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==History== | ==History== | ||
− | The [[House Ryder|Ryders]] were [[First Men]] kings after the [[Long Night]] | + | The [[House Ryder|Ryders]] were [[First Men]] kings after the [[Long Night]]. They were eventually defeated and reduced to vassals by the [[Kings of Winter]], [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Kings of Winter}} [[House Ryswell]] ruled the Rills after them. |
− | When the [[Lord Ryswell's youngest son|youngest son]] of a [[Lord Ryswell (Night's Watch)|Lord Ryswell]] deserted the [[Night's Watch]] | + | When the [[Lord Ryswell's youngest son|youngest son]] of a [[Lord Ryswell (Night's Watch)|Lord Ryswell]] deserted the [[Night's Watch]], he rode to the Rills with his [[Night's Watch|fellow deserters]], hoping his father would help them. Instead, Lord Ryswell sent them back to the [[Nightfort]] where the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] had holes hewn in the top of the [[Wall]], where he had [[[[Seventy-nine sentinels|the deserters]] sealed up alive in the ice. When he was old and dying, Lord Ryswell joined his son.{{Ref|ASOS|56}} |
==Recent Events== | ==Recent Events== |
Revision as of 20:21, 3 August 2019
Lord of the Rills[1][2] is a title held by the head of House Ryswell, the ruler of Rills in the north.[2]
Contents
History
The Ryders were First Men kings after the Long Night. They were eventually defeated and reduced to vassals by the Kings of Winter, House Stark of Winterfell.[3] House Ryswell ruled the Rills after them.
When the youngest son of a Lord Ryswell deserted the Night's Watch, he rode to the Rills with his fellow deserters, hoping his father would help them. Instead, Lord Ryswell sent them back to the Nightfort where the Lord Commander had holes hewn in the top of the Wall, where he had [[the deserters sealed up alive in the ice. When he was old and dying, Lord Ryswell joined his son.[4]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
House Ryswell is one of the first houses to swear allegiance to Lord Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort after he is named the new Warden of the North by the Iron Throne. The Ryswells join his son, Ramsay Bolton, for the siege of Moat Cailin.[5]
A Dance with Dragons
Lord Rodrik Ryswell, along with his sons and surviving daughter Barbrey, attends the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) in Winterfell.[6]
Known Lords of the Rills
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.