The Unluckiest House in Game of Thrones History 

I want to be like Gyles shows up, ruins economy, coughs, dies

You failed to note the potential candidacy of Bronn for seizing Rosby. Lollys Stokeworth has a claim on Rosby, and given Bronn's willingness to resort to violence for advancement, he might pursue it. Personally, I believe he'll seize control of Rosby amid the Kingslanding crisis, following Kevan's demise, ultimately pledging allegiance to Aegon. He might even be the one to rebuff Cersei or Margery's entry.

“Tyrek Lannister even if a horse could potentially be a ward” I love how far the horse thing got 😂

You say Rosby is not in the show at all, but actually in Season 1 Episode 8 The Pointy End, Sansa briefly addresses Lord Gyles by his first name before she's about to plead that Joffrey spare Ned's life. I don't blame you, it's a blink and you miss it moment, but I was watching the show with friends who haven't seen it before and popped off at the mention of Gyles Rosby. That episode is now in contention as my favorite of the series for how uniquely it feels like everything was ripped straight out of the book with basically no alterations. No surprise that was Martin's episode for the season.

The muster on their arms is called ermine. It can have some really crazy forms and is quite prominent in heraldry, where it is classified as a fur. The animal it derives from is also quite damn cute, named ermine or stoat.

Tbf whenever there’s a dispute over the iron throne, rosby/stokeworth always go like “I support the current thing” and support whoever controls the capital

Houses like Rosby and Stokeworth and others in the crownlands reall had it bad in the Dance of the Dragons first they fullfill their oaths and suport Rhaenyra only to face the choice between geting burned by Vhagar or submitting to Aegon, then the green dragons leave and Rhaenyra's dragons arrive and they face the same choice again only to be punished by Rhaenyra for not wanting to burn, the greens then return and punish them again for trying to look out for the survival of their families and submiting to Rhaenyra, no matter what they did they were just doomed to get the short end of the stick.

Mixing in D&D lingo in an asoiaf vid...GRRM would approve. Fun Heraldry Fact: The "arrows" are called "Chevrons" and as others have mentioned the white fur with black flecks is Ermine which is used as trim on many forms of royal clothing, especially among the Brits, it seems. They're basically just a white, "Mink", a glorified weasel. Cheers!

Isn't Roslin Frey a Rosby/Frey? This could give Edmure Tully, or the child of Edmure and Roslin, a claim on Rosby.

In crusader kings 2, the agot mod with the bloodline submods makes them a very funny match with the Freys, because if you sum up their respective bloodlines bonuses, you get a noticeable increase in tax revenues, so they are nothing to scoff at in terms of magical eugenics programs. XD

Sometimes I get surprised by George's overlooking of certain things. He's spent so much time world building in Essos, but overlooks Rosby succession like its nothing, he even kills Gyles and writes that detail about his world. Wouldn't House Rosby, a thousands year old house, going extinct be much more of an issue and plot point, especially with a childless Gyles being a staple in Storm and Dance? Oh well.

The things you call tree things on the symbol is actually ermine, a little ferret thing which is also why you see kings wearing white fur with black dots

Robb's frey squire is the ward he's also gonna turn away cersei in WOW .Rosby is his uncle. The Squire (robb's) was squired/warded with rosby for 10 years there.

The pattern on the sigil is called ermine, after the animal, which has white fur with a black tip on its tail. When a cloak is made from the fur the tail is left as a little tassel (you quite often see it worn by royals) creating the pattern. The black bits in heraldry can vary in design, but what you see in the Rosby sigil seems to be the most common. :)

The Rosby "crest" or arms are actually among the most historically accurate in the series. The little black things are a heraldic fur called ermine which is very common and was, for example, featured on the coat of arms of the Dukes of Brittany in medieval France. The three red things are chevrons. Historically, they tended to be going upwards and not downwards, but this existed too.

Rosby is in the show: he as one line of dialogue to Sansa in season 1

Kinda funny that if Aegon's conquest of Dorne had succeeded Rosbys would have become one of the great houses of Westeros.

The “tree and cross patterns” are how heraldry depicts the texture of fur, in particular the black on white is the fur of the ermine/stoat, a relative of the weasel

Do you think there may be any deeper meaning to quentyn being called frog and meria martell being called the toad of dorne or is it maybe just a fun reference?

Gyles actually appears in AGOT where he coughs at court. Also, his funniest moment is when, at the Blackwater, he drinks so much in Maegor’s Holdfast that he passes out in a bread trencher (a plate-like thing) and Cersei is disgusted by it.

The Rosbys getting stiffed over by both sides in the dance just made think about Hitchcock and Scully not getting picked for the Halloween heist, and now all I can think is how it'd go if they did the whole draft pick. Also, the cross thingies on their coat of arms are called ermines

Really good video. Definitely earned a like. And I agree with other comments mentioning Bronn. He is extremely ambitious and is looking beyond his station. Rosby would be a great stronghold from which to build his air of legitimacy

I quite like the rosby's, their arms are based on real life heraldic imagery which I find both simple yet pleasing and interesting (i just really like ermine) but they are also interesting to me because despite being small and relatively minor compared to the great houses they still are able to maintain relevancy through their close proximity and good politcking so they keep popping up in westerosi history in secondary yet still important roles

I'm still reeling that I flukily guessed this right in the stream! Good video!

"If a horse can be a ward." What dark magic hath Glimbo cast upon this community?

Everytime I see the name Rosby I think of roast beef. Don't know why.

Interesting video, I had never given much thought to House Rosby other than to Gyles' cough and his relationship with Cersei

Ur keeping ASOIAF theory crafting INTERESTING!

That pattern on the white of their sigil is called ermine

The "tree cross patterns" are what is known as a fur in blazonry. There are several different types. This particular one is called ermine as it is supposed to resemble the fur of an ermine [stoat-like creature] in a highly stylized way, and the "arrows" are called chevronels .

I heavily champion the Olyvar being the Rosby ward theory

I thought the mystery ward was Bronn, but he’s in Stokeworth not Rosby. So now you really got me wondering 🤔

Rosby and Celtigar definitely get the "Ted Mosby" treatment (scrubs reference)

2:45 House Rosby been real quite ever since Lord Rosby dropped

"Live a thrall or die a king, if you dont take the leap, you will never know." - The Goat

The pattern is ermine, it represents the fur of stoats. It was associated with wealth as it was (is) very expensive, as not only its high quality, but you need a lot of the critters to make a single cloak. The flag of Brittanny, now a province of France but in the Middle ages an independent duchy, uses it.

I love when you talk about the many different minor houses

Three Chevronels red on Ermine: Rosby sigil.

splendid!

I don’t believe GRRM did nothing this last year, simply he keeps rewriting the same POVs over and over again, which could be more disappointing because he doesn’t know where he wants to go.

We will all be long gone from this earth by the time good ol’ George get this series finished. I am about to jump in a finish them up for him. Can’t be worse than the show finale.

Ermines are found on ducal and royal robes and attire constantly

I do this when playing CK3AGOT. I always kill all of the brackens and take their titles when they rebel, but will let the blackwoods take the black.

The best "pls subscribe" I have heard yet😂

"A Picture of Health"! 😂😂😂

I like how Cersei is constantly aware that Gyles will die of poor health, and then when he dies she suspects he might have been murdered.

We need a Stokeworth video

I love that his world is so expansive and free developing he has opinions and biases against houses and characters lol

Bronn, i see him working that claim his wofe has on the Rosby lands, considering he is already the lord of the neighbouring Stokeworth lands he could turn himself into one of the most significant lords in the whole crownlands. Would end up controlling 1/3 of the entire food supply for Kings Landing

Anybody else hate the Rosby Sigil? It’s just Three Red Arrows, if you can call them that, like you could pick anything, a fierce animal, a mythical creature, hell they provide food to the King’s Landing, maybe they could have a carrot 🥕 or Corn 🌽 and instead it’s just three lines. To be fair their Sigil is better than House Hasty and House Chyttering, at least it has the ermine.

The black things on white on the rosby heraldry is called an ermine pattern. It's meant to evoke the pattern on an cloak made out of stoat winter fur and is historically associated with the region of Britanny, That is to say "the horn" of france.

I can get Rosby’s cough? Well I’m gonna subscribe!

On a sidenote considering your d and d background what are your thoughts on baldurs gate

I have a feeling that the children of house frey by the rosby wife of Walder Frey will all die by the ends of winds of winter. Olyvar may very well likely have been murdered for his refusal of the plot as while Walder is not a kinslayer we know many of his sons and family are rather too eager to eliminate any obstacles and move up the inheritance ladder. Walder doesn't know everything his family does, and we know that big walder killed his cousin. And between the golden company, dragon queen and the vengeful north some of whom definitely remember him, he's gonna die. Roslin is the daughter of Walder, and many in the riverlands and north will hate her for this, and the brotherhood without banners is plotting something, and we know Stoneheart hates frey's so imagine her reaction to the woman who was the bride at the wedding where she lost her last known son and daughter of the traitor. Plus she knew of the plot, not good. Perwyn and benfred are young, and age doesn't save you, stoneheart and the wolf pack under Nymeria are more then likely planning a trip to the twins or riverrun. Also, they are likely now squires for other lords, and the crownlands are not safe at all with them threatened with invasion from Aegon, the faith, cersei plotting and daenarys coming, so in war they can easily perish. The maester is old, and in sackings the old die easily.

Funny how House Rosby is basically the Brittany flag plus 3 red arrows

At least they aren’t House Darry Edit: Nevermind, the Rosbys have it worse

Gyles little toon is seriously making me wanna puke.

OT: A history channel I watch once had a GRRM-not-finishing-WoW joke. Now, when you think of it, a history nerd *would* be likely to read ASOIAF (and now that I think of it, the fact that I follow history channels as well as fantasy ones shows there's a lot of crossover), but it still shows that this has become a cultural meme. It may even become Martin's most enduring legacy unless he actually finishes his most famous work. I mean, are Gen Alphas and whatever-we-decide-to-call-the-next-cohorts likely to pick up the first book of a gargantuan series that ends on a cliffhanger?

I'll subscribe, soley based on the Tyrek was a horse line. Betrays you've got good tastes.

I like the theory that the ward is Robb Stark's squire

1:55 can anyone provide some insight on this particular art style here? Part of me wants to call it "deviant art style," but that feels a bit inaccurate so I would appreciate it if anyone had something more concrete

Even house stockworth is looked down upon even though they are both noble houses

1:53 me with my 2hp wizard

Well for the sake of my health I guess I must subscribe 🤷‍♀️

I kinda wish the other Crownland houses have more appearance

Kinda like Robb killing Karstark with Rhaenerya killing Rosby in a way

I think the freys will inherit the rosby lands, the weasels can be criticized by their low means but they get all the right marriages and by the end george will be in trouble to kill all the frey infestation across westeros😂

Those "trees" are called ermine in heraldry, its supposed to be stoat fur

I think their sigil is a field of wheat, black on grey with red chevrons.

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How wild would it be if the ward was Reahnys

Fun fact this sigil the coat of arms of duchy of brittany. With red clickbait things. 😂

I have to say I disagree about the Blackwood and Bracken thing. GRRM loves to give us another bit of information that reverses opinions on the information we already had and I think in the end we'll see that with this little feud. I think we kind of have the information already though. The Blackwoods came from up north and were driven out by the Starks. They came south and established themselves at the court of a Bracken King and then usurped them. The Brackens going to have been the kings of the red fork and with a red stallion on there logo that seems to jive too. My head canon is that the Blackwood that came south was a skinchanger and that's made himself useful to the king of the red fork and then naturally took up residence near that giant weirwood tree.

Yeah, Tyrion -the-dwarf-with-no-nose- Lannister is pretty fortunate, huh?

It's not a trees it's the symbol of britanny, an hermin. The motto of britanny "better dead than soiled"

I mean, out of the people killed at Sunspear lord Jon Rosby had the easiest death.

Cersei being such a predatory menace

You can’t tell me house rosby is unluckier than house stokeworth 😭

I thought House Pyke was George's most hated house? 😂

How do we know that grrm didn’t write this year?

He obviously hates house stark. He's killed them the most

Didn't GRRM say he loves righting Victarion? He can't kill the squid because he's too fun to write. Maybe you were right in the beginning of the video, maybe GRRM has too much fun screwing the Rosbys over.

Olyvar Frey is the ward at Rosby. He will end up with house rosby

DOR-UN. I swear to god Quinn

I'd say the Stockkworths are hated even more

It’s ermine my bro

GRRM hates the Starks also pls first Ned, Robb, Cat 😢

Literally no evidence for Rosbys’ being sickly and frail only Gyles since all the others or at least the ones in Fire and Blood don’t seem to be being knights

Algormancy

Grrm hates the Starks I heard him say it

1:15 This is called an ermine

Why did you make that horse joke about Tyrek?

The Lamenters house

Weirwood colors

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He's also not really good with the Brackens, and that always annoyed me.

House Deddings is his most hated house

1:17 these black things are supposed to represent ermines

I liked Gyles 😢😢😢

Rosby shield = harvested wheat