Walton Frey • Lord in the Vale • Widower • Unmarried
Home Location: The Twins • TAKEN • FC Chosen: Ian Somerhalder
History: Walton was born the third son of Ser Stevron Frey, who was the elderly Lord Walder’s firstborn son and heir apparent to the Twins for the majority of Walt’s life. Through his father, Stevron had learned to place great importance on the family. Stevron, unlike his father, was amiable and reasonable, and as such, a very good father to his children. Stevron had 3 wives over time and had children by all 3. His first gave him Walt’s older half-brother, Ryman, before she passed away of the wasting sickness. Stevron’s second wife gave him Walt’s older half-brother, Aegon, and older half-sister, Maegelle, before the wife died of a fall from a horse. Then came Walt, whose own mother died giving birth to him. Even when Walt was young, Ryman was already a portly man of great appetites, prone to gluttony, drunkenness and whoring. His intelligence was small and his greed was large; despite Ryman being third-in-line as heir of the Twins, he received no such grooming nor etiquette, and Walt found him rather irritating to be around. On the other hand, Aegon was a half-wit and also of low intelligence, though for entirely other reasons, and so the man became the Twins’ fool, known as Jinglebell for the fool’s crown with bells that he wore. Maegelle died after marrying and giving birth to her third child. For his part, Walt was married off as a young squire, no more than 13, when his half-siblings had been comparatively older. His wife had been Deana Hardyng, of one of the branches of House Hardyng of the Vale. They had three children together: Steffon “the Sweet," “Fair" Walda, and Bryan. Even after this, Walt has retained his youthful appearance, even though Black Walder has given him a few stray gray hairs, as when Walt heard his cousin had bedded his daughter.
Though Walt did participate in the Red Wedding, he did so minimally, and at a distance, raiding the camp followers as he was goaded on by his relatives. So while his hands aren’t full of blood, they aren’t necessarily spotless, either; like Freys tend to do, Walt took the middle ground, the one that benefitted him most. And so he did not die at the hands of wolves but neither did he die at the hands of lions, and so he lived. Unfortunately, his lady wife did not live, though for entirely other reasons. She contracted the adult form of greyscale, which is quite quick and quite deadly, and there was little Walt could do for her but send her a maester and listen to her cries, but he could not even comfort her by touch. They gave her the gift of mercy before she turned to stone, and that was how Walt became a widower. During this time, Walt’s brother Ser Ryman held Edmure Tully hostage in the siege of Riverrun. Every day Ryman threatened to hang Edmure; every day Riverrun did not submit; every day Edmure was taken down alive. For his inability to do a siege properly, when Ser Jaime Lannister arrived, he commanded Ryman to leave the camp at once. On Ryman’s way back to the Twins, he and the 15 men making up his escort were captured and hanged near Fairmarket… though no one is quite sure by whom. Some suspected the Brotherhood Without Banners, and others, like Walt’s cousin Edwyn, suspected Black Walder had a hand in it. It seemed all the more likely when Edwyn, too, passed away shortly after the ancient Lord of the Crossing did, enabling Black Walder to inherit the Twins by the quickest of successions. Walt has never had a desire to be Lord of the Crossing before, but he is fearful of what Black Walder will do to their people as Lord, and now Walt himself is heir apparent. Walt already sees the way Black Walder neglects his new lady wife, Serra, and is slowly considering trying to turn Black Walder’s game on himself. If it was possible, surely Walt would make a better lord—and a better husband to Serra—though it means descending to Black Walder’s level.
Personality: Walt lives in a world of facts and concrete needs. He takes in life in the present moment, with his eye constantly scanning his personal environment to make sure that everything is running smoothly and systematically. He have such a clear vision of the way that things should be that he feels naturally inclined to become the leader at the Crossing. Black Walder is hardly interested in training his new heir, however, and so the two men spend only some time together, while Black Walder shoves most of the actual business responsibilities off on Walt. Walt doesn’t mind too much; he is well-suited to the task, and is extremely talented at devising systems and plans for action. He can sometimes be very demanding and critical, because he has such strongly held beliefs, and he is likely to express himself plainly if one of his underlings isn’t living up to his expectations. Walt is self-confident and a touch egotistical, inasmuch as he views himself the best candidate for the Lordship over his cousin. He is loathe to debade himself by becoming a kinslayer as Black Walder has, but he sees little other choice in the matter. Besides, he feels that Lady Serra deserves better in life than the marriage she was arranged to. In general, Walt is an energetic individual who enjoys interacting with people and likes to have fun. He can be very boisterous and fun at social events, especially activities which are focused on his family, his House, or ‘his’ people.
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