Skinner
Skinner | |
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Allegiances | |
Culture | Northmen |
Book | A Dance with Dragons (appears) |
Skinner is a man-at-arms sworn to House Bolton. He is one of the Bastard's Boys.
Contents
Character
Skinner is skilled at flaying,[1] and he enjoys playing dice.[2] He believes that Ramsay Snow murdered Domeric Bolton.[3]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
Skinner flays Theon Greyjoy's fingers for Ramsay Bolton. He is present in the great hall of the Dreadfort when Big Walder and Little Walder Frey bring Theon before Ramsay, who is joined by Arnolf Karstark and Hother Whoresbane.[4]
When Ramsay marries "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) at Winterfell, Skinner boasts that he will be given a piece of the sheets from the couple's bedchamber.[5] Skinner and Sour Alyn toss a freerider from the Battlements Gate after the man angers Ramsay.[2]
Quotes by Skinner
Go away, Reek. The smell of you turns my stomach.[2]
—Skinner to Theon Greyjoy
Quotes about Skinner
No pain Theon had ever known came close to the agony that Skinner could evoke with a little flensing blade.[6]
—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
References
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 20, Reek II.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 12, Reek I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 51, Theon I.