Ahsoka Velaryon. Unlike her brothers Jacaerys, Lucaerys, and Joffery. Ahsoka was born with stark white hair that was incredibly thick and coarse, eyes so striking it was said to look at them was like staring at Amethyst, and tinted skin kissed by th...
Prince Joffery Velaryon is the son of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Ser Laenor Velaryon. Allegedly. Now, a full man grown at twenty-two namedays. Joff was a strapping lad. Like his brothers Jacaerys and Lucerys, he had brown eyes and hair and a pug nose. This caused many at court to suspect that Ser Harwin Strong was their true father. Unlike their elder sister. Prince Joffery was sent to The Iron Isles with his dragon Tyraxes several moons prior in order to defend the islands as well as the ships just off the coast.
Pyke is a castle located on the island of the same name, which is one of the eight major Iron Islands. It is the seat of House Greyjoy, whose lord is known as the Lord Reaper of Pyke. The Greyjoys claim the island is named after the castle. 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.
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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. Pyke is so old that its original builders and lords are unknown. The castle was once larger and located on the island of Pyke, but unstable earth led to some portions of the cliff falling into the sea. The surviving structures are built upon stone stacks.
House Greyjoy were former Kings before Aegons Conquest. House Greyjoy of Pyke is one of the Great Houses of Westeros with their House words, "We Do Not Sow." 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. Before the conquest, they were known as King of Salt and Rock. The Greyjoys of Pyke claim descent from the Grey King of the Age of Heroes. At the time of Aegon's Conquest, King Harren the Black of House Hoare, ruled all the lands between the mountains, from the Neck to the Blackwater Rush. When Harren and his sons perished in the burning of Harrenhal, Aegon I Targaryen granted the riverlands to Lord Edmyn Tully of Riverrun. The surviving lords of the Iron Islands fell into chaotic squabbling, leading Aegon to invade the islands to subdue them. After they bent the knee, Aegon allowed them to revive their ancient custom and choose who should have the primacy among them. They chose Lord Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke. Since Vickon's election in 2 AC, the Greyjoys have ruled the Iron Islands.
