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Theon returns home to Pike after 10 years a captive. His welcome is not all he had dreamed it would be. His father, Balon, doesn’t want to pay the gold price for his crown, he’d rather pay the iron price. Mackelly and Simon weigh the options and worry for Winterfell.

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Theon Greyjoy arrives back in Pyke after 10 years away. His heart swells when he sees the kraken sigil flying above the ramparts. He has one last visit with the captain’s daughter, telling her of the old ways of the Iron Islands and how she might be his salt wife - basically a sex slave - she’s not entirely opposed. But Theon is more concerned with returning his family to past glories.

When the ship docks, he’s a bit puzzled by the lack of fanfare. A priest of the Drowned God offers a ride up to Pike. The priest is Theon’s uncle Aeron, youngest brother of Lord Balon. Aeron was a fun-loving youth, but is now devout and joyless. He and Theon do not get on very well. 

When Theon finally gets an audience with his father, he’s treated as an outsider, an emissary of a hostile foreign force, and certainly not as the prodigal son returned. Theon lays out the strategy, the Ironmen’s fleet to attack the Westerlands and in return Balon will be given independence and his crown back. But Balon sees other uses for his fleet that don’t involve gifts from the hated Starks. 

Characters/Places/Names/Events: 
Theon Greyjoy - Heir to the Iron Islands and former ward of Ned Stark. Sent to Pike to bring the Greyjoy fleet into the war to help Robb Stark. 
Asha Greyjoy - Elder sister to Theon. Oldest surviving child of Balon Greyjoy. 
Balon Greyjoy - Lord of the Iron Islands. Father to Asha and Theon. 
Aeron Greyjoy - Younger brother to Lord Balon. Priest of the Drowned God. Dour and devout. Known as Damphair. 

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