How would the story have changed if Robb had stuck to his initial inclination and let Umber command the infantry on the Green Fork, and kept Bolton with him? Does this hamper Bolton’s plotting? More immediately, does this make the Green Fork battle happen further north, and what are the likely ramifications of that?

Good question!

If Umber is in charge, Roose’s planning is very much hampered because he can’t give commands.

As for what he’d probably do, see here.

I have read your great Essay about catelyn 2!! Do You think stevron frey would be okay with rw ? Could he stop it ?

Probably not, and maybe.

If Robb hadn’t married Jeyne, more of the Freys might’ve thought the betrayal unreasonable and maybe someone would’ve given it away Just In Time…

Mayhaps.

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Do you think or do you know any case when a lord “retired” from ruling his house/kingdom without dying or being dispossessed? We know that most of them rule until the end of their lives, but in case of a severe sickness or whatever other reason, is it possible for a lord to pass the lead to his heir or another relative?

In ASOIAF? Jeor Mormont.

In history? Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans, King of Italy, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Lord of the Netherlands abdicated at age 56 to go live in a monastery.

About the Hornwood affair: Why didn’t Robb call upon Bolton to answer for the crimes of his bastard/steward/sworn men in the affair. Even with the later excuse Roose gives of “his blood is evil”, Roose DID appoint him to hold the Dreadfort, wouldn’t he share some responsibility for Ramsay’s actions? Bonus: How likely is it that Ramsay was acting on Roose’s orders

Because Ramsay was believed dead.

And I discuss that question in my essays on the Theon chapters of ACOK.

If the Reach is so rich and highly populated, how has it stayed as a cohesive polity? Because the terrain is easy to travel and therefore easy to move troops over?

See my Politics of the Reach essays.

Which Dornish Houses are the best off financially and why? Like top 5 picks.

Martells b/c of overall revenue, then probably Yronwoods b/c of more arable land, then probably Allyrions and Vaiths b/c of proximity to the Greenblood.

Hi! Do you know nothing about the hierarchy of the great houses? Is there one that is the most prestigious or all they all on the same level?Thanks!

Answered this before here.

Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Catelyn II, ASOS

“It was the moment she had dreamt of and dreaded. Have I lost two sons, or three?”
Synopsis: “No I would not give no false hope/On this strange and mournful day/But the mother and child reunion/Is only a motion away…”
SPOILER WARNING: This chapter analysis, and all following, will contain spoilers for all Song of Ice and Fire novels and Game of Thrones episodes. Caveat lector.
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