House Greyjoy

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House Greyjoy House Greyjoy of Pyke House Greyjoy.svg We Do Not Sow Coat of arms A golden kraken on black (Sable, a kraken or) Seat Pyke Head King Euron III Greyjoy Region Iron Islands Titles King of the Isles and the North King of Salt and Rock Son of the Sea Wind Lord Reaper of Pyke Lord of the Iron Islands (formerly) Prince of Winterfell (formerly) Overlord None, sovereign (disputed by House Baratheon of King's Landing and House Baratheon of Dragonstone) Founder Son of the Grey King[1][2] Founded Age of Heroes[1] House Greyjoy of Pyke is one of the Great Houses of Westeros. They rule over the Iron Islands, a collection of isles off the west coast of Westeros, from the Seastone Chair in the castle of Pyke on the island of the same name. The head of the family is traditionally known as the Lord Reaper of Pyke. Their sigil is a golden kraken on a black field, and their house motto is "We Do Not Sow."[3][4] Members of the family tend to be attractive[5][6][7] and tall.[8][4][7] They often have black hair[6][9][7] and dark black eyes,[4][6] although Euron has a bright blue eye.[7] Aeron and Asha have prominent noses which are compared to beaks or shark fins.[4][6][7]

History Ancient History

Pyke, castle and seat of House Greyjoy, by Zippo514 © The Greyjoys of Pyke claim descent from the Grey King of the Age of Heroes.[2]

In the era when the ironborn chose their rulers through the kingsmoot, only Houses Greyiron and Goodbrother produced more kings than the Greyjoys.[2] Member of the family who were crowned High King of the Iron Islands in a kingsmoot include Loron,[9] Theon III, and Balon V.[10]

The iron lords, including the Greyjoys, intermarried with the victorious Andals when they invaded the Iron Isles.[11] Greyjoys allied with Andals against King Rognar II, the last Greyiron king.[12]

Lords of the Iron Islands Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, ruled all the lands between the mountains, from the Neck to the Blackwater Rush, at the start of Aegon's Conquest. When Harren the Black and his sons perished in the burning of Harrenhal, Aegon I Targaryen granted the riverlands to Lord Edmyn Tully of Riverrun. The surviving ironborn fell into chaotic squabbling after the extinction of House Hoare, leading to an invasion of the Iron Islands by Aegon to subdue them. After the ironborn bent the knee, Aegon allowed them to revive their ancient custom and choose who should have the primacy among them. In 2 AC they chose Vickon Greyjoy, Lord Reaper of Pyke and a famous captain, as Lord of the Iron Islands.[2] Renouncing all claim to the riverlands, Vickon paid homage to the Conqueror.[13]

As Aegon I followed the Faith of the Seven and had been anointed by the High Septon at Oldtown, Vickon allowed the septons and septas of the Faith to return to the Iron Islands, angering the priests of the Drowned God and many of his pious lords. Vickon's son Goren, who succeeded his father in 33 AC, defeated a rebel claiming to be the priest-king Lodos the Twice-Drowned in 37 AC.[2] As a reward for defeating Lodos the Twice-Drowned's revolt, King Aenys I Targaryen granted Goren any boon within his power to give. Goren requested permission to expel the septons and septas from the Iron Islands, which Aenys was forced to allow.[14][15]

During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Dalton Greyjoy was offered the office of master of ships and a place on the small council by King Aegon II Targaryen in exchange for an alliance.[16] Preferring Rhaenyra Targaryen's offer over Aegon II's, Dalton sided with the blacks instead. Dalton raided along the western coast of Westeros during the remainder of the war. Following war's end, the regency of Aegon III commanded him to cease his raiding, but he ignored them.[17] Aegon III's regents eventually sent Lord Alyn Velaryon to the westerlands to deal Dalton.[18] Dalton was eventually murdered at Faircastle by a woman named Tess.[17] Dalton was succeeded by his eldest salt son, Lord Toron Greyjoy,[19] amid a struggle for power among the ironborn.[20]

Lord Alton Greyjoy sought new lands to conquer beyond the Lonely Light.[8] Lord Dagon Greyjoy raided the coastal areas of the Seven Kingdoms, sacking the town of Little Dosk, during the reign of Aerys I Targaryen. Lord Beron Stark gathered swords and House Lannister built ships in an effort to drive Lord Dagon and his ironmen back to the Iron Islands.[21] Dagon was ultimately unable to resist the Targaryens.[22] Dagon's grandson, Lord Quellon Greyjoy, tried to reform the ironborn and integrate them with the mainland, but he was killed late in Robert's Rebellion.

Greyjoy's Rebellion

Fleet from Pyke, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games Lord Balon Greyjoy, rejected his father Quellon's reforms and desired a return to the Old Way.[8] He created the Iron Fleet and led his own rebellion against the Iron Throne, declaring himself King of the Iron Islands.[8] His brothers Euron and Victarion led the burning of the Lannister fleet at anchor.[6]

Balon's eldest son, Rodrik, was slain during the storming of Seagard. Victarion was defeated by Lord Stannis Baratheon in a sea battle off Fair Isle, and Aeron was captured.[9][23] With the Iron Fleet out of the way, the forces of King Robert I Baratheon attacked the Iron Islands.[8] During the siege of Pyke, Balon's second son Maron was killed.[11]

Balon bent the knee to Robert and swore fealty to the Iron Throne once more. His last surviving son, the nine-year-old Theon, was given into the care of Lord Stark as a hostage to ensure Balon's good behavior.

Recent History With Theon at Winterfell, Lord Balon Greyjoy raised his daughter Asha as his heir.[9] At some point during the past decade, Aeron Damphair underwent a spiritual reawakening after a near-death experience, and dedicated himself to the worship of the Drowned God.[4] In 297 AC, Balon exiled his brother Euron after Euron raped and impregnated the salt wife of Victarion Greyjoy, while Victarion killed his wife to retain his honor.[7][9]

Recent Events A Game of Thrones

Balon Greyjoy, by Ryan Valle © Fantasy Flight Games House Greyjoy is among the noble houses Viserys Targaryen believes will rise for him should he land in Westeros.[24]

Theon is still a ward of Winterfell nine years after Greyjoy's Rebellion.[5] When King Robert I Baratheon rides north to ask Lord Eddard Stark to assume the position of Hand of the King, Theon joins the organized hunt.[25] When Eddard goes south, Theon remains at Winterfell.[26] He becomes the advisor of Eddard's heir, Robb Stark, when he rules as acting lord of Winterfell.[27] Theon saves Bran Stark's life when a group of wildlings and Night's Watch deserters attack the boy in the wolfswood, but he is reprimanded by Robb for endangering Bran's life in the process.[28]

When Eddard is arrested, Theon rides to war with Robb, becoming his trusted battle companion and one of Ser Brynden Tully's scouts.[29][30] He eventually becomes one of Robb's personal guards.[31] Theon fights in the battle in the Whispering Wood,[30][32] He advocates assaulting the Twins[29] and executing the captive Jaime.[31] Following the Battle of the Camps, Theon accompanies Robb to Riverrun, where his friend is proclaimed King in the North.[33]

A Clash of Kings On the order of Robb Stark, now King in the North and King of the Trident, Theon travels from Riverrun to Pyke to present his father, Lord Balon Greyjoy, with a proposal from Robb that Balon names himself King of the Iron Islands and joins the war against House Lannister. Although he is escorted to the castle by his uncle, AeronDamphair, and given chambers in the Bloody Keep,[4] Theon's family considers him to be soft because he has lived on "the green lands" for a decade. In addition, he finds that Balon considers Asha to be his heir. Balon spurns Robb's offer and declares himself King of the Iron Islands.[4][34]

Balon sends his kin to take the lightly-held north.[6] Victarion, the Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, leads the capture of Moat Cailin in the Neck to prevent Robb's lords from returning to their seats, while Asha takes Deepwood Motte. Theon harries the Stony Shore under the supervision of Aeron and Dagmer Cleftjaw. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's success, however, Theon disobeys Balon's orders and plans to take Winterfell in an attempt to prove himself.[30] Balon styles himself King of the Isles and the North.[35]

Theon seizes Winterfell with a small party.[34] He takes Bran and Rickon Stark hostage and declares himself Prince of Winterfell.[36] When Bran and Rickon escape, Theon follows the advice of a servant calling himself "Reek" and kills two boys around the same age from the Acorn Water mill, mutilating the bodies so as to pretend they are the Stark boys when he fails to track them down in the wolfswood.[36] Theon forbids Maester Luwin from burying the bodies in the crypt of Winterfell,[37] instead mounting their heads on the castle walls.[38]

When Theon reaches out to her, Asha travels from Deepwood to Winterfell. She tells Theon that the ironborn will never succeed in holding landlocked castles and advises him to abandon the castle. When Asha departs, she leaves behind only a token group of men.[37] Not long after, Theon is confronted by a northern host under the command of Ser Rodrik Cassel. Soldiers from House Bolton arrive during the parlay and attack Rodrik's men in the winter town, scattering them in a battle outside the gates of Winterfell. "Reek" reveals himself to be Ramsay Snow and orders his men to burn Winterfell, killing Theon's remaining garrison.[39] Characters:King {Balon IX Greyjoy}, fourth son of Lord Quellon Greyjoy. Self-proclaimed King of the Isles and the North, Lord Reaper of Pyke, King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, captain of the Great Kraken. Died from a fall. Queen Alannys Harlaw, his wife, dwelling in Ten Towers and mad with grief. {Rodrik Greyjoy}, his eldest son. Slain at Seagard in Greyjoy's Rebellion. {Maron Greyjoy}, his second son. Slain at Pyke in Greyjoy's Rebellion. Asha Greyjoy, his daughter, captain of the Black Wind. Sent to raid the north; seized Deepwood Motte as its conqueror. Now a captive of Stannis Baratheon. Theon Greyjoy, his third son. Hostage and ward at Winterfell, he invaded the north and seized Winterfell. Styled himself Prince of Winterfell and captain of the Sea Bitch; called "Theon Turncloak" by northmen. Temporarily held captive, tortured by Ramsay Bolton and renamed "Reek". Now a captive of King Stannis Baratheon. King Euron III Greyjoy, fifth son of Lord Quellon, self-proclaimed King of the Isles and the North and raised officially by the kingsmoot on Old Wyk. Called the Crow's Eye. his mongrel sons, born of salt wives taken from across the world Victarion Greyjoy, sixth son of Lord Quellon, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet and master of the Iron Victory. {three wives} (the third one being a salt wife).[7] A {stillborn daughter} by his first wife.[7] Aeron Greyjoy, eighth son of Lord Quellon, once captain of the Golden Storm. A priest of the Drowned God. Called the Damphair. Culture:Ironborn The Reaver's Song by Tommy Arnold © Fantasy Flight Games The ironborn are the natives of the Iron Islands in the Sunset Sea off the western coast of Westeros. They are also known as ironmen,[1] especially by those they raid.[2] The men from the green lands of Westeros also call them squids[3] as the isles are ruled by House Greyjoy, whose sigil is a kraken. Culture and customs Ironborn raiders by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games While it is often believed the Iron Islands are named after their deposits of ore, the ironborn insist their lands are instead named after their people's fierce, hard, unbending nature.[4] The ironborn of old prided themselves on their fierceness in battle and their sacred freedoms.[2] The ironborn are a people of the sea and are loath to go too far from the waters. Their captains are proud and willful,[1] and are considered to be a king aboard their own ships.[5][4] It is forbidden for ironborn to spill the blood of other ironborn, but drowning is acceptable by some.[6]

Literacy remains rare in the Iron Islands to this day; those who are literate are often mocked as weaklings or feared as sorcerers.[4]

Social status Similar to the northern mountain clans, some heads of noble houses in the Iron Islands do not use the title "lord", but are referred to only by their house name, such as "the Sparr"[6] and "the Stonehouse".[7] Amongst his many titles, Balon Greyjoy includes "the Greyjoy".[1] Aeron Greyjoy refers to Meldred Merlyn as "the Merlyn", while Meldred styles himself "Lord" in the manner of the green lands of mainland Westeros.[6]

Ironborn can be looked down upon by mainlanders. When Lord Daemon Velaryon resigned as Hand of the King to Jaehaerys I Targaryen in 54 AC, for instance, it was considered unthinkable to bring an ironman to King's Landing as Daemon's replacement.[8] Prominent ironborn who have greater connections with the mainland are more likely to be attended by maesters, singers, and knights than they are by thralls or salt wives.[7]

Old Way

A Greyjoy raiding fleet by Tysen Johnson © Fantasy Flight Games The Old Way is the term used by the ironborn to refer to their ancient tradition of reaving and plundering. In the Old Way, the ironborn took whatever they wanted, be it wealth, women, or glory,[1] and their reavers were feared all over.[9] Ironborn considered this "paying the iron price".[1]

House Farman of Fair Isle are famous for their hatred of the ironborn,[10] and even the women of House Mormont of Bear Island are trained to defend against ironborn raiding.[9]

The Old Way came to an end when King Aegon I Targaryen killed King Harren Hoare in the burning of Harrenhal during Aegon's Conquest.[1][11] Sporadic attempts have been made by the ironborn to restore the Old Way to the islands, such as by Lords Dagon[12] and Balon Greyjoy,[1] but all have failed. Some ironmen still yearn for its return, however.[4][13]

Religion The ironborn worship a deity called the Drowned God. The religion dates back to before the coming of the Andals, and although the Andals made multiple attempts to supplant it with the Seven, all have failed.[14]

The ironborn believe they come from the watery halls of the Drowned God and that their deity created them in his likeness[4] to reave, rape, carve out kingdoms, make their names known in fire and blood and song,[1] and to hold dominion over all the waters of the earth.[4]

The Drowned God has no temples, holy books, or idols.[4] Priests of the Drowned God constantly wander the Iron Islands without a permanent home, although they never go far from the sea. The lords and peasants on the islands are obliged to give them food and shelter.[4] The priests can wield considerable power over the ironborn.[4] Important aspects of the religion of the Drowned God include drowning a man and then bringing him back with the kiss of life, blood sacrifice using thralls,[15][16] or sacrificing a person by drowning him, preferably in salt water.[5][17][12] Their acolytes are known as drowned men.[6]

When an ironman dies, his body is committed to the sea. The ironborn believe that "no true son of the sea would want to rot beneath the ground" as it would make him unable to find the Drowned God's watery halls.[18] It is believed the deceased can drink and feast in these halls for all eternity,[6][18] with mermaids attending his every want.[6]

Thralldom Captives taken during raids become thralls bound to their captors in service. Unlike the slaves in the Free Cities, these thralls are no man's property. They are allowed to marry and have children, who, if born on the Iron Islands, are considered to be ironborn.[18][4]

Most male thralls are set to work in the fields or the mines, tasks the ironborn consider to be done by “lesser men”, for their entire lives – although the situation in the mines usually results in a shorter life-span. Thralls who are able to read, write, and do sums are instead set to work as stewards, tutors, and scribes. Skilled craftsmen, like stonemasons, are considered to be of even more value.[4] Older women are made into scullions, cooks, seamstresses, weavers, or midwives, although they are not often taken on raids. Fair maidens and girls near their first flowering are most often taken captive on raids, becoming serving girls, whores, or household drudges upon the isles.[4]

The fairest of the young girls taken as thralls are made into salt wives by their captors.[4] In a ceremony performed by a priest of the Drowned God, the girl and her captor were “wed”.[1][4] A man can join himself to multiple salt wives, the number of which speaks to his power, wealth, and virility.[4] The children born from such a marriage are not considered to be bastards, but instead can inherit should their father have no surviving sons by his true, freeborn rock wife from the Iron Islands.[4]

Military

War fleet by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games The ironborn pride themselves on their fierceness in battle and their sacred freedoms.[2] They are a seafaring people, and esteem those who sail the seas, especially their reavers.[4] In the past, raiders from the Iron Islands were considered to be the “terrors of the sea”.[2] They were called the "wolves of the sea" by the men of the westerlands and riverlands, as they sailed the seas in “packs” with their longships.[4] The sailing ironborn are not afraid of drowning and thus dress in armor while in battle at sea.[18] Most ironborn prefer to fight on foot or from the deck of their ship.[5] They are more comfortable on the deck of a longship than in the saddle of a horse,[19] and they are known to lack the discipline to stand against the charge of armored horse.[20]

Each ironborn lord can float about a hundred ships. However, their vessels are smaller and simpler than the other ships of the Seven Kingdoms. George R. R. Martin has compared their size to Viking longboats.[21]

The ironborn also have the Iron Fleet, one of the three most powerful fleets of Westeros, the other two being the royal fleet of the crownlands and the Redwyne fleet of the Arbor.[22] Numbering a hundred ships,[15] this navy belongs to the Seastone Chair[15] and is commanded by the Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet.[19] The ships of the Iron Fleet have been made for battle, equal to lesser war galleys in speed and strength[23] but smaller than the war dromonds of the mainland.[15] Compared to the standard longships of individual lords, the ships of the Iron Fleet are three times larger.[15]

There are few knights from the isles because most ironborn do not follow the Faith of the Seven. Known ironborn knights include Ser Harras Harlaw[11] and Ser Aladale Wynch.[24]

History Antiquity

Ironborn raiders going on shore by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games The most accepted origin for the ironborn states they descend from First Men who settled upon the Iron Islands thousands of years ago. Their Seastone Chair, carved from oily black stone, is said to have been found on the shores of Old Wyk when they first arrived.[4] Somewhat isolated from the rest of Westeros, the ironborn created their own religion based around the Drowned God. According to their priests, the ironborn came from beneath the oceans and are more kin to fish and merlings than the rest of mankind. Archmaester Haereg theorized that the ancestors of the ironborn came from a land west of the Sunset Sea.[4]

The salt kings and reavers who raided the shores of the Sunset Sea in antiquity are fondly remembered by singers and priests.[4] The First Men of the mainland did not have a strong seafaring tradition, so the ironmen controlled the seas from the Frozen Shore to the Arbor.[4] It is said that the ironmen of old had oft been blood-drunk in battle, so berserk that they felt no pain and feared no foe.[5]

Age of Heroes According to legend, the ironborn of old were ruled by the Grey King during the Age of Heroes. After his death, his hundred sons killed each other in order to determine who should succeed him. The sixteen who eventually remained divided up the islands between them.[25]

According to the oldest surviving records at the Citadel of Oldtown, each of the Iron Islands was ruled by two kings: a rock king who ruled the island, and a salt king who held the command at sea. These kings were chosen in a kingsmoot, called for by a priest of the Drowned God whenever a king died. Eventually, a High King of the Iron Islands was chosen via kingsmoot to rule over all of the ironborn.[25] While previous generations usually raided the mainland and then returned to the islands, the driftwood kings began to conquer territory on the mainland.[25]

Kings of the Iron Islands

Ironborn raiders put a castle to the torch by Yoann Boissonnet © Fantasy Flight Games The ironborn eventually declined, however, as dynasties such as the Gardeners and Lannisters grew more powerful. Many ironborn conquests were lost to the mainland, and House Greyiron eventually claimed the throne as hereditary Kings of the Iron Islands.[25][26]

The coming of the Andals brought the Faith of the Seven to the ironborn. While some ironmen converted, this new religion did not fully take hold and worship of the Drowned God continued.[27] The Greyirons were eventually overthrown by an alliance of Andal and ironborn families, with House Hoare claiming the throne with Andal support.[26]

Many Hoare kings sought closer relations with the mainland, bringing the dynasty into conflict with priests of the Drowned God. Since the Westerosi kingdoms had grown stronger, daring ironborn sailors reaved as far away as the Basilisk Isles, Stepstones, and the Disputed Lands.[28]

King Harwyn Hardhand captured the riverlands from the Storm King Arrec Durrandon, greatly expanding the ironborn's territory, and Harwyn's grandson, Harren the Black, constructed Harrenhal by the Gods Eye.[28]

Iron Throne Harren Hoare was King of the Isles and the Rivers when King Aegon I Targaryen arrived in Westeros and began the Conquest by House Targaryen. The ironborn were thrown back to their islands when House Hoare was extinguished in the burning of Harrenhal.[28][29][2] Following Aegon's conquest of the Iron Islands, Lord Vickon Greyjoy was chosen by the surviving ironborn lords to have primacy over them.

The ironborn have been guided by House Greyjoy since then and have been mostly-peaceful subjects of the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and the Iron Throne for almost three hundred years,[13] aside from reavings by Lords Dalton[30] and Dagon Greyjoy,[31][32] although none of them could ever be called a leal and faithful servant to the Iron Throne.[33] In 289 AC the ironborn revolted in Greyjoy's Rebellion, led by Lord Balon Greyjoy, in an attempt to restore the Old Way. However, the rebellion was crushed by King Robert I Baratheon,[1][33][34] and Balon's new Iron Fleet was defeated by Lord Stannis Baratheon.[6]

Archmaester Haereg recorded the history of the ironmen in his exhaustive History of the Ironborn, while Archmaester Hake also wrote of their history.[28] Some maesters believe the blood of Cape Kraken's people is closer to that of the ironmen than the northmen.[35]

Recent History A Clash of Kings Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, declares independence from the Iron Throne and orders the ironborn to attack the north.[19][5] Balon styles himself King of the Isles and the North after the capture of Winterfell.[36]

A Storm of Swords Balon falls to his death at Pyke.[37]

A Feast for Crows Aeron Greyjoy calls for a kingsmoot at Old Wyk to decide Balon's successor.[6] After winning the support of the gathered ironmen,[7] Euron Greyjoy sends them to attack the Shield Islands[18] and the Mander.[38]

A Dance with Dragons Euron sends Victarion Greyjoy to retrieve Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons from Meereen with the Iron Fleet.[15]

Quotes You may dress an ironman in silks and velvets, teach him to read and write and give him books, instruct him in chivalry and courtesy and the mysteries of the Faith, but when you look into his eyes, the sea will still be there, cold and grey and cruel.[33]

—writings of Haereg War was an ironman's proper trade. The Drowned God had made them to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and write their names in fire and blood and song.[1]

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy It was said that the ironmen of old had oft been blood-drunk in battle, so berserk that they felt no pain and feared no foe.[5]

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy The ironborn are a race of pirates and thieves.[39]

—Denys Mallister to Samwell Tarly The ironborn shall be waves. Not the great and lordly, but the simple folk, tillers of the soil and fishers of the sea.[18]

—Aeron Greyjoy to Victarion Greyjoy I had forgotten what a small and noisy folk they are, my ironborn.[18]

—Euron Greyjoy to Victarion Greyjoy The ironmen live their whole lives at sea.[23]

—Aurane Waters to Harys SwyftThrall

A thrall by Emile Denis © Fantasy Flight Games A thrall is an indentured servant, now found in Westeros only in the Iron Islands[1] and beyond the Wall.[2]Thralls of the ironborn may only be obtained by paying the "iron price" (capturing them by raiding) under the Old Way. They are not slaves since they may not be sold and they may not be obtained by paying the "gold price."[3] Unlike the children of slaves, the children of thralls are free if they are born on the Iron Islands,[4] although some ironborn believe the children must be still dedicated to the Drowned God.[3] The children of thralls cannot be taken from their parents until they are at least seven years old, the age when most ironborn begin an apprenticeship or join a crew.[4]

Thralls are used for farming and mining, activities which the ironmen consider unsuitable for free men.[4] Educated thralls are valued by the ironborn as stewards, tutors, and scribes, while craftsmen thralls are also highly regarded.[4] Some ironborn priests are known to sacrifice thralls to the Drowned God by slitting their throats and giving their bodies to the sea.[5]

Some of the free folk clans who dwell in the lands north of the Wall also practice thralldom.[2]

Thralls are forbidden in Braavos.[6]

Thrall's Bane is an ironborn longship and part of the Iron Fleet.[7]Reavers who paid the iron price in antiquity were revered by the people of the Iron Islands.[2] The Kings of the Iron Islands from House Hoare traded iron ore for timber and food when the ironmen declined in strength, but this was seen as humiliating by some and as shameful by priests of the Drowned God.[6]

Aegon the Conqueror pacified the ironborn through his invasion of the Iron Islands, and the Old Way has declined since the Wars of Conquest.[7][8] Vickon Greyjoy, the first Lord of the Iron Islands, forbade his ironmen from reaving the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, with raiders confined instead to preying on faraway places like the Stepstones and the Summer Sea.[9] Location:The Sunset Sea[1] or sunset sea[2] is a sea to the west of Westeros. It borders the Reach, the westerlands, the Iron Islands, the riverlands, the north, and the lands beyond the Wall.Iron Islands The main grouping of the Iron Islands in Ironman's Bay The Iron Islands and the location of the Lonely Light The Iron Islands and the location of the Lonely Light Lonely Light The Iron Islands and the location of Lonely Light The Iron Islands,[1] the Iron Isles,[2] or the Kingdom of the Iron Isles,[3] is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms. The isles were historically ruled by rock, salt, and High Kings chosen in kingsmoots, next by hereditary Kings of the Iron Islands, and then briefly by Kings of the Isles and the Rivers. Since Aegon's Conquest, the region has been ruled by House Greyjoy, Lords of the Iron Islands, from their castle of Pyke.

The Iron Islands are home to a fierce seafaring people who call themselves the ironborn. While some say the archipelago is named after the abundant iron ore on the islands, the ironmen claim it is instead named after their own unyielding nature.[4] It is often said that every captain is a king aboard his own ship, so the islands are also called "the land of ten thousand kings".[5]

Notable houses have included Blacktyde, Botley, Drumm, Goodbrother, Greyiron, Harlaw, Hoare, Merlyn, Stonehouse, Sunderly, Tawney, and Wynch.[6][7] Bastards of noble origin from the Iron Islands receive the surname Pyke.

Contents 1 Geography 2 People 3 Economy 4 Military strength 5 History 5.1 Settlement 5.2 Kingsmoots 5.3 The Greyiron dynasty 5.4 The Hoare dynasty 5.5 Kings of the Isles and the Rivers 5.6 The Greyjoys under the Iron Throne 6 Recent Events 6.1 A Game of Thrones 6.2 A Clash of Kings 6.3 A Storm of Swords 6.4 A Feast for Crows 6.5 A Dance with Dragons 7 Houses 8 Quotes 9 References Geography

Great Wyk, largest of the isles, by Juan Carlos Barquet © Fantasy Flight Games The Iron Islands is an archipelago in Ironman's Bay, located in the Sunset Sea off the western coast of Westeros. They are roughly west of the riverlands, northwest of the westerlands, and south of the north.

The main grouping of islands numbers thirty-one, with the seven major isles being Pyke, Great Wyk, Old Wyk, Harlaw, Saltcliffe, Blacktyde, and Orkmont. Eight days sail northwest of Great Wyk is a smaller grouping of thirteen clustered around the Lonely Light. Some of the Iron Islands are used for sheep grazing or are uninhabited.[4] The islands are ruled from the castle of Pyke, the seat of House Greyjoy on the island of the same name.

The Iron Islands is the smallest of the nine regions of the Seven Kingdoms. Dorne is the least populous of the Seven Kingdoms according to Doran Martell, but it is unclear if he is also including the Iron Islands in this estimate.[8] If seven "kingdoms" were to be counted from among the nine provinces of the realm, it appears that the Iron Islands would be omitted.[9][10]

The Iron Islands are small, barely-fertile rocks.[4] The grey, overcast weather has frequent rainfall,[11] and the seas around the isles are often stormy.[12]

People The inhabitants of these harsh isles are known as ironmen,[5] especially by the rest of Westeros,[6] but they also call themselves the ironborn.[5] They are a seafaring people, and some do not like to be far from the sea.[13] The priests of the Drowned God likewise seldom stray far from the sea.[4] The ironborn are considered independent, fierce, and sometimes cruel. They live in a harsh land and hold no love for the peoples of the mainland Westeros, whom they consider green and weak.[5] Ironborn culture traditionally allows for one rock wife and multiple salt wives, and they prefer to have thralls perform manual labor.[5]

The Faith of the Seven and the old gods find small favor with the ironborn, as their allegiance is given to their native Drowned God.[5] Because of the scarcity of the Faith, there are few knights from the islands; known knights include Ser Harras Harlaw, the Knight of Grey Garden,[14] and Ser Aladale Wynch.[15] Ironmen who often sail to the mainland are more likely to have maesters, singers, and knights in their retinues.[16]

Some ironmen believe in returning to the Old Way of reaving and paying the iron price.[5][17][18]

Economy

Iron Isles garron, by Zach Graves © Fantasy Flight Games The islands are sparse and rocky with a thin, stony soil that makes it hard for the smallfolk to farm, and they often have to do without animals that might make their job easier, such as oxen or horses.[11] While their mines do not produce the precious metals of the westerlands,[5] iron is abundant on the isles.[4] Lead and tin can also be obtained. Most ironborn feel the dangerous and backbreaking labor required to mine these metals is work suitable only for thralls. With so little wealth on the islands themselves, it is not difficult to understand why the ironborn of old turned to raiding. Archmaester Haereg suggests that need for wood was what first drove the ironborn to raid the mainland.[4]

Ironman's Bay contains schools of cod, black cod, monkfish, skate, icefish, sardines, and mackerel, and the shores of the isles have crabs and lobsters. Seven out of every ten families are fisherfolk, according to Archmaester Haereg.[4]

Military strength According to a semi-canon source from 2005, the Iron Isles can raise approximately twenty thousand men and five hundred longships.[19] The Iron Fleet alone consists of one hundred ships which are three times larger than the standard longship.[12] A longship such as Sea Bitch has fifty oars, while Great Kraken and Iron Victory are larger.[11] George R. R. Martin has indicated that the major lords of the ironborn can each float around a hundred ships.[20] The only fleets comparable to those of the Iron Islands are the royal fleet in the crownlands and the Redwyne fleet at the Arbor.[21]

History Settlement

Every Captain is a King, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games Maesters believe the Iron Islands were settled by the First Men many thousands of years ago. Legends claim that the First Men discovered what would be called the Seastone Chair upon the shores of Old Wyk.[11] There is no evidence the islands were inhabited by children of the forest or giants. Weirwood trees do not grow in their poor soils, so the old gods did not have significant followers there. Instead, the humans who came to inhabit the islands worship their own local religion of the Drowned God.[4]

Differing from maesters, the priests of the isles claim the ironmen are not First Men in origin but were created in the image of the Drowned God, and they therefore may have a connection with merlings. Some also suspect that the isles were originally inhabited by the Deep Ones, and that they are the ones who left the Seastone Chair behind.[4]

Most ironborn believe that their ancestors were an offshoot of the First Men who simply crossed to the isles on boats, where their culture developed differently from their mainland cousins.[4] The ancient First Men kept thralls, hinting that the ironborn were also First Men who retained the practice in their isolation.[4]

Kingsmoots According to legend, the islands were ruled by the Grey King during the Age of Heroes.[22] For much of their history, each island was its own kingdom and had its own kings, a rock king who ruled the land and a salt king who commanded at sea. Chosen by kingsmoot, these petty kings constantly fought with each other, and they raided the First Men of mainland Westeros for timber, crops, and thralls.[22]

Nagga's hill on Old Wyk, by zippo514 © The islands were first unified when a powerful priest of the Drowned God, Galon Whitestaff, decreed it was sinful for ironborn to make war upon other ironborn. The other priests preached his word throughout the isles, until the various kings and longship captains convened on Old Wyk at Nagga's Bones for the first kingsmoot to select one High King of the Iron Islands to rule over all. Galon decreed the title was not hereditary, but upon the death of each High King a new kingsmoot would be convened to elect another. The new high kings were also called driftwood kings because of their crowns of driftwood.[4]

The kingsmoots on Old Wyk ended the petty wars between each of the isles, and with their new unified strength, the High Kings began to conquer other lands instead of just raiding them. Under the rule of King Qhored the Cruel, the ironborn brought much of the western coast of Westeros under the rule of the Iron Island, including lands as far as Bear Island, the Arbor, and Oldtown.[6] They were gradually lost by his successors, however, as mainland houses such as the Hightowers, Gardeners, and Lannisters increased in strength. The High Kings came from numerous houses, with most coming from Houses Greyjoy, Goodbrother, and especially Greyiron.[22][7]

The Greyiron dynasty Upon the death of High King Urragon III Greyiron, his younger sons convened a kingsmoot which chose Urrathon IV Goodbrother, although Urragon's elder son, Torgon Greyiron, was away raiding the Reach. Supported by priests unhappy with Urrathon's tyranny, Torgon declared the kingsmoot invalid when he returned to the Iron Islands, and the so-called Badbrother was overthrown. Although Torgon the Latecomer was wise, the ironborn were still in decline and the Cape of Eagles was lost to the Mallisters of Seagard. Torgon had his son rule alongside him for several years, and Urragon IV Greyiron thus also became High King without being chosen in a kingsmoot.[22]

The dying wish of Urragon IV was that the high kingship pass to his great-nephew Urron Greyiron, salt king of Orkmont. When the priests insisted that a kingsmoot be held at Old Wyk, Urron had his men slaughter those who attended, including thirteen other kings and half a hundred priests.[5] Urron Redhand established the hereditary rule of House Greyiron over the Iron Islands. Instead of being called High Kings, they titled themselves King of the Iron Islands and wore iron crowns. Abolishing the system of rock and salt kings, the Greyirons reduced other ironborn kings to vassal lords and extinguished families who refused to submit.[23]

While the driftwood kings were elected by consent of the lords and captains, the iron kings led to infighting among the ironborn, which the priests were unable to stop. The Greyirons faced half a dozen major rebellions, numerous smaller insurrections and insubordinations, and at least two major thrall uprisings.[23]

The stronger and larger kingdoms of the green lands took advantage of the ironborn's disunity to take back conquests on mainland Westeros. For instance, Garth VII Gardener, King of the Reach, drove the ironmen from the Shield Islands and fortified them to prevent ironborn raids up the Mander.[24][23]

Unlike the First Men, the Andals built strong ships capable of fighting ironborn longships. During the coming of the Andals, wooden stockades of the First Men with replaced with stone castles throughout the Reach, the riverlands, and the westerlands, new defenses against the lightning raids of the ironborn. All of their possessions lost, the Greyirons barely held on to power, and the isles increasingly divided into civil wars. After a thousand years of hereditary rule, the Greyirons fell to a coalition of ironborn lords and Andal adventurers, who often intermarried with the natives of the Iron Islands.[23]

The Hoare dynasty

Iron Islands Marines, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games The Greyirons were replaced as hereditary Kings of the Iron Islands by House Hoare, who intermarried with the Andals when they came to the isles. The priests of the Drowned God considered the Hoares ungodly and false kings, which Archmaester Hake agreed with. Archmaester Haereg, however, believed the Hoares were disliked for tolerating the Faith of the Seven, discouraging reaving, and promoting trade.[25]

The priests eventually rebelled against King Harmund the Handsome, led by a priest remembered as the Shrike. They overthrew Harmund within a fortnight and mutilated his mother, Dowager Queen Lelia Lannister, which led to a long war with the westerlands which left the Iron Islands impoverished and ill-prepared for the Famine Winter.[25] Ser Aubrey Crakehall claimed the islands for himself during the war, but he was swiftly overthrown by the ironmen.[25]

It took centuries for the Iron Islands to recover, during which ironmen began to trade with coastal Westeros and the Free Cities. Only a shadow of what they once were, the ironborn no longer held territories on the fortified mainland and instead reaved in distant places, such as the Basilisk Isles, Stepstones, and Disputed Lands.[25]

Kings of the Isles and the Rivers A few generations before the Wars of Conquest, the peaceful King Qhorwyn the Cunning built a strong fleet to deter attack.[25] His ambitious son, King Harwyn Hardhand, then conquered the Trident on the mainland from the Storm King Arrec Durrandon.[6] Instead of relinquishing control of the territory to rivermen, the Hoares ruled both the riverlands and the Iron Islands as Kings of the Isles and the Rivers. Harwyn's son, King Halleck, ruled from Fairmarket on the Blue Fork of the Trident rather than from the Iron Islands, and he led unsuccessful campaigns against the stormlands, the westerlands, and the Vale of Arryn.[25]

Halleck's son, King Harren the Black, ordered the construction of Harrenhal, an enormous castle on the northern shore of the Gods Eye in central Westeros. The building of Harrenhal over forty years beggared both the Iron Islands and the riverlands.[26]

The Hoare line ended with the deaths of Harren and his sons during Aegon's Conquest. Inspired by Aegon Targaryen, Lord Edmyn Tully led the river lords in rebellion against the Hoares at Harrenhal.[27] Harren refused to yield to Aegon and the castle was too strong to storm, so Aegon flew his dragon, Balerion, over the walls and roasted Harren and his sons in their tower.[28] Most of Harren's supporters were killed in the burning of Harrenhal or by river lords as they retreated back to Ironman's Bay,[7] and Aegon granted rule over the riverlands to House Tully of Riverrun.[29]

The Greyjoys under the Iron Throne

Naval Escort by Tysen Johnson © Fantasy Flight Games © Fantasy Flight Games In 2 AC, King Aegon I Targaryen led an invasion of the Iron Islands to defeat the various pretenders to Harren the Black's throne, including Qhorin Volmark and Lodos. Aegon then allowed the defeated ironborn to choose Lord Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke to rule as the new Lord of the Iron Islands, a vassal of House Targaryen which now ruled the Seven Kingdoms from the Iron Throne.[7] House Greyjoy relinquished all claims to the riverlands, and Aegon granted the ruins of Harrenhal to House Qoherys.[30]

Lord Vickon was a cautious ruler who did not provoke House Targaryen and its dragons, and he allowed the Faith of the Seven to return to the Iron Islands. His son, Lord Goren Greyjoy, suppressed a conspiracy to crown Qhorin Volmark and a revolt by a priest calling himself Lodos the Twice-Drowned, and in return King Aenys I Targaryen allowed Goren to expel the Faith from the archipelago for another century. After Goren, the weakened Iron Islands remained aloof from mainland politics for the next hundred years.[3]

Lord Dalton Greyjoy, the Red Kraken, raided the western shores during the Dance of the Dragons, capturing land from the westerlands. He was murdered at Faircastle in 133 AC by a salt wife, Tess, and a struggle for power broke out between his two infant salt sons, Toron and Rodrik, his sisters and good-brothers, his cousins, and the pretender Sam Salt.[31][32] In 134 AC, Lady Johanna Lannister allied with Ser Leo Costayne to invade the islands in reprisal and conquer them for her son, Lord Loreon Lannister, though Lord Toron remained on the Seastone Chair by the war's end.[7][32]

During the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen, Lord Dagon Greyjoy, the Last Reaver, led the ironborn in again raiding the western coast of Westeros.[33][34][3]

The Iron Islands supported the Iron Throne during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, with Lord Quellon Greyjoy leading a hundred longships to fight in the Stepstones.[3] Quellon outlawed thralldom and wanted to integrate the Iron Islands into the rest of the Seven Kingdoms, and he pursued neutrality during Robert's Rebellion. Encouraged by his sons, however, Quellon joined the rebels after Prince Rhaegar Targaryen's death at the Battle of the Trident. Quellon made a token display of support for House Baratheon against the Targaryens, but the Lord of the Iron Islands was killed in battle at the Mander.[3]

Quellon was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Lord Balon Greyjoy, who rejected his father's works and wanted to return to the Old Way of paying the iron price. Balon spent five years building the Iron Fleet, believing that the usurper Robert I Baratheon's reign was weak. In 289 AC, Balon declared himself King of the Iron Islands in a bid for independence from the Iron Throne.[3] Greyjoy's Rebellion had some early victories, destroying the Lannister fleet at anchor and raiding the western coasts, but Balon had misjudged Robert's position. The mainland rallied their support for Robert, and the Iron Islands were invaded by the king, his brother Lord Stannis, Lord Eddard Stark, Lord Tywin Lannister, and Ser Barristan Selmy.[3] Balon lost his two eldest sons in the war, and though Robert pardoned the would-be king in return for bending the knee, Balon's surviving son, Theon, was sent to Winterfell to be the ward and hostage of Lord Stark.[1]

Recent Events A Game of Thrones

Balon Greyjoy, by Ryan Barger © Fantasy Flight Games Lord Eddard Stark, now Hand of the King, advises Catelyn Stark to watch his ward, Theon Greyjoy. With tensions increasing in King's Landing, House Stark may need the Iron Fleet of Theon's father, Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands.[35]

A Clash of Kings Warfare erupts in Westeros after the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. Seeking an alliance, Robb Stark, King in the North, sends Theon, his childhood friend, back to the Iron Islands as an envoy to Theon's father, Balon.[5]

Balon takes advantage of the instability and declares independence for the Iron Islands. Rather than ally with Robb against House Lannister and King Joffrey I Baratheon, Balon sends the ironborn to occupy key positions in the north and declares himself King of the Isles and the North.[36][37]

A Storm of Swords Euron Greyjoy claims the Seastone Chair the day after Balon falls to his death at Pyke.[38] Sawane Botley, Lord of Lordsport, is drowned by Euron for stating that the throne belongs to Theon as Balon's son.[38][17]

A Feast for Crows

Euron Greyjoy, by Sardag © Aeron Greyjoy declares a kingsmoot on Old Wyk as the proper way to raise the next king after Balon's death.[17] This move is made by Aeron to end a potential civil war between the ironborn and to prevent Euron from taking the Seastone Chair. Victarion Greyjoy, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, returns from the Saltspear with most longships of the Iron Fleet.[39] However, Euron is chosen king despite the efforts of Aeron, Victarion, and Asha Greyjoy.[16]

Euron promises to conquer all of Westeros for the ironborn and expands their war by attacking the Shield Islands,[24] the Arbor,[40] and the Mander.[41] Euron offers to give the Seastone Chair and the Iron Islands to Victarion once the Iron Throne is claimed.[24] Baelor Blacktyde, Lord of Blacktyde, is killed for not accepting Euron as king.[24]

Euron sails from the Iron Islands to attack the Reach, beginning with the taking of the Shields.[24]

A Dance with Dragons The castellan of Pyke, Erik Ironmaker, rules the Iron Islands in Euron's absence while he is on campaign.[42]

Victarion leads the Iron Fleet to Slaver's Bay on a mission to gain Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons for Euron's cause.[12] Victarion intends to claim Daenerys for himself, however.[18]

Houses House Blacktyde.svg House Blacktyde of Blacktyde House Botley.svg House Botley of Lordsport House Codd 2.svg House Codd House Drumm.svg House Drumm of Old Wyk House Farwynd of the Lonely Light.svg House Farwynd of the Lonely Light None.svg House Farwynd of Sealskin Point None.svg House Goodbrother of Corpse Lake None.svg House Goodbrother of Crow Spike Keep None.svg House Goodbrother of Downdelving House Goodbrother.svg House Goodbrother of the Hammerhorn None.svg House Goodbrother of Orkmont None.svg House Goodbrother of Shatterstone House Greyiron.svg House Greyiron of Orkmont House Greyjoy.svg House Greyjoy of Pyke House Harlaw of Grey Garden.svg House Harlaw of Grey Garden House Harlaw of Harlaw Hall.svg House Harlaw of Harlaw Hall House Harlaw of Harridan Hill.svg House Harlaw of Harridan Hill House Harlaw.svg House Harlaw of the Ten Towers House Harlaw of the Tower of Glimmering.svg House Harlaw of the Tower of Glimmering House Hoare 2.svg House Hoare of Orkmont None.svg House Humble None.svg House Ironmaker House Kenning of Harlaw.svg House Kenning of Harlaw Merlyn.png House Merlyn of Pebbleton None.svg House Netley House Myre 2.svg House Myre of Harlaw House Orkwood.svg House Orkwood of Orkmont House Saltcliffe.svg House Saltcliffe of Saltcliffe None.svg House Sharp None.svg House Shepherd House Sparr.svg House Sparr of Great Wyk House Stonehouse 2.svg House Stonehouse of Old Wyk House Stonetree 2.svg House Stonetree of Harlaw House Sunderly.svg House Sunderly of Saltcliffe Tawney.png House Tawney of Orkmont House Volmark.svg House Volmark of Volmark None.svg House Weaver House Wynch.svg House Wynch of Iron Holt Quotes Ironborn captains were proud and willful, and did not go in awe of a man's blood. The islands were too small for awe, and a longship smaller still. If every captain was a king aboard his own ship, as was often said, it was small wonder they named the islands the land of ten thousand kings.[5]

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy The islands are stern and stony places, scant of comfort and bleak of prospect. Death is never far here, and life is mean and meagre. Men spend their nights drinking ale and arguing over whose lot is worse, the fisherfolk who fight the sea or the farmers who scratch a crop from the poor thin soil. If truth be told, the miners have it worse than either, breaking their backs down in the dark, and for what? Iron, lead, tin, those are our treasures. Small wonder the ironmen of old turned to raiding.[5]

—Theon Greyjoy to the captain's daughter Men fish the sea, dig in the earth, and die. Women birth children in blood and pain, and die. Night follows day. The winds and tides remain. The islands are as our god made them.[5]

—Aeron Greyjoy to Theon Greyjoy The Iron Islands lived in the past; the present was too hard and bitter to be borne.[5]

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy The Old Way served the isles well when we were one small kingdom amongst many, but Aegon's Conquest put an end to that.[43]

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