Editing Ramsay Snow (section)

==History==
Ramsay is the product of rape between [[Roose Bolton]], [[Lord of the Dreadfort]], and a [[miller's wife]]. While hunting along the [[Weeping Water]], Roose saw the miller's wife and decided to illicitly practice the banned tradition of the [[first night]], wherein a lord had the right to bed the commoner's bride. He hanged the old miller under a tree for not informing his lord of the new marriage and raped the young bride beneath his swaying body.{{ref|ADWD|32}}

A year later the woman arrived at the [[Dreadfort]] with the newborn Ramsay. Roose nearly killed her and the babe, but when he saw the child had his eyes, the taboo of [[kinslaying]] stayed his hand. The woman claimed her husband's brother had beaten her when he saw the babe's eyes and cast her out. Angered by this, Roose had the man's tongue removed so he would spread no tales to Roose's liege lord, [[Rickard Stark]], [[Lord of Winterfell]]. Roose then gave the woman the [[mill by the Weeping Water]] along with some [[pig]]lets, [[chicken]]s, and a bag of [[currency|stars]] every year on the condition that she never reveal to Ramsay the truth about who his father was.{{ref|ADWD|32}}

[[File:Thrumugnyr on the hunt.jpg|thumb|350px|Ramsay hunting on [[Blood (horse)|Blood]], by Thrumugnyr ©]]

Ramsay's mother returned to the Dreadfort years later claiming she needed help in raising Ramsay, who was growing up up wild and unruly. Roose sent Ramsay a servant known as [[Reek]]. Reek, despite taking constant washes, always smelled bad due to some "unknown birth condition" that caused his skin to reek, thus his nickname. Giving him to Ramsay and his mother was actually a cruel jest by Roose, but Ramsay and Reek grew inseparable. Roose would later reflect on whether Ramsay had corrupted Reek or whether Reek had corrupted Ramsay, though Reek would follow Ramsay's orders quite faithfully; Ramsay mentioned once that Reek knew better than to deny him.{{ref|ADWD|32}}

Despite Roose's instruction to Ramsay's mother, either she or Reek eventually informed him of his true parentage. Roose believes that both Reek and Ramsay's mother were urging Ramsay on, and constantly reminding the increasingly violent bastard of his "rights."{{ref|ADWD|32}}

In {{date|297}}, Roose's heir, [[Domeric Bolton]], attempted to forge a sibling connection with his younger half-brother, despite Roose's order not to do so. Domeric soon died of a sickness of the bowels, according to Maester [[Uthor]], although Roose believes his heir had been [[poison]]ed by Ramsay, making the bastard a [[kinslayer]]. Ramsay also earned the enmity of [[House Dustin]], as [[Barbrey Dustin]], [[Lady of Barrowton]], was fond of her late nephew.{{ref|ADWD|32}}

Roose brought Ramsay to the Dreadfort as he had no other sons, trueborn or otherwise.{{ref|ACOK|16}} Ramsay doubtless learned to read and write while there.{{ref|ACOK|56}} Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] is not aware of Roose having ever acknowledged his bastard son.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

Ramsay is accompanied by Dreadfort men called the [[Bastard's Boys]], such as [[Sour Alyn]], [[Luton]], and [[Skinner]]. However, they are tasked by Roose with spying on Ramsay on behalf of the Lord of the Dreadfort.{{Ref|ADWD|32}}