Ramsay Bolton

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### Full Name

Ramsay Snow (formerly)
Ramsay Bolton

### Alias

The Bastard of Bolton
The Bastard of the Dreadfort
Reek
Red Helm
Monster
Mad Dog
Beast in Human Skin
Lord Bolton

### Occupation

Lord of the Hornwood
Lord of Winterfell
Lord of the Dreadfort (TV show)
Warden of the North (TV show)
Castellan of the Dreadfort (formerly)
Prince Theon's servant (in the books; formerly)

### Resources

Cunning
Expertise in torture
Skills in using weapons
Expertise in hunting
Deception
Combat skills (mostly from the TV show)

### Hobby

Raping and killing women, as well as torturing to death those who bored him (unknown if he uses the very slow death punishment on the "boring ones" in the show version).
Hunting humans with his "Reek" and feeding them to his hounds.
Flaying his captives alive.
Torturing people both mentally and physically (lately Theon Greyjoy and Jeyne Poole as his main toys).
Having sex with Myranda, Sansa and prostitutes (TV show only, also novel version likes only rape and hates women).

### Goals

*Novels*: Help his father to rule the North (failed).
Defeat Stannis Baratheon (succeeded), the ironborn (succeeded) and the northern rebels (failed).
Break Theon "Reek" Greyjoy and Jeyne "Arya Stark" Poole (succeeded).
Recover "Arya Stark" and his Reek (failed).
Avenge the first Reek's death (succeeded).
*TV series*: Make Theon his servant (temporarily succeeded).
Rule the North (succeeded for a time).
Defeat Stannis Baratheon (succeeded).
Kill Jon Snow and the wildlings whom he allowed to pass the Wall (failed).
Recover Sansa Stark (failed).
Defeat the ironborn (succeeded).
*Telltale*: Destroy the Forresters (partially succeeded).
Obliterate House Stark (failed).

### Crimes

Mass murder
 Infanticide
Familicide
Usurpation
Incrimination
Physical and psychological torture
Kidnapping
Abuse of power
Mass destruction
Mutilation
Serial rape
Forced auto-cannibalism (books only)
Treason
Vandalism
Forced bestiality (books only, possibly)
Animal cruelty
War crimes
Kinslaying
Endangerment
Crimes against humanity
Terrorism

### Type of Villain

Sadistic Torturer

**Lord Ramsay Bolton**, formerly known as **Ramsay Snow** and sometimes called the **Bastard of Bolton**, is one of the main antagonists of the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, as well as *Game of Thrones*, the HBO series based on the books.

In the HBO adaptation, he was portrayed by Iwan Rheon, who also plays Maximus in *Marvel's Inhumans*.

## Roles

In the novels, he serves as a supporting antagonist in *A Clash of Kings* and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Roose Bolton) of *A Dance with Dragons*. He is set to be one of the main antagonists in the upcoming sequel *The Winds of Winter*.

In the TV series, he serves as a minor unseen antagonist in Season 2, a supporting antagonist in Season 3, one of the secondary antagonists of Season 4, one of the two main antagonists (alongside the High Sparrow) of Seasons 5 and 6, and a posthumous antagonist in Seasons 7 and 8.

He is also the overarching antagonist in Telltale's *A Games of Thrones* video game.

## Overview

Ramsay is widely regarded as being the most evil and repulsive villain in the series, who many consider to be worse than King Joffrey Baratheon.

His character first appears during the second book, imprisoned by Bran Stark and freed by Theon Greyjoy. However he was cut from the second season and his role in Winterfell was taken by another character, Dagmer Cleftjaw, who's also in the books, but never betrays Theon. Ramsay indirectly appears in season 2, blowing the horn repeatedly to annoy and scare the ironborn.

Ramsay is the bastard son of Roose Bolton, a former ally of House Stark. Ramsay grew to become a savage psychopath who became repressed from his rights as a Bolton due to being a bastard his entire life. However, after killing his half-brother Domeric and working his way up the ranks, Ramsay became legitimized before subsequently allying himself with his father to take over the north and bring down the Starks.

Unlike his father, or any *Ice and Fire* villain, Ramsay is far more cruel, vicious, sadistic, and dishonorable, as well as inheriting his father's high intelligence and military leadership.

In every way imaginable, Ramsay represents the feared and respected warlord Joffrey intended to be. Due to his actions, he is seen as one of the biggest enemies of House Stark and (in the TV show) the arch-enemy and complete opposite of series protagonist, Jon Snow: while Jon is accepting of his bastard status, but nonetheless cares and loves his family and his men, Ramsay is highly detestable of his bastard status and shows no true love or care for his family, since he killed his half-brother, and has no problem killing and/or flaying his men if they displease him.

Similarly to his predecessor, Joffrey, Ramsay (in the show) was a tormentor of Sansa Stark (albeit to a much worse extent), but both in the books and show, also serves as the abusive tormentor and later master of Theon Greyjoy whom he turned into a broken shell of a man.