Editing Iron Islands (section)

===The Hoare dynasty===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Iron Islands MarinesII.png|thumb|350px|Iron Islands Marines, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The [[House Greyiron|Greyirons]] were replaced as hereditary Kings of the Iron Islands by [[House Hoare]], who intermarried with the [[Andals]] when they came to the isles. The [[priests of the Drowned God]] considered the Hoares ungodly and false kings, which Archmaester [[Hake (archmaester)|Hake]] agreed with. Archmaester [[Haereg]], however, believed the Hoares were disliked for tolerating the [[Faith of the Seven]], discouraging reaving, and promoting trade.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}

The priests eventually rebelled against King [[Harmund III Hoare|Harmund the Handsome]], led by a priest remembered as the [[Shrike]]. They overthrew Harmund within a fortnight and mutilated his mother, Dowager Queen [[Lelia Lannister]], which led to a long war with the [[westerlands]] which left the Iron Islands impoverished and ill-prepared for the [[Famine Winter]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}} Ser [[Aubrey Crakehall]] claimed the islands for himself during the war, but he was swiftly overthrown by the ironmen.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}

It took centuries for the Iron Islands to recover, during which ironmen began to trade with coastal Westeros and the [[Free Cities]]. Only a shadow of what they once were, the ironborn no longer held territories on the fortified mainland and instead reaved in distant places, such as the [[Basilisk Isles]], [[Stepstones]], and [[Disputed Lands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}