Of all the major houses in Game of Thrones, House Greyjoy is one that probably gets overlooked more than whatever other. The Greyjoys are the leaders of the Ironborn, a group of people who live in the Iron Islands, separated from the remainder of Westeros, and living a pirate-similar lifestyle.

House Greyjoy produced a number of memorable characters from the show, such as Theon, Yara, and Euron. It has too explored some of the history and civilization of these people which has been fascinating yet too confusing. There is however a lot almost House Greyjoy that doesn't make a lot of sense.

10 Raiding The North

While he is at war with the Lannisters, Robb Stark sends Theon dorsum to the Fe Islands to convince Balon Greyjoy to join their army. Instead, Balon announces that they will set on the Due north while the armies are abroad and conquer the lands.

Fifty-fifty with that massive advantage, this turns out to be a terrible plan. Afterward winning some small victories, the Ironborn are rapidly forced back as soon as the Northern houses start pushing back. How did the Greyjoys become such a powerful house if their attacks are then poorly planned and executed?

9 Joining Daenerys

After Euron Greyjoy takes over the Iron Islands, Theon and Yara apace decide to steal his programme of joining Daenerys' regular army. They sail to Meereen to meet with her and form an brotherhood that volition allow them to dominion the Atomic number 26 Islands while answering to Daenerys.

Daenerys also demands that the Ironborn will no longer rape and pillage, though Yara argues that is their way of life. Eventually, she does hold to Daenerys' terms. But since the original rebellion was about having their own ruler and so they could do what they wanted, why would whatever of the Ironborn hold to Yara'southward plan?

8 Failed Rebellion

Long before Balon invaded the Due north under Robb Stark's rule, he led another failed rebellion. This fourth dimension he led the Ironborn ground forces confronting all of Westeros, including Male monarch Robert Baratheon. While they managed to burn the Lannister fleet, it ended pretty rapidly as well.

After Balon was defeated and two of his sons were killed, Balon was forced to surrender Theon as a ward to Ned Stark and bend a articulatio genus to Robert. But after leading a rebellion against the Iron Throne, why would they always allow Balon to proceed a position of power? Why not remove him and put someone loyal in place?

seven Their Organized religion

The Greyjoys, similar the remainder of the Ironborn worship the Drowned God. Like the other religions in Westeros, this is a circuitous belief organisation and part of it includes a ceremony in which believers are literally drowned and so come back to life, blessed past the Drowned God.

This is a ceremony we encounter Euron undergo when he is named King of the Fe Islands. Given the nature of the anniversary, one has to wonder how many people die from it. Isn't that a risky way to name a new king that could easily end in the new ruler dying?

6 Theon'south Uncles

Euron Greyjoy emerges in Season 4 as Balon's exiled blood brother. No mention was made of Euron by name before his appearance, but at that place was an before mention of Theon's uncles. Tyrion mentions that they burned the Lannister fleet years ago.

In the books, Theon has three uncles, Euron, Victarion, and Aeron. Despite Tyrion mentioning Theon'southward uncles, the other 2 never come up in the residual of the series. It seems foreign that the bear witness would make a signal of establishing multiple uncles and and so pretend like they didn't be.

5 The Pirate Life

As mentioned earlier, the Greyjoys and the remainder of the Ironborn live by a code that seems similar to pirates. Instead of making deals for things they want, they simply accept it. It is called "paying the Iron price." They besides raid other villages, take their gold, and steal any food they might demand.

If they invade the mainlands to survive, why would the rest of Westeros always put up with that kind of behavior? If they only raid their own islands, how is that possibly a sustainable way to live if everyone is just stealing from each other?

4 Euron And Jaime

In the later seasons of the show, information technology seems like the showrunners decided they needed a new villain for everyone to detest. Euron Greyjoy was so reimagined every bit an over-the-top bad guy who partners with Cersei Lannister.

The show besides introduces a completely unnecessary rivalry between Euron and Jaime that just comes off every bit childish. It reaches its peak in the penultimate episode when Euron and Jaime take a fight to the death. It's such a strange thing to waste product time on in one of the last episodes as it'southward never fifty-fifty clear why they are fighting.

3 Abandoning Daenerys

Yara Greyjoy becomes the leader of Daenerys' fleet but she is captured after Euron attacks them and burns most of the armada. However, Theon comes to his sister's rescue before joining the remainder of the heroes at Winterfell to fight the Nighttime Rex's ground forces.

Still, Yara does non join Theon. Instead, she sails dorsum to the Iron Islands. Given that she is one of Daenerys' most valuable allies, information technology seems foreign that Yara would only abandon her queen. Even stranger, Daenerys seems to accept no trouble with the desertion.

2 Kinslaying

One of the most unforgivable crimes in Westeros is kinslaying, which ways to murder someone in one's ain family unit. Someone guilty of this is said to be immediately condemned past the gods and becomes an outcast in the earth.

In the books, the Ironborn take kinslaying especially seriously. Merely when Euron kills Balon, he openly admits it to everyone and they but have it. And so when he is named rex, Euron tells anybody he'south going to impale Theon and Yara and they are fine with that too.

1 Euron Greyjoy As King

Too the fact that he immediately admits to beingness a kinslayer, Euron condign king seems like a totally farfetched idea. He is an exiled member of the Greyjoy family who all of a sudden shows upward and anybody decides he sound be king.

He explains that he'due south going to marry Daenerys and use her dragons to conquer Westeros. But then Yara goes to team up with Daenerys and Euron has to detect a new plan. He sets his sights on Cersei but simply becomes her lackey. Why would whatsoever of the Ironborn choose to follow this guy?

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