Editing House Greyjoy (section)

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===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Balongreyjoybyrvalle.jpg|thumb|[[Balon Greyjoy]], by Ryan Valle © Fantasy Flight Games]]
House Greyjoy is among the noble houses [[Viserys Targaryen]] believes will rise for him should he land in [[Westeros]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

[[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] is still a ward of [[Winterfell]] nine years after [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|1}} When King [[Robert I Baratheon]] rides north to ask Lord [[Eddard Stark]] to assume the position of [[Hand of the King]], Theon joins the organized hunt.{{Ref|AGOT|8}} When Eddard goes south, Theon remains at [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|14}} He becomes the advisor of Eddard's heir, [[Robb Stark]], when he rules as acting [[lord]] of Winterfell.{{Ref|AGOT|24}} Theon saves [[Bran Stark]]'s life when a group of [[wildlings]] and [[Night's Watch]] deserters attack the boy in the [[wolfswood]], but he is reprimanded by Robb for endangering Bran's life in the process.{{Ref|AGOT|37}}

When Eddard is arrested, Theon rides to war with Robb, becoming his trusted battle companion and one of Ser [[Brynden Tully]]'s scouts.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ACOK|37}} He eventually becomes one of [[Robb Stark's personal guard|Robb's personal guards]].{{Ref|AGOT|63}} Theon fights in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]],{{Ref|ACOK|37}}{{Ref|ASOS|45}} He advocates assaulting the [[Twins]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}} and executing the captive Jaime.{{Ref|AGOT|63}} Following the [[Battle of the Camps]], Theon accompanies Robb to [[Riverrun]], where his friend is proclaimed [[King in the North]].{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
On the order of [[Robb Stark]], now [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident]], Theon travels from Riverrun to [[Pyke]] to present his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], with a proposal from Robb that Balon names himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and joins the war against [[House Lannister]]. Although he is escorted to the castle by his uncle, [[Aeron Greyjoy|AeronDamphair]], and given chambers in the [[Bloody Keep]],{{Ref|ACOK|11}} Theon's family considers him to be soft because he has lived on "the [[green lands]]" for a decade. In addition, he finds that Balon considers [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] to be his heir. Balon spurns Robb's offer and declares himself King of the Iron Islands.{{Ref|ACOK|11}}{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

Balon sends his kin to take the lightly-held [[north]].{{Ref|ACOK|24}} [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], the [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]], leads the [[fall of Moat Cailin|capture of Moat Cailin]] in the [[Neck]] to prevent Robb's lords from returning to their seats, while Asha [[taking of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]]. Theon [[harrying of the Stony Shore|harries the Stony Shore]] under the supervision of Aeron  and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]]. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's success, however, Theon disobeys Balon's orders and plans to take [[Winterfell]] in an attempt to prove himself.{{Ref|ACOK|37}} Balon styles himself [[King of the Isles and the North]].{{ref|ACOK|49}}

Theon [[capture of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]] with a small party.{{Ref|ACOK|46}} He takes [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] hostage and declares himself [[Prince of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ACOK|50}} When Bran and Rickon escape, Theon follows the advice of a servant calling himself "[[Reek]]" and kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill, mutilating the bodies so as to pretend they are the Stark boys when he fails to track them down in the [[wolfswood]].{{Ref|ACOK|50}} Theon forbids Maester [[Luwin]] from burying the bodies in the [[crypt of Winterfell]],{{Ref|ACOK|56}} instead mounting their heads on the castle walls.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}

When Theon reaches out to her, Asha travels from Deepwood to Winterfell. She tells Theon that the ironborn will never succeed in holding landlocked castles and advises him to abandon the castle. When Asha departs, she leaves behind only a token group of men.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} Not long after, Theon is confronted by a northern host under the command of Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]]. Soldiers from [[House Bolton]] arrive during the parlay and attack Rodrik's men in the [[winter town]], scattering them in a [[battle outside the gates of Winterfell]]. "Reek" reveals himself to be [[Ramsay Snow]] and orders his men to [[Sack of Winterfell|burn Winterfell]], killing Theon's remaining garrison.{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Naval superiority by neisbeis-d4s8s9o.jpg|thumb|350px|Outfitted for War, by Ignacio Lazcano © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[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}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:MiguelRegodónHarkness Asha Greyjoy.jpg|thumb|[[Asha Greyjoy]], by Miguel Regodón Harkness ©]]
[[Asha Greyjoy]] travels to [[Winterfell]] after it was [[Sack of Winterfell|sacked]] in search of her brother [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]], but is unable to identify him amongst the bodies.{{Ref|aFfC|11}}{{Ref|aFfC|18}}

[[Aeron Greyjoy]], a [[priest of the Drowned God]], has returned to the [[Iron Islands]] from the [[Stony Shore]] and resumed his regular priestly duties. When he learns that Balon, his oldest brother, has died and that [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] has returned and claimed the [[Seastone Chair]], he calls for a [[kingsmoot on Old Wyk]] to choose their new king.{{Ref|AFFC|1}} He rejects the call of his [[drowned men]] that he should claim the Seastone Chair himself.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

During the first kingsmoot in millenia, Victarion, Asha, and Euron all make their claim. Euron is eventually elected king after promising to conquer [[Westeros]] with [[dragon]]s.{{Ref|AFFC|19}}

Aeron vows to rouse people against Euron, whom he considers to be "godless", and disappears.{{Ref|AFFC|29}} Asha departs Old Wyk for the [[Ten Towers]], after which she quickly travels north.{{Ref|ADWD|26}} Victarion continues to serve Euron, and leads the [[ironborn]] in raiding the [[Reach]] by [[taking of the Shields|taking the Shields]].{{Ref|AFFC|29}} At [[Lord Hewett's castle]], Euron sends Victarion and the [[Iron Fleet]] east, to find [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. He asks Victarion to court her in his name and bring her and her dragons to Westeros, intent on using her to claims the [[Iron Throne]], after which he is willing to grant Victarion the Seastone Chair. Victarion agrees, but secretly plans on courting Daenerys for himself.{{Ref|AFFC|29}}

Following his [[taking of the Shields]], Euron has his ironborn sack [[Ryamsport]], and invade [[Vinetown]], and [[Starfish Harbor]], from where they threaten [[Oldtown]], preying on ships bound for the city.{{Ref|AFFC|36}}{{Ref|AFFC|45}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Alexandre Dainche Victarion.jpg|thumb|[[Victarion Greyjoy]], by Alexandre Dainche © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Victarion sets sail for [[Meereen]], from where [[Daenerys Targaryen]] rules. At the [[Stepstones]], he splits his fleet of ninety-three ships into three squadrons. Because of the storms, only forty-five ships reach the [[Isle of Cedars]], their rendezvous point.{{Ref|ADWD|56}} They find [[Moqorro]], a [[red priest]], clinging to wreckage out at sea. After Moqorro succesfully heals Victarion's wounded hand with [[magic]], Victarion allows him to stay aboard.{{Ref|ADWD|56}} Moqorro tells Victarion that in order to bind Daenerys's [[dragons]] to his will, Victarion will need to claim the [[dragon horn]] [[Dragonbinder]] with blood.{{Ref|ADWD|63}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] remains a captive at the [[Dreadfort]], where he has been physically and mentally tortured, and forced to take on the guise of "Reek", the name of Ramsay's [[Reek|late serving man]].{{Ref|ADWD|12}} Theon is released from the Dreadfort to execute a mission for Ramsay. He is sent to the [[siege of Moat Cailin]] to treat with the ironborn left behind by Victarion. Although he succeeds in getting them to surrender by relaying Ramsay's promise of food and safe passage to the survivors., Ramsay has them all flayed alive.{{Ref|ADWD|20}}

Ramsay's father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], temporarily takes Theon over from him,{{Ref|ADWD|32}} and takes him to the partially-rebuilt [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|37}} There, Theon gives [[Jeyne Poole]], pretending to be [[Arya Stark]], away at her wedding to Ramsay in the [[godswood of Winterfell]], as Theon is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has left.{{Ref|aDwD|37}} 

[[Asha Greyjoy]] has returned to [[Deepwood Motte]] in the [[north]]. There, she receives scraps of Theon's skin send to her by Ramsay, who warns her to abandon the north.{{Ref|ADWD|26}} While attempting to flee back to her ships, Asha and her garrison are overtaken by King [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s army, with [[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]] being killed in the [[fight by Deepwood Motte]].{{Ref|ADWD|26}} Asha is taken captive and continues with Stannis's host toward [[Winterfell]], eventually being stranded at a [[crofters' village]] approximately three days ride from Winterfell.{{Ref|ADWD|42}}

Theon remains at Winterfell, where he wanders the castle and at times prays before the [[heart tree]] in Winterfell's godswood.{{Ref|ADWD|41}} During one visit he sees hints of [[Bran Stark]]'s face in the [[weirwood]] and hears it whisper his name, which temporarily restores his sanity.{{Ref|ADWD|46}} He is eventually approached by two of [[Mance Rayder]]'s [[spearwives]]{{Ref|ADWD|46}} who enlist his help in freeing "Arya Stark".{{Ref|ADWD|51}} Theon and Jeyne manage the walls of Winterfell, but fall under attack by guards shooting at them with arrows. Grabbing Jeyne, Theon jumps with her from the battlements.{{Ref|aDwD|51}} They are found by [[Mors Umber]], who sends them to Stannis at the crofters' village.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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[[Stannis Baratheon]] plans to execute [[Theon Greyjoy]] to placate the [[northern mountain clans]], who want vengeance for the supposed murders of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]], although he first hopes to learn useful information about [[Roose Bolton|Roose]] and [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] from him. [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] attempts to ransom her brother, and when Stannis refuses she urges him to execute Theon as [[Eddard Stark]] would have done - by personally beheading him in front of a [[heart tree]].{{Ref|TWOW||[[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]}}

Since his disappearance following the [[kingsmoot on Old Wyk|kingsmoot]], [[Aeron Greyjoy]] has been a prisoner on [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s ship. While preparing to fight the [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] fleet, Euron has Aeron tied to the front of his ship.{{Ref|TWOW||[[The Forsaken (The Winds of Winter)|The Forsaken]]}}