Walys Flowers

Title	Maester at Winterfell
Allegiances	House Hightower; The Citadel; House Stark;
Culture	Reach
Died	In or before 283 AC
Father	Unknown archmaester
Mother	Unknown Hightower
Book	A Dance with Dragons (mentioned)

Walys, born Walys Flowers, was a maester of the Citadel.^[1]

History

Walys was born a bastard son of a Hightower girl and an archmaester of the Citadel. After forging his chain, he served at Winterfell when Lord Rickard Stark was head of House Stark.^[1]

Recent History

A Dance with Dragons

Lady Barbrey Dustin believes that Walys instigated Lord Rickard Stark's "southron ambitions", including the marriage of his son Brandon to Catelyn Tully, the daughter of the Lord Paramount of the Trident.^[1]

Theories

Because of the personal items in Archmaester Walgrave's strongbox,^[2] and the similarity of Walgrave's and Walys's names, some suspect he was the archmaester who fathered Walys.

Quotes about Walys

Once he forged his chain, his secret father and his friends wasted no time dispatching him to Winterfell to fill Lord Rickard's ears with poisoned words as sweet as honey. The Tully marriage was his notion, never doubt it, he—^[1]
—Barbrey Dustin to Theon Greyjoy