Editing Reek (section)

==History==
According to Lord [[Roose Bolton]], Reek always smelled appalling, apparently born with that condition.{{Ref|ADWD|32}}<ref group="N">Having a bad odor not caused by lack of hygiene is a disease called [[w:Trimethylaminuria|Trimethylaminuria]].</ref> To try to hide the smell, Reek bathed three times a day and wore flowers in his hair, but nothing helped. Reek once doused himself with perfume stolen from Roose's second wife, [[Bethany Bolton]]. When he was caught and whipped, even his blood smelled bad, according to Roose. Reek tried it again a year later, this time almost dying from drinking the perfume. Although Maester [[Uthor]] diagnosed the stench as the result of some sickness, Reek was otherwise healthy and strong. No one in the [[Dreadfort]] could stand to be near him, so he slept in a [[pig]] sty.{{Ref|ADWD|32}}

Roose fathered a [[bastard]] son, [[Ramsay Snow]], on a [[miller's wife]] after hanging her husband.{{ref|ADWD|32}} When the widow came to the Dreadfort from the [[mill by the Weeping Water]] and asked for a servant to help her raise her unruly and wild son, Roose gave her Reek as a jape. However, Ramsay and Reek became inseparable. According to Roose, Reek never had any training in arms, though he was Ramsay's tutor in martial prowess, which explains Ramsay's vicious and overly aggressive style of swordsmanship.{{Ref|ADWD|32}}

Reek stayed with Ramsay, even after Ramsay was brought to the Dreadfort in {{Date|297}} and was made Roose's unofficial heir. From that time on, Ramsay and Reek became infamous in the region for the "hunts" they undertook together. They caught [[smallfolk|peasant]] girls, then set them free and told them to run for their lives. The pair chased after the girls until they caught them, with Ramsay raping and killing the girls, then Reek having his way with the dead bodies while they were still warm. Only a few of the girls escaped.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}{{Ref|ACOK|66}}{{Ref|ADWD|32}}