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* The Ryswell cousins all have the same arms but each in different colors as they argue constantly over there houses colors, one is grey, one is black, one is gold and one is brown. | * The Ryswell cousins all have the same arms but each in different colors as they argue constantly over there houses colors, one is grey, one is black, one is gold and one is brown. | ||
* [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to the Rills in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]]. | * [[Maester Aemon]] sent a raven to the Rills in a plea for help to defend [[Castle Black]] from [[wildlings]]. | ||
− | * The Ryswells and [[ | + | * The Ryswells and [[House Dustin|Dustins]] surprised the remaining ironmen on the [[Fever River]] and managed to burn their longships. |
==References and Notes== | ==References and Notes== |
Revision as of 05:55, 7 January 2012
House Ryswell of the Rills | |
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Coat of arms | a black horse's head, eyes and mane red, on bronze within a black engrailed border |
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.
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.
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 Wall 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.[2]
Contents
The Ryswell House 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.
- Barbrey Ryswell, his daughter. Lady of Barrowton. Widow to the late Lord Willam Dustin.
- Lady {Bethany Ryswell}, his daughter, deceased. The former wife of Roose Bolton.
- Roger Ryswell, his quarrelsome cousin.
- Rickard Ryswell, another quarrelsome cousin.
- Roose Ryswell, yet another quarrelsome cousin.
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References in the books
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Ser Mark Ryswell died fighting with Eddard Stark and his other companions at the Tower of Joy.
- Bran explains the story of the seventy-nine sentinels at the Nightfort.
- The Ryswells were reported to have joined the army lead by Ramsay Bolton meant to remove the ironborn from Moat Cailin.
- The Ryswell cousins all have the same arms but each in different colors as they argue constantly over there houses colors, one is grey, one is black, one is gold and one is brown.
- Maester Aemon sent a raven to the Rills in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
- The Ryswells and Dustins surprised the remaining ironmen on the Fever River and managed to burn their longships.
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: the North
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran
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