Roose Bolton is a character in the HBO series Game of Thrones, portrayed as the Lord of the Dreadfort and head of House Bolton, an ancient Northern house long remembered for the outlawed practice of flaying its enemies. He is introduced as a bannerman of House Stark and serves as one of King in the North Robb Stark's senior generals during the War of the Five Kings, cultivating a reputation for cold, calculating restraint.
Secretly allied with House Frey and House Lannister, Bolton betrays the Starks and personally kills Robb at the Red Wedding, and is rewarded with the title of Warden of the North. He rebuilds Winterfell as his seat and legitimizes his bastard son Ramsay, before ultimately being murdered by that same son. This overview summarizes his role; a chronological account appears in the Timeline. Content is drawn from the Game of Thrones Wiki and available under CC BY-SA.
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