Roose Ryswell

## Introduction

Roose Ryswell is the heir to the Rills and House Ryswell. He is the only living son and surviving child of Lord Roger Ryswell. As his father's health declines he has became the defacto leader of house.

## Appearance and Character

Roose is a handsome at only 25 years of age. he has long black hair, piercing blue eyes, and a well groomed goatee. He is normally dressed in the traditional northmen noble clothing, normally wearing dark brown or black leather material, often embroidered with his family's house sigil, a horse's head with an engrailed broader.

The man himself is a bit of an enigma, outwardly he is a stern man, very pragmatic and a natural leader like his father. But he is often seen as cold and calculation, some would even say he is cruel, with little regard for the suffering those that get in his way.

## History

Roose as born at the beginning of the Winter of Hundred Kings, and was just a infant during the blizzard of 75 AC. Some say he got his cold nature from that storm. His older sister Barbrey did not fair as well and died from the serve cold of the storm.

As Roose grow his father made sure he was given proper training and education. The boy took quickly to his martial training, and love to ride horses. At first he was stubborn with the maesters about the more learned parts of his teachings, but his father put an end to that and made sure his both was both skilled with sword, steed, and quill.

Through hard work and his natural aptitude, Roose because skilled in both personal combat and leading men in battle, especially, cavalry charges and fighting from horse back.

In 92 AC Roose and his father Roger traveled with Prince Edric Stark into the Wolfswood to stop a band of religious fanatics who had started to do blood sacrifices to the OId Gods and had even slayed the Winter's Shepherd.

Roose didn't just join his prince because he wanted to earn glory and prestige for his name and house, he also did it because he found the fanatics and their beliefs fastening. He had always been allured by tells of green dreams, wargs and skin changers, as a child but until Malmur and his followers took in the Wolfswood, he had never really seen anyone truly devoted to the older, bloodier beliefs in the North.

If he at all saw merit in the horrors that the fanatics were committing, it would have never been known by the way he fought them alongside the other northern lords. He showed no mercy to Malmur's people, even the women and children that followed them. He and his horse became so bloody in the final battle with Malmur, that his brown stallion, had turn red, earning him the nickname, the Red Stallion.

Unfortunately his father, Roger, lost his left leg in the battle and has lingered on in poor health ever since.

## Recent Events

Roose has taken over most duties of running the House and lands of the Rills. He is still very interested in "proper" worship of the Old Gods and more importantly the powers of Green Sight, Wargining and Skin Changing. He plans to travel to White Harbor to participate in the Melee.

## Family

* Roger Ryswell (Father)
* Bethany Ryswell (Mother)
* Rodrik Ryswell (Uncle)
* Rickard Ryswell (Cousin)
* Robyn Ryswell (Cousin)