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* BlackComedy: A master of it.
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* BlackComedy: A master of it.[[spoiler:CoDragons: With Walder Frey
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* LoopholeAbuse: Practically his specialty. When Bolton implicitly suggests flaying prisoners for information, Robb tells him that Ned outlawed flaying in the north. Bolton counters that they're not in the north. When Walder Frey proposed a marriage deal to him, Frey offered to pay Bolton the girl's weight in silver as a dowry, and so Bolton picked the fattest one he could find.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Practically his specialty. When Bolton implicitly suggests flaying prisoners for information, Robb tells him that Ned outlawed flaying in the north. Bolton counters that they're not in the north. When Walder Frey proposed a marriage deal to him, Frey offered to pay Bolton the girl's weight in silver as a dowry, and so Bolton picked the fattest one Frey granddaughter he could find.
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* SociopathicHero / NominalHero: He counsels pragmatism and tactical brutality with Robb (advocating a particularly horrible form of interrogation and recommending against always choosing the honourable way in war). [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope Roose eventually took advantage of the Starks' increasing vulnerability and political blunders.]]]]
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* SociopathicHero / NominalHero: SociopathicHero[=/=]NominalHero: He counsels pragmatism and tactical brutality with Robb (advocating a particularly horrible form of interrogation and recommending against always choosing the honourable way in war). [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope Roose eventually took advantage of the Starks' increasing vulnerability and political blunders.]]]]war).
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** In an interview, the actor Iwan Rheon suggested that Ramsay has a sadistic SingeTargetSexuality towards his current favorite victim. (In this case, [[spoiler:Theon]].)
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** In an interview, the actor Iwan Rheon suggested that Ramsay has a sadistic SingeTargetSexuality SingleTargetSexuality towards his current favorite victim. (In this case, [[spoiler:Theon]].[[spoiler:Theon Greyjoy]].)
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Trope-overdosed. It\'s way too much of a spoiler to emphasize the evilness of House Bolton in the first paragraph, without even bothering to spoiler-tag it. Also, tropes like \"Beard of Evil\" don\'t really belong here (if you have to shoehorn in the trope as \"Perma-stubble of evil\", it\'s a pretty clear sign that it just doesn\'t belong here.)
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An old and powerful Northern house pledged to the Starks for generations. Their seat is [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Dreadfort]], to the east of the Stark domains.
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** The Bolton contingent campaigning under Robb Stark seem to wear ragged cloaks fashioned to resemble large overlapping pieces of torn skin.
* DarkIsEvil: Stressed in the show, with the Bolton arms changed from the book's pink background to a black one - though their horizontal flags are half black and half pink. Not that the sigil being [[FlayingAlive a flayed man]] in both made them appear lovable in any way. Moreover, the Bolton soldiery shown so far seem almost entirely comprised of especially nasty murderers, torturers, rapists, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Horn-blowing cunts]].
** However, them riding while singing ''The Bear and the Maiden Fair'' is meant to stress that some of their men-at-arms are [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] at worst, NotSoDifferent from the rest of the Northmen. Either that or they just like a good sing-song between pillage and torture.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[hottip:From the Books...:Sort of. Thousands of years ago, the Boltons were the Starks' bitterest rivals for kingship of the North, and the Boltons still (allegedly) possess the flayed skins of several Stark kings. About a seven hundred years ago, the Starks finally subdued them, and they've been loyal bannermen since, though rumors abound that they still flay their prisoners.]] [[spoiler: [[TheRival As of "The Rains of Castamere", they're back to being enemies of the Starks again]].]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn Never the most heroic House in the first place, they betray the Starks and turn full villainous]] in "The Rains of Castamere".
* DarkIsEvil: Stressed in the show, with the Bolton arms changed from the book's pink background to a black one - though their horizontal flags are half black and half pink. Not that the sigil being [[FlayingAlive a flayed man]] in both made them appear lovable in any way. Moreover, the Bolton soldiery shown so far seem almost entirely comprised of especially nasty murderers, torturers, rapists, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Horn-blowing cunts]].
** However, them riding while singing ''The Bear and the Maiden Fair'' is meant to stress that some of their men-at-arms are [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] at worst, NotSoDifferent from the rest of the Northmen. Either that or they just like a good sing-song between pillage and torture.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[hottip:From the Books...:Sort of. Thousands of years ago, the Boltons were the Starks' bitterest rivals for kingship of the North, and the Boltons still (allegedly) possess the flayed skins of several Stark kings. About a seven hundred years ago, the Starks finally subdued them, and they've been loyal bannermen since, though rumors abound that they still flay their prisoners.]] [[spoiler: [[TheRival As of "The Rains of Castamere", they're back to being enemies of the Starks again]].]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn Never the most heroic House in the first place, they betray the Starks and turn full villainous]] in "The Rains of Castamere".
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** However, them riding while singing ''The Bear and the Maiden Fair'' is meant to stress that some of their men-at-arms are [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] at worst, NotSoDifferent from the rest of the Northmen. Either that or they just like a good sing-song between pillage and torture.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[hottip:From the Books...:Sort of. Thousands of years ago, the Boltons were the Starks' bitterest rivals for kingship of the North, and the Boltons still (allegedly) possess the flayed skins of several Stark kings. About a seven hundred years ago, the Starks finally subdued them, and they've been loyal bannermen since, though rumors abound that they still flay their prisoners.]] [[spoiler: [[TheRival As of "The Rains of Castamere", they're back to being enemies of the Starks again]].]]
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: They are basically Wallachia under Vlad Tepes of House Draculesti. Yes, that one. With some Gilles de Rais thrown in, for good measure.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: They are basically a Northern version of Wallachia under Vlad Tepes of House Draculesti. Yes, that one. With some [[spoiler: Ramsay Snow is certainly similar to Gilles de Rais thrown in, for good measure.Rais, as well.]]
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* [[spoiler: KlingonPromotion: They kill the head of the Stark family and supplant them as the Lords of Winterfell and Wardens of the North.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the North. They aren't much better than the Ironborn, considering their hobbies. [[spoiler:In the Season 3 they are so evil that they drop the teammate part altogether.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the North. They aren't much better than the Ironborn, considering their hobbies. [[spoiler:In the Season 3 they are so evil that they drop the teammate part altogether.]]
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* [[spoiler: KlingonPromotion: They kill murder the head of the Stark family and supplant replace them as the Lords of Winterfell and Wardens of the North.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of theNorth.Starks. They aren't much better than the Ironborn, considering their hobbies. [[spoiler:In the Season 3 they are so evil that they drop the teammate part altogether.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: They are responsible for some of the most shocking and whammy events of the narrative.
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* BaldOfEvil: A receding hairline, but the principle is there.
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* TheCaptain: A field officer and bannerman who seems to have a talent for inspiring loyalty (though maybe that's due to fear that anyone crossing him will be flayed alive).
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* DissonantSerenity: He suggests flaying men in the same tone that most people would suggest grabbing a bite to eat, as though such a thing were second nature to him. Then you realise that his sigil is ''a flayed man''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Is first seen touring the battlefields with Robb, calmly reporting the massive enemy casualties and recommending the flaying of Lannister officers in a rather clinical tone of voice.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* DissonantSerenity: He suggests flaying men in the same tone that most people would suggest grabbing a bite to eat, as though such a thing were second nature to him. Then you realise that his sigil is ''a flayed man''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Is first seen touring the battlefields with Robb, calmly reporting the massive enemy casualties and recommending the flaying of Lannister officers in a rather clinical tone of voice.
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* {{Foil}}: To the Greatjon. Both are powerful bannermen of Robb's, and among his closest advisers, but while the Greatjon is a jovial BoisterousBruiser, Roose is a quiet and ruthless sort of man.
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* TheLancer: Briefly to Robb's [[TheHero Hero]], after Theon betrays him.
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* TheLancer: Briefly He is this to Robb's [[TheHero Hero]], after Theon betrays him.
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* NumberTwo: To Robb during the war.
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** When Jaime arrives in Harrenhal Roose does everything possible to make him think that Cersei died at the Battle of Blackwater before revealing she's alive and well. Though [[spoiler:Ramsay]], being without redeeming qualities, would have let Jaime think his sister had been raped to death. Bolton at least had the decency to tell him the truth after getting him to squirm a bit.
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** When Jaime arrives in Harrenhal Harrenhal, the sly Roose Bolton does everything possible to make him think that Cersei died at the Battle of Blackwater before revealing she's alive and well. Though [[spoiler:Ramsay]], being without redeeming qualities, would have let Jaime think his sister had been raped to death. Bolton at least had the decency to tell him the truth after getting him to squirm a bit.
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* AxCrazy
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** In an interview, the actor Iwan Rheon suggested that Ramsay has a sadistic SingeTargetSexuality towards his current favorite victim. (In this case, [[spoiler:Theon]].)
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* BastardBastardBrownNote: Ramsay's warhorn, which he loves to use, is a terrifyingly effective psychological weapon against [[spoiler: Theon, and a single blast of it is capable of reducing him to a trembling. sobbing wreck within seconds.]]
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* CreepyBlueEyes[=/=]IcyBlueEyes: CreepyBlueEyes: His eyes would be large and expressive even on a girl. The icy eyes are the one aspect of his appearance that has carried over from the books (see AdaptationalAttractiveness above).
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* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:kills 5 of his men to gain Theon's trust]].
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* FalseFlagOperation: He [[spoiler:kills 5 four of his men to gain Theon's trust]].
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Sometimes he seems downright playful as with the horn or the sausage but it's clear that he's a complete psychopath.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Sometimes he seems downright playful as with the horn or the sausage sausage, but it's clear that he's a complete psychopath.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Invoked. He eats a rather phallic looking pork sausage in front of [[spoiler:the recently emasculated Theon. Ramsay is rather amused when Theon makes the logical assumption.]]
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* ImAHumanitarian: Invoked. He eats a rather very phallic looking pork sausage in front of [[spoiler:the recently emasculated castrated Theon. Ramsay is rather amused when the horrified Theon makes the logical assumption.assumption that the sausage is his cock.]]
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** Played straight in ''Mhysa'', where it's revealed that he flayed the Ironborn deserters who handed Theon over to him. Unlike Theon, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's hard to feel much sympathy for these particular victims]].
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** Played straight in ''Mhysa'', where it's revealed that he flayed the Ironborn deserters who handed Theon over to him. Unlike Theon, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's It's hard to feel much sympathy for these particular victims]].
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* {{Sadist}}: Sweet Rh'llor... Even established [[CompleteMonster torture-happy monsters]] like Gregor Clegane, who had people killed via terrified rats gnawing through their chests for the hell of it, don't hold a candle to just how utterly sadistic and cruel Ramsay can be with those who fall into his hands.
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* {{Sadist}}: Sweet Rh'llor... Even the established [[CompleteMonster torture-happy monsters]] like Gregor Clegane, who had people killed via terrified rats gnawing through their chests for the hell of it, don't hold a candle to just how utterly sadistic and cruel Ramsay can be with those who fall into his hands.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: Another trait inherited from his father. But where Roose is stoic and clinical, Ramsay mood-swings rapidly between [[{{keet}} playful exuberance]], CreepyMonotone and [[TheButcher wide eyed rage]] all the while retaining his somewhat sophisticated articulation.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: Another trait he inherited from his father. But where Roose is stoic and clinical, Ramsay mood-swings rapidly between [[{{keet}} playful exuberance]], CreepyMonotone and [[TheButcher wide eyed rage]] all the while retaining his somewhat sophisticated articulation.
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** Shown in Full Horrifying glory in "The Climb" where he starts by [[spoiler: waking Theon with a hornblast on his torture rack, and then proceeding to "play another game" with Theon]].
** [[spoiler: Turned almost to an art-form in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" where he gets some attractive servant girls to seduce and arouse Theon after some particularly nasty torture, before charging in with a blast of his trusty horn just as Theon starts to enjoy it. He then decides to castrate Theon out of a claimed "Jealousy" of his big cock and womanizing reputation.]]
** In "Mhysa" he manages to top all of this in one hilariously dark and [[JustForPun dick]]ish moment [[spoiler: where he tucks into a large pork sausage in front of a very recently castrated Theon and talks with his mouth full about how big Theon's cock really was, leading Theon to assume he is eating Theon's cock before Ramsay clarifies it was just a sausage, all while happily pondering questions like whether or not Theon will get a "phantom erection" now he is a eunuch.]]
* TwitchyEye: As if we didn't have enough clues that he was batshit insane already.
** [[spoiler: Turned almost to an art-form in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" where he gets some attractive servant girls to seduce and arouse Theon after some particularly nasty torture, before charging in with a blast of his trusty horn just as Theon starts to enjoy it. He then decides to castrate Theon out of a claimed "Jealousy" of his big cock and womanizing reputation.]]
** In "Mhysa" he manages to top all of this in one hilariously dark and [[JustForPun dick]]ish moment [[spoiler: where he tucks into a large pork sausage in front of a very recently castrated Theon and talks with his mouth full about how big Theon's cock really was, leading Theon to assume he is eating Theon's cock before Ramsay clarifies it was just a sausage, all while happily pondering questions like whether or not Theon will get a "phantom erection" now he is a eunuch.]]
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** Shown in Full Horrifying all his horrifying glory in "The Climb" where he starts by [[spoiler: waking Theon with a hornblast on his torture rack, and then proceeding to "play another game" with Theon]].
** [[spoiler: Turned almost to an art-form in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" where he gets some attractive servant girls to seduce and arouse Theon after some particularly nasty torture, before charging in with a blast of his trusty horn just as Theon starts to enjoy it. He then decides to castrate Theon out of a claimed"Jealousy" "jealousy" of his big cock and womanizing reputation.]]
** In "Mhysa" he manages to top all of this in one hilariously dark and [[JustForPun dick]]ish moment [[spoiler: where he tucks into a large pork sausage in front of a very recently castrated Theon and talks with his mouth full about how big Theon's cock really was, leading Theon to assume he is eating Theon's cock before Ramsay clarifies it was just asausage, all while happily pondering questions like whether or not Theon will get a "phantom erection" now he is a eunuch.]]
* TwitchyEye: As if we didn't have enough clues that he was batshit insane already.sausage.]]
** [[spoiler: Turned almost to an art-form in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" where he gets some attractive servant girls to seduce and arouse Theon after some particularly nasty torture, before charging in with a blast of his trusty horn just as Theon starts to enjoy it. He then decides to castrate Theon out of a claimed
** In "Mhysa" he manages to top all of this in one hilariously dark and [[JustForPun dick]]ish moment [[spoiler: where he tucks into a large pork sausage in front of a very recently castrated Theon and talks with his mouth full about how big Theon's cock really was, leading Theon to assume he is eating Theon's cock before Ramsay clarifies it was just a
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** Is extremely skilled with the bow.
** Has a devious fondness for [[spoiler:the [[LoudOfWar horn]]]] (at one point even managing to strike an escaping Theon to the ground with it in one unexpectedly swift move). His continued use of [[spoiler: The Horn to initiate his torture sessions with Theon]] has also made it an terrifyingly effective psychological weapon against [[spoiler: Theon, and a single blast of it is capable of reducing him to a trembling. sobbing wreck within seconds.]]
** Is extremely skilled with the bow.
** Has a devious fondness for [[spoiler:the [[LoudOfWar horn]]]] (at one point even managing to strike an escaping Theon to the ground with it in one unexpectedly swift move). His continued use of [[spoiler: The Horn to initiate his torture sessions with Theon]] has also made it an terrifyingly effective psychological weapon against [[spoiler: Theon, and a single blast of it is capable of reducing him to a trembling. sobbing wreck within seconds.]]
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** Is extremelyWeaponOfChoice: He is ''extremely'' skilled with the bow.
** Hasbow and arrow. Also has a devious fondness for [[spoiler:the the [[LoudOfWar horn]]]] (at one point even managing to strike an escaping Theon to the ground with it in one unexpectedly swift move). His continued use of [[spoiler: The Horn to initiate his torture sessions with Theon]] has also made it an terrifyingly effective psychological weapon against [[spoiler: Theon, and a single blast of it is capable of reducing him to a trembling. sobbing wreck within seconds.]]warhorn]]
** Is extremely
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* AmbiguouslyBi: his little ''game'' with [[spoiler: Theon/Reek]] is filled with 100% [[NoYay nightmare inducing]] homosexual undertones.
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* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn Never the most heroic House in the first place, they betray the Starks and turn full villainous]] in "The Rains of Castamere".
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* NotSoDifferent: Considering their hobbies, one could argue they're actually not much different from the Ironborn.
** By the end of Season 3 this has been entirely averted. They are not as bad as the Ironborn... [[spoiler: They are much, much, '''much''' worse. ]]
** By the end of Season 3 this has been entirely averted. They are not as bad as the Ironborn... [[spoiler: They are much, much, '''much''' worse. ]]
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* MonsterFangirl: ''Yikes.''
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An old and powerful Northern house sworn to the Starks. Their seat is [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Dreadfort]], to the east of the Stark domains.
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** TortureCellar: Current guest: [[spoiler: Prince Theon Greyjoy]]
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An old and powerful Northern house sworn to the Starks. Their seat is [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Dreadfort]], to the east of the Stark domains. [[spoiler: With their betrayal of the Starks at the Red Wedding, as of "Mysha", the Boltons have now supplanted them as the Lords of Winterfell and Wardens of the North.]]
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->'''Played By''': Charlotte Hope & Stephanie Blacker
Two young women used by Ramsay as part of Theon's torture
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* AllWomenAreLustful[=/=]GirlOnGirlIsHot: Their act to arouse Theon.
* MsFanservice: Both of them
* NaughtyNuns: Myranda claims to have been a septa-in-trainingescape.
* EverybodyWantsBlondes: Violet
[[folder:Myranda and Violet]]
->'''Played By''': Charlotte Hope & Stephanie Blacker
Two young women used by Ramsay as part of Theon's torture
!!Tropes:
* AllWomenAreLustful[=/=]GirlOnGirlIsHot: Their act to arouse Theon.
* MsFanservice: Both of them
* NaughtyNuns: Myranda claims to have been a septa-in-trainingescape.
* EverybodyWantsBlondes: Violet
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* ALadyOnEachArm: Gropes the naked Myranda and Val before [[spoiler: he has his men castrate Theon.]]
* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler:his cover to gain Theon's trust.]]
* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler:his cover to gain Theon's trust.]]
* {{Badass}}: Proves it in episode 3 of season 3, when he [[spoiler: slaughters his own men to save Theon. They didn't know Ramsay would dispose them.]]
* BigDamnHeroes
* BigDamnHeroes
* GoodCopBadCop: Taken to the extreme. [[spoiler: He plays the Good Cop and kills the Bad Cops to gain Theon's trust.]]
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->'''Played By''': Anton Lesser
->'''Jaime Lannister:''' ''"You are no maester. Where is your chain?"''
->'''Qyburn:''' ''"The Citadel stripped me of it. They found some of my... [[MadScientist experiments]]... too bold."'''
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* AnalogyBackfire: Qyburn argues to Jaime that his vivisection of paupers was justified by the fact that it helped him save many more lives. He then asks Jaime how many men he's killed (hundreds, probably), and then asks how many he's saved:
-->'''Jaime''': 500,000. ''(Qyburn looks at him, disbelieving)''. The population of King's Landing.
* CoolOldGuy: [[MadDoctor Mad Doctoring]] notwithstanding.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Talisa''': You are lucky to be alive.
-->'''Qyburn''': ''(looks around, sees the hall filled with corpses)'' "Lucky"?
* DisposableVagrant: He used more than a few to further his 'investigations'.
* MadDoctor: He was stripped of his Maester's chain for performing gruesome and fatal experiments on the living.
* MadScientist: ...which he did in the name of his idea of advancing medical knowledge. The disturbing part of it all is, he's such a ridiculously competent doctor that one can't help but think it ''paid off''.
* TheMedic: Despite being more than a little nuts, he's also an extremely competent doctor. [[hottip: From the Books...: He's even more horrifying in the books, but he's also generally regarded as the best doctor in Westeros.]]
* MysteriousPast: How did he end up in Harrenhal?
* NightmareFetishist: The way his eyes light up when cutting into [[spoiler: Jaime's infected stump]] is more than a little terrifying.
* PetTheDog: Assisting [[spoiler: the one-handed Jaime]] with his saddle.
* RedRightHand: He has a disturbing neck scar from the SlashedThroat the Mountain gave him.
* RetiredMonster
* SlashedThroat: Robb finds him in Harrenhal, having survived one courtesy of [[BlackKnight The Mountain]].
* SoftspokenSadist: His voice is disconcertingly even and mellow, even as he goes about horrible-looking procedures.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Harrenhal captives massacre.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
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[[folder:Steelshanks]]
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->'''Played By''': Jaimie Michie
Another of Roose Bolton's men. Charged with escorting Jaime Lannister (and Brienne) alive to King's Landing.
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-->'''Jaime''': 500,000. ''(Qyburn looks at him, disbelieving)''. The population of King's Landing.
* CoolOldGuy: [[MadDoctor Mad Doctoring]] notwithstanding.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Talisa''': You are lucky to be alive.
-->'''Qyburn''': ''(looks around, sees the hall filled with corpses)'' "Lucky"?
* DisposableVagrant: He used more than a few to further his 'investigations'.
* MadDoctor: He was stripped of his Maester's chain for performing gruesome and fatal experiments on the living.
* MadScientist: ...which he did in the name of his idea of advancing medical knowledge. The disturbing part of it all is, he's such a ridiculously competent doctor that one can't help but think it ''paid off''.
* TheMedic: Despite being more than a little nuts, he's also an extremely competent doctor. [[hottip: From the Books...: He's even more horrifying in the books, but he's also generally regarded as the best doctor in Westeros.]]
* MysteriousPast: How did he end up in Harrenhal?
* NightmareFetishist: The way his eyes light up when cutting into [[spoiler: Jaime's infected stump]] is more than a little terrifying.
* PetTheDog: Assisting [[spoiler: the one-handed Jaime]] with his saddle.
* RedRightHand: He has a disturbing neck scar from the SlashedThroat the Mountain gave him.
* RetiredMonster
* SlashedThroat: Robb finds him in Harrenhal, having survived one courtesy of [[BlackKnight The Mountain]].
* SoftspokenSadist: His voice is disconcertingly even and mellow, even as he goes about horrible-looking procedures.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Harrenhal captives massacre.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
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[[folder:Steelshanks]]
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->'''Played By''': Jaimie Michie
Another of Roose Bolton's men. Charged with escorting Jaime Lannister (and Brienne) alive to King's Landing.
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! House Bolton
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->"''Our Blades Are Sharp.''"
->'''Jaime Lannister''': ''"The flayed man of House Bolton. Bit gruesome for my taste."''
An old and powerful Northern house sworn to the Starks. Their seat is [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Dreadfort]], to the east of the Stark domains.
!!Tropes:
* BadassLongcoat: Nasty as the guards of the Dreadfort may be, they do have some rather nice longcoats on them. Justified since they are in the North and [[ArcWords Winter is Coming]].
** The Bolton contingent campaigning under Robb Stark seem to wear ragged cloaks fashioned to resemble large overlapping pieces of torn skin.
* DarkIsEvil: Stressed in the show, with the Bolton arms changed from the book's pink background to a black one - though their horizontal flags are half black and half pink. Not that the sigil being [[FlayingAlive a flayed man]] in both made them appear lovable in any way. Moreover, the Bolton soldiery shown so far seem almost entirely comprised of especially nasty murderers, torturers, rapists, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Horn-blowing cunts]].
** However, them riding while singing ''The Bear and the Maiden Fair'' is meant to stress that some of their men-at-arms are [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] at worst, NotSoDifferent from the rest of the Northmen. Either that or they just like a good sing-song between pillage and torture.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[hottip:From the Books...:Sort of. Thousands of years ago, the Boltons were the Starks' bitterest rivals for kingship of the North, and the Boltons still (allegedly) possess the flayed skins of several Stark kings. About a seven hundred years ago, the Starks finally subdued them, and they've been loyal bannermen since, though rumors abound that they still flay their prisoners.]] [[spoiler: [[TheRival As of "The Rains of Castamere", they're back to being enemies of the Starks again]].]]
* FamilyEyeResemblance: As in the books,[[spoiler: both [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/p480x480/983829_383053251812523_967876506_n.jpg Roose]] and [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e7cc70ee5cb2fb9c57f766d6d1b29b9/tumblr_mmi5u065s91snvi6fo1_500.png Ramsay]] have noticeably pale blue eyes that enhance the [[KubrickStare menacing stares]] they put on whenever they start to physically or psychologically torment people. Hell they even do the same creepy [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/a05256afe7f989ec1df1dc58b9743a3b/tumblr_mnupjiqDQt1qkwee2o8_250.gif half-closed]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/21864663d95949da09975633f2e0dca6/tumblr_mnupjiqDQt1qkwee2o5_250.gif eyelids]] blinking.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Considering their hobbies, one could argue they're actually not much different from the Ironborn.
** By the end of Season 3 this has been entirely averted. They are not as bad as the Ironborn... [[spoiler: They are much, much, '''much''' worse. ]]
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The ''Dread''fort.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the North.
* TortureTechnician: The family's traditional [[GangOfHats hat]] as represented by their sigil. Extends to psychological torture.
** TortureCellar: Current guest: [[spoiler: Prince Theon Greyjoy]]
* XMakesAnythingCool: [[SarcasmMode Including desecrated corpses!]] The saltire motif prominently displayed on Bolton heraldry and paraphernalia represents the Saint Andrew's Cross-like torture device that they lash their victims to. Even the Bolton forces' little [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130513065121/gameofthrones/images/8/84/Bolton-map-marker.jpg figurine]] on Robb Stark's map has the motif.
[[folder:Lord Roose Bolton]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"In my family we say: A naked man holds few secrets; a flayed man, none."'']]
->'''Played By''': Michael [=McElhatton=]
->[[spoiler:''"[[WhamLine The Lannisters send their regards]]."'']]
Lord of the Dreadfort and the Starks' most powerful bannerman. Head of House Bolton.
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the books he's described as being pale-skinned, having a hairless body and having pale eyes. His voice is also described as soft as a whisper in the books, but [=McElhatton=]'s [[BadassBaritone deep, even voice]] has earned him quite a few fangirls.
* AffablyEvil: Roose Bolton is a calm, polite, and respectful man who resides in the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Dreadfort]] and will flay you alive partly for information and partly because he might actually enjoy it.
* AntiHero: He's clearly not a nice man but he ''is'' fighting for the side of "good" and, whatever his faults might be, [[BigBad Joffrey]]'s are infinitely worse. [[spoiler: As of "The Rains of Castamere", he has become a full on villain, aiding in the massacre of the Stark forces at the Twins and personally killing Robb.]]
* BadassCape: Roose owns a very dashing fur cloak.
** Complete with a subtle CapeSwish in season two.
* BaldOfEvil: A receding hairline, but the principle is there.
* BearerOfBadNews: He delivers most of the bad news for Robb: that Winterfell has been seized by the ironborn, that Hoster Tully has died, that Winterfell has been sacked.
* BenevolentBoss: Maybe, maybe not, but he does seem to have a talent for inspiring loyalty (though maybe that's due to fear that anyone crossing him will be flayed alive).
* ColdBloodedTorture: He hasn't participated in it (yet) but he does suggest it without any hesitation in his voice.
* ColonelBadass: To Robb's FourStarBadass.
* CoolSword: The [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5aimkzVHd1rnpb7vo1_500.png hilt]] of his [[http://www.bronzeart.ie/?p=155 sword]] is designed to resemble an inverted headless flayed man, with the guard formed by his outstretched arms.
* CreepyBlueEyes
* DissonantSerenity: He suggests flaying men in the same tone that most people would suggest grabbing a bite to eat, as though such a thing were second nature to him. Then you realise that his sigil is ''a flayed man''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Is first seen touring the battlefields with Robb, calmly reporting the massive enemy casualties and recommending the flaying of Lannister officers in a rather clinical tone of voice.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* ExactWords[=/=]IronicEcho: [[spoiler:Jaime, sarcastically, asks Bolton to tell Robb Stark that "the Lannisters send their regards" concerning Edmure Tully's wedding. Roose relays the message [[PreMortemOneLiner before he personally kills Robb]].]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]
* FlayingAlive: His preferred method of interrogation. Hell, the sigil of House Bolton ''is'' a flayed man.
* {{Foil}}: To the Greatjon. Both are powerful bannermen of Robb's, and among his closest advisers, but while the Greatjon is a jovial BoisterousBruiser, Roose is a quiet and ruthless sort of man.
* GenreSavvy: He married one of Lord Walder's granddaughters during the war. Lord Walder offered him his wife's weight in silver as a dowry, so naturally he grabbed the fattest wife he could find.
-->'''Catelyn:''' I hope she makes you very happy.
-->'''Roose:''' [[DeadPanSnarker Well, she's made me very rich.]]
* HighCollarOfDoom: He occasionally wears his collar up, most notably at the [[spoiler:Red Wedding.]] Of ''doom'', indeed...
* IcyBlueEyes
* [[spoiler:KlingonPromotion: Appointed Warden of the North by Tywin Lannister after killing his king and liege.]]
* TheLancer: Briefly to Robb's [[TheHero Hero]], after Theon betrays him.
* LastSecondWordSwap: To Jamie [[spoiler:who had lost his hand.]]
-->'''Roose:''' You're in no position to demand anything. I would have hoped you learned your lesson about overplaying your... Position.
* LoopholeAbuse: Practically his specialty. When Bolton implicitly suggests flaying prisoners for information, Robb tells him that Ned outlawed flaying in the north. Bolton counters that they're not in the north. When Walder Frey proposed a marriage deal to him, Frey offered to pay Bolton the girl's weight in silver as a dowry, and so Bolton picked the fattest one he could find.
* NumberTwo: To Robb during the war.
* ObviouslyEvil: Aside from his generally creepy mannerisms and eagerness to torture for information, it should be reiterated: Bolton is the Lord of ''[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Dreadfort.]]'' Nevertheless he's ''much'' less ObviouslyEvil than in the books.
* PermaStubble [[BeardOfEvil Of Evil]]
* [[spoiler:PreMortemOneLiner: "The Lannisters send their regards."]]
* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Has this expression just before the Red Wedding, such as when he clues Catelyn in that he's wearing chainmail under his clothes, coupled with a KubrickStare.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: The Bolton sigil is seen in season 1. He was planned to be included in a montage of the Stark bannermen receiving their summons to Winterfell, which was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped for being far too expensive]].
* [[spoiler: RuleOfSymbolism: Just before the arrows start flying, he shows Catelyn Stark what he has "up his sleeve".]]
* ShadowArchetype: To ''Tywin'' of all people. Both are the heads of their families, both are StraightEdgeEvil [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]] who usually [[TheStoic lock down their emotions]] but while Tywin is defined by his PragmaticVillainy and devotion to his family's legacy, Roose every now and then lets slip that he just might be in it ForTheEvulz, although he's far more subtle about it than his son.
* [[spoiler:SixthRangerTraitor]]: Serves as one of Robb's major bannermen in the field after Theon leaves for Pyke in Season 2. [[spoiler:He imitates Theon's example too.]]
* TheSociopath: According to his son: "My mother taught me not to throw stones at cripples... but my father taught me to aim for their head."
* SociopathicHero / NominalHero: He counsels pragmatism and tactical brutality with Robb (advocating a particularly horrible form of interrogation and recommending against always choosing the honourable way in war). [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope Roose eventually took advantage of the Starks' increasing vulnerability and political blunders.]]]]
* SoftSpokenSadist[=/=]WickedCultured: Doesn't actually whisper his lines as he does in the books (it's [=McElhatton=]'s usual deep voice) but his dialogue stands out because of how [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish impeccably enunciated it is]], in [[IncrediblyLamePun stark]] contrast to the [[OopNorth brogue]] often exhibited by the other Northern lords.
** {{Sadist}}
* StraightEdgeEvil: He doesn't drink alcohol, which Jaime finds suspicious.[[hottip:From the Books...:He also frequently leeches himself to remove "bad blood", and eats prunes and drinks hippocras to improve his digestive system. He's essentially a medieval health nut.]]
** As revealed in "The Rains of Castamere", he apparently abstains from drinking to avert AlcoholInducedIdiocy and InVinoVeritas.
--> '''Catelyn''': "Don't you drink, Lord Bolton?"
--> '''Roose''': "Never do, my lady. Dulls the senses."
* TokenEvilTeammate: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is him encouraging Robb to start torturing prisoners for information as well as executing them, with some hints that he'd have them flayed.
--> '''Robb''': "My father outlawed flaying in the North."
--> '''Roose''': "[[LoopholeAbuse We're not in the North.]]"
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]: [[spoiler: Turns out having a person that openly lacks any morals on your side just gives him the chance to betray you when you begin to show weakness and can't win a war.]]
* TranquilFury: Doesn't get angry often, but when he does, he's only ever this.
* [[spoiler: TreacherousAdvisor]]
* {{Troll}}:
** When Jaime arrives in Harrenhal Roose does everything possible to make him think that Cersei died at the Battle of Blackwater before revealing she's alive and well. Though [[spoiler:Ramsay]], being without redeeming qualities, would have let Jaime think his sister had been raped to death. Bolton at least had the decency to tell him the truth after getting him to squirm a bit.
** He intentionally signals for [[spoiler: Catelyn to pull back his sleeve and see he's wearing armour, just so he can get the satisfaction of seeing her put two and two together before shit hits the fan.]]
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[[folder:Ramsay Snow]]
->'''Played By''': [[spoiler:Iwan Rheon]]
->[[spoiler:''"If you think this has a happy ending, '''you haven't been paying attention.'''"'']]
Roose Bolton's bastard son. He remains at the Dreadfort when Robb calls the bannermen to march south, and later marches to besiege Winterfell when Theon and the Ironborn capture it in Robb's absence.
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Book!Ramsay is described as "...an ugly man. Even splendorous garb cannot disguise this fact. He is big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness to him that suggests that later in life he will turn to fat. His skin is pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his mouth small, his hair long and dark and dry. His lips are wide and meaty, wormy looking, but the thing that men notice most about him are his eyes. He has his lord father’s eyes – small, close-set and queerly pale." TV!Ramsay is played by [[spoiler:''Iwan Rheon''.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: He is portrayed as [[spoiler: an extremely deadly hunter and archer, able to kill half a dozen men in seconds]] but was never portrayed as quite so competent a fighter in the books.
* [[spoiler:ArcherArchetype]]
* AxCrazy
* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Will kill his own men just to further the illusion that he's on Theon's side. An illusion that he later ''breaks himself'', just to screw with Theon. He essentially killed his own men for fun.]]
* BastardBastard
* ColdSniper
* CreepyBlueEyes[=/=]IcyBlueEyes: The one aspect of his appearance that has carried over from the books (see AdaptationalAttractiveness above).
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Despite not appearing in Season 2, his [[spoiler: sacking of Winterfell and apparent massacre of its inhabitants after the Ironborn surrendered Theon to him]] establishes both that [[spoiler: he and possibly his father are no friends of the Starks]] and also that [[spoiler: he has a proclivity to butcher unarmed and innocent people]]. Also despite remaining offscreen during Theon's torture at the start of Season 3, he almost certainly ordered Theon's pointless torture.
** A more FridgeHorror flavored example, but the fact that his men have a policy of [[spoiler: gang raping escaped captives like Theon (or attempting to in that case)]] reflects even more nastily on him.
** [[spoiler: Once his true nature is revealed and his first "game" with Theon ends, his nightmarish physical and psychological torture of Theon simply for his own sadistic enjoyment makes clear just what kind of monster he is.]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: A clear example of a type 2. Along with getting plenty of sadistic laughs out of physically torturing his victims, he also takes great delight in childishly taunting [[spoiler: the recently-castrated Theon Greyjoy]] in a number of grotesque ways with a [[FreudWasRight conspicuously-shaped pork sausage]].
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:kills 5 of his men to gain Theon's trust]].
* FalseFriend
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sometimes he seems downright playful as with the horn or the sausage but it's clear that he's a complete psychopath.
* FingerInTheMail: [[spoiler: Happily posts Theon's "[[ICallHimMisterHappy favourite toy]]" to Balon Greyjoy in order to force his armies out of the North, with an attached note threatening to send ''more'' of Theon if the demands are ignored.]]
* FlayingAlive: Like his father is a fan of this, and he practiced it on [[spoiler: Theon's surrendering Ironborn after they sold Theon to him, and threatens to do this to any other Ironborn he finds in the North.]]
* ForTheEvulz: His self-admitted motivation for doing the...things he does.
* GigglingVillain
* GroinAttack: He's on the giving end of a violent castration. [[spoiler:Poor, poor Theon.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Invoked. He eats a rather phallic looking pork sausage in front of [[spoiler:the recently emasculated Theon. Ramsay is rather amused when Theon makes the logical assumption.]]
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:
** [[spoiler:"Do I look like a fucking Umber to you?!"]]
** He mockingly chides [[spoiler: Theon]] for thinking him savage enough to [[spoiler: eat Theon's recently severed cock]]
* [[InstrumentOfMurder Instrument Of Grievous Bodily Harm]]: After using his trusty [[spoiler: horn for the purposes of psychological assault during the past few episodes, Ramsay repurposes it for ''physical'' assault in "The Bear and The Maiden Fair" by hitting Theon in the face with it hard enough to knock him to the floor.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: An interesting use that turns the trope fully on its head. [[spoiler:Despite his only onscreen victim being Theon, who we'd grown to hate last season, his treatment is so over the top and pointlessly cruel that he just comes off as being evil himself, while Theon is suddenly completely sympathetic.]]
** Played straight in ''Mhysa'', where it's revealed that he flayed the Ironborn deserters who handed Theon over to him. Unlike Theon, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's hard to feel much sympathy for these particular victims]].
* KnifeNut
* LargeHam: [[spoiler: When he's mocking Theon.]]
-->[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT. IS. YOUR. NAME!?]]
* LaughablyEvil: A master of the MoodWhiplash, in a brutal, horribly uncomfortable sort of way.
* LoudOfWar: [[spoiler: He ''loves'' using hornblasts to disturb and aggravate his victims.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: He pretended to be a spy sent by Yara to break Theon out and help him escape, only to lead him back to the Dreadfort to be tortured more.]]
* MaskOfSanity: [[spoiler: Is rather calm, polite and approachable when pretending to be Theon's saviour, though there is something subtly off about his mannerisms and [[CreepyMonotone speech pattern]].]]
* TheGhost: In season 2.
* PsychoticSmirk[=/=]SlasherSmile
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: NoNameGiven for "The Boy"]] before the Season 3 finale, it is finally confirmed on screen in "Mhysa" [[spoiler: that he is Ramsay Snow.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Sweet Rh'llor... Even established [[CompleteMonster torture-happy monsters]] like Gregor Clegane, who had people killed via terrified rats gnawing through their chests for the hell of it, don't hold a candle to just how utterly sadistic and cruel Ramsay can be with those who fall into his hands.
* SelfProclaimedLiar
* SoftSpokenSadist: Another trait inherited from his father. But where Roose is stoic and clinical, Ramsay mood-swings rapidly between [[{{keet}} playful exuberance]], CreepyMonotone and [[TheButcher wide eyed rage]] all the while retaining his somewhat sophisticated articulation.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ramsay has "his own way of doing things," which doesn't always line up with his father's plans and orders. His own way of doing things involves [[spoiler:killing his own men for no other reason than to keep up the appearance of a sadistic yet ''intrinsically pointless'' little mind game.]]
* TortureTechnician: Undisputed expert in the series at this trade, and has shown absolute mastery of physical, mental, and emotional torture, which are shown fully in [[spoiler: "The Climb"]] and get worse from there.
* {{Troll}}: Most of what he does, see ManipulativeBastard for details.
** Shown in Full Horrifying glory in "The Climb" where he starts by [[spoiler: waking Theon with a hornblast on his torture rack, and then proceeding to "play another game" with Theon]].
** [[spoiler: Turned almost to an art-form in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" where he gets some attractive servant girls to seduce and arouse Theon after some particularly nasty torture, before charging in with a blast of his trusty horn just as Theon starts to enjoy it. He then decides to castrate Theon out of a claimed "Jealousy" of his big cock and womanizing reputation.]]
** In "Mhysa" he manages to top all of this in one hilariously dark and [[JustForPun dick]]ish moment [[spoiler: where he tucks into a large pork sausage in front of a very recently castrated Theon and talks with his mouth full about how big Theon's cock really was, leading Theon to assume he is eating Theon's cock before Ramsay clarifies it was just a sausage, all while happily pondering questions like whether or not Theon will get a "phantom erection" now he is a eunuch.]]
* TwitchyEye: As if we didn't have enough clues that he was batshit insane already.
* WalkingSpoiler
* WeaponOfChoice:
** Is extremely skilled with the bow.
** Has a devious fondness for [[spoiler:the [[LoudOfWar horn]]]] (at one point even managing to strike an escaping Theon to the ground with it in one unexpectedly swift move). His continued use of [[spoiler: The Horn to initiate his torture sessions with Theon]] has also made it an terrifyingly effective psychological weapon against [[spoiler: Theon, and a single blast of it is capable of reducing him to a trembling. sobbing wreck within seconds.]]
* WhamLine:
** [[spoiler: "I brought him back. He killed the others.''(beat)'' Put him back where he belongs."]]
** Another (for [[spoiler: Theon]]) was [[spoiler: "This is mercy! I'm not killing you... [[GroinAttack I'm just making a few alterations]]."]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Says he's going to enjoy eventually hunting down [[spoiler:Bran and Rickon.]]
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[[folder:Locke]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are nothing without your daddy]], and your daddy ain't here. Never forget that."'']]
->'''Played By''': Noah Taylor
Roose Bolton's "best hunter".
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: His book counterpart, Vargo Hoat, served the Lannisters before betraying them and joining the Boltons. On the other hand, Locke, despite still being cruel to Jaime and wanting to rape Brienne, appears to be loyal to the North.
* BeardOfEvil: A long, pointed beard reminiscent of Vargo Hoat's.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Why he cuts off Jaime's hand.]]
* CanonForeigner[=/=]CompositeCharacter[=/=]Expy: Takes over some of the role of Vargo Hoat. Sans the lisp and the Qohorik mercenary background. "Locke" is the name of a Northern family, sworn to the Starks.[[hottip:In the Books...:One of their members, Donnel Locke, joins Bolton's forces while he is castellan of Harrenhal.]]
** Though he does appear to have a slight lisp. Most noticeable during his Reason You Suck Speech to Jaime.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Jaime Lannister''': Let us go, my father will pay you whatever you want.
-->'''Locke''': Enough to buy me a new head? Because, if the King in the North learns I had the Kingslayer and let him go, he'll be taking it right off. I'd rather he takes yours.
* TheDragon: To Roose Bolton.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Locke is incensed when Jaime attempts to buy him twice. He might be an open rapist [[spoiler:and chop limbs off for a hobby]] but he prides himself in his iron loyalty, like all Northmen.
* EvilIsPetty[=/=]DisproportionateRetribution: Oh, Jaime, you wish you didn't try to buy him, don't you?
* FauxAffablyEvil: He maintains a rather friendly, casual attitude with his men, whether that involves leading them in a song or setting out the order in which they'll take turns to gang-rape a captive. He also has a nice chat with Jaime, negotiating about how he can ransom him and Brienne, while Brienne is screaming in the background as Locke's men prepare to rape her. He then drags her back so he can ransom her, and tells Jaime that he can have some nice hot partridge and a good night's sleep. [[spoiler: He then cuts off Jaime's hand.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He plans to gang-rape Brienne, and he [[spoiler: cripples Jaime Lannister]] just to make a point.
* GenreSavvy: Jaime has offered to Locke twice to let him go, and then Tywin will reward him with riches and a ransom. Locke however is very aware that his boss has an unhealthy thing about flaying and that the King In The North won't suffer betrayals lightly.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports a big evil one along his right eye.
* {{Greed}}: The only thing he wants from Brienne more than a bit of fun is a ransom from her father.
* KickTheDog: To Brienne. Overlaps with KickTheSonOfABitch in Jaime's case.
* KnifeNut: Holy ''crap''.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Charlie's lovable dad, Mr. Bucket]], now rides under the banner of the Boltons.
* {{Jerkass}}: His attitude towards Brienne.
* [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Not in it for the Money]]: Money's just not all that important to Locke. He'd rather be entertained. [[spoiler: Cutting off Jaime's hand is worth more to him than all Lord Tywin's money, and watching Brienne fight a bear with a wooden sword is worth more than all her father's sapphires (of which he actually has none).]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Noah Taylor is known for playing [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory bumbling dads]] and [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider turbo-nerds]], not FauxAffablyEvil KnifeNut rapists.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Jaime about being a SmugSnake that mooches off of his father's name. [[spoiler:He punctuates this speech by chopping Jaime's right hand off.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: The reason he rejects the ransom offered by Brienne's father. He finds making people suffer and die to be immensely more satisfying than all the gold and sapphires in the world.
** On the other hand, Qyburn notes that Locke could have taken the offer if Jaime had not earlier [[NiceJobBreakingItHero lead him to believe that Brienne's father is far richer than he actually is, ironically in an attempt to protect Brienne]]. It's his impression of being cheated out that leads him to say "well, to Hell with her!".
* TokenEvilTeammate: He and his men exemplify, like the soldiers that Brienne killed in the Season 2 finale, that not all those on the DesignatedHero side of the Starks are good men. These are Stark counterparts to the Mountain and his men.
* {{Troll}}: As Jaime soon learns.
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[[folder:Qyburn]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There will be pain."'']]
->'''Played By''': Anton Lesser
->'''Jaime Lannister:''' ''"You are no maester. Where is your chain?"''
->'''Qyburn:''' ''"The Citadel stripped me of it. They found some of my... [[MadScientist experiments]]... too bold."'''
An ex-Maester who had been captive in Harrenhal.
!!Tropes:
* AnalogyBackfire: Qyburn argues to Jaime that his vivisection of paupers was justified by the fact that it helped him save many more lives. He then asks Jaime how many men he's killed (hundreds, probably), and then asks how many he's saved:
-->'''Jaime''': 500,000. ''(Qyburn looks at him, disbelieving)''. The population of King's Landing.
* CoolOldGuy: [[MadDoctor Mad Doctoring]] notwithstanding.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Talisa''': You are lucky to be alive.
-->'''Qyburn''': ''(looks around, sees the hall filled with corpses)'' "Lucky"?
* DisposableVagrant: He used more than a few to further his 'investigations'.
* MadDoctor: He was stripped of his Maester's chain for performing gruesome and fatal experiments on the living.
* MadScientist: ...which he did in the name of his idea of advancing medical knowledge. The disturbing part of it all is, he's such a ridiculously competent doctor that one can't help but think it ''paid off''.
* TheMedic: Despite being more than a little nuts, he's also an extremely competent doctor. [[hottip: From the Books...: He's even more horrifying in the books, but he's also generally regarded as the best doctor in Westeros.]]
* MysteriousPast: How did he end up in Harrenhal?
* NightmareFetishist: The way his eyes light up when cutting into [[spoiler: Jaime's infected stump]] is more than a little terrifying.
* PetTheDog: Assisting [[spoiler: the one-handed Jaime]] with his saddle.
* RedRightHand: He has a disturbing neck scar from the SlashedThroat the Mountain gave him.
* RetiredMonster
* SlashedThroat: Robb finds him in Harrenhal, having survived one courtesy of [[BlackKnight The Mountain]].
* SoftspokenSadist: His voice is disconcertingly even and mellow, even as he goes about horrible-looking procedures.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Harrenhal captives massacre.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
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[[folder:Steelshanks]]
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->'''Played By''': Jaimie Michie
Another of Roose Bolton's men. Charged with escorting Jaime Lannister (and Brienne) alive to King's Landing.
!!Tropes:
* [[AllThereInTheManual All There In The Books]]: His true name is Walton.
* BadassBeard
* BigDamnHeroes: Fires a bolt into [[spoiler: the bear threatening Brienne and Jaime,]] distracting it long enough for them to escape.
* InUniverseNickname: Named Steelshanks after the steel greaves over his legs.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Like Locke, he's very loyal to Roose Bolton.
* PunchClockVillain[=/=]PunchClockHero: Aids Jaime, which makes him come into conflict with Locke, to fulfill Lord Bolton's orders.
* WeaponOfChoice: Unusually, a crossbow - though he is not good enough to be an ArcherArchetype.
[[/folder]]
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->"''Our Blades Are Sharp.''"
->'''Jaime Lannister''': ''"The flayed man of House Bolton. Bit gruesome for my taste."''
An old and powerful Northern house sworn to the Starks. Their seat is [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Dreadfort]], to the east of the Stark domains.
!!Tropes:
* BadassLongcoat: Nasty as the guards of the Dreadfort may be, they do have some rather nice longcoats on them. Justified since they are in the North and [[ArcWords Winter is Coming]].
** The Bolton contingent campaigning under Robb Stark seem to wear ragged cloaks fashioned to resemble large overlapping pieces of torn skin.
* DarkIsEvil: Stressed in the show, with the Bolton arms changed from the book's pink background to a black one - though their horizontal flags are half black and half pink. Not that the sigil being [[FlayingAlive a flayed man]] in both made them appear lovable in any way. Moreover, the Bolton soldiery shown so far seem almost entirely comprised of especially nasty murderers, torturers, rapists, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Horn-blowing cunts]].
** However, them riding while singing ''The Bear and the Maiden Fair'' is meant to stress that some of their men-at-arms are [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock Villains]] at worst, NotSoDifferent from the rest of the Northmen. Either that or they just like a good sing-song between pillage and torture.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[hottip:From the Books...:Sort of. Thousands of years ago, the Boltons were the Starks' bitterest rivals for kingship of the North, and the Boltons still (allegedly) possess the flayed skins of several Stark kings. About a seven hundred years ago, the Starks finally subdued them, and they've been loyal bannermen since, though rumors abound that they still flay their prisoners.]] [[spoiler: [[TheRival As of "The Rains of Castamere", they're back to being enemies of the Starks again]].]]
* FamilyEyeResemblance: As in the books,[[spoiler: both [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/p480x480/983829_383053251812523_967876506_n.jpg Roose]] and [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/6e7cc70ee5cb2fb9c57f766d6d1b29b9/tumblr_mmi5u065s91snvi6fo1_500.png Ramsay]] have noticeably pale blue eyes that enhance the [[KubrickStare menacing stares]] they put on whenever they start to physically or psychologically torment people. Hell they even do the same creepy [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/a05256afe7f989ec1df1dc58b9743a3b/tumblr_mnupjiqDQt1qkwee2o8_250.gif half-closed]] [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/21864663d95949da09975633f2e0dca6/tumblr_mnupjiqDQt1qkwee2o5_250.gif eyelids]] blinking.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Considering their hobbies, one could argue they're actually not much different from the Ironborn.
** By the end of Season 3 this has been entirely averted. They are not as bad as the Ironborn... [[spoiler: They are much, much, '''much''' worse. ]]
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The ''Dread''fort.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the North.
* TortureTechnician: The family's traditional [[GangOfHats hat]] as represented by their sigil. Extends to psychological torture.
** TortureCellar: Current guest: [[spoiler: Prince Theon Greyjoy]]
* XMakesAnythingCool: [[SarcasmMode Including desecrated corpses!]] The saltire motif prominently displayed on Bolton heraldry and paraphernalia represents the Saint Andrew's Cross-like torture device that they lash their victims to. Even the Bolton forces' little [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130513065121/gameofthrones/images/8/84/Bolton-map-marker.jpg figurine]] on Robb Stark's map has the motif.
[[folder:Lord Roose Bolton]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"In my family we say: A naked man holds few secrets; a flayed man, none."'']]
->'''Played By''': Michael [=McElhatton=]
->[[spoiler:''"[[WhamLine The Lannisters send their regards]]."'']]
Lord of the Dreadfort and the Starks' most powerful bannerman. Head of House Bolton.
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the books he's described as being pale-skinned, having a hairless body and having pale eyes. His voice is also described as soft as a whisper in the books, but [=McElhatton=]'s [[BadassBaritone deep, even voice]] has earned him quite a few fangirls.
* AffablyEvil: Roose Bolton is a calm, polite, and respectful man who resides in the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Dreadfort]] and will flay you alive partly for information and partly because he might actually enjoy it.
* AntiHero: He's clearly not a nice man but he ''is'' fighting for the side of "good" and, whatever his faults might be, [[BigBad Joffrey]]'s are infinitely worse. [[spoiler: As of "The Rains of Castamere", he has become a full on villain, aiding in the massacre of the Stark forces at the Twins and personally killing Robb.]]
* BadassCape: Roose owns a very dashing fur cloak.
** Complete with a subtle CapeSwish in season two.
* BaldOfEvil: A receding hairline, but the principle is there.
* BearerOfBadNews: He delivers most of the bad news for Robb: that Winterfell has been seized by the ironborn, that Hoster Tully has died, that Winterfell has been sacked.
* BenevolentBoss: Maybe, maybe not, but he does seem to have a talent for inspiring loyalty (though maybe that's due to fear that anyone crossing him will be flayed alive).
* ColdBloodedTorture: He hasn't participated in it (yet) but he does suggest it without any hesitation in his voice.
* ColonelBadass: To Robb's FourStarBadass.
* CoolSword: The [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5aimkzVHd1rnpb7vo1_500.png hilt]] of his [[http://www.bronzeart.ie/?p=155 sword]] is designed to resemble an inverted headless flayed man, with the guard formed by his outstretched arms.
* CreepyBlueEyes
* DissonantSerenity: He suggests flaying men in the same tone that most people would suggest grabbing a bite to eat, as though such a thing were second nature to him. Then you realise that his sigil is ''a flayed man''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Is first seen touring the battlefields with Robb, calmly reporting the massive enemy casualties and recommending the flaying of Lannister officers in a rather clinical tone of voice.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* ExactWords[=/=]IronicEcho: [[spoiler:Jaime, sarcastically, asks Bolton to tell Robb Stark that "the Lannisters send their regards" concerning Edmure Tully's wedding. Roose relays the message [[PreMortemOneLiner before he personally kills Robb]].]]
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]
* FlayingAlive: His preferred method of interrogation. Hell, the sigil of House Bolton ''is'' a flayed man.
* {{Foil}}: To the Greatjon. Both are powerful bannermen of Robb's, and among his closest advisers, but while the Greatjon is a jovial BoisterousBruiser, Roose is a quiet and ruthless sort of man.
* GenreSavvy: He married one of Lord Walder's granddaughters during the war. Lord Walder offered him his wife's weight in silver as a dowry, so naturally he grabbed the fattest wife he could find.
-->'''Catelyn:''' I hope she makes you very happy.
-->'''Roose:''' [[DeadPanSnarker Well, she's made me very rich.]]
* HighCollarOfDoom: He occasionally wears his collar up, most notably at the [[spoiler:Red Wedding.]] Of ''doom'', indeed...
* IcyBlueEyes
* [[spoiler:KlingonPromotion: Appointed Warden of the North by Tywin Lannister after killing his king and liege.]]
* TheLancer: Briefly to Robb's [[TheHero Hero]], after Theon betrays him.
* LastSecondWordSwap: To Jamie [[spoiler:who had lost his hand.]]
-->'''Roose:''' You're in no position to demand anything. I would have hoped you learned your lesson about overplaying your... Position.
* LoopholeAbuse: Practically his specialty. When Bolton implicitly suggests flaying prisoners for information, Robb tells him that Ned outlawed flaying in the north. Bolton counters that they're not in the north. When Walder Frey proposed a marriage deal to him, Frey offered to pay Bolton the girl's weight in silver as a dowry, and so Bolton picked the fattest one he could find.
* NumberTwo: To Robb during the war.
* ObviouslyEvil: Aside from his generally creepy mannerisms and eagerness to torture for information, it should be reiterated: Bolton is the Lord of ''[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Dreadfort.]]'' Nevertheless he's ''much'' less ObviouslyEvil than in the books.
* PermaStubble [[BeardOfEvil Of Evil]]
* [[spoiler:PreMortemOneLiner: "The Lannisters send their regards."]]
* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler: Has this expression just before the Red Wedding, such as when he clues Catelyn in that he's wearing chainmail under his clothes, coupled with a KubrickStare.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: The Bolton sigil is seen in season 1. He was planned to be included in a montage of the Stark bannermen receiving their summons to Winterfell, which was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped for being far too expensive]].
* [[spoiler: RuleOfSymbolism: Just before the arrows start flying, he shows Catelyn Stark what he has "up his sleeve".]]
* ShadowArchetype: To ''Tywin'' of all people. Both are the heads of their families, both are StraightEdgeEvil [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]] who usually [[TheStoic lock down their emotions]] but while Tywin is defined by his PragmaticVillainy and devotion to his family's legacy, Roose every now and then lets slip that he just might be in it ForTheEvulz, although he's far more subtle about it than his son.
* [[spoiler:SixthRangerTraitor]]: Serves as one of Robb's major bannermen in the field after Theon leaves for Pyke in Season 2. [[spoiler:He imitates Theon's example too.]]
* TheSociopath: According to his son: "My mother taught me not to throw stones at cripples... but my father taught me to aim for their head."
* SociopathicHero / NominalHero: He counsels pragmatism and tactical brutality with Robb (advocating a particularly horrible form of interrogation and recommending against always choosing the honourable way in war). [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope Roose eventually took advantage of the Starks' increasing vulnerability and political blunders.]]]]
* SoftSpokenSadist[=/=]WickedCultured: Doesn't actually whisper his lines as he does in the books (it's [=McElhatton=]'s usual deep voice) but his dialogue stands out because of how [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish impeccably enunciated it is]], in [[IncrediblyLamePun stark]] contrast to the [[OopNorth brogue]] often exhibited by the other Northern lords.
** {{Sadist}}
* StraightEdgeEvil: He doesn't drink alcohol, which Jaime finds suspicious.[[hottip:From the Books...:He also frequently leeches himself to remove "bad blood", and eats prunes and drinks hippocras to improve his digestive system. He's essentially a medieval health nut.]]
** As revealed in "The Rains of Castamere", he apparently abstains from drinking to avert AlcoholInducedIdiocy and InVinoVeritas.
--> '''Catelyn''': "Don't you drink, Lord Bolton?"
--> '''Roose''': "Never do, my lady. Dulls the senses."
* TokenEvilTeammate: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is him encouraging Robb to start torturing prisoners for information as well as executing them, with some hints that he'd have them flayed.
--> '''Robb''': "My father outlawed flaying in the North."
--> '''Roose''': "[[LoopholeAbuse We're not in the North.]]"
** [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]: [[spoiler: Turns out having a person that openly lacks any morals on your side just gives him the chance to betray you when you begin to show weakness and can't win a war.]]
* TranquilFury: Doesn't get angry often, but when he does, he's only ever this.
* [[spoiler: TreacherousAdvisor]]
* {{Troll}}:
** When Jaime arrives in Harrenhal Roose does everything possible to make him think that Cersei died at the Battle of Blackwater before revealing she's alive and well. Though [[spoiler:Ramsay]], being without redeeming qualities, would have let Jaime think his sister had been raped to death. Bolton at least had the decency to tell him the truth after getting him to squirm a bit.
** He intentionally signals for [[spoiler: Catelyn to pull back his sleeve and see he's wearing armour, just so he can get the satisfaction of seeing her put two and two together before shit hits the fan.]]
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[[folder:Ramsay Snow]]
->'''Played By''': [[spoiler:Iwan Rheon]]
->[[spoiler:''"If you think this has a happy ending, '''you haven't been paying attention.'''"'']]
Roose Bolton's bastard son. He remains at the Dreadfort when Robb calls the bannermen to march south, and later marches to besiege Winterfell when Theon and the Ironborn capture it in Robb's absence.
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Book!Ramsay is described as "...an ugly man. Even splendorous garb cannot disguise this fact. He is big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness to him that suggests that later in life he will turn to fat. His skin is pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his mouth small, his hair long and dark and dry. His lips are wide and meaty, wormy looking, but the thing that men notice most about him are his eyes. He has his lord father’s eyes – small, close-set and queerly pale." TV!Ramsay is played by [[spoiler:''Iwan Rheon''.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: He is portrayed as [[spoiler: an extremely deadly hunter and archer, able to kill half a dozen men in seconds]] but was never portrayed as quite so competent a fighter in the books.
* [[spoiler:ArcherArchetype]]
* AxCrazy
* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Will kill his own men just to further the illusion that he's on Theon's side. An illusion that he later ''breaks himself'', just to screw with Theon. He essentially killed his own men for fun.]]
* BastardBastard
* ColdSniper
* CreepyBlueEyes[=/=]IcyBlueEyes: The one aspect of his appearance that has carried over from the books (see AdaptationalAttractiveness above).
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Despite not appearing in Season 2, his [[spoiler: sacking of Winterfell and apparent massacre of its inhabitants after the Ironborn surrendered Theon to him]] establishes both that [[spoiler: he and possibly his father are no friends of the Starks]] and also that [[spoiler: he has a proclivity to butcher unarmed and innocent people]]. Also despite remaining offscreen during Theon's torture at the start of Season 3, he almost certainly ordered Theon's pointless torture.
** A more FridgeHorror flavored example, but the fact that his men have a policy of [[spoiler: gang raping escaped captives like Theon (or attempting to in that case)]] reflects even more nastily on him.
** [[spoiler: Once his true nature is revealed and his first "game" with Theon ends, his nightmarish physical and psychological torture of Theon simply for his own sadistic enjoyment makes clear just what kind of monster he is.]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: A clear example of a type 2. Along with getting plenty of sadistic laughs out of physically torturing his victims, he also takes great delight in childishly taunting [[spoiler: the recently-castrated Theon Greyjoy]] in a number of grotesque ways with a [[FreudWasRight conspicuously-shaped pork sausage]].
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:kills 5 of his men to gain Theon's trust]].
* FalseFriend
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sometimes he seems downright playful as with the horn or the sausage but it's clear that he's a complete psychopath.
* FingerInTheMail: [[spoiler: Happily posts Theon's "[[ICallHimMisterHappy favourite toy]]" to Balon Greyjoy in order to force his armies out of the North, with an attached note threatening to send ''more'' of Theon if the demands are ignored.]]
* FlayingAlive: Like his father is a fan of this, and he practiced it on [[spoiler: Theon's surrendering Ironborn after they sold Theon to him, and threatens to do this to any other Ironborn he finds in the North.]]
* ForTheEvulz: His self-admitted motivation for doing the...things he does.
* GigglingVillain
* GroinAttack: He's on the giving end of a violent castration. [[spoiler:Poor, poor Theon.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Invoked. He eats a rather phallic looking pork sausage in front of [[spoiler:the recently emasculated Theon. Ramsay is rather amused when Theon makes the logical assumption.]]
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:
** [[spoiler:"Do I look like a fucking Umber to you?!"]]
** He mockingly chides [[spoiler: Theon]] for thinking him savage enough to [[spoiler: eat Theon's recently severed cock]]
* [[InstrumentOfMurder Instrument Of Grievous Bodily Harm]]: After using his trusty [[spoiler: horn for the purposes of psychological assault during the past few episodes, Ramsay repurposes it for ''physical'' assault in "The Bear and The Maiden Fair" by hitting Theon in the face with it hard enough to knock him to the floor.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: An interesting use that turns the trope fully on its head. [[spoiler:Despite his only onscreen victim being Theon, who we'd grown to hate last season, his treatment is so over the top and pointlessly cruel that he just comes off as being evil himself, while Theon is suddenly completely sympathetic.]]
** Played straight in ''Mhysa'', where it's revealed that he flayed the Ironborn deserters who handed Theon over to him. Unlike Theon, [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves it's hard to feel much sympathy for these particular victims]].
* KnifeNut
* LargeHam: [[spoiler: When he's mocking Theon.]]
-->[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT. IS. YOUR. NAME!?]]
* LaughablyEvil: A master of the MoodWhiplash, in a brutal, horribly uncomfortable sort of way.
* LoudOfWar: [[spoiler: He ''loves'' using hornblasts to disturb and aggravate his victims.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: He pretended to be a spy sent by Yara to break Theon out and help him escape, only to lead him back to the Dreadfort to be tortured more.]]
* MaskOfSanity: [[spoiler: Is rather calm, polite and approachable when pretending to be Theon's saviour, though there is something subtly off about his mannerisms and [[CreepyMonotone speech pattern]].]]
* TheGhost: In season 2.
* PsychoticSmirk[=/=]SlasherSmile
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: NoNameGiven for "The Boy"]] before the Season 3 finale, it is finally confirmed on screen in "Mhysa" [[spoiler: that he is Ramsay Snow.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Sweet Rh'llor... Even established [[CompleteMonster torture-happy monsters]] like Gregor Clegane, who had people killed via terrified rats gnawing through their chests for the hell of it, don't hold a candle to just how utterly sadistic and cruel Ramsay can be with those who fall into his hands.
* SelfProclaimedLiar
* SoftSpokenSadist: Another trait inherited from his father. But where Roose is stoic and clinical, Ramsay mood-swings rapidly between [[{{keet}} playful exuberance]], CreepyMonotone and [[TheButcher wide eyed rage]] all the while retaining his somewhat sophisticated articulation.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ramsay has "his own way of doing things," which doesn't always line up with his father's plans and orders. His own way of doing things involves [[spoiler:killing his own men for no other reason than to keep up the appearance of a sadistic yet ''intrinsically pointless'' little mind game.]]
* TortureTechnician: Undisputed expert in the series at this trade, and has shown absolute mastery of physical, mental, and emotional torture, which are shown fully in [[spoiler: "The Climb"]] and get worse from there.
* {{Troll}}: Most of what he does, see ManipulativeBastard for details.
** Shown in Full Horrifying glory in "The Climb" where he starts by [[spoiler: waking Theon with a hornblast on his torture rack, and then proceeding to "play another game" with Theon]].
** [[spoiler: Turned almost to an art-form in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" where he gets some attractive servant girls to seduce and arouse Theon after some particularly nasty torture, before charging in with a blast of his trusty horn just as Theon starts to enjoy it. He then decides to castrate Theon out of a claimed "Jealousy" of his big cock and womanizing reputation.]]
** In "Mhysa" he manages to top all of this in one hilariously dark and [[JustForPun dick]]ish moment [[spoiler: where he tucks into a large pork sausage in front of a very recently castrated Theon and talks with his mouth full about how big Theon's cock really was, leading Theon to assume he is eating Theon's cock before Ramsay clarifies it was just a sausage, all while happily pondering questions like whether or not Theon will get a "phantom erection" now he is a eunuch.]]
* TwitchyEye: As if we didn't have enough clues that he was batshit insane already.
* WalkingSpoiler
* WeaponOfChoice:
** Is extremely skilled with the bow.
** Has a devious fondness for [[spoiler:the [[LoudOfWar horn]]]] (at one point even managing to strike an escaping Theon to the ground with it in one unexpectedly swift move). His continued use of [[spoiler: The Horn to initiate his torture sessions with Theon]] has also made it an terrifyingly effective psychological weapon against [[spoiler: Theon, and a single blast of it is capable of reducing him to a trembling. sobbing wreck within seconds.]]
* WhamLine:
** [[spoiler: "I brought him back. He killed the others.''(beat)'' Put him back where he belongs."]]
** Another (for [[spoiler: Theon]]) was [[spoiler: "This is mercy! I'm not killing you... [[GroinAttack I'm just making a few alterations]]."]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Says he's going to enjoy eventually hunting down [[spoiler:Bran and Rickon.]]
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[[folder:Locke]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You are nothing without your daddy]], and your daddy ain't here. Never forget that."'']]
->'''Played By''': Noah Taylor
Roose Bolton's "best hunter".
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: His book counterpart, Vargo Hoat, served the Lannisters before betraying them and joining the Boltons. On the other hand, Locke, despite still being cruel to Jaime and wanting to rape Brienne, appears to be loyal to the North.
* BeardOfEvil: A long, pointed beard reminiscent of Vargo Hoat's.
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Why he cuts off Jaime's hand.]]
* CanonForeigner[=/=]CompositeCharacter[=/=]Expy: Takes over some of the role of Vargo Hoat. Sans the lisp and the Qohorik mercenary background. "Locke" is the name of a Northern family, sworn to the Starks.[[hottip:In the Books...:One of their members, Donnel Locke, joins Bolton's forces while he is castellan of Harrenhal.]]
** Though he does appear to have a slight lisp. Most noticeable during his Reason You Suck Speech to Jaime.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Jaime Lannister''': Let us go, my father will pay you whatever you want.
-->'''Locke''': Enough to buy me a new head? Because, if the King in the North learns I had the Kingslayer and let him go, he'll be taking it right off. I'd rather he takes yours.
* TheDragon: To Roose Bolton.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Locke is incensed when Jaime attempts to buy him twice. He might be an open rapist [[spoiler:and chop limbs off for a hobby]] but he prides himself in his iron loyalty, like all Northmen.
* EvilIsPetty[=/=]DisproportionateRetribution: Oh, Jaime, you wish you didn't try to buy him, don't you?
* FauxAffablyEvil: He maintains a rather friendly, casual attitude with his men, whether that involves leading them in a song or setting out the order in which they'll take turns to gang-rape a captive. He also has a nice chat with Jaime, negotiating about how he can ransom him and Brienne, while Brienne is screaming in the background as Locke's men prepare to rape her. He then drags her back so he can ransom her, and tells Jaime that he can have some nice hot partridge and a good night's sleep. [[spoiler: He then cuts off Jaime's hand.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He plans to gang-rape Brienne, and he [[spoiler: cripples Jaime Lannister]] just to make a point.
* GenreSavvy: Jaime has offered to Locke twice to let him go, and then Tywin will reward him with riches and a ransom. Locke however is very aware that his boss has an unhealthy thing about flaying and that the King In The North won't suffer betrayals lightly.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports a big evil one along his right eye.
* {{Greed}}: The only thing he wants from Brienne more than a bit of fun is a ransom from her father.
* KickTheDog: To Brienne. Overlaps with KickTheSonOfABitch in Jaime's case.
* KnifeNut: Holy ''crap''.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Charlie's lovable dad, Mr. Bucket]], now rides under the banner of the Boltons.
* {{Jerkass}}: His attitude towards Brienne.
* [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Not in it for the Money]]: Money's just not all that important to Locke. He'd rather be entertained. [[spoiler: Cutting off Jaime's hand is worth more to him than all Lord Tywin's money, and watching Brienne fight a bear with a wooden sword is worth more than all her father's sapphires (of which he actually has none).]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Noah Taylor is known for playing [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory bumbling dads]] and [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider turbo-nerds]], not FauxAffablyEvil KnifeNut rapists.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Jaime about being a SmugSnake that mooches off of his father's name. [[spoiler:He punctuates this speech by chopping Jaime's right hand off.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: The reason he rejects the ransom offered by Brienne's father. He finds making people suffer and die to be immensely more satisfying than all the gold and sapphires in the world.
** On the other hand, Qyburn notes that Locke could have taken the offer if Jaime had not earlier [[NiceJobBreakingItHero lead him to believe that Brienne's father is far richer than he actually is, ironically in an attempt to protect Brienne]]. It's his impression of being cheated out that leads him to say "well, to Hell with her!".
* TokenEvilTeammate: He and his men exemplify, like the soldiers that Brienne killed in the Season 2 finale, that not all those on the DesignatedHero side of the Starks are good men. These are Stark counterparts to the Mountain and his men.
* {{Troll}}: As Jaime soon learns.
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[[folder:Qyburn]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There will be pain."'']]
->'''Played By''': Anton Lesser
->'''Jaime Lannister:''' ''"You are no maester. Where is your chain?"''
->'''Qyburn:''' ''"The Citadel stripped me of it. They found some of my... [[MadScientist experiments]]... too bold."'''
An ex-Maester who had been captive in Harrenhal.
!!Tropes:
* AnalogyBackfire: Qyburn argues to Jaime that his vivisection of paupers was justified by the fact that it helped him save many more lives. He then asks Jaime how many men he's killed (hundreds, probably), and then asks how many he's saved:
-->'''Jaime''': 500,000. ''(Qyburn looks at him, disbelieving)''. The population of King's Landing.
* CoolOldGuy: [[MadDoctor Mad Doctoring]] notwithstanding.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Talisa''': You are lucky to be alive.
-->'''Qyburn''': ''(looks around, sees the hall filled with corpses)'' "Lucky"?
* DisposableVagrant: He used more than a few to further his 'investigations'.
* MadDoctor: He was stripped of his Maester's chain for performing gruesome and fatal experiments on the living.
* MadScientist: ...which he did in the name of his idea of advancing medical knowledge. The disturbing part of it all is, he's such a ridiculously competent doctor that one can't help but think it ''paid off''.
* TheMedic: Despite being more than a little nuts, he's also an extremely competent doctor. [[hottip: From the Books...: He's even more horrifying in the books, but he's also generally regarded as the best doctor in Westeros.]]
* MysteriousPast: How did he end up in Harrenhal?
* NightmareFetishist: The way his eyes light up when cutting into [[spoiler: Jaime's infected stump]] is more than a little terrifying.
* PetTheDog: Assisting [[spoiler: the one-handed Jaime]] with his saddle.
* RedRightHand: He has a disturbing neck scar from the SlashedThroat the Mountain gave him.
* RetiredMonster
* SlashedThroat: Robb finds him in Harrenhal, having survived one courtesy of [[BlackKnight The Mountain]].
* SoftspokenSadist: His voice is disconcertingly even and mellow, even as he goes about horrible-looking procedures.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Harrenhal captives massacre.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
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[[folder:Steelshanks]]
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->'''Played By''': Jaimie Michie
Another of Roose Bolton's men. Charged with escorting Jaime Lannister (and Brienne) alive to King's Landing.
!!Tropes:
* [[AllThereInTheManual All There In The Books]]: His true name is Walton.
* BadassBeard
* BigDamnHeroes: Fires a bolt into [[spoiler: the bear threatening Brienne and Jaime,]] distracting it long enough for them to escape.
* InUniverseNickname: Named Steelshanks after the steel greaves over his legs.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Like Locke, he's very loyal to Roose Bolton.
* PunchClockVillain[=/=]PunchClockHero: Aids Jaime, which makes him come into conflict with Locke, to fulfill Lord Bolton's orders.
* WeaponOfChoice: Unusually, a crossbow - though he is not good enough to be an ArcherArchetype.
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