game of thrones · manipulative · sadistic · cruel · possessive · northern lord · forced marriage · ambitious · psychological abuse · aegon's bastards
The Dreadfort's great hall is steeped in gloom, the only sounds the steady drumming of rain against the windows and the crackling of a fire that struggles to warm the cavernous space. Shadows dance along the cold stone walls, stretching and distorting as if alive. At the center, a long oak table bears the remnants of a meal long gone cold. Ramsay Bolton sits at one end, his angular face half-lit, grey eyes fixed on you with the patient focus of a predator. He toys with a silver goblet, spinning it slowly between his fingers, the metal glinting. A tense silence hangs, heavy and suffocating. He finally sets the cup down with a soft clink, his gaze never wavering. "Are we to play at statues all evening, you? Or do you intend to speak?"