Also in this page spoilers are allowed and encouraged. He was a torturer serving house bolton under the command of ramsay snow, the bastard son of roose bolton, and castellan of the dreadfort. Martin, and its television adaptation game of thrones. Jon kit harington his own version of the books notorious pink letter. If that part of the book storyline is going to come true, its too soon to tell. Ramsay agreed, in a sense, deciding to kill theon greyjoy in name. At the end of greyjoy s rebellion, theon was taken to winterfell as a hostage and ward to lord eddard stark. Martins a song of ice and fire and hbos game of thrones, featuring chapter and episode guides, character profiles, family trees, maps, essays, and more. It also means that he knows that theon is getting tortured there. But, in the years since he was first introduced, alfie allen has turned theon, aka. He knew he ought to hide the rat, but he was so hungry.
Theon greyjoy is a member of house greyjoy and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of balon greyjoy, lord of the iron islands. Although the detention and torture starts in the previous books, it is in a dance with dragons that it takes on a completely new meaning and effect. Ramsays torture of theon got so unbearable that theon begged to be killed. Theon greyjoy is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by. He is shown in adwd catching and promptly devouring a live rat when the jailer suddenly comes in and his. Theon is the youngest son and presumptive heir of balon greyjoy.
Theon didnt commit this particular crime in the books either, as he. Last week, ross, you noted that all too often when benioff and weiss insert their own material it. Later they use a foot press to torture him, slowly turning a screw into his foot until it is bleeding freely, repeatedly asking him why he. Theon greyjoy has gone through quite a transformation in game of. In the books, theons torture happens off the page, which likely saved us. While pretending to be reek, ramsay swears obedience to house greyjoy and king balon.
How bad was theon tortured in the books as compared to the. And ever since roose bolton announced that his wife was pregnant, we. The master torturer was the apparent leader of the men holding theon greyjoy prisoner. I havent read the books but after season 2 i found a wiki of ice and fire and spoiled everything for myself so i know the gist of whats going on but obviously missed a lot. Book spoilers about the depiction of theons torture on the. Greyjoy was subjected to various rounds of torture and degradation. In the books, however, it appears as though robb and catelyn both seem to assume hes likely. Theon greyjoy is a fictional character in the a song of ice and fire series of fantasy novels by american author george r. The treatment in the show was mild and gentle compared to the levels of psychological and physical torture theon is subjected to in the books.
Game of thrones s03e04 theon greyjoy, meet ramsay snow. Being theon greyjoy, or why this dick in a box matters. This scene is from game of thrones season 3, episode four. Valar morghulis, valar dohaeris theon rescuer plottwist my father died in kings landing the bastard. During the imprisonment, ramsay severely tortured theon physically and. For those not familiar with the books, the character of theon greyjoy is captured and tortured, badly, by ramsay snow later ramsay bolton. How old was theon greyjoy when he was brought to winterfell. Following his fathers failed rebellion against the iron throne, theon is taken as a ward initially hostage to lord eddard stark of winterfell. The skin from the little finger of theon greyjoys left hand. This is a fan page for theon greyjoy, formerly know as reek, from hbos series game of thrones and grrms book series a song of ice and fire. After his fathers failed attempt of rebelion, he was taken as. Due to the torture endured at ramsays hands, theon looks like he has aged forty years. Book spoilers about the depiction of theons torture on. Theon is the youngest son of lord balon greyjoy and lady alannys harlaw and heir to house greyjoy in the iron islands.
Most of the pictures here are not my creations, i take no credit for them. How bad was theons tortured in the books as compared to the show. Theon greyjoy is suffering from castration ptsd, and theres no one better on game of thrones to help him overcome it than the two eunuchs in meereen. Its implied fairly strongly in the books that ramsay has cut off theon s, uh, little ironborn. Didnt want my first post to be about ramsay theon torture but this post pretty much said what i was thinking so here we are haha. This scene is from season 2 episode 10, valar morghulisfinale of game of thrones. Game of thrones s03e10 roose bolton and walder frey talks, ramsay bolton officially revealed duration.
For those not familiar with the books, the character of theon greyjoy is. At the end of greyjoys rebellion, theon was taken to winterfell as a hostage and ward to lord eddard stark. At the dreadfort, theon greyjoy has been chained up in a dungeon after. Theon was raised at winterfell with the stark children and developed a close friendship with. Assuming that theon was, if not completely castrated by ramsey and his lackeys, had his genitals disfigured in.