Characters for Game of Thrones (Telltale).
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See also: A Song of Ice and Fire - House Bolton and Game of Thrones - House Bolton.
Roose
Roose Bolton
Played by: N/A
The Warden of the North after the Red Wedding. He is a terrifying overlord who is the liegelord to the Forrester's traditional rivals.
- Bad Boss: Everyone expects the Boltons to come down heavily on House Forrester. They're right.
- The Dreaded: Everybody is frightened of their new Warden of the North, and with good reason when he decides to let Ramsay off his leash.
- Evil Overlord: Roose is the most powerful man in the North after the Red Wedding.
- The Ghost: Doesn't appear in the game, but is spoken of often.
- Greater-Scope Villain: As one of the masterminds behind the Red Wedding and the new Warden of the North, he is one of the main catalysts for House Forrester's dire straits, liegelord to the Whitehills, and a very important character in the overall Game Of Thrones setting. However, he makes no physical appearances here, leaving the aforementioned Whitehills to serve as the main direct threat to House Forrester. The most direct thing he does is send Ramsay to do his dirty work.
- Klingon Promotion: How he became the Warden of the North.
- Pragmatic Villainy: While he has a dire reputation, he is also known to be reasonable and rational. This leads Maester Ortengryn to believe that House Forrester can secure his protection by appealing to his self-interest. Ortengryn, like many at this point in time, was not so familiar with his Axe-Crazy Bastard Bastard of a son...
Ramsay
Ramsay Snow
"I'm told you're a man who can't be broken. I've decided to come see for myself."
Played by: Iwan Rheon
The illegitimate son of Roose Bolton and his representative in the North. Ramsay is a terrifying figure everyone knows is a psychopath and murderer.
- Ax-Crazy: He's introduced in a scene where he flays a man alive for not recognizing the Boltons as the new Wardens of the North.
- Bad Boss: Kills Ethan no matter what the boy does. Even if he's a loyal Bannerman.
- He's literally instructs the Forresters and Whitehills to fight to the death, not caring at all which side wins (not even the Whitehills).
- Badass Boast: He's a monster - there's no doubt about it - but he knows it and lets Rodrik know he means business when they meet at the end of Episode 4.Ramsay: I'm told you're a man who can't be broken.I've decided to come see for myself.
- Bastard Bastard: He's an illegitimate child, hence the "Snow" surname, and he has an abundance of negative traits.
- Berserk Button: Like in the show, insinuating his status as a bastard ticks him off, if the Tranquil Fury Death Glare that he gives to Ludd is of any indication.
- Cut Lex Luthor a Check: The Maester's solution for dealing with Ramsay. Oddly, it's the only one which actually does any good as pointing out the Forresters are simply a much better investment allows them to keep half their land. This is compared to Ramsay's original plan to just put the Whitehills in charge. Not that it does much good for Ethan.
- Deadpan Snarker: Ramsay's tongue is as sharp as his knife, which makes him a wonderful source of Black Comedy. Most of his jibes are meant to intimidate Ethan, though he throws plenty Lord Whitehill's way too.
- Doomed by Canon: In a different manner than usual. Those up to date with the show will know the Forresters won't ever get their revenge on him because he is fated to be defeated by Jon Snow in the Battle of the Bastards and then gruesomely executed by Sansa Stark - and his death isn't far away.
- The Dragon: Serves this role for Roose Bolton.
- The Dreaded: Everyone knows Ramsay is bad news. Every time someone speaks of him, it comes with a noticeable fear in their voice.
- Faux Affably Evil: Ramsay is in top form in Episode One. He's in full Soft-Spoken Sadist mode for much of his screentime, with a mask of condescending politeness throughout almost all of his interactions with the Forresters. At the end, he waltzes out of their hall, saying that they should get together and "do this again sometime!" Oh, and this is seconds after he murders Ethan in cold blood and kidnaps Ryon.
- The Heavy: Since Roose is unseen, Ramsay does pretty much all of the heavy lifting in his capacity as Roose's dragon.
- Hidden Depths: While you wouldn't think it, Ramsay is surprisingly sharp about a lot of things, including the fact House Whitehill would destroy Ironwood forests within a few years and can't produce anything near the craftmanship level of the Forresters. Indeed, only killing Ethan, leaving a garrison, and taking a hostage is positively merciful by his usual standards.
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: He takes - or at least pretends to take - an interest in Talia in the worst possible way.
- Jerkass: Ax-Crazy tendicies aside, he's also a total dick to everyone.
- Karma Houdini: Thanks to being Saved by Canon, it's a Foregone Conclusion that Ramsay will survive the game and the Forresters will never get their revenge on him. However, due to the time-frame in which the series takes place, he does not have a high number of days left.
- Kick the Dog: Flaying a man alive in his first scene. Killing Ethan at the end of Episode 1. Indeed, his entire negotiation with House Forrester is one long string of dog-kicking moments.
- Ink-Suit Actor: An attempt was made to do this.
- Obviously Evil: Even without the constant Slasher Smile and the introductory flaying scene, he's still the slimiest character in both appearance and mannerisms.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Shows this when he only kills one of the Forresters, takes a hostage, and leaves behind a garrison. The Forresters are too valuable to the Boltons to dispose of en masse. He later states he's fed up with the rivalry between the Forresters and the Whitehills and will no longer take sides, deciding to let them fight it out and deal with the survivor rather than waste his time "babysitting" them.
- Put on a Bus: He seems to have left the story of the game after the first episode. Justified as he is a character from the show. He returns for the ending of the Fourth Episode and plagues the Fifth. God help us all.
- Sadist: Ramsay revels in cruelty and the pain that he brings to others.
- Saved by Canon: Being a major antagonist in the show, there's unfortunately no chance of him getting his comeuppance here. Not at the hands of the Forresters anyway.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In Episode 5, after Ramsay puts some fear into Rodrik and Talia by torturing Arthur to death, he ultimately decides to bow out of the conflict between the Forresters and the Whitehills entirely, preferring to let the last house standing win.
- Slasher Smile: Seemingly his default facial expression.
- The Sociopath: Ramsey is a cheerfully sadistic person who maims, tortures, and kills as much on a whim as for his own twisted enjoyment.
- Torture Technician: A hobby of Ramsay's, as we find out.
- Villain Has a Point: Ramsay may be a savage and a monstrous psychopath but he is actually quite intelligent and cunning and some things he says are actually true. When Ludd starts complaining when Ramsay decides to have Ludd only take half of the Forrester Ironwood, Ramsay tells him that half of something is better than nothing.
- Should Rodrik threaten to inform Mira about his flaying of Arthur in an effort to get him to stop, Ramsay quite rightly points out the futility of the threat because King’s Landing is very far away. Plus they wouldn’t even care.
- Villain Respect: Has one for Rodrik should he die at the hands of the Whitehills for refusing to bend the knee to them despite all the abuse they put him through.
- Worthy Opponent: If Ethan is defiant, Ramsay notes that he's a "bold/brave little lord"...before stabbing him in the neck and leaving him to bleed out in his mother's arms. A "bold/brave little lord" is dangerous and hard to control after all.
- Would Hurt a Child: Kills Ethan on a whim at the end of Episode 1 and hands over Ryon to Lord Whitehill as a hostage with the express order to kill the boy should the Forresters cause any trouble.
