Euron Greyjoy lays claim to the salt throne – Game of Thrones Season 6

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Euron is a wildly unpredictable and cruel man, known for his delight in playing vicious mind games and waging psychological war on those around him.

He is hated by all his brothers, particularly Victarion Greyjoy.

He is captain of the ship Silence, crewed entirely by mutes – to keep the crew from revealing any of his secrets, Euron personally ripped the tongues out of each of their mouths.

Unlike many Ironborn (including Balon), Euron is a cunning strategist, skilled at both politics and military tactics.

It was Euron who came up with the battle plan for the surprise raid on Lannisport during the Greyjoy Rebellion, which burned Tywin Lannister's entire fleet at anchor before it could respond to the Ironborn's declaration of independence.

Victarion commanded the actual assault itself, but followed Euron's plan.

Unlike in the show, in the books there are no on-screen scenes in which Euron actually fights; it seems he prefers to make plans, and let others (like Victarion) perform the fighting.

He does show his "bravery" against helpless people who are unable to resist him, among them his brothers Harlon, Robin, Aeron and Urrigon.

Euron has never been married.

He has several bastard children, but does not have any regard for any of them; none were officially acknowledged, and none have been introduced as named characters in the narrative.

It is mentioned in passing that he brought three bastard sons to present to the Kingsmoot: only one is briefly described, a ten year old boy with woolly hair and mud-brown skin, apparently fathered on a woman from Sothoryos or the Summer Islands.

Euron bluntly says that he gives as much thought to the bastards he has produced as to the contents he produces in his chamber pot.

In the past, whenever Euron drank too much, he would enter the bed chamber which his brothers Aeron and Urrigon shared, and sexually molest one of them, at his choice.

As a result, Aeron suffers from occasional nightmares, even after many years passed, about a door with screeching rusty hinges, which he associates with Euron.

About three years before the Red Wedding (about one year before the first novel), Euron raped and impregnated Victarion's third wife, which drove Victarion to beat her to death in an honor killing, so he would not be put to shame as a cuckold.

Euron flippantly claimed that it was not rape, and he in fact seduced Victarion's wife willingly, but due to Euron's pervasive lying and mind games he may have just said this to mock his brother.

Victarion would have killed Euron too, but Balon forbade it, though only because he would not have the taboo of kinslaying in his own halls.

Balon still sympathized with Victarion and renounced Euron as his brother.

As punishment, Balon exiled Euron from the Iron Islands, never to return, so he is not present when Theon returns to Pyke in the second novel.

Victarion still deeply hates Euron and wishes him dead.

After reading this scene in the book, it's so cringy at how much they slaughtered the sheer awesomeness that the kings moot was. Damphair was suppose to be like booming, not just a normal dude voice.

This seriously underplays how hard it is to build a navy at this time. The iron islands are resource poor as it is and you can't build that many ships in a few months no matter how skilled your people are.

What's the background song??

Without a doubt, the shittiest crown I've ever seen.

Cockless Coward fucks up again.

Love how Euron is meant to to be older than Aeron……Lmao

Nobody else finding it stupid that they manage to run ashore, gather all those ships, prepare them all and set sail all while Euron took a…what, 1 minute bath?

Lol SJW moment in GOT

I feel like they need to include shots with WAY more ironborn, these shots that keep coming with 50-100 men tops make them feel like such a small force, and even tho we see a lot of ships you never see any people, so whenever someone refers to "The ironborn" i think of 50-100 angry and half stupid men

I feel like they go too far with their on screen displays. They show the fleet and I started counting, there's definitely over 100 ships on screen. You expect me to believe they just up and 'stole' them?

The Greyjoy storyline is literally so pathetic & useless lol
They said it themselves. Everyone sees them as pests because they ARE pests. Like little rats nipping at a lions feet.

All good. The Iron Islands don't have the trees or way to get the lumber to build a thousand ships in less than a year

Ohwait

Great casting, Euron looks very similar to Theon.

Don't worry guys Euron is 10x better in season 7

Best scene in GoT

I know she's sort of plain Jane, but Yara is probably loads of fun in the sack.

Alfie Allen is a great actor, he combines acts like a weak person trying to be strong.
Awesome acting.

Is the priest supposed to be Aeron Greyjoy? If yes, it seems kind of strange that Euron walks in, saying "Hello niece, hello nephew" but not even recognizing his brother…

So in game of throne's this people are the vikings

No Victarion, No Euron like depicted in the books, he is too much like Ramsay… That's the dorne treatment right there.

havent seen a single tree on that island

Her name isn't Yara

So

While i do like that they did Euron's show character justice in Season 7, i really wish they'd have used Victarion instead. It isn't his full book personality, but he is more of a warrior type than Euron is in the books (where he is a mastermind, nowhere near his arrogant show persona).

Euron is so well cast he even looks kinda like Theon

Lol! Horrible writing! I love how the Uncle admits he killed the king and the 2 kids(and everyone else) didn't do anything about it ! He admitted to murdering the king and nothing! Lol

i love how euron manages to fuck things up for other people

that speech was pretty cringy

We've never made a mark on the world… House Hoare ruled the bigger part of central Westeros before Aegon arrived

this is sexism at its truest form, im sure of it

After Reading about the Kraken that will be in season 8 I had to see this again.

The Greyjoys definitely go down as the house with the stupidest fucking tradition.

So far so long he has kept his promise XD

This should have got a whole episode to itself, I hate how they keep intermixing stuff, like why cant john and Dany get their own episode, field of fire getting its own episode, kind of like battle of the bastards did

I had no love for Balon since the dude was a cunt and an idiot. But I feel bad for Theon. He went through tremendous pain and these guys were laughing. What a bunch of retards. He was never even seen before this season and everyone just blindly followed him. My God the Ironborn who supported him pissed me off.

I thought they had long ships? Or did they stop that after Balon lost his first two sons..

They should have let euron go to daenerys first. She would have had executed him immediately.

trump vs hillary in a nutshell

All these Thrones, and you choose to be salty.

Theon has a kid he is famous for having sex all around the world so shouldn't they rule?

"We've never made our mark upon the world"

Except that time when you were literally the largest empire in Westeros right before Aegon's arrival and your king built fucking Harrenhal.

Theon: a well structured argument
Euron: haha you have no cock

poor theon :/ hes been through a lot

what if Euron Greyjoy becomes danny's ally. cersei would be easier to defeat