Theon Greyjoy

Theon Greyjoy is a major character in the novel series and its television adaptation . He is the sole surviving son of Balon Greyjoy, Lord (later King) of the Iron Islands. Theon was the heir apparent to the Iron Islands, though his father favored Asha, Theon's older sister. This was forfeited when their uncle Euron, won the Seastone Chair in a kingsmoot.
During the beginning of the first novel, he is around 19 years old, and currently either 20, 21, or 22 by the beginning of the sixth novel.
He was portrayed by .
==Biography ==
After his father's failed rebellion against Robert I Baratheon, which led to his father Balon bending the knee and his two brothers, Rodrik and Maron, slain in battle, Theon was taken as a hostage for Eddard Stark, who later made him his ward. Despite the circumstances, Theon became a close friend and surrogate brother of Robb Stark. Jon Snow never liked Theon and the other Stark children considered a close family friend, but were not fond of his arrogant, sometimes mean, behavior. During the war, Theon wished to unite the houses of Greyjoy and Stark through a marriage between him and Sansa.
During the War of the Five Kings, Theon pledged fealty to Robb Stark and decreed him King in the North, along with the northmen and the rivermen. To get him a navy, Theon returned to Pyke after nine years to negotiate with his father. However, Theon sided with his family out of insecurity about his heritage and to compete against Asha for his people's favor and glory, he betrayed the Starks by siezing Winterfell and murdering some of its inhabitants (such as Mikken the blacksmith and Ser Rodrik Cassel in the TV series). He also commanded the murder of two miller's adopted sons and burned their bodies to make them unrecognizable. He claimed they were Rickon and Bran punished for their escape, so that no one would know the truth about their survival and that Theon failed to bring them back as prisoners.
However, Theon was betrayed by his advisor, Reek (who was actually Ramsay Snow) who murdered everyone, except women and children, and put Winterfell to the torch. Kidnapped and tortured in the Dreadfort for a year, Theon was broken into Ramsay's half-insane plaything/servant, Reek. He helped clear the Ironborn from Moat Cailin and assisted in the marriage of Arya Stark (in reality Jeyne Poole, one of Sansa's friends from Winterfell). Eventually, Reek broke from this identity and regained his identity as Theon by helping Jeyne escape the sadistic Bastard of Bolton's abuse.
Whilst escaping from Ramsay, Theon and Jeyne were found by Mors Umber and later he encounters his sister, Asha, who was captured by Stannis Baratheon. Stannis plans to burn Theon to gain more northern support, stop the winter and continue his march onto Winterfell and also avenge the murdered "Stark Boys".
In the TV series, Theon returned to the Iron Islands after escaping Ramsay with Sansa. Though he assisted his sister, Yara in getting the Salt Throne the Ironborn chose Euron instead so both the Greyjoy siblings escaped before their uncle could murder either of them and pledged their loyalty to Daenerys Targaryen. However, Yara was captured by Euron when Theon fled, thusly he is determined to rescue her from his uncle after being forgiven by Jon Snow for his past crimes.
Throne Rescues Yara Greyjoy from Euron's Custody, he and Yara Retake the Iron Islands. When he Returned to winterfell and Prepare the Great War. Participate the Battle of Winterfell Theon Died Killed by Night King protecting Bran Before Arya kills the Night King ending the Great War.
==Gallery==
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Asha harasses Theon.jpg|Asha torments Theon and mocks his crown of Prince of Winterfell.
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Marc Fishman TheonReek.jpg|Reek neglected and abandoned in the Dreadfort's dungeons for many weeks, after Ramsay grew tired of torturing him.
Reek Theon.jpg|Reek finally released from his cell and allowed to wear some ragged clothes.
Thrumugnyrroad to moat cailin .jpg|Reek riding in the Neck under a peace banner, on his way to Moat Cailin to negotiate with his uncle's garrison.
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Thrumugnyr reek and the girls.png|Theon after being taken under Roose's custody, resting with two of Ramsay's dogs.
Jump by jubah.png|Theon and Jeyne after Mance's escape plan fails, about to throw themselves off the castle's battlements.
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Asha and Theon you have to know your name by kallielef.jpg|Theon and a shocked Asha under Stannis's captivity, reuniting, with Theon pointing out he recognized her this time.
==Trivia==
*In A Song of Ice and Fire, Theon spent nine years of his childhood in the Iron Islands, and nine more years in the North by the time the story begins. In Game of Thrones, due to the characters being aged up, Theon spent more time with the Starks instead.
*In the novels, Theon never once doubted his Ironborn heritage and always sees himself as only a Greyjoy. He never saw himself as a Stark, other than being their ward. He was also only close to Robb, not the other children of Ned Stark. Even as "Reek", while hearing the northmen expressing surprise about the small Ironborn garrison of Moat Cailin being able to repel the much larger northern army thrice, Theon proudly thinks about his people's fierceness as warriors.
**The TV series changed this by having Theon being insecure about what his true heritage was, which made him be forced to make a choice between House Stark or House Greyjoy, and ultimately calling Ned Stark his true father. In the novels, Theon never sees Ned as his true father, and considers Dagmer a better father figure to him than both Balon and Ned.
==External Links==
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*Theon Greyjoy on the A Wiki of Ice and Fire.
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