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==History==
 
==History==
The [[House Ryder|Ryders]] were [[First Men]] kings after the [[Long Night]] who 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.
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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]] along with others [[Sworn Brother|black brothers]], they rode to the Rills 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]] and he put the deserters in them and sealed them up alive in the ice. They are forever known as the [[Seventy-nine sentinels]]. When he was old and dying, Lord Ryswell joined his son.{{Ref|ASOS|56}}
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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]

The north and the location of the Rills
The north and the location of the Rills
The Rills
The north and the location of the Rills

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