Symond Frey

Symond is born into House Frey as Lord Walder's seventh son and the second child of his third wife, Amarei Crakehall. In time he becomes his house's treasurer and spymaster.

He marries Betharios of Braavos and has three children with her: Alesander, Alyx and Bradamar.

After the Red Wedding, Symond travels to White Harbor with Jared Frey and Rhaegar Frey to return Lord Wyman Manderly the bones of his son Wendel, killed in the slaughter. The mission also aims to confirm the city still stands with the Iron Throne, sealing that bond with new marriages: a Frey bride for Lord Wyman himself, and betrothals tying Rhaegar to Wynafryd and young Walder Frey to Wylla Manderly.

When Davos Seaworth arrives to ask Wyman to swear for Stannis Baratheon, the three Freys witness it. Wyman pretends to side with them — the Throne holds his heir Wylis hostage — and stages a fake execution to make them believe Davos is dead.

Wyman later tells Davos that Symond has bought the silence of his household, bribing even two knights; a lady serving Symond's own wife is caught heading to the bed of Wyman's fool.

As they leave, Wyman sends each of them off with a horse. All are due to meet again at Winterfell, for the wedding of the woman passed off as Arya Stark to Ramsay Bolton.

Symond, Jared and Rhaegar reach Winterfell for the wedding, but after the ceremony no one sees them again. Aenys and Hosteen Frey do not believe Lord Wyman's account and suspect he is lying about where they went.

At the feast, Wyman serves three enormous meat pies and asks the bard Abel to sing "The Rat Cook," which may hint that the three Freys did, in some way, make it to the wedding after all.

The Atlas records Symond's death that same year, though the books never spell out exactly what became of him.