Roose Ryswell
Roose Ryswell is a northern lord, cousin to Lord Rodrik Ryswell, and a member of a minor house that counts among the first allies of the Boltons when they rise to power in the region.
He has a reputation among his own as a quarrelsome man, quick to fight.
Chapter 1
A quarrelsome man of House Ryswell
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Roose Ryswell is a cousin of Lord Rodrik Ryswell, head of House Ryswell, a minor house of the North.
Among his own people he has a reputation as a quarrelsome man, quick to fight.
Chapter 2
Among the first to swear loyalty
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Roose BoltonAfter the Iron Throne names Roose Bolton Warden of the North, House Ryswell is among the first to bend the knee to him.
Roose Ryswell joins that early oath along with the rest of his house, adding his family's allegiance to the new Bolton authority over the North.
Chapter 3
The wedding and the scouts who never returned
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Ramsay Bolton
Arya Stark
Theon GreyjoyRoose Ryswell attends, together with the rest of his house, the wedding between Ramsay Bolton and the girl presented as "Arya Stark".
During the feast, Roose Bolton tells Theon Greyjoy that his own father named him Roose in Ryswell's honor.
Roose Ryswell later sends scouts to locate Stannis Baratheon's army, but none of those men return.
