Editing Ryman Frey (section)

===''A Feast for Crows''===
As heir of Lord [[Walder Frey]], Ryman commands the [[House Frey|Frey]] forces at the [[siege of Riverrun]]. The disorderly camp is located north of the [[Tumblestone]], and hosts the largest of the three forces besieging the castle. He leaves the planning to his son [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]], so he can spend his time drinking and [[whore|whoring]]. To upstage [[Genna Lannister]], who has brought the singer [[Whitesmile Wat]] to the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] camp, Ryman hires a singer for his own camp as well, [[Tom of Sevenstreams]],{{Ref|AFFC|33}}{{Ref|AFFC|38}} who is secretly a member of the outlaw [[brotherhood without banners]].{{Ref|ASOS|13}} The Freys have a large stock of provisions, but Ryman refuses to share with the forces led by the new [[Warden of the West]], Ser [[Daven Lannister]], and Ser [[Forley Prester]], leaving them to rely on foraging, during which their men are sometimes caught and killed.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Ryman's main contribution to the siege is building a large gallows, on which Lord [[Edmure Tully]] has to stand with a noose around the neck all day. The threat of execution is meant to make Edmure's uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], surrender Riverrun, but instead it hardens the Blackfish's stance. In a half-drunken state, Ryman rides to the gate of Riverrun and tries to threaten Brynden into submission. However, the Blackfish puts an arrow into Ryman's [[horse]], causing the panicked [[animal]] to throw him off, making Ryman a laughing stock to his allies and enemies.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Ryman does not attend the war council called by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. He sends his son Edwyn with the excuse that he is indisposed, which as Daven points out, merely means that he is drunk. Edwyn tells Jaime that his father has stomach problems, and [[wine]] helps him with his digestion.{{Ref|AFFC|38}}

Jaime goes to the Frey camp to persuade Edmure into commanding the capitulation of Riverrun. On his way, Jaime notices Ryman entertaining a [[whore]] in his tent; also present is Tom o' Sevens. The woman has [[Robb Stark]]'s [[bronze]]-and-[[iron]] [[crown]] on her head, and states that Ryman crowned her the [[queen o' whores]]. When Ryman ignores the advice to remain silent in Jaime's presence and protests the assumed plan of the Lord Commander to execute Edmure, Jaime strikes Ryman with his [[gold]]en hand and removes him from his position, replacing him with Edwyn. Jaime commands Ryman to leave the camp at once and to take his whore with him, but not the crown.{{Ref|AFFC|38}}

On his way back to the [[Twins]], Ryman and his escort of three [[knight]]s and twelve [[men-at-arms]] are captured near [[Fairmarket]] by the brotherhood without banners, and hanged. When Jaime learns of this at Riverrun, Edwyn accuses him of having his father's blood on his hands, then suggests his own brother [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]] might have been involved in the murder, although Black Walder is currently stationed at [[siege of Seagard|Seagard]]. Jaime notices that Edwyn is not mourning his father particularly, and suspects that might be true for most Freys. Still, Jaime is bothered by the audacity of [[outlaw]]s who would kill the heir to the [[Crossing]] so close to the Twins.{{Ref|AFFC|44}}