Editing Roose Bolton (section)

==History==
Roose practices the abolished tradition of the [[first night]], but he is discreet with his activities and amusements in order to avoid the attention and possible ire of the [[Wardens of the North]], [[House Stark]].{{Ref|ADWD|32}} While hunting along the [[Weeping Water]], Roose once raped a young [[miller's wife]] and hanged the miller for not gaining his approval for their marriage. When the woman later presented a baby to Roose, he spared the [[bastard]] boy [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay]] because he had the same pale eyes as Roose. Lord Bolton granted the mill to the woman, sent her annual supplies and funds, and had the tongue of the miller's brother cut out to prevent Lord [[Rickard Stark]] from learning what had happened.{{Ref|ADWD|32}}

Roose fought at the [[Battle of the Trident]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. When Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], seriously wounded, was brought before Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], Roose counselled that they should kill him. Robert ignored Roose and spared Barristan's life, sending his own [[maester]] to tend to the [[Kingsguard]]'s wounds.{{Ref|AGOT|33}}

After the death of his first wife, Roose was married to [[Bethany Bolton|Bethany Ryswell]], with whom he had one son survive the cradle, [[Domeric Bolton|Domeric]]. Roose's children who did not survive the cradle have been buried below the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ADWD|32}} Roose had Domeric serve as a page to Bethany's sister, Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]], in [[Barrowton]] and as a squire to Lord [[Horton Redfort]] at the [[Redfort]].{{ref|ADWD|32}} Roose had [[Reek]], a servant at the Dreadfort who always smelled terrible, whipped for stealing Bethany's perfume in an attempt to mask his stench.{{ref|ADWD|32}} When the mother of his bastard son appeared at the Dreadfort demanding Roose provide her with a servant to help in raising her son, Roose sent her Reek, an act which he intended to be amusing.{{Ref|ADWD|32}} Roose eventually became a widower when his wife Bethany died of a fever.{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}

In {{Date|297}},<ref group="N">Domeric is mentioned to have died two years prior during the [[harvest feast (299)|harvest feast]] in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'', [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 16|Bran II]].</ref> Domeric died after visiting his half brother, Ramsay. Maester [[Uthor]] blamed a bad belly, but Lord Bolton attributes his heir's death to [[poison]]ing by Ramsay. Having no other trueborn heirs, Roose brought Ramsay to the Dreadfort but is not believed to have acknowledged him.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}