The Iron Islands, the Vale and the Riverlands
- 9. The return of the Greyjoys and the Kingsmoot
The Greyjoys are the least-liked House in and out-of-universe. Seen as lame Viking ripoffs with little characterization other than “rape-and-pillage,” their saving grace in book and show is Yara Greyjoy (Asha in the books), played by Gemma Whelan. Sister of Theon, she was more man than he was before he had his dick cut off.
Expect Dad of the Year Balon (Patrick Malahide) to bite it pretty quick upon return (I’m shocked it’s taken this long. Could they not get the actor back for a death scene till now?) and engage the Kingsmoot plot (pictured above), long thought discarded, which deals with the return of major new player: Balon’s exiled brother Euron (Pilou Asbaek), a pirate so bad he cuts out the tongue of every crewman on his ships. Yes, yet another power-hungry psychopath added to the mix. What were the odds?
