For this reason, King Joffrey orders the massacre of Robert's bastards because they are his true children and thus stronger claimants to the throne than he is. In any event, since a highborn bastard carries the blood of a noble House, rival claimants may still consider them a potential threat. Instead it is considered a social and religious disgrace. There is no outright law punishing noble men or women for having bastard children. Because the Order of Maesters is all-male, bastard daughters face limited prospects outside of the clergy or a good marriage. Bastard children may also be given over to the Faith of the Seven as acolytes, to join monastic orders or the clergy, and bastard sons may be sent to train as maesters. In this way, a bastard may become the founder of a noble House. Bastards may also take up the life of knighthood in the hope of being granted a place in a lord's household, or even gaining lands and titles for services to their liege lords. Both bastards, alongside other recruits, can become high-ranking officers and commanders for their service, although noble-born bastard sons of lords are favored for advancement over bastard sons with no noble blood. The Night's Watch is highly egalitarian compared to the rest of Westeros, and at the Wall every man is given what he earns. For bastard children to be raised by their father in his own castle alongside his trueborn children - such as Eddard Stark did for his "bastard son", Jon Snow - is considered extremely unusual.įaced with very low expectations for inheritance, many noble-born bastard sons, even acknowledged ones, voluntarily join the Night's Watch to seek prestige and equality. At best, a lord will acknowledge his bastard children (allowing them to take on one of the special bastard surnames), but send them away to one of his distant castles to be raised away from his lawful family. Some may fare better and be discreetly sent funds to ensure their well-being. At worst, they are unacknowledged and ignored by their father and left completely in the hands of their mothers. It is up to their father, if he knows they exist, on how to raise or treat them. īastards are not allowed to inherit their father's lands or titles, and have no claims to the privileges of their father's House.
You're not a Bolton, you're a Snow." - Roose Bolton and his bastard son, Ramsay Snow. Ramsay Snow: " The flayed man is on our banners!" Roose Bolton: " My banners, not yours.
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