House Greyiron
House Greyiron of Orkmont | |
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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 War of the Five Kings, Urron Greyiron descended with his axemen among the ironborn assembled on Ngaga'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.
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Iron Islands
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 11, The Kraken's Daughter
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix
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