@brokenalibi said: ❝ I need more bastard content thanks Jen. ❞
I didn't think anyone would be interested in anything else bastard related but once again Zatan proves me wrong. In the original post with their sketched out concepts I mentioned that I was looking into Roose's book based lore. I will be reading the books as soon as I finish the show, and honestly with the information I pulled from the book series wikis I most definitely plan on basing Roose on the book series rather than the TV series. While glazing through the wiki I found out what the First Night tradition was. Considering that Ramsay came to be from this I thought it'd be interesting if Ramsay had more bastards because of this.
So here are his bastard twins, Segovia and Lucius Snow. Their mother's name is Astrid, her husband is Nikolai Ashborn. Thankfully for Astrid's sake Nikolai doesn't enjoy having a woman in his bed, their marriage a ploy to those around them. A year after the birth of the twins, Nikolai and Astrid did have their own child since it was obvious that the twins weren't his. On the first night, Astrid actually enjoyed her time with Roose and insisted that the night go on longer. She never told the twins who their father was, but Segovia was able to figure it out. While she wasn't quite book smart like her brother Lucius, Segovia learned how to read and work people. Just based off how her mother would speak about the Lord of Leeches and how she looked at him when he'd pass through their village for annual checks. After she knew the truth, the next time Roose Bolton passed through the small village, she threw a straw doll with nails jammed into its head, hands, and feet, trying her best to replicate his house sigil. The two made eye contact, and without any words falling from her lips Segovia told him ❛ I know our secret. ❜ She of course told Lucius what she knew and about two other bastards who were clearly their half siblings.
The third bastard is Clauneck Snow, his mother being Eissa. When she was wed to Ivan Erikson, Roose claimed the first night. Ivan had no objections but was disgusted with his wife afterwards, he never laid with her. When he found out she was pregnant he abandoned her, his body was found in the woods weeks later, his death caused by being attacked by a wild animal. After Clauneck was born, Eissa started working in a brothel. She never tried to make contact with Roose when her son was born, Roose found out about Clauneck after one of his banner-men had seen Clauneck playing with other children in the area. Segovia later sought out Clauneck, curious to who her half brother was. Clauneck thought Segovia's interest in him was because she was attracted to him, he found out the hard way that it wasn't when he tried to kiss her which resulted in her kneeing him in the crotch. She yelled at him stating that they were siblings, Clauneck followed it with ❝ Just because our last names are Snow doesn't mean we're related. ❞ She kneed him in the groin again then informed him of who their father was then called him a ❝ half wit whore. ❞
Clauneck's strengths are his swordsmanship, his physical strength, and quickness. Lucius is incredibly book smart and well versed in the art of healing. Segovia's strong suit is being able to read people, figure out what drives them, their intentions, and so on. The three grew close, almost inseparable. Roose took notice of this and started watching them closely. Out of all his bastards, Clauneck was the first to be legitimized. After he earned his father's family name, he met Ramsay who told him the fate of Domeric. Clauneck took this tale as a threat, out of fear, Clauneck ran off to The Wall to join The Night's Watch.
Seeing that Roose lost another son, instead of just giving Lucius his last name, he asked if he wanted it. Lucius said he wouldn’t mind having it, seeing on how he had planned on going to Oldtown to study in the Citadel it wouldn’t matter, but he would return after finishing his chain to be the Dreadfort’s maester if that’s something Roose wanted. Lucius did take on the Bolton name. Segovia is legitimized after Ramsay, it’s not because Roose was particularly fond of her, or found her useful in anyway, his thoughts on it being that he might be able to arrange a marriage with another house to strengthen an ally ship. Segovia wasn’t pleased with this when she found out.
Here is a piece I did of Segovia and Lucius.
Below the cut is something short I wrote up on the twins and their mother.
Roose Bolton’s bastard twins may have his blood flowing through their veins, yet they lack the coldness of his heart. Instead, what beats in their thoracic cage is their mother’s love. The warmth that it brings in their chest is one that can combat the Northern winds. Their compassion could never be hidden by ghost grey eyes ; their only feature that proved they were Roose’s. Every other trait they hosted was gifted by their mother, a lowborn with a queen’s beauty, if only she was born to a noble family... maybe her children would be fully acknowledged by their father.
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