Game of Thrones: Lord of the Deep

Chapter 179 Lord Leech - Roose Bolton

While Jack was commanding the Iron Fleet, the Bolton family was not idle either.

Ramsay, who restored the Bolton surname, encountered a huge crisis.

Originally, Roose Bolton had an heir, Domeric Bolton, but he died of stomach disease in the end. Roose Bolton suspected that Ramsay killed Domeric.

But since there were no other heirs, Roose brought his illegitimate son Ramsay Snow to the Dreadfort and identified him as his informal heir.

Later, Ramsay successfully captured Winterfell, and Roose Bolton restored the Ramsay surname.

Since Ramsay Snow became Ramsay Bolton, Ramsay's style of behavior has become more and more flamboyant, which caused Roose's dissatisfaction.

As the current lord of the Dreadfort, Roose Bolton looks gentle, but he is cold, calculating, cruel and ruthless.

He always speaks softly and never raises his voice, forcing the listener to concentrate and pay attention.

He really disliked Ramsay's flamboyant style.

In the hall of the Dreadfort, Roose Bolton was lying on the bed, and the maester covered him with leeches.

Roose thought this was the secret to longevity, and he cleaned the dirty blood in his body regularly.

Although it was not known whether this worked, others believed that the leeches had sucked out all of Roose's emotions.

Sometimes other nobles would call Roose Bolton "Lord Leech".

At the Red Wedding, Roose Bolton muttered and found an excuse to leave the hall.

Entering the bridal chamber and playing "The Rains of Castamere" were the signals for the Frey family to attack their guests.

At this time, Roose Bolton returned to the hall in armor, and Robb was already wounded by an arrow.

Roose Bolton walked up to Robb and killed him, saying, "On behalf of Jaime Lannister, I extend my warm greetings to you."

The soldiers of the Frey and Bolton families began to attack the troops of the Northern and Riverland lords, and eventually annihilated them.

Because of this performance, Tywin appointed Bolton as the Guardian of the North. The Bolton family thus became the supreme ruler of the North and ranked among the top families in Westeros.

Roose Bolton also accepted the royal recognition of the legalization of his illegitimate son Ramsay and appointed Ramsay as his legal heir.

After the Rebellion of the Five Kings, he became the Duke of the Guardian of the North, sitting on the position that the Bolton family had dreamed of for thousands of years.

At the same time, he married the Walder family and married Walder's fattest granddaughter Walda Frey, because old Walder promised to give him the same weight of gold as his granddaughter.

So Roose Bolton chose the fattest one without hesitation and directly got 200 kilograms of gold.

For the North after the war, these more than 200 kilograms of gold are very important.

"No one gossips about me behind my back. If someone says that to me, do you think I will just sit here?

It is your freedom to have fun. I will not deliberately restrict you, but you should not act too ostentatiously.

Harmonious land, quiet people, this is my way of ruling, and it should be yours too."

Roose Bolton's voice was very light, but it was very stressful to Ramsay who was standing next to him.

Because this was Roose expressing his dissatisfaction with him, his position was not yet secure, and Roose Bolton's attitude was crucial.

So Ramsay immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake, "Sorry, father, I will correct it. I understand that it is more important for the family to secure the position of the Duke of the North."

"Well, you just know it, I don't think I need to say more, you know it in your heart."

Roose's Bolton's words were extremely gentle, but they were a hundred times more dangerous than the scolding with spit flying.

In the original book, Roose Bolton died very casually. Ramsay stabbed his heart directly with a dagger, and Ramsay also successfully inherited the Bolton family.

But in fact, this is impossible to happen. Roose Bolton is a very cunning person, and there will never be a situation where there are no guards around him.

Moreover, Ramsay Bolton has a group of "bastard good boys" under his command. They are soldiers of the Bolton family and obey Ramsay Bolton.

However, while following Ramsay, they secretly report all of Ramsay's words and actions to Roose Bolton.

It can be said that Ramsay Bolton's every word and action is under Roose Bolton's control.

In this case, is it possible for Ramsay Bolton to assassinate Roose Bolton?

I'm afraid he can't even get close to Roose Bolton with weapons.

What's more, Roose Bolton's captain of the guards, Iron Legs Walton, always protects Roose Bolton closely.

"Father, the Bay of Cailin is still in the hands of the Ironborn. I am willing to take it back for you." Ramsay Bolton is now in urgent need of a credit to consolidate his position.

Roose Bolton opened his slightly closed eyes, "This matter is handed over to you. Don't let me down, and don't let down other nobles who are loyal to the Bolton family. Go."

"Understood, don't worry, I will definitely take over Moat Cailin and present it to you."

After saying that, Ramsay Bolton went to gather his own men, and the hall fell into silence again.

After a while, the maester suddenly said: "My Lord Duke, Lady Walda gave birth to a boy. Do you really not need to tell Ramsay?"

"Why do you ask?" Roose Bolton glanced at the maester.

The maester hurriedly said: "Ramsay's character is obvious to all. I'm afraid he will do something irrational after learning about this."

"If you dare to have this idea, just get rid of it. Ramsay is not suitable. He lacks awe.

Only with awe in mind can we survive in this world full of lies and betrayal.

Even here, in Barrowton, crows are still circling, waiting to feast on our corpses.

The Severns and Tallharts are unreliable, and our fat friend Lord Wyman is a treacherous person with a sweet mouth and a sharp tongue.

Ramsay should be afraid of all of them, just like me. "

Roose Bolton actually looked down on Ramsay Bolton, especially after Walda Frey gave birth to a son for him.

But now he still needs Ramsay Bolton to marry "Arya Stark" to consolidate the rule of the Bolton family, actually Jeyne Poole.

Jeyne Poole is a member of the Poole family, the daughter of Vayon Poole, the steward of Winterfell, and she is also Sansa Stark's best friend and very beautiful.

When Ramsay Bolton's value is exhausted, just find a reason to get rid of him, and then teach the boy born to him by Walda how to be an excellent leader.

"How many dragon crossbows are ready? "Roose Bolton suddenly remembered something.

"My Lord Duke, according to the drawings sent by King's Landing, we have built 40 dragon crossbows and 120 steel crossbow arrows, all deployed on the walls of the Dreadfort."

Roose Bolton closed his eyes again, feeling the leeches sucking his dirty blood, and said nothing.

The forging of dragon crossbows and steel crossbow arrows is very time-consuming and costly. Although the Bolton family made every effort to manufacture them after the war, they only built 40 dragon crossbows and 120 crossbow arrows.

If it weren't for the fact that those nobles who expressed their surrender were unwilling to lend their blacksmiths and carpenters to the Bolton family, this number could have been multiplied several times.