GAME OF THRONES FREY FAMILY TREE SERIES

The Clan: Take them out of Westeros and stick them in the Appalachians in about the late C19th or early C20th.Cannon Fodder: As it turns out, pissing off a lot of generals from barely-allied Great Houses is a bad idea when there a lot of well-equipped yous to throw at problems.It was betrayal of such scale and infamous nature that no one in the Riverlands and the North will ever trust them (and their allies) again, putting the Freys permanently on the side of House Lannister-Baratheon of King's Landing.

However, the Red Wedding decisively changed that.

Burning the Ships: House Frey since Walder has never been reliable and they are dodgy and non-commital.

Lord Clement Piper: I'd sooner drink a pint of piss than take the word of any Frey. One listener sarcastically notes that it sounds like the Freys decided that since nobody was ever going to believe that the massacre wasn't their fault, they might as well go all out and put some creative flair into the cover-story. The Northmen and Rivermen don't buy it, but are powerless to do anything since their relatives are being held as hostages. They claim the Starks drew first blood, transformed into werewolves, and the massacre was just an act of self-defense.

Blatant Lies: The Freys' excuse for the Red Wedding.

Even if they were only out to troll everybody else, they'd still wind up contending with each other thanks to the numbers game meaning that they are practically bound to be directly related to somebody they're screwing over, whatever they do.

Big, Screwed-Up Family: And how! The Clan, Dysfunction Junction, It Runs in the Family, Loads And Loads of Walders/Waldas, Tangled Family Tree, the works! They really spared no expense on the trimmings.

Of course, this means that when they get ' promoted' to potential Cannon Fodder in many generals' minds, they can actual be useful in the meatgrinder. They provided more soldiers to Robb's Rebellion than any of his other vassals in the Riverlands and the North.

The Big Guy: To the Riverlands, arguably.

Asshole Victim: In the aftermath of the Red Wedding, many people in universe do not care when people start killing the Freys left, right and centre.

For the record, most of the bad PR that the Crannogmen get ultimately comes from the Freys. The Freys have been trying for centuries to nibble lands from the Crannogmen, only to be repelled by their guerrilla tactics.

Arch-Enemy: To House Reed and the Crannogmen of the Neck.

This comes up often with the conniving Lord Walder Frey, who schemes often and hardly has an ounce of integrity.

Subverted by Roslin, one of the most attractive Frey girls. Many Freys are both thin and chinless, as well as often being described as ugly and weaselly particularly the male Freys.

Animal Motif: Weasel (unofficially, of course).

A Lighter Shade of Black: As Theon notes, all of them combined aren't half as bad as Roose Bolton.

Tropes related to House Frey applying to them in general or to individuals without their own sections. Explaining exactly how, why and by what amount that would be an 'interesting' motto for them should make for a fine essay topic.

GAME OF THRONES FREY FAMILY TREE SERIES

Strangely for a house with such a major role in the plot, their words have not been revealed, even through Word of God, though it is implied in the HBO Series their words are 'We Stand Together'. Their members tend to have a weaselly appearance and their sigil is two towers. With over 25 legitimate sons and countless daughters, bastards, and grandchildren, he brings new meaning to the Big, Screwed-Up Family trope. Lord Walder Frey is over 90, currently on his 8th wife.

Although not a traditional 'Great' house, they rise in power during the civil war, though they are always disliked amongst their current allies. The current head of the house is Walder Frey, with most of his progeny being just as weaselly and scheming just like him, holding intense grudges and high ambition. Their seat, the Twins, is the only way to cross a major river, which has made them very rich. Powerful bannermen of House Tully, and Lords of the Crossing.

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