A Clash of Kings-Chapter 11

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Theon I
A Clash of Kings chapter
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POV Theon
Page 125 UK HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Davos I  ← Theon I →  Daenerys I

Theon II

Synopsis

Theon is nearing Lordsport on the ship Myraham, and considers the Old Way, when the ironmen lived by the axe and took what they wanted. That ended with the coming of Aegon the Dragon, who gave the Riverlands to the Tullys and banished the ironmen back to the Iron Islands. Theon reminisces that his father had raised his banners in rebellion more to bring back the Old Way, than for the empty vanity of a crown. The captain’s daughter on the ship pleads with Theon to take her as his salt wife, but he ignores her and walks off the ship into Lordsport. None of the people seem to recognize who he is, and there is no escort from his father save his uncle Aeron Damphair, now a sour priest of the Drowned God. Theon remembers how his uncle had always been jovial, but the man was now a zealot after his near drowning a few years back. Damphair tells Theon that he is a boy of the green lands now, and is hardly welcome on Pyke.

Even Theon’s validity as heir to Pyke is put to the question by his uncle, who reminds Theon of his older sister Asha. Theon hated Eddard, and had only gotten along with Robb, considering himself more a hostage than a ward during the ten years he spent at Winterfell. He is still confident in the letter he carried from Robb, which contained the plan Theon had devised himself. At Pyke, Theon is ushered into a long-disused room in the Bloody Tower, where a thousand years before the sons of the River King had been slaughtered.

When he is finally called in to see Balon, his father mocks the way he dresses, and the fact the gold chain he wears was not bought by paying the iron price. Theon had forgotten much of the Old Way, and his father is merciless in his derision. When Theon presents his father with the letter from Robb, Lord Balon burns it, yelling at Theon not to name the Stark boy as a brother in his hearing. Lord Balon says the boy offers him a crown, but the Lord Reaper intends to take his own crown, and not by invading Lannisport as had been Theon’s plan, but a location far riper.

References and Notes

  • The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [1].

See also