Editing Harlaw

[[File:Iron Islands.jpg|350px|thumb|Harlaw among the [[Iron Islands]]]]

'''Harlaw''' is one of the isles that make up the [[Iron Islands]]. The easternmost of the archipelago, Harlaw is northeast of [[Pyke (island)|Pyke]], from which it is a day's sail,{{Ref|acok|24}} and southeast of [[Orkmont]] and [[Blacktyde]]. [[Banefort]] in the [[westerlands]] is across [[Ironman's Bay]] to the south.{{ref|TLOIAF|Westeros}}

==Economy==
Second in size only to [[Great Wyk]], Harlaw is distinguished from the other islands by being both the wealthiest and most densely populated.{{Ref|AFFC|11}} Harlaw is renowned for its shaggy ponies which are used throughout the Iron Islands.{{Ref|ACOK|24}} [[Lead]], [[tin]], and [[iron]] are mined from Harlaw, Great Wyk, and [[Orkmont]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands}}

==Houses==
[[File:Trevor Cook Ten Towers.JPG|thumb|[[Ten Towers]] on the island of Harlaw, by Trevor Cook © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Harlaw is the seat of [[House Harlaw]], which reigns supreme on the island as one of the few families to rival the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] in strength and influence. The Harlaws have five keeps on the isle that gives them their name: [[Ten Towers]], the seat of the senior branch and Lord [[Rodrik Harlaw]]; [[Harridan Hill]], ruled by [[Boremund Harlaw|Boremund the Blue]]; the [[Tower of Glimmering]], the seat of [[Hotho Harlaw|Hotho Humpback]]; [[Grey Garden]], presided over by Ser [[Harras Harlaw]]; and ancient [[Harlaw Hall]], which belongs to [[Sigfryd Harlaw|Sigfryd Silverhair]]. Harlaw Hall was the seat of the family before the construction of Ten Towers.{{ref|AFFC|11}}

The bannermen of Lord Rodrik on the isle include the [[House Kenning of Harlaw|Kennings]], the [[House Myre|Myres]], the [[House Stonetree|Stonetrees]], and the [[House Volmark|Volmarks]] of [[Volmark]].{{ref|AFFC|11}}

==History==
There were once extensive forests on Harlaw, but they were exhausted by the [[ironborn]] of old for use in shipbuilding.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands}} Ships from Harlaw began to trade at [[Lannisport]], [[Oldtown]], and the [[Free Cities]] during the dynasty of [[House Hoare]], [[Kings of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}

[[Qhorin Volmark]] of Harlaw tried to succeed [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] after the [[burning of Harrenhal]], but he was cut down by King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] during the [[invasion of the Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}}

After the death of Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]], [[Blacktyde]] and Harlaw supported [[Rodrik Greyjoy (son of Dalton)|Rodrik Greyjoy]] against [[Toron Greyjoy]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} [[Westermen]] landed on Harlaw when Ser [[Leo Costayne]] invaded the [[Iron Islands]] in {{Date|134}} on behalf of Lady [[Johanna Lannister]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

[[Victarion Greyjoy]] brought [[Alannys Harlaw]] from Harlaw for her wedding to his brother, [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]].{{ref|AFFC|19}}

Harlaw was conquered by King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s supporters during [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Old Way and the New}}

Archmaester [[Hake (archmaester)|Hake]] came from the island.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: Igor Kieryluk Support of Harlaw.png|thumb|Support of Harlaw by Igor Kieryluk © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The [[Old Grey Gull]] informs the island of [[Aeron Greyjoy]]'s calling for a [[kingsmoot on Old Wyk]].{{ref|AFFC|11}}

[[Asha Greyjoy]] visits her uncle, Lord [[Rodrik Harlaw]], at [[Ten Towers]] prior to the kingsmoot. Rodrik mentions that Lord [[Baelor Blacktyde]] briefly visited Harlaw before continuing to [[Old Wyk]].{{ref|AFFC|11}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After [[Euron Greyjoy]] was crowned [[King of the Isles and the North]] at the kingsmoot, Asha fled Old Wyk for [[Deepwood Motte]], bidding farewell to her mother [[Alannys Harlaw]] at Ten Towers during her flight. While at Ten Towers she received word that Euron had married her by proxy to [[Erik Ironmaker]].{{ref|ADWD|26}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|On Harlaw, [[House Harlaw|Harlaw]] had no rival. The [[House Volmark|Volmarks]] and [[House Stonetree|Stonetrees]] had large holdings on the isle and boasted famous captains and fierce warriors of their own, but even the fiercest bent beneath the scythe. The [[House Kenning of Harlaw|Kennings]] and the [[House Myre|Myres]], once bitter foes, had long ago been beaten down to vassals.{{ref|AFFC|11}}|thoughts of [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
Harlaw may be named after the [[w:Battle of Harlaw|Battle of Harlaw]] in northeastern [[w:Scotland|Scotland]], in which [[w:Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar|Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar]], fought [[w:Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles|Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles]].  Scottish history is among [[George R. R. Martin]]'s sources of inspiration.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Historical_Influences/ Historical Influences], June 20, 2001</ref>

==References==
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