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| − | The '''Siege of Pyke''' was the final battle of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], taking place approximately nine years before the beginning of the ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' series. The castle of [[Pyke]] on the [[Iron Islands]], the stronghold of [[House Greyjoy]], was taken by forces loyal to King [[Robert Baratheon]] in an assault after a siege. |
+ | The '''Siege of Pyke''' was the final battle of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], taking place approximately nine years before the beginning of the ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' series. The castle of [[Pyke (castle)|Pyke]] on the [[Iron Islands]], the stronghold of [[House Greyjoy]], was taken by forces loyal to King [[Robert Baratheon]] in an assault after a siege. |
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The Siege of Pyke was the final battle of the Greyjoy Rebellion, taking place approximately nine years before the beginning of the Game of Thrones series. The castle of Pyke on the Iron Islands, the stronghold of House Greyjoy, was taken by forces loyal to King Robert Baratheon in an assault after a siege.
Season 1
Ser Jaime Lannister and Jory Cassel reminisce about the battle, recalling how the red priest Thoros of Myr led the charge through a breach in the wall. Jaime recalls it was a hard fight against a skilled enemy.[1]
In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Siege of Pyke took place at the end of the Greyjoy Rebellion. Despite early successes - such as burning the Lannister fleet at anchor - the Greyjoys were defeated at sea by Stannis Baratheon's fleet and forced to retire to Pyke. The forces loyal to King Robert Baratheon breached the walls with siege ships and Thoros of Myr and Ser Jorah Mormont led the charge through the walls. During the battle one of the keep's towers collapsed. Lord Balon Greyjoy lost one of his sons in the fighting (another having been killed in an earlier battle at Seagard). Once it was clear that the battle was lost, Balon Greyjoy surrendered and bent the knee in fealty to King Robert once more.
After the battle, Balon's surviving son, Theon, was made a ward and hostage of Lord Eddard Stark as insurance for his father's good behaviour.
See also
References
- ↑ "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"