House of Greyjoy
The Greyjoys of
Pyke claim descent from the Grey King of the Age of Heroes. Legend says
the Grey King ruled not only th westeren isles but the sea itself, and
took a mermaid to wife.
For thousands of years, raiders from the Iron
Islands-called "ironmen" by those they plundered-were the terrors of the
seas, sailing as far as the port of Ibben and the Summer Isles. They prided
themselves on their fierceness in battle and their sacred freedoms. Each
island had its own "salt king" and "rock king". The High King of the Isles
was chosen from among their number, until King Urron made the throne hereditary
by mudering the other kings when they assembled for a choosing. Urron's
own line was extingguished a thousdand years later when the Andals swept
over the islands. the Greyjoys, like other island lords, intermarried with
the conqueres.
The Iron Kings extened their rule far beyond
the isles themselves, carving kingdoms out of the mainland with fire and
sword. King Qhored could truthfully boast that his writ ran "whenever men
can smell salt water or hear the crash of waves." In later centuries, Qhored's
descendents lost the Arbor, Oldtown, Bear Island, and much of the western
shore. Still, come the Wars of Conquest, King Harren the Black ruled all
the lands between the mountains, from Neck to the Blackwater Rush. When
Harren and his sons perished n the fall of harrenhal, Aegon Targayyen granted
the riverlands to House Tully, and allowed the surving lords of the Iron
Islands to revive their ancien custom and choose who should have the primacy
among them. They chose Lord Vickin Greyjoy of Pyke. The Greyjoy sigil is
a golden kraken upon a black field. heir words are We Do Not Sow.
BALON GREYJOY, Lord of the Iron Islands, King of the Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, Lord Reaper of Pyke
-his wife, LADY ALANNYS, House of Harlow,
-their children:
-{RODRIK}, their eldest son, slain at Seagard during Greyjoy's Rebellion
-{MARON}, their second son, slain on the walls of Pyke during Greyjoy's Rebellion
-ASHA, their daughter, captain of the Black Wind,
-THEON, their sole surviving son, heir to Pyke, a ward of Lord Eddard Stark
-his brothers:
-EURON, called Crow's Eye, captain of the Silence, an outlaw, pirate, and raider
-VICTARION, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet
-ÆRON, called, Damphair, a priest
of the drowned God
Lesser houses sworn to Pyke include, Harlaw, Stonehouse, Merlyn, Sunderly, Botley, Tawney, Wynch, Goodbrother