Editing Red Wedding (section)

==Wedding==
===Arrival===
When King [[Robb Stark]] and his army arrive at the western castle of the [[Twins]] in heavy rain, the Freys are displeased that Queen [[Jeyne Westerling]] has not made the journey as well. Robb apologizes to Lord [[Walder Frey]] for having broken his promise, but Walder insists that Robb apologize instead to the Frey women he might have married. Lord [[Edmure Tully]] is pleased with [[Roslin Frey]], although the girl cries during their introduction. [[Catelyn Stark]] asks Walder for bread and salt to secure [[guest right]].{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Robb, Catelyn, and Edmure are given chambers in the Water Tower between the two castles. Catelyn learns that Ser [[Perwyn Frey]], who had guarded her earlier in the [[War of the Five Kings]], is away from the Twins.{{ref|ASOS|49}} Robb's men cross the roaring [[Green Fork]] to the eastern shore, where several thousand Freys are encamped amidst three great feast tents.{{ref|ASOS|49}} Freys use several wagons and carts as a perimeter wall for the eastern camp's three tents and numerous pavilions.{{ref|ASOS|50}} 

Lord [[Roose Bolton]] arrives at the Twins from [[Harrenhal]] with five hundred horse and three thousand foot, mostly men from the [[Dreadfort]], as well as some [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] whose loyalty is in question after Robb's earlier execution for treason of [[Rickard Karstark]], [[Lord of Karhold]], at Riverrun.{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Lord Walder forbids Robb from keeping [[Grey Wind]] within his castles, since the Lord of the Crossing considers the [[direwolf]] dangerous.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===Ceremony===
[[File:Marriage Pact JBC.png|thumb|[[Edmure Tully]] and [[Roslin Frey]], by JB Casacop © Fantasy Flight Game]]
During the wedding ceremony, a [[septon]] performs the marriage rites, and Edmure wraps a [[House Tully|Tully]] cloak about Roslin after they exchange their vows.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===Feast===
After Edmure weds Roslin, Walder hosts a feast for the highborn in one of his castles, and a "bastard feast" for lords and knights of lesser rank and Walder's baseborn progeny is held in the second castle.{{ref|ASOS|51}} Common soldiers celebrate in tents outside the castle. The Freys provide wagons and casks of [[ale]], [[mead]], and [[wine]] to their guests inside and outside of the Twins.{{ref|ASOS|50}}{{ref|ASOS|51}}  

At the start of the highborn feast, Roose toasts Walder's grandsons, [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]], who are in the care of Roose's son, [[Ramsay Snow]], after the [[sack of Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|66}} Catelyn notices Walder squinting at Roose in response to the unspoken threat.{{ref|ASOS|51}} The songs performed for the cramped nobles by fiddlers, flutists, and drummers in the gallery include "[[Alysanne (song)|Alysanne]]", "[[Flowers of Spring]]", "[[Iron Lances]]", and "[[The Queen Took Off Her Sandal, the King Took Off His Crown]]"; Catelyn thinks the musicians are poor performers, and the blaring horns and pounding drums make it difficult to hear. A drunken [[Jon Umber|Greatjon Umber]] bellows "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]" and "[[The Lusty Lad]]".{{ref|ASOS|51}}  

To please Lord Walder, Robb dances with numerous Frey women—including Roslin, [[Alyx Frey|Alyx]], [[Walda Frey (daughter of Walton)|Fair Walda]], Lady [[Joyeuse Erenford|Joyeuse]], [[Amerei Frey|Ami]], [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Fat Walda]], [[Serra Frey|Serra]], [[Sarra Frey|Sarra]], and [[Shirei Frey|Shirei]]—as well as [[Dacey Mormont]]. Several poor dishes are served, the most appetizing being pink lamb. Catelyn learns that Robb's former squire, [[Olyvar Frey]], and the singer [[Alesander Frey|Alesander]] are also away from the Twins.{{ref|ASOS|51}} 

Amid the feasting, the outlaw [[Sandor Clegane]] arrives at the tents with Robb's missing sister, [[Arya Stark]], hoping to receive a reward for her return. Arya sees hundreds of men in one of the feast tents, and she hears northmen singing their traditional songs.{{ref|ASOS|50}}

As part of the [[bedding]] custom, Edmure and Roslin depart the hall in the company of many raucous guests of the opposite gender. The bride and groom are escorted by a score or so of Freys each, including Alyx and Fat Walda, plus friends of the groom like Marq Piper and Patrek Mallister. Robb and Catelyn remain behind with Lord Walder.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===Massacre===
[[File:Lucas Blackwood.jpg|thumb|[[Lucas Blackwood]] attempting to defend himself, by Winona Nelson © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Shortly after the bride and groom depart for the bedding, Walder's musicians begin playing "[[The Rains of Castamere]]",{{ref|ASOS|51}} a song associated with Robb's enemy, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|ASOS|19}} Few of the northmen in the hall have a chance to react, and most are butchered on the spot by crossbow-wielding musicians or Frey knives. Ser [[Ryman Frey]] leads a dozen Frey men-at-arms with longaxes.{{ref|ASOS|51}} By using [[sellsword]]s and [[knight]]s at the feast disguised as musicians, and getting Robb's men too drunk to fight, Lord Walder has coordinated a massacre with little loss to his own men. Mailed northmen in shaggy fur cloaks—Boltons and possibly Karstarks—join the Freys, and the betrayers kill many of [[Robb Stark's personal guard]], including [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|Smalljon Umber]], Dacey, and Ser [[Wendel Manderly]].{{ref|ASOS|51}}

Wielding a fallen knife, Catelyn takes hostage [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Jinglebell]], Walder's [[simple]] grandson, and offers to exchange his life for Robb, who has been wounded by multiple arrows. Lord Frey refuses, however, and Roose slays Robb with a thrust to the heart while stating that "[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 44|Jaime Lannister sends his regards]]." Catelyn saws Jinglebell's neck in response with the knife, and then claws at her own face with her fingernails. Ser [[Raymund Frey]] then slits Catelyn's throat.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

[[File:Tiziano Baracchi red wedding cat II.JPG|thumb|left|[[Catelyn Stark]] after cutting [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Jinglebell's]] throat, by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games]]

While the Starks are being slaughtered in the hall, the unknowing Edmure impregnates Roslin in a bedchamber,{{ref|AFFC|33}} with fiddlers performing outside of the room to prevent Edmure from hearing the sounds of battle.{{ref|AFFC|38}} Some guests who had accompanied them, such as the Greatjon, [[Patrek Mallister]], and Ser [[Marq Piper]], are overwhelmed and taken captive.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} Freys kill Grey Wind in the yard with crossbow quarrels, despite Ser [[Raynald Westerling]]'s attempt to save the direwolf.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

In the camp outside, Arya sees men moving on the bridge from the western castle toward the eastern castle, and she hears "The Rains of Castamere" being performed within both castles of the Twins. The three feast tents collapse and are set aflame with fire arrows during the slaughter, having been oiled earlier{{ref|ASOS|52}} and rigged to collapse by [[Lothar Frey]].{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} While drunken northmen burn inside the tents, [[Walder Rivers|Bastard Walder Rivers]]{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} leads a column of armored Frey riders from within the Twins against Robb's men outside of the tents, cutting them down and burning their pavilions.{{ref|ASOS|52}} Sandor defends Arya against three men, including Ser [[Garse Goodbrook]] and Ser [[Tytos Frey]]. When  Arya, unaware that her mother and brother have been killed, runs toward the Twins, the [[Hound]] knocks the girl unconscious and escapes with her.{{ref|ASOS|52}}

Though no definitive count is known, most of Robb's men are killed or captured, while House Frey loses approximately fifty men in the camps.{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} After the battle, the Freys hack and mutilate Robb's body and cut off his head along with that of Grey Wind. In a mockery of Robb's relationship with his direwolf, the Freys sew Grey Wind's head onto Robb's decapitated body and nail a crown atop the direwolf's head.{{Ref|ASOS|58}} Robb's bronze and iron crown is kept by Ryman Frey.{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Catelyn is thrown naked into the river in a mockery of [[House Tully]] funeral customs.{{Ref|ASOS|58}}