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| “ | I'll find another. | „ |
| ~ Lord Walder sacrificing his young wife to kill the Starks. |
| “ | Stark, Tully, Lannister, Baratheon... Give me one good reason why I should waste a single thought on any of you. | „ |
| ~ Lord Frey expressing his disinterest and neutrality in the War of the Five Kings. |
Lord Walder Frey, simply known as Walder Frey, is a major antagonist in the Game of Thrones series. Specifically, in the third season of the TV series, he is the main antagonist of Catelyn's POV storyline and overall serves as one of the major antagonists of seasons 3 and 6 in general.
The head of House Frey, he serves as the Lord of the Crossing who lives in two castles called the Twins in a strong position.
He was portrayed by David Bradley.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He is infamously craven, never arriving to aid Robert and Robb's rebellions until he's absolutely sure that they'll win, hence his nickname "The Late Lord Frey." Tyrion even states in-universe that he never would've perpetuated the Red Wedding without Tywin Lannister backing him up.
- When he gave it to Robb and his men, He hesitates to cross his bridge to war, and even when he decides to let the majority cross, he gifts it by taking a wife from his home.
- With the aid of both Roose Bolton and Tywin Lannister respectively, he perpetuated the Red Wedding. This consequently saw the deaths of 3,500 people, such as King Robb Stark, his mother Catelyn, his pregnant wife Talisa (plus her unborn child), and every last one of the Stark's bannermen.
- To make things worse, when Catelyn threatens to kill Lord Walder's eight wife Joyeuse unless Robb is spared, he kills them both and lets Lady Stark cut her throat anyway, insisting that he'll just find another wife and get married again - thus rejecting the redemption she offered when she promised that they would not take revenge on the guests who had already been slaughtered.
- Judging by Joyeuse's facial expression while being held hostage by Catelyn, she shows no hope of Walder saving her. This indicates, that he is abusive as a husband and definitely treated his previous wives in similar way.
- Perpetuating this event with bread and salt (which is a symbol of guest rights and protection) in the room despite his own grudge against Robb for breaking a promise to marry one of his daughters also shows Walder to be a total hypocrite who only betrayed them out of hurt pride, not love for his family.
- He also mocks Robb before the wedding, forcing Rob to apologize to his daughters and then mocking Talisa's beautiful body. This also shows great hypocrisy due to Walder's much worse conduct.
- To make things worse, when Catelyn threatens to kill Lord Walder's eight wife Joyeuse unless Robb is spared, he kills them both and lets Lady Stark cut her throat anyway, insisting that he'll just find another wife and get married again - thus rejecting the redemption she offered when she promised that they would not take revenge on the guests who had already been slaughtered.
- He desecrates his victims' bodies in various disturbing ways:
- He allowed his men to cut off dead Robb Stark's head and replaced by his direwolf Grey Wind's, by crudely sewing in its place, and then triumphantly paraded Robb's horrifically mutilated corpse are their castle on a horse while mockingly chanting, "King in the North! Here he comes, the King in the North!" as a final insult, even calling him "young forever" and imitating wolf voices to mock him.
- He allowed his men to completely undress Catelyn's corpse and throw it in the river like garbage, just to mock House Tully's funeral custom.
- He leaves his son-in-law, Edmure, trapped in his cell, despite the fact that he is in love with his daughter, with whom he had a child. Later, he also frees him from his cell to be used as a hostage, which almost ends in his death.
- He sends his troops to defeat Bryndon Tully, who is finally killed because of the siege of his city. Since he does not have enough soldiers, he also asks for help from the Lannisters.
- He calls his own sons morons, showing that he doesn't really care about them and only views them as tools to serve his own ends.
- He abuses his servants on numerous occasions.
- He flaunted to Jaime Lannister that they both murdered kings. Yet Walder not only killed a king treacherously and didn't fight at all in the massacre but also drank wine, but he completely ignores that Jamie hates that fact. Jamie rightly mocks him for never holding a sword, even when he was young.
- He mocks his daughters, and when he finds Arya, he is impressed that she is "more beautiful than his daughters" and is not a family member. Also, he does not refer to them in terms of the frequency of their names.
- He also shows deviation towards the disguised Arya, even though she is very young and did not agree to be touched.
- Due to his conduct, he deserved a cruel death. After Arya fed him with his two sons, and while he was shocked by the cannibalism or death of his sons, Arya reveals her identity and slits his throat.
- He was so abhorrent that even other villains, such as Roose Bolton and Cersei Lannister, despise him. This also extended to anti-villains such as Sandor Clegane or Jaime Lannister, so much so that the latter even said after his death that the Lannisters would deserve better allies.
Trivia[]
- Walder Frey is widely regarded both in-universe and out as one of the most repulsive characters in his setting, as even David Bradley considered him irredeemable despite having fun with the role.
External Links[]
- Walder Frey on the Villains Wiki
- Walder Frey on the Wiki of Westeros.
- Walder Frey on the Hate Sink Wiki.
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