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House Bolton

Domeric Bolton is a character cut from Game of Thrones. He has only been indirectly mentioned in press interviews by the cast and crew.

Biography[]

Domeric Bolton was the first trueborn son and heir of Lord Roose Bolton, the Lord of the Dreadfort. He was a harpist and very well-read. As a young man, he "fell ill", died, and was buried underneath the Dreadfort.[1] Following his death, Lord Bolton's only living offspring was Ramsay Snow, his bastard son, who was legitimized many years later as Ramsay Bolton.[2]

Family[]

Famtree-Unknown
Miller's
wife

Deceased
 
Famtree-RooseBolton
Roose
Bolton

Deceased
 
Famtree-WaldaFrey
Walda Bolton
née Frey House Frey
Deceased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Famtree-RamsayBolton
Ramsay
Bolton

Deceased
 
Famtree-SansaStark
Sansa
Stark
Sansa Stark

 
Famtree-BoltonNewborn
Son

Deceased
 

Behind the scenes[]

Domeric Bolton has only been indirectly mentioned in press interviews by Iwan Rheon[3][4] and Michael McElhatton[5][6] as well as George R.R. Martin in the "Bastards of Westeros" promotional video.[2]

"Iron From Ice", the first episode of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series, features cut dialogue of Ramsay mentioning Domeric's death to Ethan Forrester and his mother, remarking sarcastically that he "fell ill" and mockingly expressing sorrow.[1]

"I had a brother once. Domeric. I think you would've liked him. He played the harp, and liked books. But he fell ill, unfortunately. It was terrible, to lose a brother so young. We buried him beneath the Dreadfort."
Ramsay Snow to Ethan Forrester[src]

In the books[]

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Domeric Bolton was the only son and heir of Lord Roose Bolton and Lady Bethany Ryswell, his second wife. According to Roose, Domeric was quiet but accomplished; he read history, played the harp, and rode horses as if born in the saddle. Domeric's aunt (his mother's younger sister), Lady Barbrey Dustin, was quite fond of him as he had served as a page for her at Barrowton. He also served as a squire for Lord Redfort in the Vale, who said Domeric had the makings of a tournament champion. Domeric enjoyed the company of Redfort's sons in the Vale and, longing for a brother of his own, rode up the Weeping Water to seek out his bastard half-brother despite his father's forbidding it.

According to the Dreadfort's maester, Uthor, Domeric died of a sickness of the bowels. Reek once heard Skinner (one of the Bastard's Boys) say that Ramsay had killed his trueborn brother, but he had never dared to believe it. Roose and Lady Dustin, among others, strongly suspect Ramsay murdered Domeric with poison to take his place as Roose's heir. In view of Ramsay's personality, it is very likely that the taboo of kinslaying means nothing to him, and that he did indeed murder Domeric. Roose, while telling Reek about Domeric, speculates that Ramsay will also murder any trueborn siblings that Walda will give birth to; this is perhaps a foreshadowing of Ramsay's vile deeds in the show (which have not been performed in the books, at least not yet).

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