Caesar Augustus Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I remember reading somewhere about a crackpot theory that Roose Bolton is the only Bolton ever to exist. The Boltons are said to wear the skins of their enemies so is it possible that Roose possessed the knowledge of the Faceless men and has been changing his skin through the ages. I also think it's strange that we've never seen a Bolton family tree. Does anyone have a link to this theory?I would love to read it again. Maybe Roose is a vampire who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tiger Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Or maybe Roose just looks young for his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aryagonnakill#2 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I'm not denying that this is a theory, but I am denying that there is anything at all to base it on. I personally just came around to a new theory, that brandon the builder was AA, and that the wife he killed was a Bolton. This is what caused the feud between Bolton and Stark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Winters Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 The Boltons wearing their skins of their enemies, I see it, as them trying to copy the Starks as they have the ability to skinchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Pie Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 You are spot on. Roose is an ally of the others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Augustus Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 You are spot on. Roose is an ally of the others Yeah it mentioned that as well. I'm still searching for the whole essay. It's very interesting even if it isn't true in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 The Boltons wearing their skins of their enemies, I see it, as them trying to copy the Starks as they have the ability to skinchange. Ooh. One of Roose's ancestors tries to human warg a Stark, and the idea catches on. As for Roose himself: Dominic was about Lyanna's age. Which makes Roose roughly Lord Rickard's. Mid-to-late 50s, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Greg of House House Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Though there could be something fishy going on, don't you think other Lords would suspect it that Boltons never marry daughters off? At least that would have been mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I've tried looking for a Bolton family tree in the past but couldn't find one either. Does anyone know of one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokymok Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Domeric was squire of Lord Redfort at the time he died so I doubt he was round the age of Lyanna. the boy was mad for horses, Lady Dustin will tell you. Not even Lord Rickard's daugther could outrace him, and that one was half a horse herself. This is the only comparison between Lyanna and Domeric, nothing about age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Domeric was squire of Lord Redfort at the time he died so I doubt he was round the age of Lyanna. This is the only comparison between Lyanna and Domeric, nothing about age. They need to be of an age to engage in horse racing. A three year old can't race a horse against the daughter of the Lord of Winterfell: he'd have to be at least a teenager. He's unlikely to be much older, because, well, he's a squire when Ramsay kills him. So that puts him roughly of Lyanna's generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Roose's statement can, of course, be read as meaning that Dominic was simply a faster horseman than Lyanna, not that they ever raced. However, I think that interpretation is unlikely: in the absence of stop watches, or some other means of quantifying speed, the only way to tell that Dominic was better than Lyanna, is a direct competition between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 And Roose is tired of being immortal. That book he burned was merely the latest book in which he failed to find the information needed to make him human and end his misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equilibrium Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 No there are always two Boltons, one master and other apprentice. There used to be more of them but when Starks tried to exterminate them they decided to keep the family small so they can be undetected. When apprentice leans all there is about being Bolton, then he kills his master and assumes the mantle himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTyrion Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I never really understood why so many people here think Roose is some kind of super natural entity. What's some of the textual evidence that supports this? Apart from Roose looking younger than he is and being a general creep I can't recall anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aryagonnakill#2 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I never really understood why so many people here think Roose is some kind of super natural entity. What's some of the textual evidence that supports this? Apart from Roose looking younger than he is and being a general creep I can't recall anything. As I said above, there is no such textual evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Sauce Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Yea I think that Roose has def traded some of his newborns to the others in the past same as Craster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fury Burns Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Something funny to think about, and remember. When Roose is talking to Walder after the red wedding, Walder says "He called himself the young wolf. How's that for pomposity?" And Roose replied "Forever young." And gives a creepy ass smile with it. I don't think he's a skin changer or faceless man, but I just thought it was convene that he said that, as if he is "forever young" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingmonkey Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 They need to be of an age to engage in horse racing. A three year old can't race a horse against the daughter of the Lord of Winterfell: he'd have to be at least a teenager. He's unlikely to be much older, because, well, he's a squire when Ramsay kills him. So that puts him roughly of Lyanna's generation.Few do,' she replied. 'He lived with his mother until two years past, when young Domeric died and left Bolton without an heir.'”So no, if he was described as "young Domeric" when he died around 297ish he'd have to have been born when Lyanna was already a teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar Augustus Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 After all this research, we can conclude that Count Roose is a vampire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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