| Re: Who is your favorite character is ASOIAF
it seems to me that Roose was playing a very calculated game in this Game of Thrones. He was never going to be king himself, but he cleverly, and opportunistically, played both sides of the war... he professed loyalty to Robb, but was in contact with Tywin... clearly he's not a nice person, he's also not even remotely cool - he's a faithless, self-serving, conniving, back-stabbing, but still chillingly charismatic Lord of the North. He's anything BUT noble. He rather reminds me of Stannis in some respects... expects his due an all that...but in Roose's case, he doesn't seem the type to reward service or loyalty himself - as Stannis does - in his rather warped fashion.
Anyone can say that they never betrayed the throne, when "seemingly" siding with their enemies... but there will always be a cloud of profound mistrust over Roose Bolton and his descendents. They will never rise further. but their current position is assured - enough... |