The whole thing played out somewhat differently in the books. Because he could? He can get away with it because he can blame the ironborn.
It's a giant middle finger to the Starks. He's not likely planning on taking Winterfell until Tywin proposes it, but he's still an ass. PlutoThePlanet Yes. In the context of the show. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. There would be several reasons for burning however. Boltons weren't sure that their plan would work Re: the Red Wedding.
It was still a military plan and thing about military plans is that things rarely go according to the plan. Destroying Stark seat and stronghold would have been great in event of something backfiring and an open war with the Stark.
Burning Winterfell helped them hide any possible evidence e. Dead bodies of all the Ironborn, their stuff, their banners, the bodies of all the witnesses and any survivors who maybe hiding somewhere which would have proved that unlike their story that Ironborn burnt the Castle, it was actually them who did that. Evidently this failed as they did not take the Crypts into account or Godswood, both of which were used by the survivors.
It would have amused him to see the Castle where he was imprisoned and kept as a servant to burn. He is the kind of person who would do it just for the heck of it. Stark-Bolton enmity goes back to thousands of years. Both claimed Kingship. Bolton Kings are said to have flayed many Stark Kings and worn their skins as cloaks.
Eventually the Starks prevailed. This could be a payback for that defeat which reduced the Boltons from Kings to Lords. In any case, burning Winterfell is in line with the Bolton traditions. But what about his father, Roose Bolton? What's his end game? Well, we can't say.
As of now, he seems to be on Robb Stark's side, but there are hints that this might not be the case. What we can say about Roose is that he is a precise and cold man. He manages to take Harrenhal with little risk to his own knights by buying the loyalty of Vargo Hoat. Once castellan, Roose orders every man who officially worked for the Lannisters killed and puts their tarred heads along the battlements You know, to send a message.
Although he is a Stark man, life at Harrenhal isn't any better under Roose's rule. Gendry notes the Brave Companions have grown crueler The tactics he develops for his soldiers are also very similar to Tywin's cold yet effective "kill'em and burn'em" He also doesn't seem to have much love for his illegitimate son, Ramsay Snow, either. In a letter to Edmure, Roose writes that Ramsay deserved his fate—back when they thought Ramsay was actually dead.
It reads: "Tainted blood is ever treacherous, and Ramsay's nature was sly, greedy, and cruel. I count myself well rid of him" In fact, Roose has an obsession with blood, as well as a compulsive need to remove bad blood from himself, as evident by his daily leeching sessions. But we feel like there is a bit of important foreshadowing involving Roose. After his leeching, Roose decides he will spend the day hunting the wolves, whose howling has kept him up at night, and he returns that night with nine dead wolves, seven adults and two pups Let's not forget that the wolf is the sigil of House Stark….
Burn it, burn it all ". The last thing Theon sees before passing out is his horse with his mane ablaze. Winterfell has been put to the torch, most of its occupants - ironborn and the Starks' servants alike - have been massacred. Unlike in the show, the bodies have not been flayed. Maester Luwin is fatally injured and left to die. Wex is the only ironborn who is neither killed nor captured by the Boltons; he hides in the godswood, witnessing the atrocities that Ramsay and his men commit.
Lord Frey 's grandsons are brought to the Dreadfort as guests. In the following morning, the Stark boys and their companions come out of their hiding place.
They find Luwin near death. He advises them to split, but is uncertain where should they go, for the North is crawling with ironborn and Boltons. Some time later, Asha comes to Winterfell, searching for her brother. She finds only mutilated, unrecognizable dead bodies, partly eaten by scavengers.
She assumes Theon is dead, though she cannot be certain. It seems to her that the northmen fought amongst themselves - a rather accurate description of the battle.
Only in the fifth novel she finds out Theon is alive and held prisoner at the Dreadfort, as implied in a taunting letter she receives from Ramsay, but unlike in the show she never attempts to rescue him. In "A Storm of Swords" , Lothar Frey tells the Starks that his nephews "Big" Walder and "Little" Walder sent a letter from the Dreadfort to the Twins , informing him that Winterfell has been destroyed and Ser Rodrik is dead; that the Northern lords tried to retake Winterfell from the ironborn, and when Theon saw that his prize was lost - he put the castle to the torch and put many of the Starks' servants to the sword; that a few women and children were saved and carried back to the Dreadfort by Ramsay Snow, and they are safe in the Dreadfort.
To Robb's question, Lothar says that the letter did not mention what happened to Theon. Since the treacherous Freys are later revealed to be in league with the Boltons, it is unclear whether Lothar has deliberately lied to the Starks, or simply repeated the contents of the letter which was undoubtedly dictated by Ramsay and did not know if they were true or not.
After the Starks hear the news about Balon's death , Roose comes to the Twins and tells them the same false news they have already heard from Lothar, that the ironborn have burnt Winterfell and killed most of its residents, and Ramsay saved the day and took the survivors to the Dreadfort; he also reveals what Lothar did not know - that Theon is alive, held prisoner at the Dreadfort and being flayed by Ramsay this is the only true part of Roose's report.
Robb says furiously that he wants Theon's head, not his skin; Roose persuades him to keep Theon alive for the present, in order to demand concessions from the ironborn who currently compete over the Seastone Chair.
Robb reluctantly agrees. It is unclear whether Ramsay acted on his own or at his father's orders. The fact that he commanded his soldiers to spare the Freys suggests that he got orders from his father they could have made contact by sending ravens between Harrenhal and Dreadfort without Robb's knowledge, as Roose contacted the Lannisters , but it is uncertain.
Soon after Jon returns to Castle Black , he is told by Maester Aemon that his brothers died at Theon's command, after he took Winterfell in his father's name; when his father's bannermen threatened to retake it, he put the castle to the torch. Grenn adds that Jon's brothers were avenged by Ramsay, who killed all the ironborn, and it is said he's flaying Theon inch by inch for what he did obviously Aemon and Grenn have not deliberately given Jon false information, but innocently relied on false reports.
Jon is overwhelmed by the bad news, but is confused to hear that Bran is dead, recalling that he saw Summer at Queenscrown. Kyra's fate is revealed too, but it is unknown what has become of the seven Starks' servants who have been taken captive by Ramsay. According to the appendix of "A Feast with Crows" , they are held prisoners at the Dreadfort too; in view of the manner Ramsay treats his prisoners especially women it is unlikely they survived, but maybe some of them are still alive.
Thus they and Davos realize who was really responsible to the sack of Winterfell; this has not become public knowledge yet, though. Game of Thrones Wiki.
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