How would you dealt with the grejoys?

[ground_control]

That's where you're mistaken. Balon isn't King until he declares independence. The ironborn are not a limited sovereign nation. They are vassals under the Iron Throne, just like any other part of the seven kingdoms.

It would be, if they did, yes. The only time they have since Aegon is whenever they have been in open rebellion, however. In which case the King's peace matters not a whit.

If the Starks can't defend it, then it might as well belong to the Iron Islands, in which case the "tax" ought to be paid to them instead.

What part of the word "limited" did you not understand? Prior to Aegon's Conquest, the Kingdoms were fully sovereign. They then (separately) swore allegiance to the Iron Throne. They did NOT unify and become one homogenized kingdom. Basically, the same principle on which the United States is organized.

Part of the King's Peace, to which the Ironborn and Starks both swore is respecting each others borders. If people *outside* of the Seven Kingdoms were raiding Deepwood Motte, and the Starks couldn't protect it, and the Ironborn stepped up and defended it, they would have a just claim for either permanently annexing it, or at least payments for damages they incurred. But, since they are both sworn to King's Peace, the Starks shouldn't have to worry about defending Deepwood Motte from the Ironborn.

[OnlyOne]

So your idea is to have a**holes do whatever they want cause otherwise they will kill you? The Ironborne have a despicable culture and pose a direct and constant threat to the rest of the TSK. They have been given enough chances. Now either they must be made to conform or they must be killed. It´s harsh but it´s evidently the only option.

Yes. Yes. Yes.