Aeron Greyjoy
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Aeron Greyjoy, known as Damphair, is a priest of the Drowned God and the younger brother of Balon Greyjoy.
[edit] Appearance
Aeron wears a roughspun robe and never cuts his hair. He weaves seaweed into his long mane and beard.
[edit] History
Aeron was an idle and ribald drunk in his youth. He once wagered his ship against a flock of goats that he could douse a hearth-fire by urinating on it. After nearly drowning when his ship was sunk in the Greyjoy Rebellion, he experienced a spiritual reawakening, and dedicated himself to the worship of the Drowned God. He became hard, humorless, ascetic, living as a hermit on the beach. Fellow holy men, called Drowned Men, do his bidding without question, and he is greatly respected by the ironborn in general.
Aeron fears his brother Euron for reasons that are not presently clear. He has recurring memories and nightmares of a door with screeching hinges, which might have something to do with his fear of Euron. He is still afflicted with guilt over the death of his brother Urrigon, who died from the infection of a wound that occurred while he and Aeron performed the Finger Dance, a traditional axe-juggling game.
After Balon's death and Euron's return, Aeron used his influence as a high priest of the Drowned God to bring about a Kingsmoot for the selection of Balon's replacement. He had hoped to crown his brother Victarion, whom he knew would continue Balon's traditional and conservative ways. The plan went awry, however, and Euron was able to claim the throne. Aeron announced plans to try to rouse the people against the "godless" Euron, and disappeared the next day. His fate is unknown.
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