Who is the best Greyjoy?

[The Imperator]

Because the Greyjoys have been killing it the past two books now.

Theon Greyjoy had the most fascinating and heart-breaking character development in the entire series.

Euron Greyjoy is basically the Jack Sparrow of A Song of Ice and Fire, coupled with dark magic and mind games. There should be a spin-off series with him as the main character: the wonderful adventures of Euron Greyjoy.

Victarion Greyjoy. The batshit-insane badass.

Asha Greyjoy. Knows what's up.

Aeron Greyjoy. May be a priest of Dagon or Cthulhu for all I know.

(I have this fan theory that I got from someone else that the Greyjoys may woreship a god from the Cthulhu Mythos but I'm not sure).

I definitely think Theon Greyjoy is the best Greyjoy thus far.

But tell me, who do YOU think is the best Greyjoy in the series?

[The Imperator]

But others were holding their tongues, or muttering asides to their neighbors. "No craven's peace!" Ralf the Limper roared. Red Ralf Stonehouse swirled the Greyjoy banner and bellowed, "Victarion! VICTARION! VICTARION!" Men began to shove at one another. Someone flung a pinecone at Asha's head. When she ducked, her makeshift crown fell off. For a moment it seemed to the priest as if he stood atop a giant anthill, with a thousand ants in a boil at his feet. Shouts of "Asha!" and "Victarion!" surged back and forth , and it seemed as though some savage storm was about to engulf them all. The Storm God is amongst us, the priest thought, sowing fury and discord.

Sharp as a swordthrust, the sound of a horn split the air.

Bright and baneful was its voice, a shivering hot scream that made a man's bones seem to thrum within him. The cry lingered in the damp sea air: aaaaaRREEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

All eyes turned toward the sound. It was one of Euron's mongrels winding the call, a monstrous man with a shaved head. Rings of gold and jade and jet glistened on his arms, and on his broad chest was tattooed some bird of prey, talons dripping blood.

aaaaRRREEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The horn he blew was shiny black and twisted, and taller than a man as he held it with both hands. It was bound about with bands of red gold and dark steel, incised with ancient Valyrian glyphs that seemed to glow redly as the sound swelled.

aaaaaaaRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

It was a terrible sound, a wail of pain and fury that seemed to burn the ears. Aeron Damphair covered his, and prayed for the Drowned God to raise a mighty wave and smash the horn to silence, yet still the shriek went on and on. It is the horn of hell, he wanted to scream, though no man would have heard him. The cheeks of the tattooed man were so puffed out they looked about to burst, and the muscles in his chest twitched in a way that it made it seem as if the bird were about to rip free of his flesh and take wing. And now the glyphs were burning brightly, every line and letter shimmering with white fire. On and on and on the sound went, echoing amongst the howling hills behind them and across the waters of Nagga's Cradle to ring against the mountains of Great Wyk, on and on and on until it filled the whole wet world.

And when it seemed the sound would never end, it did.

The hornblower's breath failed at last. He staggered and almost fell. The priest saw Orkwood of Orkmont catch him by one arm to hold him up, whilst Left-Hand Lucas Codd took the twisted black horn from his hands. A thin wisp of smoke was rising from the horn, and the priest saw blood and blisters upon the lips of the man who'd sounded it. The bird on his chest was bleeding too.

Euron Greyjoy climbed the hill slowly, with every eye upon him. Above the gull screamed and screamed again. No godless man may sit the Seastone Chair, Aeron thought, but he knew that he must let his brother speak. His lips moved silently in prayer.

Asha's champions stepped aside and Victarion's as well. The priest took a step backward and put on hand upon the cold rough stone of Nagga's ribs. The Crow's Eye stopped atop the steps, at the doors of the Grey King's Hall, and turned his smiling eye upon the captains and the kings, but Aeron could feel his other eye as well, the one that he kept hidden.

"IRONMEN," said Euron Greyjoy, "you have heard my horn. Now hear my words. I am Balon's brother, Quellon's eldest living son. Lord Vickon's blood is in my veins, and the blood of the Old Kraken. Yet I have sailed farther than any of them. Only one living kraken has never known defeat. Only one has never bent his knee. Only one has sailed to Asshai by the Shadow, and seen wonders and terrors beyond imagining..."

"If you liked the Shadow so well, go back there," called out pink-cheeked Quarl the Maid, one of Asha's champions.

The Crow's Eye ignored him. "My little brother would finish Balon's war, and claim the north. My sweet niece would give us peace and pinecones." His blue lips twisted in a smile. "Asha prefers victory to defeat. Victarion wants a kingdom, not a few scant yards of earth. From me, you shall have both."

"Crow's Eye, you call me. Well, who has a keener eye than the crow? After every battle the crows come in their hundreds and their thousands to feast upon the fallen. A crow can espy death from afar. And I say that all of Westeros is dying. Those who follow me will feast until the end of their days.

"We are the iron born, and once we were conquerors. Our writ ran everywhere the sound of the waves was heard. My brother would have you be content with the cold and dismal north, my niece with even less... but I shall give you Lannisport. Highgarden. The Arbor. Oldtown. The river lands and the Reach, the kingswood and the rain wood, Dorne and the marches, the Mountains of the Moon and the Vale of Arryn, Tarth and the Stepstones. I say we take it all! I say, we take Westeros." He glanced at the priest. "All for the greater glory of our Drowned God, to be sure."

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That scene alone is enough to make me question which Greyjoy should be second place to Theon Greyjoy in terms of "Best Greyjoy Characters."

[#Turncloak]

Asha and Theon.

[Dornish Vinegar]

Asha's my personal favorite Greyjoy, but Theon is (in my opinion) one of the best characters in the series. If that makes sense.

[Game Of Thrones]

Theon

Then Euron

[Fat Mac]

Best written- Theon, by a country mile

Personal favorite- Asha

Most competent- probably Asha

[Wmarshal]

His name be Vic, seriously, he made Feast awesome with Brienne.

[The Imperator]

Asha's my personal favorite Greyjoy, but Theon is (in my opinion) one of the best characters in the series. If that makes sense.

It makes perfect sense. He was extremely well-written in A Clash of Kings and A Dance With Dragons.

[Northernmonkey]

Euron. He's batshit crazy and I like it.

Also I like Aeron. I get the feeling he's going to do something really cool.

[#Turncloak]

I hope Euron is a secret Targ and not a Greyjoy.

[Light a wight tonight]

Balon. He's dead.

[JonCon's Red Beard]

I like Victarion.

[The Imperator]

Balon. He's dead.

Balon is basically the only Greyjoy I dislike.

[Sullen]

I love all of them, except Euron.

Yes, even Balon.

[Super Daario]

Greyjoys aint got nothing on the Reader.

Readers gonna read.

[#Turncloak]

Harlaws FTW

[The Imperator]

Harlaws FTW

I'm all for more Harlaws. Nevertheless, the Greyjoys are awesome because they're usually never boring. I mean, sure, many people complain about Aeron being kind of dull but then again, he had a chapter that took place during the Kingsmoot.

[WildBlood]

only good Greyjoy is a dead Greyjoy lol :box:

[SunflashJT]

Victarion, he is just a bad ass and his helmet is wicked in most of his pics.

[Super Daario]

When I imagine Victarion I totally picture the guy on the Skyrim poster.