Leo, the lord admiral of the Reach, led thousands of House Lannister soldiers who landed on Pyke, Great Wyk, and Harlaw. Īfter the ironborn had been fighting amongst themselves for six months, Johanna Lannister, Lady of Casterly Rock, convinced Ser Leo Costayne to lean an invasion of the Iron Islands so they could be conquered for her young son, Lord Loreon Lannister. Meanwhile, Great Wyk raised up Sam Salt, who was said to be a descendant of the extinct House Hoare, once the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers. Dalton's ambitious cousins rejected Toron's claim and, with the support of Harlaw and Blacktyde, instead supported Toron's half-brother, Rodrik Greyjoy. ĭalton's three sisters and their husbands seized Toron and killed the boy's mother. His eldest salt son, the five-year-old Toron Greyjoy, succeeded to the Seastone Chair as Lord of the Iron Islands, but his mother was not allowed to serve as regent. War in the Iron Islandsĭalton Greyjoy did not have a rock wife, only twenty-two salt wives. He eventually returned east while leaving a third of the royal fleet to protect the west. Alyn Oakenfist eventually arrived at Lannisport with no one to fight. The ironmen finally lost Faircastle when Gunthor Goodbrother killed Alester Wynch. Conquered westermen rose up, with hundreds of ironmen killed by smallfolk and knights in the Fair Isle rebellion. ![]() The ironborn fleet broke up as captains returned to the Iron Islands after learning of Dalton's death. ![]() The Lord of the Iron Islands was then slain at Faircastle, however, by Tess, one of his many salt wives. Meanwhile, Dalton gathered hundreds of ironborn ships off the coasts of Fair Isle and the mainland to wait for the approaching royal fleet. While the Velaryon fleet was sailing to the Sunset Sea, they were joined by ships from Oldtown and the Shield Islands. Unwin Peake, Lord of Starpike and King's Hand, tasked Alyn Velaryon, Lord of the Tides, with bringing peace to the west. Johanna Lannister, who ruled the westerlands after the death of her husband Jason in the Dance, planned a campaign to recover Fair Isle in 133 AC, but her plan was betrayed and her commanders were killed. ĭalton continued to hold territory and attack the westermen even after King Aegon III Targaryen came to the Iron Throne in 131 AC, rejecting the edicts of Ser Tyland Lannister, Hand of the King. With Jason Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, away on campaign against the riverlands, the ironborn sacked Lannisport and conquered Faircastle in 130 AC. ![]() Dalton Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, aligned with the blacks during the Dance of the Dragons, and he sent the ironborn to attack the westerlands, which supported the greens.
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