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Revision as of 06:01, 29 August 2013
House Ryswell of the Rills | |
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Coat of arms | Bronze, a horse's head sable orbed and maned gules within a bordure engrailed sable |
Head | Rodrik Ryswell |
Region | the North |
Title | Lord of the Rills |
Overlord | House Bolton |
House Ryswell of the Rills rules in the extensive area between the Barrowlands and the Stony Shore in the North.
Their blazon is a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border.[1] Their words are not mentioned in the books.
Contents
House Ryswell at the end of the third century
The known Ryswells during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:
- Lord Rodrik Ryswell, Lord of the Rills.[2]
- Lady {Bethany Ryswell}, his eldest daughter, deceased. The second wife of Roose Bolton.[3]
- Barbrey Ryswell, his younger daughter. Lady of Barrowton. Widow to the late Lord Willam Dustin.[3]
- Roger Ryswell, his son.[3]
- Rickard Ryswell, his son.[3]
- Roose Ryswell, his son. Namesake of Lord Roose Bolton.[3]
- Unspecified Ryswell cousins of Rodrik's children.[3]
Without specified familiar relationship with the main branch, other Ryswells include:
- Ser {Mark Ryswell}, died at the Tower of Joy during Robert's Rebellion.
Rodrick | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethany | Roose Bolton | Barbrey | Willam Dustin | Roger | Rickard | Roose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sons | Domeric Bolton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Ryswells
- Lord Ryswell, the father of one of the Seventy-nine sentinels, a tragic story of the Night's Watch.
- Lord Ryswell's son, youngest son of Lord Ryswell and one of the Seventy-nine sentinels of the Night's Watch.
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- An old story tells that when seventy-nine deserters left the Wall, one of them was Lord Ryswell's youngest son and decided to look for shelter at his father's keep. However, Lord Ryswell returned his son and his companions to the Nightfort, where they were buried alive in the ice to stand the watch they had abandoned forever. Late in his life Lord Ryswell took the black to end his days watching behind his son.[4]
- Ser Mark Ryswell died fighting with Eddard Stark and his other companions at the Tower of Joy.
- Spearmen from the Rills compose part of the force that Roose Bolton leaves under command of Ronnel Stout and Ser Kyle Condon in the aftermath of the Battle of the Ruby Ford.[5]
- Maester Aemon sends a raven to the Rills in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.[6]
- The Ryswells and Dustins are the first to declare for House Bolton when Lord Roose is named Warden of the North.
- Lord Rodrik and his sons all have the same arms but each in different colors as they constantly argue over their houses colors: one is grey, one is black, one is gold and one is brown.
- The Ryswells and Dustins surprise the remaining ironmen on the Fever River and managed to burn their longships.[7]
- The Ryswells are reported to have joined the army led by Ramsay Bolton meant to remove the ironborn from Moat Cailin.
- Lord Rodrik, his sons, and his daughter Barbrey attend the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to the "Arya Stark". He is present along with his daughter, Roose Bolton and Aenys Frey when Theon Greyjoy is questioned about the deaths that are happening in Winterfell. He is hostile towards the Freys, as several of House Ryswell's men were slain at the Red Wedding.
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ The appendices of A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons list Roger, Rickard, and Roose as Rodrik's quarrelsome cousins, but the text of A Dance with Dragons specifies them as his sons in 20. Reek II and 32. Reek III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 49, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 55, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
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