Editing House Greyjoy (section)

===''A Storm of Swords''===
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[[Ramsay Snow]] has the two captured wards, [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]], write to [[House Frey|their family]] that Theon burned Winterfell when northmen tried to retake the castle.{{Ref|ASOS|35}} Ramsay is said to be [[flaying]] Theon alive as punishment,{{Ref|ASOS|48}} and sends his father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], a piece of flayed skin which Roose delivers to King [[Robb Stark]] and his mother, Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

[[Balon Greyjoy]] now styles himself the Ninth of His Name Since the [[Grey King]], [[King of the Iron Islands and the North]], [[King of Salt and Rock]], [[Son of the Sea Wind]], and [[Lord Reaper of Pyke]].{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} He sends terms of alliance to [[King's Landing]], asking for the lands above the Neck.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

The [[small council]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] discusses Balon's terms, and both Lords [[Mace Tyrell]] and [[Paxter Redwyne]] urge that these terms be accepted in order to free up new resources for dealing with [[Stannis Baratheon]]. However, the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], rejects them, stating that, since Balon is already at war with [[House Stark]], accepting the terms will not give them an additional benefit.{{Ref|ASOS|19}} Tywin considers both Balon, whose wife [[Alannys Harlaw|Alannys]] is elderly and failing, and Theon as potential new husbands for his daughter, the widowed Dowager Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. However, he is uncertain about an alliance with the Iron Islands, while Cersei objects to Theon.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

Balon dies in a fall from Pyke while crossing a bridge during a storm.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|54}} Balon's younger brother, [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]], returns from his exile the next day, claiming the [[Seastone Chair]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}} Lord [[Sawane Botley]] objects to Euron's actions and insists that Theon is Balon's heir, but Euron has Sawane drowned.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

Roose Bolton convinces Robb to spare Theon's life until the succession to the Iron Islands is resolved, as Theon is Balon's only remaining son.{{Ref|ASOS|49}}