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HISTORY The Boltons are an ancient and powerful house of the North who for many centuries were bitter rivals of the Kings in the North, the Starks of Winterfell. The Boltons achieved some successes against the Starks, flaying the skins of several Stark lords and hanging them in their stronghold, the Dreadfort. According to rumour, some Bolton lords even wore the flayed skins of their enemies - including the Starks - as cloaks. This practice has given the Boltons a somewhat sinister reputation, and it has been suggested that the Night's King was a Bolton. Approximately a thousand years ago the Boltons finally swore fealty to the Kings in the North and agreed to abandon their tactic of flaying their enemies alive. However, three hundred years later the Boltons rose in rebellion against the Starks of Winterfell. The Stark armies besieged the Dreadfort for four years before the Boltons finally capitulated and dipped their banners once more. Since then the Boltons have remained loyal to the Starks, although rumours persist that they continue to practice the flaying of prisoners in secret, and maintain a hidden chamber in the Dreadfort to display the skins of their enemies. HOUSE GENEALOGY + |
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