Editing Reek

{{distinguish||text=[[Ramsay Snow]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]], who have both gone by the name "Reek" at some point}}
{{Infobox character
| firstname = Heke
| image = [[File:Heke TheMico.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Heke by The Mico
| Alias = Reek (I)
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[House Bolton]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[North]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Reek}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[North]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
}}

'''Reek''' is a [[man-at-arms]] in service to [[House Bolton]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} His real name may be '''Heke'''.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

==Appearance and Character==
Reek is the personal servant of [[Ramsay Snow]], the [[bastard]] son of [[Roose Bolton]], [[Lord of the Dreadfort]]. Reek is reportedly never far from his master, and is almost as renowned for his cruelty as Ramsay is, and appears to practice necrophilia.{{Ref|ACOK|66}} Due to his stench, he is rumored to never bathe.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}

Reek wears rags.{{ref|ACOK|66}}

==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}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File: Mike Nash Reek.png|thumb|Reek by Mike Nash © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lady [[Donella Hornwood]] arrives at [[Winterfell]] for the [[harvest feast (299)|harvest feast]]. In a meeting with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], Maester [[Luwin]], and [[Bran Stark]], she tells of [[Ramsay Snow]] massing men at the [[Dreadfort]] and mentions the stories of Ramsay and Reek.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}

On her way back to [[Hornwood]], Donella is abducted by Ramsay and forced to marry him. Calling himself [[Lord of the Hornwood]], Ramsay locks Donella in a tower, where she starves to death. It is said that Reek participated in the crime.{{Ref|ACOK|16}}{{Ref|ACOK|35}}

Ramsay and Reek are pursued by men sworn to Rodrik, and they are eventually caught during one of their "hunting" trips, which involved Ramsay raping and killing a girl. Reek's horse is lame, so both cannot escape. Ramsay, in an attempt to hide his true identity, pulls Reek off the dead body and gives him his own fine clothes and markings of identity, telling him to ride for help to the Dreadfort with the good horse. Rodrik's men kill Reek, believing him to be Ramsay. The dead girl had soiled herself before she died, so Ramsay smears the filth over himself and dons Reek's rags. When Rodrik's men come back, they take Ramsay to be Reek and drag him back to Rodrik, who brings him as a prisoner to Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|35}}{{Ref|ACOK|66}} 

During the [[capture of Winterfell]] by [[Theon Greyjoy]], his men find Ramsay, still posing as Reek, in the dungeons.{{Ref|ACOK|46}} He continues to play the role of Reek, saying that his real name is Heke. Theon increasingly relies on the wretched creature, even going so far as accepting his suggestion to fake the deaths of Bran and [[Rickon Stark]]. Theon eventually sets him free, after "Reek" promises to bring him men from the Dreadfort in support.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|56}} 

"Reek" brings the Dreadfort's garrison to Winterfell and betrays Rodrik's host in a [[battle at Winterfell]]. "Reek" uncovers his true identity as Ramsay to Theon and orders the [[sack of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Ramsay imprisons Theon at the Dreadfort and insists upon calling him Reek. Theon's identity is lost to pain and torture; only "Reek" remains.{{Ref|ADWD|12}} However, after Ramsay and Theon moved to [[Winterfell]], the Greyjoy starts to recover his previous identity and flees from the castle together with [[Jeyne Poole]], who was forced to marry the Bolton feigning to be [[Arya Stark]].{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

At the [[Wall]], [[Jon Snow]] receives [[Bastard Letter|a letter]] from Ramsay which demands the return of his bride and "his Reek".{{Ref|ADWD|69}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Ramsay Snow|The boy]] is a sly creature by all accounts, and he has a servant who is almost as cruel as he is. Reek, they call the man. It's said he never bathes. They hunt together, the Bastard and this Reek, and not for [[deer]]. I've heard tales, things I can scarce believe, even of a [[House Bolton|Bolton]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Donella Hornwood]] to [[Rodrik Cassel]]}}

{{Quote|The smell was something he was born with. A [[curse]], the [[smallfolk]] said. The gods had made him stink so that men would know his soul was rotting. [[Uthor|My old maester]] insisted it was a sign of sickness, yet the boy was otherwise as strong as a young [[bull]].{{Ref|ADWD|32}}|[[Roose Bolton]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{Quote|I do wonder, though ... was it [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay]] who corrupted Reek, or Reek Ramsay?{{Ref|ADWD|32}}|[[Roose Bolton]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Casualties of the War of the Five Kings]]
[[Category:Characters from the North]]
[[Category:House Bolton retainers]]
[[Category:Men-at-arms]]
[[Category:Smallfolk]]

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