Orkmont is one of the islands that make up the island chain called the Iron Islands. Orkmont is centrally located, with Blacktyde to the north, Harlaw to the southeast, Pyke to the south, and Old Wyk and Great Wyk to the west.[1]
Economy
Rugged and mountainous, Orkmont is rich in ore, including iron, lead, and tin.[2] It was once covered in forest but the timber was used extensively for shipbuilding.[2][3] Orkmont is larger and richer than Pyke.[4]
Houses
Orkmont contains the seats of House Orkwood and House Tawney.[5] The island also has a branch of House Goodbrother.[6] The extinct houses Greyiron and Hoare, both of whom once ruled the Iron Islands as iron kings, came from Orkmont.[7]
History
Urras Greyiron, the salt king of Orkmont, was crowned the first High King of the Iron Islands in a kingsmoot on Old Wyk.[8] Longships from Orkmont attacked the western shores of the north during the reign of King Harrag Hoare.[9]
Urron Greyiron, a salt king from Orkmont, slaughtered his rivals at a kingsmoot on Old Wyk, becoming the first hereditary King of the Iron Islands.[10][8] House Orkwood of Orkmont helped to overthrow House Greyiron during the coming of the Andals to the Iron Islands.[11] During the rule of the iron kings of House Hoare, merchants and traders from Orkmont were known to call at Lannisport, Oldtown, and the Free Cities.[3]
Following the death of Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, in the burning of Harrenhal, an ironman of Orkmont declared himself king[12] but was killed in the succession squabble.[4]
During Greyjoy's Rebellion, the forces of King Robert I Baratheon conquered Orkmont.[13]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Lord Alyn Orkwood of Orkmont supports Euron Greyjoy with twenty longships.[10] Besides the Orkwoods, Goodbrothers and Tawneys also travel from Orkmont to the kingsmoot on Old Wyk.[6]
Behind the Scenes
The name of Orkmont may be inspired by Orkney, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland.[14]
References
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Map of the Iron Islands
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Black Blood.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 18, The Iron Captain.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses on the Iron Islands
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: Driftwood Crowns.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The North: The Kings of Winter.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 11, The Kraken's Daughter.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Iron Kings.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Reignof the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New.
- ↑ thetimes.com: How Scotland’s bloody past inspired Game of Thrones, March 24, 2019