House Greyjoy
"We do not sow."
"What is dead may never die."
Sigil: A golden kraken on a black field
General info:
House Greyjoy of Pyke is one of the Great Houses of Westeros. It rules over the Iron Islands, a harsh and bleak collection of islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the castle at Pyke. The head of the house is the Lord Reaper of Pyke. The Iron Islands are harsh and bleak and the Greyjoys have traditionally survived by raiding their neighbors. They have always had plans to conquer the mainland. Lord Balon Greyjoy was the founder of the Kingdom of the Iron Islands. He led a rebellion against King Robert Baratheon eight years before the events of the series begin. Balon's sons Rodrik and Maron were killed in the unsuccessful rebellion. Balon's only surviving son Theon was made a ward of Lord Eddard Stark to ensure Balon's submission to King Robert. Only his daughter, Yara Greyjoy, and two of his brothers remained on the Iron Islands after his defeat.
Members:
King Balon Greyjoy is the Lord Reaper of Pyke and the head of House Greyjoy. He is the father of Yara and Theon Greyjoy. Despite his spectacular defeat in his failed uprising, Balon Greyjoy was shown to be a stubborn, unyielding man. However, deep down, Balon was shown to love his family to a certain degree, and was embittered by the loss of Rodrik and Maron, as well as by Theon being taken away from him, and outwardly admits that Theon becoming like the Starks was something he feared.
Theon Greyjoy is the only living son and heir of Lord Balon Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, and younger brother of Yara Greyjoy. Following his father's failed rebellion against the Iron Throne, Theon is taken as a hostage/ward to Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell. Despite his status as a hostage at Winterfell, the Starks well treated Theon, and he came to see Eddard as a surrogate father, while becoming best friends with Robb Stark and forming a friendly rivalry with Jon Snow. Theon is a skilled archer. His cocky arrogance and cavalier actions contrast with the staid ways of the North.
Yara Greyjoy is an ironborn, Theon Greyjoy's older sister and his only surviving sibling. She was raised at Pyke, the stronghold of House Greyjoy. Yara is a fierce warrior and commands her own longship. Yara is captain of her own longship, the Black Wind. Yara Greyjoy is an ironborn woman of the finest caliber: courageous, clever, determined and proud. In sharp contrast to the allusions people have about her on the basis that she is a woman, Yara is extremely headstrong and formidable towards anybody who dares cross her, as well as possessing a sharp, cynical and sarcastic sense of humor.