"He's a bastard," Gendry said bluntly. "They say the Lord Commander of the Wall is a bastard as well." And our king as well.

"Even if I was the only one of the blood left, that would mean there's no kings left. I thought only a King could raise a bastard. That's how it worked for Ramsay, isn't it?"

Gendry would rarely omit a Lord from the title of his better. But Ramsay was a Bolton and the Brotherhood did not show any love for them. They deserved none. And besides that, as bastards went, Ramsay was even less notable than he was. I have king's blood. He has only a turncloak's blood.