BobbyBaratheon Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Behead Balon. Aeron, Euron, and Victarion to the Wall or they lose their heads too if they refuse. Theon goes to Winterfell as in the books. Asha to Casterly Rock or maybe Riverrun. Marry her off to some mainland lord eventually. Appoint Rodrik Harlaw acting lord until Theon is of age. Take hostages from every major house on the islands and foster them all over the mainland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Sensei Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Liberate all the salt-wives and then scour the whole archipelago. I honestly have no idea why House Stark, House Lannister and House Gardener didn't make common cause and wipe them out centuries ago. If that's too labour-intensive, send the Greyjoy adults to the Wall, the kids to the mainland; install a new boss; torch the Iron Fleet and ban its reconstruction; and liberate all the salt-wives, etc. The Iron Born of old were a powerful Empire that struck fear into the hearts of the greenlanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 The Iron Born of old were a powerful Empire that struck fear into the hearts of the greenlanders. Hell yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Behead Balon. Aeron, Euron, and Victarion to the Wall or they lose their heads too if they refuse. Theon goes to Winterfell as in the books. Asha to Casterly Rock or maybe Riverrun. Marry her off to some mainland lord eventually. Appoint Rodrik Harlaw acting lord until Theon is of age. Take hostages from every major house on the islands and foster them all over the mainland. The greenlanders would have no chance at doing these things, the Ironborn would rise up in glorious revolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Fine, then post rebellion, take the Ironborn as the thralls and salt wives and distribute them to be used as such by the victors. They shouldn't mind since it's part of their culture. Theyre free Ironborn not thralls and salt wives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Sensei Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 No, its actually the other way around; does most of Westerosi culture kind of suck? Yes. Does the Ironborn culture suck a thousand times worse? Yes. That doesn't mean the Ironborn should be allowed to keep their horrendous traditions.Again...they're all pretty bad. The IB are just the worst of a bad lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Funny, because the very idea of the Iron Islanders disgusts the majority of fans. Everything the Ironborn do, the greenlanders do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Kill the the Rebellious Lords. Forbid them from rebuilding their fleet into larger numbers than the royal fleet. To do so would be considered an act of rebellion. Free all the Salt Wives. Old way practitioners will all be executed and buried in the middle of a Dornish dessert. Install the Reader as the new lord paramount. Arrange for his son to marry a mainlander, and increase agricultural trade and decrease the price so they have no excuse to raid. Who would be the big badguys then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roddy the Ruin Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Who would be the big badguys then?nobody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Sensei Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Theyre free Ironborn not thralls and salt wives. Honorable stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boarsbane Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Everything the Ironborn do, the greenlanders do. Never heard of them taking salt wives in the so called greenlands. Also, while rape and pillaging occurs it isn't glorified in the same light as it is in "the Old Way." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Sensei Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Never heard of them taking salt wives in the so called greenlands. Also, while rape and pillaging occurs it isn't glorified in the same light as it is in "the Old Way." They take concubines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boarsbane Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 They take concubines. Do they carry them away from their homes and force them into servitude? There is a difference between being a mistress and being a thrall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Never heard of them taking salt wives in the so called greenlands. Also, while rape and pillaging occurs it isn't glorified in the same light as it is in "the Old Way." Oh so greenlander lords dont sell their daughters to other lords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 nobody. The greenlanders would genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Abominable SnowOther Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 i would call them cowards and bitches then skadoodle to the wall Hopefully, they would follow along, then coerce them into fighting the Others by, once again using the coward and bitches tactic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee-Sensei Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Do they carry them away from their homes and force them into servitude? There is a difference between being a mistress and being a thrall. Probably. Bronn was seated cross-legged under a chestnut tree, near where they'd tied the horses. He was honing the edge of his sword, wide awake; the sellsword did not seem to sleep like other men. "Where did you find her?" Tyrion asked him as he pissed. "I took her from a knight. The man was loath to give her up, but your name changed his thinking somewhat . . . that, and my dirk at his throat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unSonofStannis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Probably. Bronn was seated cross-legged under a chestnut tree, near where they'd tied the horses. He was honing the edge of his sword, wide awake; the sellsword did not seem to sleep like other men. "Where did you find her?" Tyrion asked him as he pissed. "I took her from a knight. The man was loath to give her up, but your name changed his thinking somewhat . . . that, and my dirk at his throat." Great point :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Trell Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 1. Fine, let's put "forced marriage" instead of Prima Nocte, then. 2. There is no "peacefully" collecting taxes. As you point out, it is little more than an elaborate protection racket. What, pray tell, will these greenlander lords do if their subjects refuse to pay ? Also, the rape subject has already been addressed, no need to bring it up again. Arranged marriage happens on the Islands just as it does on the mainland. And the possibility of a forced(something viewed as distasteful) arranged marriage only truly applies to <1% of the mainland Westerosi population, whereas the threat of Ironborn rape(something viewed as admirable) applies to every one in the world ideally. Not going to enter a debate on the morality of taxation as that is far too broad a topic. I for one would much rather be apart of a pseudo-protection racket(it isn't, but lets pretend it is) where people only come to steal my stuff, burn my land, rape my women, and potentially kill me if I don't pay; than be subject to all of that with no avenue of avoidance. Considering the term "pillage"(which you introduced) traditionally implies rape, I would say there is plenty of need to bring it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boarsbane Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Probably. Bronn was seated cross-legged under a chestnut tree, near where they'd tied the horses. He was honing the edge of his sword, wide awake; the sellsword did not seem to sleep like other men. "Where did you find her?" Tyrion asked him as he pissed. "I took her from a knight. The man was loath to give her up, but your name changed his thinking somewhat . . . that, and my dirk at his throat." And where does that suggest she wasn't allowed to leave? Let's not forget she is being paid for her services, the salt wives are getting nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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