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| + | |Title =[[File:Greyjoy.JPG|40px|left|link=House Greyjoy]] The Grey King [[File:Greyjoy.JPG|40px|right|link=House Greyjoy]] |
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| − | |Title = The Grey King |
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|Image = Grey_king.jpg |
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| + | |Season = [[Complete Guide to Westeros]], [[Histories & Lore]] |
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|Titles=[[King of the Iron Islands]] |
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|Status= [[:Category:Status: Dead|Deceased]] |
|Status= [[:Category:Status: Dead|Deceased]] |
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| + | |Allegiance = [[House Greyjoy]]|Mentioned = "[[The Age of Heroes (Complete Guide to Westeros)]]"<br>"[[House Greyjoy (Histories & Lore)]]"}} |
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| + | {{Quote|We traced our descent from the Age of Heroes and the legendary Grey King, who took a mermaid to wife and made war upon the Storm God for a thousand years.|[[Yara Greyjoy]]|House Greyjoy (Histories & Lore)}} |
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| + | [[File:Nagga.png|thumb|The Grey King fights Nagga]] |
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| + | [[Image:Grey King.png|thumb|The Grey King, victorious]] |
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| ⚫ | The '''Grey King''' is an unseen character in ''Game of Thrones''. He is deceased when the series begins and only appears in some of the "The Complete Guide to Westeros" featurettes. The Grey King is a legendary [[ironborn]] [[King of the Iron Islands|King]] of the [[Iron Islands]]. [[House Greyjoy]] of [[Pyke (castle)|Pyke]] claims descent from him.<ref>"[[The Age of Heroes (Complete Guide to Westeros)]]"</ref> |
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| + | Blessed by the [[Drowned God]], the Grey King was said to have waged war against the [[Storm God]] himself and slain [[Nagga]], the first sea dragon, using its bones to build his hall. Legend has it that he also took a [[Mermaids|mermaid]] as his wife and lived for a thousand years.<ref>"[[House Greyjoy (Histories & Lore)]]"</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The '''Grey King''' is an unseen character in ''Game of Thrones''. He is deceased when the series begins and only appears in "The Complete Guide to Westeros |
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==In the books== |
==In the books== |
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| + | The ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels give more detail about the Grey King's life. He reigned for a thousand years with a mermaid as his wife and plotted his war against the Storm God. He supposedly wore robes of woven seaweed and a tall pale crown made from Nagga's teeth. From Nagga's bones he made his hall, the Grey King's Hall, which he heated with Nagga's living fire. When the Grey King died, the Storm God snuffed out the fire and the sea stole his throne. Only his hall remains. |
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| − | The Grey King is said to have ruled for a thousand years. |
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| − | Author [[George R.R. Martin]] is from the United States of America, and thus the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels use American English spelling standards. However, while "gray" is more common in American English, this is more of a guideline than a rule, and the British English "grey" while uncommon is still considered acceptable. Further, compounds like "greyhound" use the British spelling. Whatever the reason, "Greyjoy" and "Grey King" use the less common "grey" spelling. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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| + | * {{AWOIAF}} |
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| − | * [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Grey_King The Grey King at A Wiki of Ice and Fire] |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 04:01, 2 August 2014
- "We traced our descent from the Age of Heroes and the legendary Grey King, who took a mermaid to wife and made war upon the Storm God for a thousand years."
- ―Yara Greyjoy
The Grey King fights Nagga
The Grey King, victorious
The Grey King is an unseen character in Game of Thrones. He is deceased when the series begins and only appears in some of the "The Complete Guide to Westeros" featurettes. The Grey King is a legendary ironborn King of the Iron Islands. House Greyjoy of Pyke claims descent from him.[1]
Blessed by the Drowned God, the Grey King was said to have waged war against the Storm God himself and slain Nagga, the first sea dragon, using its bones to build his hall. Legend has it that he also took a mermaid as his wife and lived for a thousand years.[2]
In the books
The A Song of Ice and Fire novels give more detail about the Grey King's life. He reigned for a thousand years with a mermaid as his wife and plotted his war against the Storm God. He supposedly wore robes of woven seaweed and a tall pale crown made from Nagga's teeth. From Nagga's bones he made his hall, the Grey King's Hall, which he heated with Nagga's living fire. When the Grey King died, the Storm God snuffed out the fire and the sea stole his throne. Only his hall remains.
See also
References
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