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| Current_Lord = [[Rodrik Ryswell]]
 
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| Region = [[the North]]
 
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'''House Ryswell of the Rills''' rules in the extensive area between the Barrowlands and the Stony Shore.
 
'''House Ryswell of the Rills''' rules in the extensive area between the Barrowlands and the Stony Shore.
  
Their blazon is a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words are not mentioned in the books.
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Their blazon is a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref> Their words are not mentioned in the books.
  
 
An old story tells that when seventy-nine deserters left [[the Wall]], one of them was Lord Ryswell`s youngest son and decided to look for shelter at his father's keep. However, Lord Ryswell returned his son and his companions to the Wall where they were buried alive in the ice to stand the watch they had abandoned forever. Late in his life Lord Ryswell took the black to end his days watching behind his son.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 56|Chapter 56]], Bran</ref>
 
An old story tells that when seventy-nine deserters left [[the Wall]], one of them was Lord Ryswell`s youngest son and decided to look for shelter at his father's keep. However, Lord Ryswell returned his son and his companions to the Wall where they were buried alive in the ice to stand the watch they had abandoned forever. Late in his life Lord Ryswell took the black to end his days watching behind his son.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 56|Chapter 56]], Bran</ref>
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The known Ryswells during the timespan of the events described in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
 
The known Ryswells during the timespan of the events described in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
  
*Lord [[Rodrik Ryswell]], Lord of the Rills.
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* Lord [[Rodrik Ryswell]], Lord of the Rills.
**[[Barbrey Ryswell]], his daughter. Lady of Barrowton. Widow to the late Lord Willam Dustin.
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** [[Barbrey Ryswell]], his daughter. Lady of Barrowton. Widow to the late Lord [[Willam Dustin]].
**[[Roger Ryswell]], his quarrelsome cousin.
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** Lady {[[Bethany Ryswell]]}, deceased. The former wife of [[Roose Bolton]].
**[[Rickard Ryswell]], another quarrelsome cousin.
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* [[Roger Ryswell]], his quarrelsome cousin.
**[[Roose Ryswell]], yet another quarrelsome cousin.
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* [[Rickard Ryswell]], another quarrelsome cousin.
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* [[Roose Ryswell]], yet another quarrelsome cousin.
  
 
Without specified familiar relationship with the main branch, other Ryswells include:  
 
Without specified familiar relationship with the main branch, other Ryswells include:  
 
 
 
*Ser {[[Mark Ryswell]]}, died at the [[Tower of Joy]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]].
 
*Ser {[[Mark Ryswell]]}, died at the [[Tower of Joy]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]].
*Lady {[[Bethany Ryswell]]}, deceased. The former wife of [[Roose Bolton]].
 
  
  

Revision as of 18:01, 29 May 2011

House Ryswell of the Rills
House Ryswell.PNG
Coat of arms a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border
Head Rodrik Ryswell
Region the North
Title Lord of the Rills
Overlord House Stark

House Ryswell of the Rills rules in the extensive area between the Barrowlands and the Stony Shore.

Their blazon is a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border.[1] Their words are not mentioned in the books.

An old story tells that when seventy-nine deserters left the Wall, one of them was Lord Ryswell`s youngest son and decided to look for shelter at his father's keep. However, Lord Ryswell returned his son and his companions to the Wall where they were buried alive in the ice to stand the watch they had abandoned forever. Late in his life Lord Ryswell took the black to end his days watching behind his son.[2]

The Ryswell House at the end of the third century

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

Without specified familiar relationship with the main branch, other Ryswells include:


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rodrick
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bethany
 
Roose
Bolton
 
Barbrey
 
Willam
Dustin
 
Roger
 
Rickard
 
Roose
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sons
 
Domeric
Bolton
 



References in the books

A Song of Ice and Fire

References and Notes

  1. The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
  2. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran