House Ryswell
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House Ryswell of the Rills | |
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Coat of arms | Bronze, a horse hear sable eyed and maned gules within a bordure angrailed sable |
Head | Rodrik Ryswell |
Region | the North |
Title | Lord of the Rills |
Overlord | House Bolton |
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.
Contents
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:
- Lord Rodrik Ryswell, Lord of the Rills.
- Barbrey Ryswell, his daughter. Lady of Barrowton. Widow to the late Lord Willam Dustin.
- Lady {Bethany Ryswell}, his daughter, deceased. The former wife of Roose Bolton.
- Roger Ryswell, his quarrelsome cousin.
- Rickard Ryswell, another quarrelsome cousin.
- Roose Ryswell, yet another quarrelsome cousin. Named for Lord Roose Bolton.
Without specified familiar relationship with the main branch, other Ryswells include:
- Ser {Mark Ryswell}, died at the Tower of Joy during Robert's Rebellion.
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
- 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 Nightfort, 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]
- Ser Mark Ryswell died fighting with Eddard Stark and his other companions at the Tower of Joy.
- The Ryswells were reported to have joined the army lead by Ramsay Bolton meant to remove the ironborn from Moat Cailin.
- The Ryswell cousins all have the same arms but each in different colors as they argue constantly over there houses colors, one is grey, one is black, one is gold and one is brown.
- Maester Aemon sent a raven to the Rills in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
- The Ryswells and Dustins surprised the remaining ironmen on the Fever River and managed to burn their longships.
- Spearmen from the Rills compose part of the force that Roose Bolton leaves under command of Ronnel Stout and Ser Kyle Condon in the aftermath of the Battle of the Ruby Ford.
- The Ryswells and Dustins are the first to declare for House Bolton when Lord Roose is named Warden of the North.
- Lord Rodrik, his cousins, and his daughter Barbrey attend the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to the "Arya Stark". He is present along with his daughter, Roose Bolton and Aenys Frey when Theon Greyjoy was questioned about the deaths that were happening in Winterfell. He is hostile towards the Freys, as several of House Ryswell's own men were slain at the Red Wedding.
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran
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