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[House Greyjoy — Houses]
House Greyjoy of Pyke is one of the Great Houses of Westeros . It rules over the Iron Islands , a harsh and bleak collection of islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the castle at Pyke . The head of the house is the Lord Reaper of Pyke .
House Greyjoy's sigil is traditionally a golden kraken on a black field. Their house words are "We Do Not Sow," although the phrase "What Is Dead May Never Die" is also closely associated with House Greyjoy and their bannermen, as they are associated with the faith of the Drowned God .
Following the extinction of House Hoare , the Ironborn elected House Greyjoy as Lord of the Iron Islands , an administrative region of the Seven Kingdoms , as vassals to House Targaryen . During Robert's Rebellion , House Greyjoy declared for House Baratheon . During the Greyjoy Rebellion , Balon Greyjoy declared sovereignty and seceded from the Seven Kingdoms, but the rebellion was put down. House Greyjoy bent the knee to Robert Baratheon .
During the War of the Five Kings , Balon Greyjoy declared himself King of the Iron Islands and the Iron Islands independent once more, seceding from the Seven Kingdoms. Following his assassination and the election of his brother and murderer, Euron , as the new King of the Iron Islands, House Greyjoy was divided between Euron and his followers, and Balon's surviving children, Yara and Theon , and their followers. During the Last War , Euron allied with Cersei of House Lannister , while Yara and her followers allied with Daenerys Targaryen , who Euron originally intended to ally with. After being set free by Theon, Yara retook the Iron Islands in Daenerys's name. Theon died at the Battle of Winterfell while Euron died at the Battle of King's Landing , leaving Yara firmly as the head and last living member of House Greyjoy.
House Greyjoy is one of the Great Houses of Westeros . Their lands are the Iron Islands off the west coast of the continent. They rule from their castle Pyke from the island of the same name . The Iron Islands are harsh and bleak and the Greyjoys have traditionally survived by raiding their neighbors. They have always had plans to conquer the mainland, as their ancient tradition of reaving and plundering made them dominant in the waters. The head of the house is the Lord Reaper of Pyke .
House Greyjoy boasts descent from the Grey King , a legendary King of the Iron Islands said to have ruled for a thousand years and taken a mermaid as his wife. Like the vast majority of Ironborn , they worship the Drowned God . The Ironborn would never follow a hereditary ruler; instead they would choose their own monarchs from the Kingsmoot.
Balon's daughter, Yara Greyjoy , leads a large force that attacks Deepwood Motte , the seat of House Glover . Theon and his men seize Winterfell, but are besieged by a large Bolton army. Theon is delivered to Ramsay Snow , a major blow to House Greyjoy since it deprives Balon of his last remaining son and heir.
[Daenerys Targaryen — Characters]
The improved Scorpion ballistae seen in Season 8, are bigger, heavier, more powerful and fire much more lethal bolts (apparently with design input by Euron, due to the opening, kraken-shaped bladed heads on the much larger and nastier bolts). These bolts visibly have greater penetrative power and can do terrible damage. They are used to brutal effect against both Rhaegal and a portion of Daenerys Targaryen's remaining fleet at Dragonstone .
House Targaryen's military strength has fluctuated over the last few years under Daenerys Targaryen's leadership. Since the death of her husband Khal Drogo , Daenerys has commanded a khalasar containing only a few dozen riders, less than half of whom are warriors, as well as a single trained knight , Jorah Mormont . During her time in the Red Waste and Qarth, Daenerys's dragons were not large enough to provide combat assistance.
Olenna sits on Kevan Lannister 's Small Council . Mace marches a Tyrell army into the capital to confront the Faith, but Margaery is freed for helping form an alliance between Tommen and the Faith. Loras's trial is held at the Great Sept of Baelor , where he, his sister, and his father are all killed when Cersei arranges for its destruction . Tommen commits suicide, and after Cersei is crowned the new queen, Olenna travels to Dorne and agrees to an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen .
Deepwood Motte , the last stronghold that the Ironborn still control, is restored to the [[House Glover|Glovers. With the War of the Five Kings over, the northern lords are returning to the North and pushing back the Ironborn gains. Balon is murdered by Euron, who has returned to claim the Salt Throne , and subsequently is crowned King of the Iron Islands. Yara, Theon, and their supporters flee on the best ships in the Iron Fleet . In response, Euron orders his followers to build a new fleet and vow to kill his niece and nephew. Yara and Theon meet with Daenerys Targaryen and form an alliance with her..
[Cersei Lannister — Characters]
During Robert's Rebellion , the Lannisters sat out most of the war, refusing to heed the calls of King Aerys II Targaryen to aid him in crushing the rebellion. After the rebel victory at the Battle of the Trident , the Lannister army marched to the relief of King's Landing but, instead of helping defend the city, they brutally sacked it, killing King Aerys and his grandchildren. Robert Baratheon publicly pardoned the Lannisters for their actions and accepted their allegiance, marrying Cersei Lannister in thanks for Tywin's assistance. However, Eddard Stark saw the Lannister action as betrayal and murder, and has not trusted them ever since. Due to the actions of House Lannister, as well as being responsible for the brutal murder of Rhaegar's wife Elia Martell and their two children, this earned them the ire of Dorne and its ruling house, House Martell, in which both region and house made a full withdrawal from interacting with the royal court.
However, following the Assassination of Balon Greyjoy , the Coup in Dorne and the Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor , the attitudes of several major factions changed dramatically. Fleeing their uncle upon his success at the kingsmoot on Old Wyk , Yara and Theon Greyjoy made for Meereen, where they agreed to support Daenerys's claim and provide transport for Daenerys's army, as well as support at sea, in exchange for Yara's accession to the Salt Throne, independent of the Seven Kingdoms. Daenerys accepted the independence of the Iron Islands, provided that the independent Ironborn give up all reaving, raping and pillaging, to which Yara reluctantly acquiesced. Meanwhile, Ellaria, in desperate need of allies, agreed to support Daenerys's invasion. At Varys's urging, she also reached out to Olenna Tyrell , who was out for revenge against Cersei Lannister .
When Robert Baratheon's betrothed, Lyanna Stark, was kidnapped by Rhaegar Targaryen, he was enraged and raised his banners in rebellion against King Aerys II, along with Lyanna's brother (and Robert's best friend) Eddard Stark. They were joined by several other houses in a civil war known as Robert's Rebellion. Robert's army smashed the royal host at the Battle of the Trident and put it to rout. The treachery of House Lannister delivered the capital at King's Landing to Robert. With Lyanna killed during the war, Robert agreed to marry Cersei Lannister in gratitude for her father's pledge of fealty.
Euron and Cersei Lannister form an aliance. En route to King's Landing, Yara's fleet is ambushed and destroyed by Euron's fleet, taking Yara captive. Later he leads the Iron Fleet in attacking the Unsullied forces that have attacked Casterly Rock .
[Jaime Lannister — Characters]
Another change is that Roose Bolton says "The Lannisters send their regards" in the TV version, but in the books he says " Jaime Lannister sends his regards", referring to Jaime's parting words to Roose at Harrenhal. This change was possibly because the TV producers did not want to give the false impression that Jaime was somehow involved with the Red Wedding, which he was not.
Olenna sits on Daenerys's war council at Dragonstone , and agrees to commit the Tyrell forces to a siege to King's Landing. However, when Olenna returns to Highgarden, Jaime Lannister leads the Lannister army into the Reach with Randyll Tarly 's support, and they sack Highgarden . Olenna confesses to Joffrey's murder before she dies. Her death marks the end of House Tyrell. The Lannisters use the Tyrell gold to pay their debt back to the Iron Bank.
Euron's forces kill Rhaegal and capture Missandei during the Battle at Dragonstone , but his fleet is totally destroyed during the Battle of King's Landing , and Euron is killed by Jaime Lannister . Yara's rule of the Iron Islands thus becomes uncontested.
The Bolton forces march along with the rest of the Northern army all the way to the castle of Harrenhal in the Riverlands, only to find it empty, except for the bodies of Northern and Riverlands prisoners put to the sword. In the meantime Lord Bolton dispatches his "best hunters" to hunt down the fugitive Jaime Lannister .
[Battle of the Bastards — Lore]
The massacre, which violated the ancient law of guest right, earned the perpetrators the unending loathing of many in the Seven Kingdoms , particularly in the North. A farmer in the Riverlands , upon learning of the events, states that Lord Walder Frey would be punished by the gods both old and new for it. These words proved true with the deaths of all the perpetrators, all of whose deaths were quite karmic: Tywin was shot dead with a crossbow by his own son Tyrion, which mirrored Grey Wind and the Northern bannermen; Roose was stabbed through the heart in the exact same manner as he did to Robb; and Walder's throat was slit in the same fashion as Catelyn. Ironically, the conspirators' victory became their own downfall. Whatever pacts Tywin had with the North fell apart after his death; Houses Bolton and Frey ultimately meet their ends after the Battle of the Bastards and the Assassinations at the Twins .
The Battle of the Bastards was a major battle late in the War of the Five Kings , fought as part of the northern theater of the conflict in 303 AC . It saw a Stark - Arryn - Free Folk coalition force led by Jon Snow and Sansa Stark engage Lord Ramsay Bolton , Warden of the North , and his allied vassal houses for control of Winterfell . The battle resulted in House Stark being restored to its status as the ruling house of the North , whilst marking the end of House Bolton .
Two years after the Battle of the Bastards, in the celebrations that followed the defeat of the Night King and his forces in the Battle of Winterfell , the Hound and Sansa speak about how Sansa killed Ramsay by feeding him to his own hounds.
The Bolton army appears to be well-trained and well-organized in battle, fighting several battles during the War of the Five Kings . Such battles include the battle in the ice , where Bolton cavalry performed a perfect pincer movement around Stannis Baratheon 's army and completely surrounded it. In the Battle of the Bastards , Bolton soldiers surrounded the Stark army in a shield phalanx, and began cutting down the Stark forces with spears from behind the shields. The Bolton army was also responsible for ending the Ironborn occupation of the North, by recapturing the castles and lands claimed by the invaders. Ultimately, it took the intervention of House Arryn , another Great House, to bring about the Boltons' downfall.