Editing Iron Islands (section)

===The Greyjoys under the Iron Throne===
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In {{Date|2}}, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] led an [[invasion of the Iron Islands]] to defeat the various pretenders to [[Harren Hoare|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]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}} [[House Greyjoy]] relinquished all claims to the [[riverlands]], and Aegon granted the ruins of [[Harrenhal]] to [[House Qoherys]].{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

Lord Vickon was a cautious ruler who did not provoke [[House Targaryen]] and its [[dragon]]s, 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.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}

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 {{Date|133}} by a [[salt wife]], [[Tess]], and a [[struggle for power in the Iron Islands|struggle for power]] broke out between his two infant [[Salt son|salt sons]], [[Toron Greyjoy|Toron]] and [[Rodrik Greyjoy (son of Dalton)|Rodrik]], his sisters and good-brothers, his cousins, and the pretender [[Sam Salt]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} In {{Date|134}}, Lady [[Johanna Lannister]] allied with Ser [[Leo Costayne]] to invade the islands in reprisal and conquer them for her son, Lord [[Loreon Lannister (son of Jason)|Loreon Lannister]], though Lord Toron remained on the Seastone Chair by the war's end.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

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.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}} 

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]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}} Quellon outlawed [[thrall]]dom 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]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}   

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 {{Date|289}}, Balon declared himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] in a bid for independence from the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}} [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]] had some early victories, [[burning of the Lannister fleet|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 Baratheon|Stannis]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}} 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 Greyjoy|Theon]], was sent to [[Winterfell]] to be the ward and hostage of Lord Stark.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}