[Requiem]

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw Book SPOILER: show Is this Theon stuff from Book 5, or is the show just making things up? I've read the first four books. Kind of holding off on the fifth if only for the fact that the "mass market" paperback isn't out yet.

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In the books, we never get to see these events take place. They are however alluded to, and we are introduced to a certain character at a later date with a name we don't recognize. Further spoilers:

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We are introduced to a character named Reek. It rhymes with weak. Further further spoilers

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Reek has been tortured extensively, doesn't remember who he is, has had his fingers flayed, been castrated, generally treated like an animal by the psychotic Bastard of Bolton, Ramsay Snow. Further further further spoilers

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Reek, we find out, is actually Theon.