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The Iron Islands are a group of islands located west of the continent of Westeros, the seven main islands of which are Pike Island, Great Wick Island, Old Wake Island, Harlow Island, Salt Cliff Island, Kuroshio Island and Oak Island. There are about twenty other small islands in the middle of these seven main islands, and in addition, in the sea eight days northwest of Greatwick Island, there is a group of islands dominated by Lone Lantern Castle, the westernmost part of the known world.
The Iron Islands are poor in land and resources, and the minerals are not very valuable iron. However, I am more inclined to believe that the name "Iron Islands" comes from the character of the people who live here.
This is a fierce pirate nation, people do not cultivate, specializing in plundering. The so-called one side of the water and soil to support the other side, the harsh natural environment has created the iron people's perseverance and indomitable character. "Iron People" is what the land dwellers call them, and they themselves call themselves "Iron Race"; they are often very dismissive of the inhabitants of the "Green Land", believing that these people are weak in temperament.
There is no trace of the Children of the Forest living in the Iron Islands. The Iron People believed in the God of Drowning, and they did not consider themselves to be descendants of the ancestors, but were created by the God of Drowning in their own image.
In ancient times, the kings of the Iron People were divided into the Rock King, who ruled over the land, and the Sea Salt King, who ruled the sea. Similar to the history of the mainland, when the powerful people on each island established themselves as kings and then fought against each other. Finally, one day, the people of insight among the iron people proposed that the iron people should unite and become a unified country.
The King-Elect meeting was thus convened, and the Iron People, in a relatively more democratic way, elected their "Supreme King" from the various island kings, pirate kings, and even captains.
The Grey Sea King is the oldest legendary King of the Iron Republic, and the Greyjoy family claims to be descendants of the Grey Sea King. The legendary king killed the sea dragon Naga, the bones of the Naga turned into fossils, and people built the Grey Sea King Hall here, where the king selection meeting was held.
Grey Sea King
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The Greyjoy family crest is a golden sea monster on a black background, and their language is "plunder is better than hard work". This family has always been a powerful nobleman in the Iron Islands, but in the era of the King Selection Society, their king selection results were slightly inferior to those of the Grey Ayn and The Cooper family.
The era of the Electoral Council was ended by the "Blood Hand" Uren Grey Ayn. This happened four or five thousand years ago. Bloody Hands slaughtered their rivals at the King Selection Conference, and the title of "King of the Iron Islands" was inherited from the Grey Ayne family.
We know that according to the logical pattern of ice and fire, there is generally retribution for doing this kind of thing. Grey's retribution came a little late, but it was thorough enough: when the Andals invaded, the Hall family (the black-hearted Herren family) united with some Iron Island nobles (including Greyjoy), as well as Andal mercenaries, to overthrow the grey'ain family's millennia-long rule and wipe it out.
The Hall family ascended to the throne, but their marriage to the Andals, allowing the Belief of the Seven Gods to spread into the Iron Islands, and later not even following the ancient path, advocating trade and prohibiting plunder, undoubtedly greatly violated the interests of most iron species and desecrated the gods. - Well, his family is extinct in the blackheart Herron generation anyway.
Herrenberg
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It is said that when the Dragon Taizu Yi Geng burned Herrenberg and destroyed the black heart Heron, he then pacified the Iron Islands. But for this place where birds do not lay eggs, Igen is not very impressed. So Egon let the defeated Iron People elect themselves, and the result of the election was that Viken Greyjoy of the Sea Monster Family stood out and became the ruler of the Iron Islands. Since then, Greyjoy has sworn allegiance to the Iron Throne.
However, the Iron People have never been very peaceful, and there are many people in the Iron Islands who covet the position of sea stone. In the first half of the Targaryen dynasty, the Greyjoys surrendered to the targaryens with dragons, careful not to "awaken the wrath of the sleeping dragons".
Greyjoy's family crest
During the reign of Inis I, the son of Egon, some people in the Iron Islands claimed to be the living priest King Rhodes and rebelled. But Gwen Greyjoy quickly quelled the rebellion and sacrificed the rebels' heads.
At that time, Inis I was in a state of dismay due to rebellions everywhere, and seeing the Iron Islands rebellion quelled, he could not help but be overjoyed, and let Ge En ask for a reward at will. As a result, Gern demanded the complete expulsion of the Church of the Seven Gods from the Iron Islands, and the king lifted a stone and dropped it on his own feet, greatly angering the church. Gryjoy used this to further consolidate his rule.
By the time of the Blood Dragon Dance, The Red Sea Monster Dalton Greyjoy nominally supported the Black Party Queen Renilla, but in fact only to pull a pretext for himself to send troops to plunder the Western Realm (Lannis Special Effect Loyal Green Party). It's also interesting to say: both the Black and Green parties tried their best to win Greyjoy's support, but the Greens themselves lacked naval power, and the Black Party had the most powerful Fleet of Valerian at the time. So for the Red Sea Monsters, joining the Greens meant leading the Iron Fleet around half the continent to fight Valerian, while joining the Black Party was cost-effective, as long as it was close to the west. ——So how to choose is still needed to say?
It's a pity that this Red Sea Monster doesn't know how to receive it when it's good. The Dragon Family Civil War no one can take care of you, fiercely grab a vote or not hurry to leave? Unexpectedly, the Red Sea Monster was dizzy, the Blood Dragon Dance was over, and he still wanted to occupy the territory he had stolen by fire, which attracted the Valerian fleet.
But he didn't die at the hands of Valerian either. It is said that a girl who was occupied by him cut his throat while he was sleeping, and the girl then committed suicide by jumping into the sea. As a result, the Iron Islands once again fell into civil strife, and the western region also took the opportunity to send troops to the island to retaliate.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > sea monsters in the ice and fire canon</h1>
King Balon ,—— let me say that he is famous for his rebellion, but the actual level is really not good.
His father, Coron Greyjoy, was a bit of a long-term vision, and Colen had worked to integrate the Iron Islands with the mainland. However, after Baron came to power, he completely overthrew the old father's set.
Baron's rebellion was also quite a failure. At the beginning of Robert Baratheon's reign, the queen was Lannister, the prime minister was Erin, the sea minister was his brother Stannis, and the old Iron Nyder Stark sat in the north, which was the period of unprecedented unity between the major families and Robert. Balon rebelled at this time, really committing his own death.
In the Battle of the Five Kings, according to Robb and Theon's plan, wouldn't it be nice for the Iron People to send troops to fight the West? How rich is the West! Instead of betting on Tywin, Balon went to plunder the moneyless North. I still don't understand what he was thinking.
I won't say more about this, that is a very evil flower in ice and fire! Details poke here: Ice and Fire Brain Insight: Whether The Raven Eye has really been to Valyria
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Theon, it's too long to say, poke here: Winterfell Master Theon Greyjoy: The Winterfell Complex of the Sea Monster Prince
Finally, I would like to talk about the King Selection Council. In the late Heroic Age, the Then Iron Islands ruler Grey Ain family produced a "late Togun". Togun was the eldest son of the Iron King Ulgen Grey Ayne III, whose father died during the raids on the Mande Valley in the south. His brothers competed for the throne and held a king-election meeting without anyone telling Togun. As a result, none of the younger brothers were chosen, but a Guberer was chosen, and this Guppler also killed Torgon's younger brothers.
Two years later, Togun returned to the Iron Islands and declared the outcome of the Election of the King's Meeting illegal, as he himself had not been notified as a qualified candidate. In the end, Torgon regained the throne.
The story is told to illustrate that according to this logic, the results of the election of the king-elect in the canon are also "illegal." Because there is a very qualified candidate here: Theon Greyjoy!
Theon should have been a prisoner of the little skinning at the time of the king election meeting, and naturally no one informed him of the convening of the king election meeting. Everyone thought he was dead.
But this does not mean that Theon can finally become the king of the Iron Islands after completing his redemption, but only that due to Theon's absence, the election of the king will be justified. I'll choose Asha Greyjoy. Asha is charismatic, has leadership skills, has a good reputation, and most importantly, she has the heart and heart of a king! Her only weakness is gender.
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