House Greyiron

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House Greyiron of Orkmont
Coat of arms The sea king's head, white with dark green seaweed beard and hair, a black crown on a grey field
Head Extinct
Region the Iron Islands
Title High King of the Isles

House Greyiron of Orkmont is an extinct house of the Iron Islands. The Greyirons were the High Kings of the Iron Islands for a thousand years.

According to semi-canon sources they blazoned their arms with the sea king's head, white with dark green seaweed beard and hair, a black crown on a grey field.[1]

History

For centuries, the High King of the Isles had been chosen between the lords and captains of the Iron Islands in a kingsmoot. Five thousand years before the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire, Urron Greyiron descended with his axemen among the ironborn assembled on Naga's Bones, murdering all their opponents and proclaiming himself king.[2]

He also made the position hereditary, so at his death the Seastone Chair passed to his heir instead of being chosen. His line ruled during a thousand years until it was extinguished by the Andals that came to the Iron Islands.[3]

Known members of House Greyiron

The only known member of the house is Urron Redhand, who seized the throne by murdering all the other kings on the kingsmoot.

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