Skip to content
Aa
Reading appearance
Browse
Browse the wiki
Books
Characters
Houses
Places
History
Culture
More topics
Images
Television
Chapters
Timeline
Random Article
Community
Community Portal
Recent Changes
Our Sites
Westeros
Forum of Ice and Fire
Blood of Dragons MUSH
Login
Talk
Interact
Interact
Edit
Edit source
View history
More page tools
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Special pages
Editing
House Greyjoy
(section)
Jump to:
navigation
,
search
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===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 {{date|2}} they chose [[Vickon Greyjoy]], [[Lord Reaper of Pyke]] and a famous captain, as [[Lord of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}} Renouncing all claim to the riverlands, Vickon paid homage to the Conqueror.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}} As Aegon I followed the [[Faith of the Seven]] and had been anointed by the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] at [[Oldtown]], Vickon allowed the [[septon]]s and [[septa]]s 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 Greyjoy|Goren]], who succeeded his father in {{Date|33}}, defeated a rebel claiming to be the priest-king [[Lodos the Twice-Drowned]] in {{Date|37}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}} 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.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} 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.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} 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.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Red Kraken}} Aegon III's regents eventually sent Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] to the westerlands to deal Dalton.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Dalton was eventually murdered at [[Faircastle]] by a woman named [[Tess]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Red Kraken}} Dalton was succeeded by his eldest [[salt son]], Lord [[Toron Greyjoy]],{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}} amid a [[struggle for power]] among the ironborn.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} Lord [[Alton Greyjoy]] sought new lands to conquer beyond the [[Lonely Light]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}} 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.{{Ref|TMK}} Dagon was ultimately unable to resist the Targaryens.{{Ref|ADWD|63}} Dagon's grandson, Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]], tried to reform the ironborn and integrate them with the mainland, but [[battle at the Mander|he was killed]] late in [[Robert's Rebellion]].
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to A Wiki of Ice and Fire may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
A Wiki of Ice and Fire:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
This page is a member of 2 hidden categories:
Category:Houses with COA
Category:Houses with words