House Greyjoy

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**House Greyjoy of Pyke** is one of the Great Houses of Westeros. It rules over the Iron Islands, a harsh and bleak collection of forbidding islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the Seastone Chair in the castle of Pyke on the island of the same name. The head of the family is traditionally known as the Lord Reaper of Pyke. Their sigil is a golden kraken on a black field, and their house motto is "We Do Not Sow." Members of the family tend to be attractive and well-built, with black hair.

## Recent History

### **War of the Five Kings:**

House Greyjoy is almost annihilated after the Second Greyjoy Rebellion, which results in the death of Balon, Victarion, Euron and Theon. Asha Greyjoy returns to the Iron Islands after swearing to aid Daenerys Targaryen.

### **War for the Dawn:**

Asha Greyjoy leads the Iron Fleet and the Ironborn against the Long Night. Alongside the Farman fleet, the Redwyne Fleet and the Lannister Fleet, supplies, men and food are ferried with rapid speed, the longships of the Isles proving to be crucial. After returning to the Iron Islands, the Lady-Reaper Asha Greyjoy found herself in the midst of a civil war between the houses of the Isles.

### **The Second Targaryen Reign:**

After the rage of the civil following the victory of Queen Daenerys, the Ironborn found themselves lacking in strength and sought to rebuild much of the Iron Fleet during her rule. Being led by Quenton Greyjoy after the death of Asha Greyjoy, the Iron Fleet saw itself grow. However, during the Hangmans Winter, the Ironborn suffered greatly. Resorting to paying the Gold Price, the Ironborn began to trade with the Greenlanders to try and survive.

This sowed the seeds for a second civil war between the Isles. When Quentons heir, Dalton Greyjoy, took the seat as Lord-Reaper of Pyke, the forces of House Wynch, Botley, and Volmark half the Goodbrothers, and Drumm rose up against the forces of Grejoy, Harlaw, the other half of Goodbrothers and Sunderly. After defeating the rebels, Dalton took a Drumm wife to pacify House Drumm.

Returning to the Iron Price seemed to pay off, when the embolden Iron Fleet sailed to side with the Crown during the War of the Four Daughters, when the Lord-Reaper set his lords to raid and pillage the coastline of the Essos.

### **War of the Four Daughters:**

During the War of the Four Daughters, the Lord-Reaper leads the Iron Fleet against the Essosi and fights against the Braavosi. The war is spent mostly raiding and reaving up and down the Narrow Sea. The amount of wealth gained and given to his lords and men results in him being nicknamed "the Kingfish."

### **A Ballad in Blood:**

After the end of the war, the Kingfish spends a near whole year raiding the Narrow Sea and the Essosi despite the end of the year. He eventually returns with a great treasure fleet to the Iron Islands. Despite these successes, his lords are eager for more and more plunder, nigh begging him to reave the Greenlanders. Following Prince Viserys death, the Kingfish is ready to hedge his bet and make his play.

## Traits

Greyjoys are often well built and tall, strong in arms and at sea with black hair and the rage of the sea in their eyes.

## Seat

Ancient Pyke was originally built on a cliff jutting out into the sea, but over time the cliff has eroded, leaving the castle's keeps and towers standing on three barren islands and a dozen small stacks of rock, surrounded by water. The towers are connected by swaying rope bridges. The keep, its towers, and walls are made of the same grey-black stone of which the rest of the island is composed. In the thousands of years the castle has stood, it has become covered with green lichen. Since there is no safe anchorage at Pyke, ships sail to nearby Lordsport.

A curtain wall encloses the headland of fifty acres and the cliffs around the foot of the wide stone bridge which extend out to the largest islet. The stables, kennels and livestock are located on the headland. The Great Keep, the Kitchen Keep, and the Guest Keep each sit on their own islands. Towers and outbuildings are located on stacks beyond them, linked to each other by covered archways where the pillars stood close and by long, swaying walks of wood and rope when they did not.

* The Great Keep is massive and caps the largest islet. It is connected to the mainland by the great stone bridge and to the Bloody Keep by a covered stone walkway. The long, smoky Great Hall contains the Seastone Chair.

* The Guest Keep or Bloody Keep is one of the largest sections of the castle. It lies on its own island, further out than the Great Keep. Its halls are larger and better furnished, with some suites having high and gloomy ceilings. The Bloody Keep received its name a thousand years ago when the sons of the river king, Bernarr II Justman, were slaughtered within it and their pieces returned to their father on the mainland. To get to the Great Keep one must use a covered stone walkway.

* The Kitchen Keep sits on its own island. It lies further out from the mainland than the Great Keep. Dishes include fish stews, black bread, spiceless goat, and onion pie. Ale, mead, and wine are served at Pyke.

* The Sea Tower rises from the outermost stack, which is sheer and crooked. It is the oldest part of the castle, round and tall. The base of the tower is white from centuries of salt spray, the upper stories are green with lichen, and the top is black with soot from nightfires. To get to the Sea Tower, one must cross three bridges, the last of which is made of rope. The tower's door is moldy grey wood with rusted iron studs. Twisting stairs lead to the damp and drafty solar of Lord Greyjoy, which is warmed by a brazier.

* The gatehouse is separated from the Great Keep by the high bridge. The walls of Pyke run in a crescent moon from cliff to cliff, with the gatehouse providing entry, located in the center portion of the wall and including an iron portcullis to provide additional protection should the wall be attacked. There are three towers to either side; the southernmost tower is new, made of a paler grey stone, after the old southern tower had been destroyed during Greyjoy's Rebellion when King Robert I Baratheon breached the walls.

## Family Tree

Descends from Asha Greyjoy and Greydon Goodbrother, who passed his inheritance to his brother, Gormond. Euron Greyjoy is burned alive when his fleet is crippled by Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal, though not before wreaking havoc in the Reach.

Victarion Greyjoy sailed the Iron Fleet to Meereen where he treated with Daenerys Stormborn, who offered him the rule of the Iron Islands for his support. He perished in the foolish attempt to tame Rhaegal with the Dragonbinder horn, eaten alive.

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* Theon Greyjoy - died fighting for Rickon Stark in the North.
* Asha Greyjoy
* Greydon Goodbrother
	+ Quenton Greyjoy
	+ Dalton Greyjoy
		- Vickon Greyjoy
			* Urrigon Greyjoy