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asoiaf houses β€” HOUSE BOLTON of the Dreadfort is a noble house from the 
Dreadfort in the north. They are an old line descended from the First 
Men and dating back to the Age of Heroes. The Boltons are known for 
their practice of flaying their enemies.The Bolton sigil is a flayed 
man, red on pink, their words are "Our blades are sharp." According to 
the Bolton servant "Reek", Lord Roose Bolton believes "a naked man has 
few secrets, but a flayed man has none". The Boltons once ruled as Red 
Kings from the Dreadfort. Their land reached from the Last River and the 
White Knife to the Sheepshead Hills. It has been suggested that the 
legendary Night's King was a Bolton.