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ASOIAF fancasting --> House Frey: Jonas Armstrong as Rhaegar Frey

‘You saw them, the arrogant Ser Jared and his nephew Rhaegar, that smirking worm who wears a dragon’s name.’

It’s funny how a bit of beard and a scowl can transform an adorable face into one that I like to think of as this particularly despicable Frey’s.

ASOIAF fancasting –> House Frey: Freddie Wise as Lyonel Frey

Genna, his sister, wed to Ser Emmon Frey; their son, Ser Lyonel.

The younger brother of Ser Cleos, he is clearly just old enough to have wed and to be a knight, but has not yet acquired any known children.

ASOIAF fancasting --> House Frey: Roxanne McKee as Alyx daughter of Symond

“Robb was seated between Alyx Frey and Fair Walda, two of the more nubile Frey maidens.”

With her mother an exotic beauty (I suppose), Alyx was destined to be one of the most comely of the Frey maids. An interesting scenario to think about is the question of which Frey daughter Robb would have chosen to wed if the Frey marriage had gone through after all. With Braavosi blood and her brother a singer, this maiden would definitely have livened things up in Winterfell.

ASOIAF fancasting --> House Frey: Jessica Chastain as Sabitha Vypren Frey

“Sabitha Frey, the Lady of the Twins, the widow of Lord Forrest Frey and mother of his heir, a ‘sharp-featured, sharp-tongued harridan of House Vypren, who would sooner ride than dance, wore mail instead of silk, and was fond of killing men and kissing women,’ according to Mushroom.”

This particular fancast has both a regal, ladylike presence as well as an air of grit and determination on the battlefield. Perfect for the mailed lady of the Twins.

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Random fancasting --> House Frey: Zooey Deschanel as Walda daughter of Walton (Fair Walda)

“ ‘Everyone thought my lord would choose Fair Walda,’ Lady Walda Bolton told Ser Wendel, shouting to be heard above the music. ‘My lord grandfather offered Roose his bride’s weight in silver as a dowry, though, so my lord of Bolton picked me. I weigh six stone more than Fair Walda, but that was the first time I was glad of it. ‘I’m Lady Bolton now and my cousin’s still a maid, and she’ll be nineteen soon, poor thing.’ ”

It’s hard to keep all the Frey girls and boys straight, but it’s the ones with nicknames who stand out a little more. For this fair maiden, I imagine the lovely Zooey Deschanel would fit the part.

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Random fancasting --> House Frey: Faye Marsay as Sarya Whent

“By his fifth wife, Lady Sarya of House Whent: no progeny.”

The line of House Whent ends with three known ladies: Wynafrei, Sarya and Minisa. The last descendants of this House appear to be the current generation of Tullys. With Sarya failing to have any children and dying rather quickly after her marriage, the curse of Harrenhal seems to reign over the Whents in full strength.

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Random fancasting --> House Frey: Melinda Clarke as Betharios of Braavos

“ ‘Behind them both stands Symond, clinking coins. That one has bought and paid for several of my servants and two of my knights. One of his wife’s handmaids has found her way into the bed of my own fool.’ ”

No doubt Symond Frey’s wealth is in some way connected to his Braavosi wife - most likely he made a lot of coin from some sort of trade in the Free Cities, and Betharios might be a trader’s daughter.

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Random fancasting --> House Frey: Ruby Bentall as Bethany Rosby

“When she told him of Edmure’s concerns about Lady Roslin’s fertility, he chuckled. ‘Your lord brother need have no fear, Lady Catelyn. She’s small, I’ll grant you, and narrow in the hips, but her mother was the same, and Lady Bethany gave Lord Walder a child every year.’

‘How many lived past infancy?’ she asked bluntly.

‘Five.’ He ticked them off on fingers plump as sausages. ‘Ser Perwyn. Ser Benfrey. Maester Willamen, who took his vows last year and now serves Lord Hunter in the Vale. Olyvar, who squired for your son. And Lady Roslin, the youngest. Four boys to one girl. Lord Edmure will have more sons than he knows what to do with.’ ”

She’s the mother of Roslin, Perwyn and Olyvar, a late wife of the notoriously awful Walder Frey. She must have been married off to him when he was over sixty, with her probably forty years younger, and she died whilst she still had very young children. Like so many others, her story is tragedy writ small, though doubtless otherwise her life was quite comfortable.

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