lord of the house is called the Lord of the Crossing. The strategic location of the Twins has allowed the house to become quite wealthy. Under their current lord, [[Walder Frey]], they have grown greatly in both size and power. One of the most powerful bannermen of the [[House Tully|Tullys]], the House can field a thousand knights and three thousand foot.
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'''House Frey of the Crossing''' is a noble house of the [[riverlands]]. Their main seat is the [[Twins]], a pair of castles on each bank of the northern [[Green Fork]] of the [[Trident]] that serves as a vital bridge across the river. The lord of the house is called the [[Lord of the Crossing]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
  
Their sigil is two blue towers united by a bridge on silver-grey, representing the Twins.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Their house words are not mentioned in the books. Most current Freys tend to share the weaselly appearance of their common ancestor, Lord Walder.
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Their sigil is two blue towers united by a bridge on silver-grey, representing the Twins.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Their house words are not mentioned in the books.<ref group="N">In "[[The Winds of Winter (TV)|The Winds of Winter]]", the final episode of [[season 6]] of HBO's ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', the words of House Frey might have been revealed to be "We Stand Together". When Lord [[Walder Frey]] toasts [[House Lannister|Lannister]] soldiers in his hall, they respond with the Lannister house words, "Hear me roar!". When Walder toasts House Frey, the others respond by cheering "We stand together!" It is unclear whether the phrase is indeed the house's motto in the television show, or whether it was simply meant as a statement, considering the context.</ref>
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The strategic location of the Twins has allowed the house to become quite wealthy,{{Ref|ASOS|14}} House Frey rules over wider domains than [[House Tully]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} Under their current lord, [[Walder Frey]], they have grown greatly in both size and power. One of the most powerful bannermen of the [[House Tully|Tullys]], the Freys can field a thousand knights and three thousand foot,{{Ref|ASOS|14}} a much larger army than their overlord of [[House Tully]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} Most current Freys tend to share the weaselly appearance of their common ancestor, Lord Walder.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
House Frey is one of the younger houses in Westeros, dating back some six centuries when its founder was awarded lands and nobility. The founding Frey had a vision of building a great bridge spanning the [[Green Fork]] of the Trident and began its construction. His grandson ultimately finished the bridge's construction and built wooden keeps on both sides as well. Later generations replaced the timber keeps with identical stone keeps that were named the Twins. A large tower was constructed in the middle of the bridge and called the Water Tower.{{ref|AGOT|59}}
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===Origin===
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[[File:Frey Armsmen Mark Bulahao.png|thumb|350px|Armsmen of House Frey by Mark Bulahao © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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[[File:Forrest Frey.png|thumb|[[Forrest Frey]] by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
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House Frey dates back six centuries, making it one of the younger noble houses in Westeros. The first Lord Frey was awarded lands and a noble status, and began the construction of a great bridge spanning the [[Green Fork]] of the [[Trident]]. Construction was finished under the rule of his grandson, who added wooden keeps on both sides of the river. The timber keeps were eventually replaced by stone keeps, which received the name "the Twins".{{ref|AGOT|59}}
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Due to their strategic location, House Frey prospered by exacting tolls for passage across the river, greatly increasing their wealth. House Frey has grown into the most powerful bannermen of [[House Tully]] of [[Riverrun]],{{ref|ASOS|35}} and the Twins are among the strongest castles of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}} However, some older houses look down upon the Freys as upstarts{{ref|ASOS|14}} and toll collectors.{{ref|TMK}}
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===Targaryen Era===
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During [[Aegon's Conquest]], House Frey aided [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and rebelled against [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] of [[Harrenhal]], the [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]]. Afterward, the Freys joined the other river lords in swearing fealty to [[House Tully]], the new [[Lords Paramount of the Trident]] for [[House Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
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In {{Date|43}}, Lord Frey supported [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon the Uncrowned]] against his uncle, King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragons}}
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A young [[Forrest Frey]] was mocked as fool Frey for asking for the hand of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|TRP}} During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], House Frey sided with the [[blacks]] of Queen Rhaenyra against the [[greens]] of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. Lord Forrest Frey died fighting [[Westerlands|westermen]] in the [[Battle by the Lakeshore]].{{ref|tpatq}}
  
The Twins' defensible construction and strategic location allowed the Freys to prosper by exacting tolls for passage across the river. The Freys grew into one of the richest and most powerful houses of the Trident. Their quick rise to prominence has caused other powerful houses to look down on them as upstarts. The Freys also became bitter rivals with their neighbors to the north, the [[crannogmen]] ruled by [[House Reed]].
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Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] recognized the Frey banner among the arms displayed at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{ref|THK}} Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] held the [[Whitewalls tourney]] to celebrate his marriage to his new [lady wife who was [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|a member of House Frey]]. Lord Frey attended the Whitewalls tourney, accompanied by his daughters, his four-year-old son (the current Lord [[Walder Frey|Walder]]), his brother [[Franklyn Frey|Franklyn]], and his nephew. However, the tourney was used as an excuse by some attendees to plot the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{ref|TMK}}
  
House Frey aided [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conquerer]] during his [[War of Conquest]] and rebelled against King [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] of [[Harrenhal]].<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6592/ Chicon 7 Reading]</ref> Afterward, the Freys joined the other river lords in swearing fealty to [[House Tully]].
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During the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], the squire of a Frey knight accosted [[Howland Reed]]. The Frey knight was later defeated by the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] and told to teach his squire honor.{{ref|ASOS|24}}
  
A young Frey was mocked as Fool Frey for asking for the hand of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|TRP}} During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], House Frey sided with [[the blacks]] against [[the greens]]. Lord [[Forrest Frey]] died fighting [[Westerlands|westermen]] in the [[Battle by the Lakeshore]].{{ref|tpatq}}
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During the long reign of Lord [[Walder Frey]], the house exploded in size as he and his descendants sired many offspring.{{ref|AGOT|59}} He offered [[Brynden Tully]] his choice of three Frey girls in marriage.{{ref|AGOT|71}} When Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] acquiesced to Walder's proposal to marry his second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], to Tytos's daughter [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], the ten-year old [[Tywin Lannister]] spoke out against the match.{{ref|AFFC|33}}
  
[[Dunk]] recognized the Frey banner among the arms displayed at the [[Ashford Tourney]].{{ref|THK}}  Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] held the [[Whitewalls Tourney]] to celebrate his marriage to his new lady wife who was a member of House Frey. Lord Frey attended the Whitewalls Tourney, accompanied by his daughters, his four-year-old son (the current Lord [[Walder Frey|Walder]]), his brother, Ser [[Franklyn Frey]], and his nephew. However, the tourney was used as an excuse by some attendees to plot the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{ref|TMK}}
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During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord Walder arrived at the [[Battle of the Trident]] after the outcome was already decided. Lord [[Hoster Tully]] has since referred to his bannerman as the Late Lord Frey.{{ref|AGOT|28}}
  
During the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], a squire of a member of this house accosted [[Howland Reed]]. The knight of House Frey was later defeated by the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] and told to teach his squire honor.{{ref|ASOS|24}}
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===Baratheon Era===
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[[Hoster Tully]], the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], refused a Frey bride for his son, [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], and did not attend Walder's wedding to his seventh wife, [[Annara Farring]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]] and Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] refused to foster Walder's grandsons at court in [[King's Landing]] or their own son, [[Robert Arryn]], at the Twins.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Several Freys participated in the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Walder claims to have hosted three kings at the Twins during his rule.{{ref|AGOT|59}}
  
During the long reign of Lord [[Walder Frey]], the house exploded in size as he and his descendants sired many offspring.  Lord Walder claims to have hosted three kings at the Twins during his rule.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Under Walder's leadership, the Freys exploited their advantages to the fullest. Despite their influence, the Freys continue to be looked down upon. When [[Tytos Lannister]] acquiesced to Lord Walder's proposal to marry his second son, Emmon, to Tytos' daughter [[Genna Lannister|Genna]] the ten-year old [[Tywin Lannister]] spoke out against the match. Later, [[Hoster Tully]] refused a Frey bride for his son [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], and [[Jon Arryn]] refused to foster Lord Walder's grandsons at the [[Eyrie]]. Lord Walder, however, continued to exploit his leverage, delaying his answer to House Tully's call during [[Robert's Rebellion]], only arriving to the [[Battle of the Trident]] once the outcome was already decided.
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After [[Chett]] killed [[Bessa]], [[Walder Rivers]] was sent by Lord Walder to judge the criminal and send him to the [[Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|Prologue}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
A score of Frey men are at the [[crossroads inn]] when Lady [[Catelyn Tully]] seizes [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|28}} Rather than joining her to bring him to justice, the men report the event to Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{ref|AGOT|31}}
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[[File:Walder Frey The Twins.jpg|thumb|Lord [[Walder Frey]] at the [[Twins]] by Amok ©]]
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A score of Frey men are at the [[crossroads inn]] when Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] seizes [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|28}} Rather than joining her to bring him to justice, the men report the event to Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{ref|AGOT|31}}
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Six Freys attend the [[Hand's tourney]] in [[King's Landing]]: Ser [[Jared Frey|Jared]], Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]], Ser [[Danwell Frey|Danwell]], Ser [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], Ser [[Theo Frey|Theo]], and Ser [[Perwyn Frey|Perwyn]], as well as one of Lord Walder's bastards, [[Martyn Rivers]].{{ref|AGOT|29}}
  
Six Freys attend the [[Tourney of the Hand]]: Ser [[Jared Frey|Jared]], Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]], Ser [[Danwell Frey|Danwell]], Ser [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], Ser [[Theo Frey|Theo]] and Ser [[Perwyn Frey|Perwyn]], as well as one of Lord Walder's bastards, [[Martyn Rivers]].{{ref|AGOT|29}}
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As he had done in [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord Walder delays his response to Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s calling of banners, although he keeps near four thousand men at the [[Twins]] and defends their lands from [[House Lannister|Lannister]] outriders commanded by Ser [[Addam Marbrand]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} When [[Robb Stark]] arrives at the Twins on his march south to free Lord [[Eddard Stark]], he is received by Walder's heir, Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]]. Walder negotiates with Robb's mother, Lady Catelyn, securing a marriage contract with Robb and linking the Freys with the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]]. Furthermore, [[Arya Stark]] will wed [[Elmar Frey|Elmar]] when the fighting is done, Catelyn will take two more ([[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]]) as wards, and Robb will take yet another ([[Olyvar Frey|Olyvar]]) as his squire. In exchange the Freys lend their swords to his cause and grant the northern army safe passage.{{ref|AGOT|59}}
  
As he had done in [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord Walder delays his response to Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s calling of banners and keeps near 4,000 men at [[the Twins]]. Although the House defends their lands from [[House Lannister|Lannister]] outriders commanded by Ser [[Addam Marbrand]], they delay declaring for one side or the other in the [[War of the Five Kings]] until it serves their purpose. When [[Robb Stark]] arrives at the Twins on his march south to free Lord [[Eddard Stark]], he is received by Walder's heir, Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]]. Walder negotiates with Robb's mother, Lady Catelyn, securing a marriage contract with Robb, linking the Freys with the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]]. Furthermore, [[Arya Stark]] will wed [[Elmar Frey|Elmar]] when the fighting is done, Catelyn will take two more ([[Big Walder Frey|Big]] and [[Little Walder Frey|Little Walder]]) as wards, and Robb will take yet another ([[Olyvar Frey|Olyvar]]) as his squire. In exchange the Freys lend their swords to his cause and grant the northern army safe passage.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Meanwhile, Lord Walder and his heir Ser Stevron have been named among the nobles King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] insists must do him homage or be named traitors to the realm. {{Ref|aGoT|57}}
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After the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Walder and Stevron are named among the nobles the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], insists must do him homage or be named traitors to the realm.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}
  
Robb's army split at the Twins, each force heading to deal with a different Lannister army; Freys ride with both forces. Robb acknowledges that the Freys under Ser Stevron's command fought bravely at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]]; Ser Perwyn fights there as part of [[Robb's personal guard|Robb's bodyguard]]. [[Cleos Frey|Cleos]] and [[Tion Frey|Tion]] fight on the other side of that battle under their cousin, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], and are captured along with him. Their father, Emmon Frey, also fights on the Lannister side of the war. Other Freys, including Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]], Ser Jared, Ser Hosteen, Ser Danwell, Elmar and [[Ronel Rivers]] are part of [[Roose Bolton]]'s army. Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are captured by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s forces during the [[Battle of the Green Fork]]. Stevron attends the war council at [[Riverrun]] at which Robb Stark is declared [[King in the North]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}
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Robb's army split at the Twins, each force heading to deal with a different Lannister army; Freys ride with both forces. Robb acknowledges that the Freys under Stevron's command fought bravely at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]]; Perwyn fights there as part of [[Robb Stark's battle guard|Robb's battle guard]]. Ser [[Cleos Frey|Cleos]] and [[Tion Frey|Tion]] fight on the other side of that battle under their cousin, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], and are captured along with him. Their father, Emmon Frey, also fights on the Lannister side of the war. Other Freys, including Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]], Jared, Hosteen, Danwell, Elmar, and [[Ronel Rivers]] are part of Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army. Jared, Hosteen, Danwell, and Ronel are captured by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s forces during the [[battle on the Green Fork]]. Stevron attends the war council at [[Riverrun]] at which Robb Stark is declared [[King in the North]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Catelyn's wards Big Walder and Little Walder are welcomed to [[Winterfell]], although they are not much to the liking of [[Bran Stark]]. They are spared by [[Theon Greyjoy]] during his [[capture of Winterfell]] and later by [[Ramsay Snow]] during his [[sack of Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|46}}{{ref|ACOK|66}}
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Catelyn's wards Big Walder and Little Walder are welcomed to [[Winterfell]], although they are not much to the liking of [[Bran Stark]].{{ref|ACOK|4}} The cousins are spared by [[Theon Greyjoy]] during his [[capture of Winterfell]]{{ref|ACOK|46}} and later by [[Ramsay Snow]] during his [[sack of Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|66}}
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Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are briefly in captivity at [[Harrenhal]] before being ransomed by two other Freys (presumably Aenys and Elmar) soon after Arya's arrival, rejoining Lord Bolton's army.{{ref|ACOK|30}} Aenys participates in the [[fall of Harrenhal]] to Roose's host.{{ref|ACOK|47}}
  
Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are briefly in captivity at [[Harrenhal]] before being ransomed by two other Freys (presumably Aenys and Elmar) soon after Arya's arrival, rejoining Lord Bolton's army. Many Freys, including Ser Stevron, Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], [[Black Walder Frey|Black Walder]], and Olyvar, join Robb in his campaign through the [[Westerlands]]. Stevron dies after receiving a minor wound in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], making his son Ryman the heir to the Twins. In the [[Battle of the Crag]], Black Walder scales the walls of the castle along with [[Smalljon Umber]].
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Many Freys, including Stevron, Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]], and Olyvar, join Robb in his campaign through the [[westerlands]]. Stevron dies after receiving a minor wound in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], making his son Ryman the heir to the Twins.{{ref|ACOK|35}} In the [[storming of the Crag]], Black Walder scales the walls of the castle along with [[Smalljon Umber]].{{ref|ASOS|14}}
  
Ser Perwyn accompanies Lady Catelyn on her voyage south to treat with kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Martyn Rivers commands the outriders in the Riverlands while [[Brynden Tully]] is campaigning in the west with Robb Stark, [[King of the Trident]]. Martyn meets Catelyn's party when she nears [[Riverrun]] on her return trip. After returning to the Riverlands, Perwyn fights in the [[Battle of the Fords]].
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Ser Perwyn accompanies Lady Catelyn on her voyage south to treat with kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} Martyn Rivers commands the outriders in the riverlands while Ser [[Brynden Tully]] is campaigning in the west with Robb Stark, [[King of the Trident]]. Martyn meets Catelyn's party when she nears [[Riverrun]] on her return trip.{{ref|ACOK|39}} Perwyn and Martyn fight in the [[Battle of the Fords]].{{ref|ASOS|2}}
  
Cleos Frey, still a captive of Robb's, is sent to King's Landing to offer King Robb's terms to his cousin, [[Tyrion Lannister]]; they are rebuffed. Tyrion plants men in Cleos's guard to try and free Jaime from Riverrun; they fail and Cleos is imprisoned again.
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Cleos Frey, still a captive of Robb's, is sent to King's Landing to offer Robb's terms to his cousin, [[Tyrion Lannister]], but they are rebuffed.{{ref|ACOK|20}} Tyrion plants men in Cleos's [[House Lannister guards|red cloak guards]] to try and free Jaime from Riverrun,{{ref|ACOK|26}} but [[plot to free Jaime Lannister|they fail]] and Cleos is imprisoned again.{{ref|ACOK|39}}
  
To solidify wartime alliances, Roose Bolton marries one of Walder's granddaughters, [[Fat Walda Frey|Walda]]. After the fall of Winterfell and the Lannister victory over Stannis in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], the Freys in Lord Bolton's army at Harrenhal believe that Robb should bend the knee.{{ref|ACOK|64}}
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To solidify wartime alliances, Roose Bolton marries one of Walder's granddaughters, [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]]. After the fall of Winterfell and the Lannister victory over Stannis in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], the Freys in Lord Bolton's army at Harrenhal believe that Robb should bend the knee.{{ref|ACOK|64}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
At Riverrun, Catelyn frees Jaime from captivity in an effort to exchange him for her daughters, allowing his cousin Cleos Frey to accompany him along with her sworn sword [[Brienne of Tarth]]. On the journey to King's Landing, Cleos proves to be a useless fighter, and when he is killed by the [[Brave Companions]] he is mourned by none.  
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[[File:Pilcerovamartinaastormofswords 0.jpg|thumb|[[Robb Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark]] arrive at the [[Twins]] by Martina Pilcerova © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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At Riverrun, Catelyn frees Jaime from captivity in an effort to exchange him for her daughters, allowing his cousin, Cleos Frey, to accompany him along with her sworn sword, [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{ref|ASOS|1}} On the journey to King's Landing, Cleos proves to be a useless fighter, and he is killed by outlaws near [[Maidenpool]].{{ref|ASOS|21}}
  
Word eventually reaches [[the Twins]] of Robb Stark's marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] instead of a Frey as promised. Ryman Frey, Lord Walder's new heir, withdraws House Frey's support from the King of the North in outrage, with all of the Frey soldiers leaving his army. Later, [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar]] and [[Walder Rivers|Bastard Walder]] arrive at Riverrun with 40 men from the Twins. There they make the offer that their liege lord, King Robb's uncle [[Edmure Tully]], stand in Robb's place for the marriage alliance and marry Walder's daughter, [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]].  
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Robb Stark's marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] outrages House Frey and breaks their alliance. Ryman and Black Walder angrily depart Robb's army at the Crag,{{ref|ASOS|14}} as do Freys led by Perwyn and Martyn Rivers at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} The Freys with Ser [[Aenys Frey|Frey]] at [[Harrenhal]] are also enraged,{{ref|ACOK|64}} but they remain with Lord [[Roose Bolton]].{{ref|ASOS|31}}
  
However, Walder secretly negotiates with Lords [[Tywin Lannister]] and [[Roose Bolton]]. They betray the Starks and Tullys at the [[Red Wedding]], breaking [[guest right]] and slaughtering their former allies. [[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)|Jinglebell]], [[Benfrey Frey|Benfrey]], and [[Tytos Frey|Tytos]] are killed in the process. Ser Perwyn, Olyvar, and [[Alesander Frey|Alesander]] had been sent away beforehand, they being too friendly with the Starks. The Freys are rewarded by the [[Iron Throne]] for killing King Robb and capturing Lord Edmure. Walder Frey's second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], is given the lordship of a cadet branch, [[House Frey of Riverrun]], when House Tully is divested of their seat. To solidify the alliance with the Lannisters, [[Amerei Frey|Amerei]] is paired with [[Lancel Lannister]], and [[Daven Lannister]] is to wed another Frey.
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After the passing of [[Hoster Tully]], the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar]] and [[Walder Rivers|Bastard Walder]] arrive at Riverrun with forty men from the Twins. Their father, Lord Walder, suggests that their new liege lord, Robb's uncle [[Edmure Tully]], stand in Robb's place for the marriage alliance and marry Walder's daughter, [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}
  
Black Walder secures the surrender of [[Seagard]] by threatening to kill [[Patrek Mallister]], while Ryman and his son [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]] lead a 2,000-strong Frey force to join Daven Lannister in the [[Siege of Riverrun]], which is promised as the seat of Emmon Frey.
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While Robb leads his northmen and some rivermen from Riverrun to the Twins, Roose leads his own host north from Harrenhal. They are welcomed and given [[guest right]] by the Freys.{{ref|ASOS|49}} However, Walder has secretly negotiated with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], and Lord Bolton. They betray the Starks and Tullys at the [[Red Wedding]], breaking [[guest right]] and slaughtering their former allies. [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Jinglebell]], [[Benfrey Frey|Benfrey]], and [[Tytos Frey|Tytos]] are killed in the process.{{ref|ASOS|51}}{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} Perwyn, Olyvar, and [[Alesander Frey|Alesander]] had been sent away beforehand, they being too friendly with the Starks.{{ref|ASOS|51}}
  
Other nobles and the smallfolk scorn House Frey for breaking the sacred guest right. [[Petyr Frey|Petyr]] and [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]] are seized and hanged by the revived Lady Catelyn and her incarnation of the [[brotherhood without banners]].  
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The Freys are rewarded by the [[Iron Throne]] for killing King Robb and capturing Lord Edmure. Walder Frey's second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], is given the lordship of a cadet branch, [[House Frey of Riverrun]], when House Tully is divested of their seat.{{ref|AGOT|53}} Ryman and his son, [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]], lead two thousand men to join Ser [[Daven Lannister]] in the [[siege of Riverrun]], while Black Walder resolves the [[siege of Seagard]] by threatening to kill [[Patrek Mallister]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}
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Other nobles and the smallfolk scorn House Frey for breaking the sacred guest right. [[Petyr Frey|Petyr]] and [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]] are seized and hanged by the revived Lady Catelyn and her incarnation of the [[brotherhood without banners]].
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
House Frey's influence in the Riverlands increases further by way of the newly-created [[House Lannister of Darry]], the household of which is provided by Lord Lancel's wife, Ami. A score of Freys, including Danwell, [[Arwood Frey|Arwood]], and [[Marissa Frey|Marissa]], accompany her to [[Darry|Castle Darry]]. After "[[Rorge|the Hound's]]" attack on [[Sack of Saltpans|Saltpans]], Arwood and his kinsmen [[Harys Haigh|Harys]] and [[Donnel Haigh]] ride from Darry to investigate, finding [[Quincy Cox]] hiding behind his walls.{{ref|AFFC|30}}
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To solidify the alliance with the Lannisters, [[Amerei Frey]] is paired with Lord [[Lancel Lannister]],{{ref|AFFC|14}} and [[Daven Lannister]] is to wed another Frey.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Violating guest right has ruined the Freys' reputation, however, with even Jaime Lannister calling them treacherous.{{ref|AFFC|38}}{{ref|AFFC|23}} House Frey influence in the riverlands increases further by way of the newly-created [[House Lannister of Darry]], the household of which is provided by Lancel's wife, Ami. A score of Freys, including Danwell, [[Arwood Frey|Arwood]], and [[Marissa Frey|Marissa]], accompany her to [[Darry|Castle Darry]]. After "[[Rorge|the Hound's]]" attack on [[raid on Saltpans|Saltpans]], Arwood and his kinsmen [[Harys Haigh|Harys]] and [[Donnel Haigh]] ride from Darry to investigate, finding Ser [[Quincy Cox]] hiding behind his walls.{{ref|AFFC|30}}
  
Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Frey have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies of [[House Darry]]. It is hinted that the enmity between Frey and Darry is not new, but has significant history.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
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Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Frey have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies of [[House Darry]]. It is hinted that the enmity between Frey and Darry is not new, but has significant history.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
  
After arriving at Riverrun, [[Jaime Lannister]] removes Ryman from command of the siege, and informs Emmon that although he is granted Riverrun, Emmon has not received overlordship over the Trident, which is held instead by [[Petyr Baelish|Lord Petyr]], head of [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]]. When informing the [[Brynden Tully|Blackfish]] of what will happen if he does not surrender, Jaime says he will send the Freys as a second wave, after the other rivermen but before the westermen. On his journey back to the Twins, Ryman too is executed by Lady Stoneheart, the revived Catelyn Stark. Ryman's death leaves his son Edwyn as heir to the Crossing.
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After arriving at Riverrun, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] informs Emmon that although he has been granted Riverrun, Emmon is not the liege of the riverlords. The Freys instead owe allegiance to Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], head of [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]] and [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].{{ref|AFFC|33}} Jaime removes Ryman from command of the siege of Riverrun in favor of his son Edwyn.{{ref|AFFC|38}} When informing Ser [[Brynden Tully]] of what will happen if he does not surrender, Jaime says he will send the Freys as a second wave, after the other rivermen but before the westermen. On his journey back to the Twins, Ryman is hanged by outlaws near [[Fairmarket]]. Ryman's death leaves his son Edwyn as heir to the Crossing.{{ref|AFFC|44}}
  
According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] is on the verge of allying himself with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] after he agrees to marry both of his granddaughters to members of House Frey and open his port of [[White Harbor]] to Lannister shipping.
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According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] is on the verge of allying himself with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] after he agrees to marry both of his granddaughters to members of House Frey and open his port of [[White Harbor]] to Lannister shipping.{{ref|AFFC|17}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Jared Frey|Jared]], and [[Symond Frey|Symond]] arrive in White Harbor to solidify the alliance between Houses Frey and Manderly. The Manderlys only pretend to accept the peace of King [[Tommen Baratheon]] and shortly after their departure the Frey envoys disappear. There are [[Frey Pies/Theories|theories]] about what caused their disappearance.  
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[[File:JOthe Frey Emissary.jpg|thumb|An emissary from House Frey by Jarrod Owen © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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[[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Jared Frey|Jared]], and [[Symond Frey|Symond]] arrive in White Harbor to solidify the alliance between Houses Frey and Manderly.{{ref|ADWD|19}} The Manderlys only pretend to accept the peace of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]],{{ref|ADWD|29}} however, and the Frey envoys disappear while traveling from [[White Harbor]] to [[Barrowton]].{{ref|ADWD|32}} Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] pleads ignorance about [[Frey Pies/Theories|their fate]].{{Ref|ADWD|46}}
  
Big Walder and Little Walder remain squires of Ramsay Bolton at [[the Dreadfort]], [[Barrowton]], and [[Winterfell]]. Soon they are joined by 2,000 Frey soldiers under Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]] who march with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] to pacify the North. While quartered at Winterfell during a blizzard, tensions rise in Roose's army when the Freys place the blame for their missing envoys on Wyman.{{ref|ADWD|46}} A brawl results in the deaths of several men when Wyman insults the Freys after Little Walder is found dead in the snow. To relieve the pressure, Roose sends Aenys and Hosteen as a vanguard against Stannis,{{ref|ADWD|51}} who is encamped at a [[crofters' village]] in the [[wolfswood]].{{ref|ADWD|62}}
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Big Walder and Little Walder remain squires of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] at the [[Dreadfort]].{{ref|ADWD|12}} After the [[siege of Moat Cailin]] is resolved by [[Theon Greyjoy]] and Ramsay, they are joined by Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s northmen and Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen's]] Freys, who number between fourteen hundred{{ref|ADWD|20}} and two thousand,{{ref|AFFC|16}} to help Roose in pacifying the north. Roose moves the wedding of Ramsay and "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" from Barrowton to [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|32}}
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While quartered at Winterfell during a blizzard, which the Freys are ill prepared for,{{ref|ADWD|41}} tensions rise in Roose's army when the Freys place the blame for their missing envoys on Wyman.{{ref|ADWD|46}} A brawl results in the deaths of several men when Wyman insults the Freys after Little Walder, the brother of Roose's wife [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]], is found dead in the snow. To relieve the pressure, Roose sends Aenys and Hosteen as a vanguard against Stannis,{{ref|ADWD|51}} who is encamped at a [[crofters' village]] in the [[wolfswood]].{{ref|ADWD|62}}
  
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
The Frey force at Winterfell falls prey to a trap set by [[Mors Umber]] outside the walls, killing Aenys.
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{{Warning/twow}}
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The Frey force at Winterfell falls prey to a trap set by [[Mors Umber]] outside the walls, killing Aenys. This leaves Hosteen, who loses his horse in the trap, in command of the force.<ref>''The Winds of Winter'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>
  
 
==House Frey at the end of the third century==
 
==House Frey at the end of the third century==
  
 
The known Freys during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
 
The known Freys during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
*[[Walder Frey]] (b. {{date|208}}), is the current Lord of the Crossing. An ancient, prideful, and greedy man, he has ruled his house for decades and sired over a hundred descendants. Though he stresses family loyalty, his family jockeys ruthlessly for his favor, naming their sons Walder and daughters Walda in an attempt to please him. Walder has survived many wives:
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*[[Walder Frey]] (b. {{date|208}}), is the current Lord of [[Twins|the Crossing]]. An ancient, prideful, and greedy man, he has ruled his house for decades and sired over a hundred descendants. Though he stresses family loyalty, his family jockeys ruthlessly for his favor, naming their sons Walder and daughters Walda in an attempt to please him. Walder has survived many wives:
 
**{[[Perra Royce]]}, his first wife, gave him three sons and one daughter.
 
**{[[Perra Royce]]}, his first wife, gave him three sons and one daughter.
 
**{[[Cyrenna Swann]]}, his second wife, gave him two sons.
 
**{[[Cyrenna Swann]]}, his second wife, gave him two sons.
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**{[[Bethany Rosby]]}, his sixth wife, gave him four sons and a daughter.
 
**{[[Bethany Rosby]]}, his sixth wife, gave him four sons and a daughter.
 
**{[[Annara Farring]]}, his seventh wife, gave him four sons and two daughters.
 
**{[[Annara Farring]]}, his seventh wife, gave him four sons and two daughters.
**[[Joyeuse Erenford]], his young eight wife, who is currently with child.
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**[[Joyeuse Erenford]], his young eighth wife, who is currently with child.
  
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by Perra Royce===
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by Perra Royce===
 
====Descendants of Stevron Frey====
 
====Descendants of Stevron Frey====
 
*Ser {[[Stevron Frey]]}, Lord Walder's eldest son. Died of his wounds after the [[Battle of Oxcross]].
 
*Ser {[[Stevron Frey]]}, Lord Walder's eldest son. Died of his wounds after the [[Battle of Oxcross]].
**Ser {[[Ryman Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's eldest son. Slain in the Riverlands by the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]].
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**Ser {[[Ryman Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's eldest son. Slain in the riverlands by the [[brotherhood without banners]].
 
***[[Edwyn Frey]], Ryman's eldest son, and heir to [[the Twins]]. A cold man.
 
***[[Edwyn Frey]], Ryman's eldest son, and heir to [[the Twins]]. A cold man.
 
****[[Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)|Walda Frey]], Edwyn's daughter. A young girl.
 
****[[Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)|Walda Frey]], Edwyn's daughter. A young girl.
***[[Black Walder Frey|Walder Frey]], Ryman's second son. Called Black Walder.
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***[[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Walder Frey]], Ryman's second son. Called Black Walder.
***{[[Petyr Frey]]}, Ryman's third son. Called Petyr Pimple. Slain in the Riverlands by the Brotherhood Without Banners.
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***{[[Petyr Frey]]}, Ryman's third son. Called Petyr Pimple. Slain in the riverlands by the brotherhood without banners.
 
****[[Perra Frey]], Petyr's daughter. A young girl.
 
****[[Perra Frey]], Petyr's daughter. A young girl.
**{[[Aegon Frey]]}, Ser Stevron's second son. A lackwit fool called Jinglebells. Slain at the Twins during the [[Red Wedding]] by [[Catelyn Stark]].
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**{[[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Aegon Frey]]}, Ser Stevron's second son. A lackwit fool called Jinglebells. Slain at the Twins during the [[Red Wedding]] by [[Catelyn Stark]].
 
**{[[Maegelle Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's daughter. Married to Ser [[Dafyn Vance]]. Died in childbirth.
 
**{[[Maegelle Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's daughter. Married to Ser [[Dafyn Vance]]. Died in childbirth.
 
***[[Marianne Vance]], Maegelle's daughter. A maiden.
 
***[[Marianne Vance]], Maegelle's daughter. A maiden.
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**[[Walton Frey]]: Ser Stevron's third son.
 
**[[Walton Frey]]: Ser Stevron's third son.
 
***[[Steffon Frey]], Walton's eldest son, called the Sweet
 
***[[Steffon Frey]], Walton's eldest son, called the Sweet
***[[Fair Walda Frey|Walda Frey]], Walton's daughter. Called Fair Walda. A beautiful maid of eighteen.
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***[[Walda Frey (daughter of Walton)|Walda Frey]], Walton's daughter. Called Fair Walda. A beautiful maid of eighteen.
 
***[[Bryan Frey]], Walton's second son. A squire.
 
***[[Bryan Frey]], Walton's second son. A squire.
  
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====Descendants of Emmon Frey====
 
====Descendants of Emmon Frey====
*Lord [[Emmon Frey|Emmon Frey]], Lord of Riverrun. Lord Walder's second son, married Lady [[Genna Lannister]].
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*Lord [[Emmon Frey]], Lord of Riverrun. Lord Walder's second son, married Lady [[Genna Lannister]].
**Ser {[[Cleos Frey]]}: His eldest son. Slain in the Riverlands by the [[Brave Companions]].
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**Ser {[[Cleos Frey]]}: His eldest son. Slain in the riverlands by outlaws.
 
***[[Tywin Frey]]: Cleos's eldest son. A young squire. Heir to Riverrun.
 
***[[Tywin Frey]]: Cleos's eldest son. A young squire. Heir to Riverrun.
 
***[[Willem Frey]]: Cleos's second son. A page at [[Ashemark]].  
 
***[[Willem Frey]]: Cleos's second son. A page at [[Ashemark]].  
**[[Lyonel Frey]]: His second son.
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**Ser [[Lyonel Frey]]: His second son.
 
**{[[Tion Frey]]}: His third son. Slain at Riverrun by order of [[Rickard Karstark]].
 
**{[[Tion Frey]]}: His third son. Slain at Riverrun by order of [[Rickard Karstark]].
**[[Red Walder Frey|Walder Frey]]: His fourth son. Called Red Walder. A squire at [[Casterly Rock]].
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**[[Walder Frey (son of Emmon)|Walder Frey]]: His fourth son. Called Red Walder. A squire at [[Casterly Rock]].
  
  
{{Template:Frey_tree_Emmon_Frey}}
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{{Frey tree Emmon Frey}}
  
 
====Descendants of Aenys and Perriane Frey====
 
====Descendants of Aenys and Perriane Frey====
 
*Ser {[[Aenys Frey]]}, Lord Walder's third son. Died after falling into a pit trap planted near [[Winterfell]] by [[Mors Umber]].  
 
*Ser {[[Aenys Frey]]}, Lord Walder's third son. Died after falling into a pit trap planted near [[Winterfell]] by [[Mors Umber]].  
**[[Aegon Frey (Bloodborn)|Aegon Frey]], his eldest son. An outlaw called Aegon Bloodborn.
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**[[Aegon Frey (son of Aenys)|Aegon Frey]], his eldest son. Now an outlaw called Aegon Bloodborn.
 
**{[[Rhaegar Frey]]}, his second son. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from [[White Harbor]].
 
**{[[Rhaegar Frey]]}, his second son. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from [[White Harbor]].
***[[Robert Frey]], Rhaegar's eldest son. A young boy.
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***[[Robert Frey (son of Rhaegar)|Robert Frey]], Rhaegar's eldest son. A young boy.
***[[White Walda Frey|Walda Frey]], Rhaegar's daughter. A young girl called White Walda
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***[[Walda Frey (daughter of Rhaegar)|Walda Frey]], Rhaegar's daughter. A young girl called White Walda
 
***[[Jonos Frey]], Rhaegar's second son. A young boy.
 
***[[Jonos Frey]], Rhaegar's second son. A young boy.
  
 
*[[Perriane Frey]], Lord Walder's first daughter. Married to Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]].
 
*[[Perriane Frey]], Lord Walder's first daughter. Married to Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]].
 
**Ser [[Harys Haigh]], her eldest son.
 
**Ser [[Harys Haigh]], her eldest son.
***[[Walder Haigh]], Ser Harys' son. A baby.
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***[[Walder Haigh]], Ser Harys' son. A young boy.
 
**Ser [[Donnel Haigh]], her second son.
 
**Ser [[Donnel Haigh]], her second son.
 
**[[Alyn Haigh]], her third son.
 
**[[Alyn Haigh]], her third son.
  
  
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{{Frey_tree_Aenys_Frey}}
  
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by Cyrenna Swann===
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by Cyrenna Swann===
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***[[Walder Goodbrook]]: her son.
 
***[[Walder Goodbrook]]: her son.
 
***[[Jeyne Goodbrook]]: her daughter.
 
***[[Jeyne Goodbrook]]: her daughter.
*[[Luceon Frey|Septon Luceon]]: Fifth son of Walder Frey. A Septon in service at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], in [[King's Landing]].
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*[[Luceon Frey|Septon Luceon]]: Fifth son of Walder Frey. A septon in service at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], in [[King's Landing]].
  
  
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**[[Bradamar Frey]], his second son.
 
**[[Bradamar Frey]], his second son.
 
*[[Danwell Frey]], the eighth son of Walder Frey. Married to [[Wynafrei Whent]], without progeny.
 
*[[Danwell Frey]], the eighth son of Walder Frey. Married to [[Wynafrei Whent]], without progeny.
*{[[Merrett Frey]]}, the ninth son of Walder Frey. Slain in the Riverlands by the Brotherhood Without Banners.
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*{[[Merrett Frey]]}, the ninth son of Walder Frey. Slain in the riverlands by the brotherhood without banners.
**[[Amerei Frey]], his first daughter, nicknamed "Gatehouse Ami". A very young widow of Ser {[[Pate of the Blue Fork]]}. Later married to Ser [[Lancel Lannister]], the new Lord of [[Darry]].
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**Lady [[Amerei Frey]], his first daughter, nicknamed "Gatehouse Ami". A very young widow of Ser {[[Pate of the Blue Fork]]}. Later married to Ser [[Lancel Lannister]], the Lord of [[Darry]] until abdicating his seat to join the [[Warrior's Sons]], dissolving the unconsummated marriage.
**[[Fat Walda Frey|Walda Frey]], his second daughter. Sometimes called Fat Walda. Married to [[Roose Bolton]].
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**Lady [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda Frey]], his second daughter. Sometimes called Fat Walda. Married to [[Roose Bolton]], Lord of the [[Dreadfort]] and [[Warden of the North]].
 
**[[Marissa Frey]], his third daughter. A young maid.
 
**[[Marissa Frey]], his third daughter. A young maid.
**{[[Walder Frey (Little)|Walder Frey]]}, his only son. Called Little Walder. Squire to [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Murdered at Winterfell.
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**{[[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Walder Frey]]}, his only son. Called Little Walder. Squire to [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]]. Murdered at Winterfell.
 
*Ser {[[Geremy Frey]]}, tenth son of Walder Frey. Drowned.
 
*Ser {[[Geremy Frey]]}, tenth son of Walder Frey. Drowned.
 
**[[Sandor Frey]], his son. Squire of Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]] at the [[Gates of the Moon]].
 
**[[Sandor Frey]], his son. Squire of Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]] at the [[Gates of the Moon]].
 
**[[Cynthea Frey]], his daughter. A young girl, ward of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]].
 
**[[Cynthea Frey]], his daughter. A young girl, ward of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]].
 
*[[Raymund Frey]], the eleventh son of Walder Frey.
 
*[[Raymund Frey]], the eleventh son of Walder Frey.
**[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)|Robert Frey]], his son, training at the [[Citadel|Citadel of Oldtown]].
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**[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)|Robert Frey]], his son, training at the [[Citadel]] of [[Oldtown]].
 
**[[Malwyn Frey]], his son, apprenticed to an alchemist in [[Lys]].
 
**[[Malwyn Frey]], his son, apprenticed to an alchemist in [[Lys]].
 
**[[Serra Frey|Serra]] and [[Sarra Frey]], his twin daughters.
 
**[[Serra Frey|Serra]] and [[Sarra Frey]], his twin daughters.
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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Alyssa Blackwood===
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by Alyssa Blackwood===
*[[Lothar Frey]], the twelfth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Named Lame Lothar due to a twisted leg. Steward of The Twins.
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*[[Lothar Frey]], the twelfth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Named Lame Lothar due to a twisted leg. Steward of the Twins.
 
**[[Tysane Frey]], Lothar's eldest daughter.
 
**[[Tysane Frey]], Lothar's eldest daughter.
 
**[[Walda Frey (daughter of Lothar)|Walda Frey]], Lothar's second daughter.
 
**[[Walda Frey (daughter of Lothar)|Walda Frey]], Lothar's second daughter.
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**[[Leana Frey]], Lothar's fourth daughter. A newborn baby.
 
**[[Leana Frey]], Lothar's fourth daughter. A newborn baby.
 
*Ser [[Jammos Frey]], the thirteenth son of Walder Frey.
 
*Ser [[Jammos Frey]], the thirteenth son of Walder Frey.
**[[Walder Frey (Big)|Walder Frey]], Jammos's eldest son. Called Big Walder. Squire to Ramsay Bolton.
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**[[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Walder Frey]], Jammos's eldest son. Called Big Walder. Squire to Ramsay Bolton.
 
**[[Dickon Frey|Dickon]] and [[Mathis Frey]], Jammos's twin sons.
 
**[[Dickon Frey|Dickon]] and [[Mathis Frey]], Jammos's twin sons.
 
*Ser [[Whalen Frey]], the fourteenth son of Walder Frey.
 
*Ser [[Whalen Frey]], the fourteenth son of Walder Frey.
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*Ser {[[Benfrey Frey]]}, the sixteenth son of Walder Frey. Died of a wound received during the Red Wedding.  
 
*Ser {[[Benfrey Frey]]}, the sixteenth son of Walder Frey. Died of a wound received during the Red Wedding.  
 
**[[Della Frey]], Benfrey's daughter. Called Deaf Della.
 
**[[Della Frey]], Benfrey's daughter. Called Deaf Della.
**[[Osmund Frey]], Benfrey's son. A newborn babe.
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**[[Osmund Frey]], Benfrey's son.
 
*Maester [[Willamen Frey|Willamen]], the seventeenth son of Walder Frey. A maester in service at [[Longbow Hall]]
 
*Maester [[Willamen Frey|Willamen]], the seventeenth son of Walder Frey. A maester in service at [[Longbow Hall]]
 
*[[Olyvar Frey]], the eighteenth son of Walder Frey.
 
*[[Olyvar Frey]], the eighteenth son of Walder Frey.
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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Annara Farring===
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by Annara Farring===
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{{Frey tree Farring}}
 
{{Frey tree Farring}}
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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Joyeuse Erenford===
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*[[Joyeuse Erenford]] is pregnant.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
  
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by unknown women===
 
===Descendants of Walder Frey by unknown women===
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***[[Walda Rivers (daughter of Aemon)|Walda Rivers]]: his daughter.
 
***[[Walda Rivers (daughter of Aemon)|Walda Rivers]]: his daughter.
 
*Maester [[Melwys Rivers|Melwys]]: In service at [[Rosby]]
 
*Maester [[Melwys Rivers|Melwys]]: In service at [[Rosby]]
*Other bastard children: [[Jeyne Rivers]], [[Martyn Rivers]], [[Ryger Rivers]], [[Ronel Rivers]], [[Mellara Rivers]], and others.
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*[[Jeyne Rivers]], [[Martyn Rivers]], [[Ryger Rivers]], [[Ronel Rivers]], [[Mellara Rivers]], and other [[bastards]].
  
 
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
 
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
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==Historical Members==
 
==Historical Members==
* Lord [[Forrest Frey]], Lord of the Crossing during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}} Married to Lady [[Sabitha Vypren]].{{ref|twoiaf}}
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* Lord Frey, during [[Aegon's Conquest]] who summoned his levies and joined Lord [[Edmyn Tully]] at [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
* Ser [[Franklyn Frey]], a participant in the [[Whitewalls Tourney]],{{ref|tmk}} also listed as in attendance at the [[Ashford Tourney]] in the roll of arms given in the graphic novel adaptation of [[The Hedge Knight]].{{ref|thk}}
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* Lord Frey ruling in {{Date|43}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragons}}
* Ser [[Addam Frey]], a participant in the [[Whitewalls Tourney]].{{ref|tmk}}
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* Lord [[Forrest Frey]], [[Lord of the Crossing]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TPATQ}} Married to Lady [[Sabitha Vypren]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
* Lord Frey, father of the present-day Lord Walder Frey.{{ref|tmk}}
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** At least one child.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath — The Hour of the Wolf}}
** Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]'s [[Ambrose Butterwell's second wife|second wife]], daughter to Lord Frey and cousin to Ser Addam Frey.{{ref|tmk}}
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* Lord Frey, father of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|TMK}}
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** Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]'s [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|second wife]], daughter to Lord Frey and cousin to Ser Addam Frey.{{Ref|TMK}}
 
** At least two other daughters.{{Ref|TMK}}
 
** At least two other daughters.{{Ref|TMK}}
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** Lord [[Walder Frey]], the current Lord of the Crossing
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* Ser [[Franklyn Frey]], Lord Frey's brother, a participant in both the [[Ashford tourney]] in {{Date|209}}{{Ref|THK| Graphic novel}} and the [[Whitewalls tourney]] in {{Date|212}}.{{Ref|TMK}}
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* Ser [[Addam Frey]], a cousin, who participated in the Whitewalls tourney.{{Ref|TMK}}
  
==Sworn houses==
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==Sworn Houses==
===Sworn to the Twins===
 
 
* '''[[House Charlton]]'''
 
* '''[[House Charlton]]'''
 
* '''[[House Erenford]]'''
 
* '''[[House Erenford]]'''
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{quote|The Freys of the Crossing were no nobler than the [[House Butterwell|Butterwells]]. They owned a bridge instead of cows, that was the only difference.{{ref|TMK}}}} - thoughts of [[Dunk]]
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{{quote|The Freys of the Crossing were no nobler than the [[House Butterwell|Butterwells]]. They owned a bridge instead of cows, that was the only difference.{{ref|TMK}}|thoughts of [[Duncan the Tall]]}}
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{{quote|The Freys all looked like weasels; Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]], past sixty with grandchildren of his own, looked like an especially old and tired weasel, yet he was polite enough.{{ref|AGOT|59}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
  
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{{quote|'''Luwin''': My lords, your uncle Ser [[Stevron Frey]] was among those who lost their lives at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]]. He took a wound in the battle, [[Robb Stark|Robb]] writes. It was not thought to be serious, but three days later he died in his tent, asleep.<br>
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'''Big Walder''': He was very old. Five-and-sixty, I think. Too old for battles. He was always saying he was tired.<br>
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'''Little Walder''': Tired of waiting for [[Walder Frey|our grandfather]] to die, you mean. Does this mean Ser [[Emmon Frey|Emmon's]] the heir now?<br>
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'''Big Walder''': Don't be stupid. The sons of the first son come before the second son. Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]] is next in line, and then [[Edwyn Frey|Edwy]]n and [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]] and [[Petyr Frey|Petyr Pimple]]. And then [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Aegon]] and all his sons.<br>
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'''Little Walder''': Ryman is old too. Past forty, I bet. And he has a bad belly. Do you think he'll be [[Lord of the Crossing|lord]]?<br>
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'''Big Walder''': I'll be lord. I don't care if he is.<br>
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'''Luwin''': You ought to be ashamed of such talk, my lords. Where is your grief? Your uncle is dead.<br>
 +
'''Little Walder''': Yes. We're very sad.{{ref|ACOK|37}}|[[Luwin]], [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder Frey]], and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]]}}
  
{{Quote|These Freys are cursed.{{Ref|asos|54}}}} – [[Davos Seaworth]] after hearing of the [[Red Wedding]]
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{{quote|The Freys fought bravely in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and old Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]] died at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]], we hear. Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]] and the rest are with [[Robb Stark|Robb]] in the [[westerlands|west]], [[Martyn Rivers|Martyn]] has been of great service scouting, and Ser [[Perwyn Frey|Perwyn]] helped see you safe to [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. Gods be good, how much more can we ask of them?{{ref|ACOK|39}}|[[Edmure Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}
  
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{{Quote|These Freys are cursed.{{Ref|asos|54}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] after hearing of the [[Red Wedding]]}}
  
{{Quote|I’d sooner drink a pint of piss than take the word of any Frey.{{Ref|affc|38}}}} – [[Clement Piper]]
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{{quote|[[Walder Frey|His father]] was querulous and stubborn, with an iron will and a wasp's tongue, but he did believe in taking care of his own. All of his own, even the ones who had displeased and disappointed him. Even the ones whose names he can't remember. Once he was gone, though ...{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}|thoughts of [[Merrett Frey]]}}
  
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{{Quote|I say what I mean straight out, like an honest man. But what would you know of the ways of honest men? You're a treacherous lying weasel, like all your kin. I'd sooner drink a pint of piss than take the word of any Frey..{{Ref|affc|38}}|[[Clement Piper]] to [[Edwyn Frey]]}}
  
{{Quote|What would a Frey know of honor?{{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
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{{Quote|What would a Frey know of honor?{{Ref|adwd|19}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] to [[Jared Frey]]}}
[[Davos Seaworth]] to [[Jared Frey]]
 
  
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{{Quote|Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would have grown up to be a Frey.{{Ref|adwd|29}}|[[Wyman Manderly]] about the death of [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|"Little" Walder]]}}
  
{{Quote|Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would have grown up to be a Frey.{{Ref|adwd|29}}}}
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==Notes==
– [[Wyman Manderly]] after the death of [[Little Walder Frey]]
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House Frey of the Crossing
House Frey.svg
Coat of arms Two blue towers, united by a bridge, on a silver-grey field
(Cendrée, a bridge azure, at either end a tower of the same)
Seat The Twins[1]
Head Walder Frey[1]
Region Riverlands
Title Lord of the Crossing[1]
Heir Edwyn Frey[2]
Overlords
Cadet branch House Frey of Riverrun
Founded Around 300 BC[3]

House Frey of the Crossing is a noble house of the riverlands. Their main seat is the Twins, a pair of castles on each bank of the northern Green Fork of the Trident that serves as a vital bridge across the river. The lord of the house is called the Lord of the Crossing.[3]

Their sigil is two blue towers united by a bridge on silver-grey, representing the Twins.[3] Their house words are not mentioned in the books.[N 1]

The strategic location of the Twins has allowed the house to become quite wealthy,[4] House Frey rules over wider domains than House Tully.[5] Under their current lord, Walder Frey, they have grown greatly in both size and power. One of the most powerful bannermen of the Tullys, the Freys can field a thousand knights and three thousand foot,[4] a much larger army than their overlord of House Tully.[5] Most current Freys tend to share the weaselly appearance of their common ancestor, Lord Walder.[3]

History

Origin

Armsmen of House Frey by Mark Bulahao © Fantasy Flight Games
Forrest Frey by Magali Villeneuve ©

House Frey dates back six centuries, making it one of the younger noble houses in Westeros. The first Lord Frey was awarded lands and a noble status, and began the construction of a great bridge spanning the Green Fork of the Trident. Construction was finished under the rule of his grandson, who added wooden keeps on both sides of the river. The timber keeps were eventually replaced by stone keeps, which received the name "the Twins".[3]

Due to their strategic location, House Frey prospered by exacting tolls for passage across the river, greatly increasing their wealth. House Frey has grown into the most powerful bannermen of House Tully of Riverrun,[6] and the Twins are among the strongest castles of the Seven Kingdoms.[7] However, some older houses look down upon the Freys as upstarts[4] and toll collectors.[8]

Targaryen Era

During Aegon's Conquest, House Frey aided Aegon the Conqueror and rebelled against Harren the Black of Harrenhal, the King of the Isles and the Rivers. Afterward, the Freys joined the other river lords in swearing fealty to House Tully, the new Lords Paramount of the Trident for House Targaryen.[9]

In 43 AC, Lord Frey supported Aegon the Uncrowned against his uncle, King Maegor I Targaryen.[10]

A young Forrest Frey was mocked as fool Frey for asking for the hand of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen.[11] During the Dance of the Dragons, House Frey sided with the blacks of Queen Rhaenyra against the greens of King Aegon II Targaryen. Lord Forrest Frey died fighting westermen in the Battle by the Lakeshore.[12]

Ser Duncan the Tall recognized the Frey banner among the arms displayed at the tourney at Ashford Meadow.[13] Lord Ambrose Butterwell held the Whitewalls tourney to celebrate his marriage to his new [lady wife who was a member of House Frey. Lord Frey attended the Whitewalls tourney, accompanied by his daughters, his four-year-old son (the current Lord Walder), his brother Franklyn, and his nephew. However, the tourney was used as an excuse by some attendees to plot the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.[8]

During the tourney at Harrenhal, the squire of a Frey knight accosted Howland Reed. The Frey knight was later defeated by the Knight of the Laughing Tree and told to teach his squire honor.[14]

During the long reign of Lord Walder Frey, the house exploded in size as he and his descendants sired many offspring.[3] He offered Brynden Tully his choice of three Frey girls in marriage.[15] When Lord Tytos Lannister acquiesced to Walder's proposal to marry his second son, Emmon, to Tytos's daughter Genna, the ten-year old Tywin Lannister spoke out against the match.[16]

During Robert's Rebellion, Lord Walder arrived at the Battle of the Trident after the outcome was already decided. Lord Hoster Tully has since referred to his bannerman as the Late Lord Frey.[17]

Baratheon Era

Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Trident, refused a Frey bride for his son, Edmure, and did not attend Walder's wedding to his seventh wife, Annara Farring.[3] Lord Jon Arryn and Lady Lysa Arryn refused to foster Walder's grandsons at court in King's Landing or their own son, Robert Arryn, at the Twins.[3] Several Freys participated in the tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day.[3] Walder claims to have hosted three kings at the Twins during his rule.[3]

After Chett killed Bessa, Walder Rivers was sent by Lord Walder to judge the criminal and send him to the Wall.[18]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Walder Frey at the Twins by Amok ©

A score of Frey men are at the crossroads inn when Lady Catelyn Stark seizes Tyrion Lannister.[17] Rather than joining her to bring him to justice, the men report the event to Lord Walder Frey.[19]

Six Freys attend the Hand's tourney in King's Landing: Ser Jared, Ser Hosteen, Ser Danwell, Ser Emmon, Ser Theo, and Ser Perwyn, as well as one of Lord Walder's bastards, Martyn Rivers.[20]

As he had done in Robert's Rebellion, Lord Walder delays his response to Lord Hoster Tully's calling of banners, although he keeps near four thousand men at the Twins and defends their lands from Lannister outriders commanded by Ser Addam Marbrand.[3] When Robb Stark arrives at the Twins on his march south to free Lord Eddard Stark, he is received by Walder's heir, Ser Stevron. Walder negotiates with Robb's mother, Lady Catelyn, securing a marriage contract with Robb and linking the Freys with the Starks of Winterfell. Furthermore, Arya Stark will wed Elmar when the fighting is done, Catelyn will take two more (Big and Little Walder) as wards, and Robb will take yet another (Olyvar) as his squire. In exchange the Freys lend their swords to his cause and grant the northern army safe passage.[3]

After the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Walder and Stevron are named among the nobles the new king, Joffrey I Baratheon, insists must do him homage or be named traitors to the realm.[21]

Robb's army split at the Twins, each force heading to deal with a different Lannister army; Freys ride with both forces. Robb acknowledges that the Freys under Stevron's command fought bravely at the battle in the Whispering Wood; Perwyn fights there as part of Robb's battle guard. Ser Cleos and Tion fight on the other side of that battle under their cousin, Ser Jaime Lannister, and are captured along with him. Their father, Emmon Frey, also fights on the Lannister side of the war. Other Freys, including Ser Aenys, Jared, Hosteen, Danwell, Elmar, and Ronel Rivers are part of Lord Roose Bolton's army. Jared, Hosteen, Danwell, and Ronel are captured by Lord Tywin Lannister's forces during the battle on the Green Fork. Stevron attends the war council at Riverrun at which Robb Stark is declared King in the North.[15]

A Clash of Kings

Catelyn's wards Big Walder and Little Walder are welcomed to Winterfell, although they are not much to the liking of Bran Stark.[22] The cousins are spared by Theon Greyjoy during his capture of Winterfell[23] and later by Ramsay Snow during his sack of Winterfell.[24]

Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are briefly in captivity at Harrenhal before being ransomed by two other Freys (presumably Aenys and Elmar) soon after Arya's arrival, rejoining Lord Bolton's army.[25] Aenys participates in the fall of Harrenhal to Roose's host.[26]

Many Freys, including Stevron, Ser Ryman, Black Walder, and Olyvar, join Robb in his campaign through the westerlands. Stevron dies after receiving a minor wound in the Battle of Oxcross, making his son Ryman the heir to the Twins.[27] In the storming of the Crag, Black Walder scales the walls of the castle along with Smalljon Umber.[4]

Ser Perwyn accompanies Lady Catelyn on her voyage south to treat with kings Renly and Stannis Baratheon.[28] Martyn Rivers commands the outriders in the riverlands while Ser Brynden Tully is campaigning in the west with Robb Stark, King of the Trident. Martyn meets Catelyn's party when she nears Riverrun on her return trip.[29] Perwyn and Martyn fight in the Battle of the Fords.[30]

Cleos Frey, still a captive of Robb's, is sent to King's Landing to offer Robb's terms to his cousin, Tyrion Lannister, but they are rebuffed.[31] Tyrion plants men in Cleos's red cloak guards to try and free Jaime from Riverrun,[32] but they fail and Cleos is imprisoned again.[29]

To solidify wartime alliances, Roose Bolton marries one of Walder's granddaughters, Walda. After the fall of Winterfell and the Lannister victory over Stannis in the Battle of the Blackwater, the Freys in Lord Bolton's army at Harrenhal believe that Robb should bend the knee.[33]

A Storm of Swords

Robb Stark and Catelyn Stark arrive at the Twins by Martina Pilcerova © Fantasy Flight Games

At Riverrun, Catelyn frees Jaime from captivity in an effort to exchange him for her daughters, allowing his cousin, Cleos Frey, to accompany him along with her sworn sword, Brienne of Tarth.[34] On the journey to King's Landing, Cleos proves to be a useless fighter, and he is killed by outlaws near Maidenpool.[35]

Robb Stark's marriage to Jeyne Westerling outrages House Frey and breaks their alliance. Ryman and Black Walder angrily depart Robb's army at the Crag,[4] as do Freys led by Perwyn and Martyn Rivers at Riverrun.[4] The Freys with Ser Frey at Harrenhal are also enraged,[33] but they remain with Lord Roose Bolton.[36]

After the passing of Hoster Tully, the Lord Paramount of the Trident, Lame Lothar and Bastard Walder arrive at Riverrun with forty men from the Twins. Their father, Lord Walder, suggests that their new liege lord, Robb's uncle Edmure Tully, stand in Robb's place for the marriage alliance and marry Walder's daughter, Roslin.[6]

While Robb leads his northmen and some rivermen from Riverrun to the Twins, Roose leads his own host north from Harrenhal. They are welcomed and given guest right by the Freys.[37] However, Walder has secretly negotiated with Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King to Joffrey I Baratheon, and Lord Bolton. They betray the Starks and Tullys at the Red Wedding, breaking guest right and slaughtering their former allies. Jinglebell, Benfrey, and Tytos are killed in the process.[38][39] Perwyn, Olyvar, and Alesander had been sent away beforehand, they being too friendly with the Starks.[38]

The Freys are rewarded by the Iron Throne for killing King Robb and capturing Lord Edmure. Walder Frey's second son, Emmon, is given the lordship of a cadet branch, House Frey of Riverrun, when House Tully is divested of their seat.[40] Ryman and his son, Edwyn, lead two thousand men to join Ser Daven Lannister in the siege of Riverrun, while Black Walder resolves the siege of Seagard by threatening to kill Patrek Mallister.[41]

Other nobles and the smallfolk scorn House Frey for breaking the sacred guest right. Petyr and Merrett are seized and hanged by the revived Lady Catelyn and her incarnation of the brotherhood without banners.

A Feast for Crows

To solidify the alliance with the Lannisters, Amerei Frey is paired with Lord Lancel Lannister,[42] and Daven Lannister is to wed another Frey.[16] Violating guest right has ruined the Freys' reputation, however, with even Jaime Lannister calling them treacherous.[43][44] House Frey influence in the riverlands increases further by way of the newly-created House Lannister of Darry, the household of which is provided by Lancel's wife, Ami. A score of Freys, including Danwell, Arwood, and Marissa, accompany her to Castle Darry. After "the Hound's" attack on Saltpans, Arwood and his kinsmen Harys and Donnel Haigh ride from Darry to investigate, finding Ser Quincy Cox hiding behind his walls.[45]

Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Frey have washed up on the Quiet Isle. According to the Elder Brother, they are buried next to their enemies of House Darry. It is hinted that the enmity between Frey and Darry is not new, but has significant history.[46]

After arriving at Riverrun, Ser Jaime Lannister informs Emmon that although he has been granted Riverrun, Emmon is not the liege of the riverlords. The Freys instead owe allegiance to Lord Petyr Baelish, head of House Baelish of Harrenhal and Lord Paramount of the Trident.[16] Jaime removes Ryman from command of the siege of Riverrun in favor of his son Edwyn.[43] When informing Ser Brynden Tully of what will happen if he does not surrender, Jaime says he will send the Freys as a second wave, after the other rivermen but before the westermen. On his journey back to the Twins, Ryman is hanged by outlaws near Fairmarket. Ryman's death leaves his son Edwyn as heir to the Crossing.[2]

According to Queen Cersei Lannister, Lord Wyman Manderly is on the verge of allying himself with the Boltons after he agrees to marry both of his granddaughters to members of House Frey and open his port of White Harbor to Lannister shipping.[47]

A Dance with Dragons

An emissary from House Frey by Jarrod Owen © Fantasy Flight Games

Rhaegar, Jared, and Symond arrive in White Harbor to solidify the alliance between Houses Frey and Manderly.[48] The Manderlys only pretend to accept the peace of King Tommen I Baratheon,[49] however, and the Frey envoys disappear while traveling from White Harbor to Barrowton.[50] Lord Wyman Manderly pleads ignorance about their fate.[51]

Big Walder and Little Walder remain squires of Ramsay Bolton at the Dreadfort.[52] After the siege of Moat Cailin is resolved by Theon Greyjoy and Ramsay, they are joined by Lord Roose Bolton's northmen and Ser Aenys and Ser Hosteen's Freys, who number between fourteen hundred[53] and two thousand,[54] to help Roose in pacifying the north. Roose moves the wedding of Ramsay and "Arya Stark" from Barrowton to Winterfell.[50]

While quartered at Winterfell during a blizzard, which the Freys are ill prepared for,[55] tensions rise in Roose's army when the Freys place the blame for their missing envoys on Wyman.[51] A brawl results in the deaths of several men when Wyman insults the Freys after Little Walder, the brother of Roose's wife Walda, is found dead in the snow. To relieve the pressure, Roose sends Aenys and Hosteen as a vanguard against Stannis,[56] who is encamped at a crofters' village in the wolfswood.[57]

The Winds of Winter

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The Frey force at Winterfell falls prey to a trap set by Mors Umber outside the walls, killing Aenys. This leaves Hosteen, who loses his horse in the trap, in command of the force.[58]

House Frey at the end of the third century

The known Freys during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

  • Walder Frey (b. 208 AC), is the current Lord of the Crossing. An ancient, prideful, and greedy man, he has ruled his house for decades and sired over a hundred descendants. Though he stresses family loyalty, his family jockeys ruthlessly for his favor, naming their sons Walder and daughters Walda in an attempt to please him. Walder has survived many wives:

Descendants of Walder Frey by Perra Royce

Descendants of Stevron Frey


 
 
 
 
Walder
 
Perra
Royce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corenna
Swann
 
Stevron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marsella
Waynwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeyne
Lydden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ryman
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aegon
"Jinglebell"
 
Maegelle
 
Dafyn
Vance
 
 
 
 
 
Walton
 
Deana
Hardyng
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edwyn
 
Janyce
Hunter
 
"Black"
Walder
 
Petyr
 
Mylenda
Caron
 
Marianne
Vance
 
Walder
Vance
 
Patrek
Vance
 
Steffon
 
"Fair"
Walda
 
Bryan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perra
 


Descendants of Emmon Frey


 
Walder
 
Perra
Royce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Emmon
 
Genna
Lannister
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cleos
 
Jeyne
Darry
 
Lyonel
 
Melesa
Crakehall
 
Tion
 
"Red" Walder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tywin
 
Willem
 
 


Descendants of Aenys and Perriane Frey


 
 
 
 
 
 
Walder
 
Perra
Royce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aenys
 
Tyana
Wylde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perriane
 
Leslyn
Haigh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aegon
"Bloodborn"
 
Rhaegar
 
Jeyne
Beesbury
 
Harys
Haigh
 
Unknown
wife
 
Donnel
Haigh
 
Alyn
Haigh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert
 
"White"
Walda
 
Jonos
 
Walder
Haigh
 


Descendants of Walder Frey by Cyrenna Swann


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walder
 
Cyrenna
Swann
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jared
 
Alys
Frey
 
Luceon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tytos
 
Zhoe
Blanetree
 
Garse
Goodbrook
 
Kyra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zia
 
Zachery
 
Walder
Goodbrook
 
Jeyne
Goodbrook
 


Descendants of Walder Frey by Amarei Crakehall


 
Walder
 
Amarei
Crakehall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hosteen
 
Bellena
Hawick
 
 
 
Lucias
Vypren
 
Lythene
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Symond
 
Betharios
of Braavos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arwood
 
Ryella
Royce
 
Damon
Vypren
 
Elyana
Vypren
 
Jon
Wylde
 
Alesander
 
Alyx
 
Bradamar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ryella
 
Androw
 
Alyn
 
Hostella
 
Rickard
Wylde
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Danwell
 
Wynafrei
Whent
 
 
 
 
 
Merrett
 
Mariya
Darry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pate of the
Blue Fork
 
Amerei
 
Lancel
Lannister
 
"Fat"
Walda
 
Roose
Bolton
 
Marissa
 
Stillborn
daughter
 
Daughter
 
"Little"
Walder
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geremy
 
Carolei
Waynwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raymund
 
Beony
Beesbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sandor
 
Cynthea
 
Robert
 
Malwyn
 
Sarra
 
Serra
 
Cersei
 
Tywin
 
Jaime
 


Descendants of Walder Frey by Alyssa Blackwood


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walder
 
Alyssa
Blackwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lothar
 
Leonella
Lefford
 
Jammos
 
Sallei
Paege
 
Whalen
 
Sylwa
Paege
 
Morya
 
Flement
Brax
 
Tyta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Big" Walder
 
Dickon
 
Mathis
 
Hoster
 
Merianne
 
Robert
Brax
 
Walder
Brax
 
Jon
Brax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tysane
 
Walda
 
Emberlei
 
Leana
 


Descendants of Walder Frey by Bethany Rosby


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walder
 
Bethany
Rosby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perwyn
 
Benfrey
 
Jyanna
Frey
 
Willamen
 
Olyvar
 
Roslin
 
Edmure
Tully
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Della
 
Osmund
 


Descendants of Walder Frey by Annara Farring


 
Walder
 
Annara
Farring
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arwyn
 
Wendel
 
Colmar
 
Waltyr
 
Elmar
 
Shirei
 


Descendants of Walder Frey by Joyeuse Erenford

Descendants of Walder Frey by unknown women

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:

Historical Members

Sworn Houses

Quotes

The Freys of the Crossing were no nobler than the Butterwells. They owned a bridge instead of cows, that was the only difference.[8]

—thoughts of Duncan the Tall

The Freys all looked like weasels; Ser Stevron, past sixty with grandchildren of his own, looked like an especially old and tired weasel, yet he was polite enough.[3]

—thoughts of Catelyn Stark

Luwin: My lords, your uncle Ser Stevron Frey was among those who lost their lives at Oxcross. He took a wound in the battle, Robb writes. It was not thought to be serious, but three days later he died in his tent, asleep.

Big Walder: He was very old. Five-and-sixty, I think. Too old for battles. He was always saying he was tired.
Little Walder: Tired of waiting for our grandfather to die, you mean. Does this mean Ser Emmon's the heir now?
Big Walder: Don't be stupid. The sons of the first son come before the second son. Ser Ryman is next in line, and then Edwyn and Black Walder and Petyr Pimple. And then Aegon and all his sons.
Little Walder: Ryman is old too. Past forty, I bet. And he has a bad belly. Do you think he'll be lord?
Big Walder: I'll be lord. I don't care if he is.
Luwin: You ought to be ashamed of such talk, my lords. Where is your grief? Your uncle is dead.

Little Walder: Yes. We're very sad.[64]

The Freys fought bravely in the Whispering Wood, and old Ser Stevron died at Oxcross, we hear. Ser Ryman and Black Walder and the rest are with Robb in the west, Martyn has been of great service scouting, and Ser Perwyn helped see you safe to Renly. Gods be good, how much more can we ask of them?[29]

These Freys are cursed.[65]

Davos Seaworth after hearing of the Red Wedding

His father was querulous and stubborn, with an iron will and a wasp's tongue, but he did believe in taking care of his own. All of his own, even the ones who had displeased and disappointed him. Even the ones whose names he can't remember. Once he was gone, though ...[39]

—thoughts of Merrett Frey

I say what I mean straight out, like an honest man. But what would you know of the ways of honest men? You're a treacherous lying weasel, like all your kin. I'd sooner drink a pint of piss than take the word of any Frey..[43]

What would a Frey know of honor?[48]

Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would have grown up to be a Frey.[49]

Wyman Manderly about the death of "Little" Walder

Notes

  1. In "The Winds of Winter", the final episode of season 6 of HBO's Game of Thrones, the words of House Frey might have been revealed to be "We Stand Together". When Lord Walder Frey toasts Lannister soldiers in his hall, they respond with the Lannister house words, "Hear me roar!". When Walder toasts House Frey, the others respond by cheering "We stand together!" It is unclear whether the phrase is indeed the house's motto in the television show, or whether it was simply meant as a statement, considering the context.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
  2. 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59, Catelyn IX.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Fire & Blood, Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf.
  6. 6.0 6.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
  7. 7.0 7.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands: House Tully.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 The Mystery Knight.
  9. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragons.
  11. The Rogue Prince.
  12. 12.0 12.1 The Princess and the Queen.
  13. The Hedge Knight.
  14. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
  15. 15.0 15.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.
  17. 17.0 17.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 28, Catelyn V.
  18. A Storm of Swords, Prologue.
  19. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 31, Tyrion IV.
  20. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
  21. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 57, Sansa V.
  22. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 4, Bran I.
  23. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
  24. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
  25. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 30, Arya VII.
  26. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
  27. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 35, Bran V.
  28. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
  30. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
  31. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 20, Tyrion V.
  32. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 26, Arya VI.
  33. 33.0 33.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 64, Arya X.
  34. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 1, Jaime I.
  35. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, Jaime III.
  36. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 31, Jaime IV.
  37. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 49, Catelyn VI.
  38. 38.0 38.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
  39. 39.0 39.1 A Storm of Swords, Epilogue.
  40. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
  41. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
  42. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
  43. 43.0 43.1 43.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.
  44. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
  45. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 30, Jaime IV.
  46. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 31, Brienne VI.
  47. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
  48. 48.0 48.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 19, Davos III.
  49. 49.0 49.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
  50. 50.0 50.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
  51. 51.0 51.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
  52. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 12, Reek I.
  53. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 20, Reek II.
  54. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
  55. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 41, The Turncloak.
  56. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 51, Theon I.
  57. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 62, The Sacrifice.
  58. The Winds of Winter, Theon I
  59. A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
  60. The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest.
  61. Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
  62. Fire & Blood, Aftermath — The Hour of the Wolf.
  63. The Hedge Knight, Graphic novel.
  64. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 37, Theon III.
  65. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.