#Quellon Greyjoy

[msphagime]

Promoting my Iron Islands = Viking Balkans agenda one post at a time

[swallowtail-ageha]

Utterly fascinated by Quellon Greyjoy. Yeah he was a good and diplomatic lord but also. Look at all of his children. What the fuck was going on between closed doors

[death-of-cats]

Aeron 🤝 Theon

being weirdly obsessed with their father's loins

[warsofasoiaf]

Would the ironborn consider Quellon Greyjoy’s Piper wife to be a rock wife, salt wife or a third category with its own legal status?

I don't think Quellon would have approved of the ironborn referring to Lady Piper as a salt wife. She was probably considered a rock wife, despite not being ironborn, because doing otherwise probably wasn't healthy for your political future.

Thanks for the question, Speedy.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[sowthetide]

like a cradled creature lies | T | 2493 words

When Aeron is seven, his brother asks him what the sea is. When Aeron is thirty, he knows the answer.

[nanshe-of-nina]

Posthumous Characters GIF Sets → Quellon Greyjoy

Near the end of Haereg’s great work you will come to Lord Quellon Greyjoy, the wisest of the men to sit the Seastone Chair since Aegon’s Conquest. A huge man, six and a half feet tall, he was said to be as strong as an ox and as quick as a cat. In his youth he earned renown as a warrior, fighting corsairs and slavers in the Summer Sea. A leal servant of the Iron Throne, he led a hundred longships around the bottom of Westeros during the War of the Ninepenny Kings and played a crucial role in the fighting around the Stepstones.

[beyondmistland]

I know Euron was always going to be the fly in any proverbial ointment, but do you think Quellon Greyjoy had enough political capital to burn on the islands to get away with fostering his sons on mainland Westeros, to better ensure his reforms wouldn’t be immediately undone as soon as he was dead?

Without more information its hard to tell how much of Balon, Victarion, and Aeron's temperaments are nature versus nurture. That said, I'm honestly surprised Quellon didn't foster any of his sons out. If any Greyjoy lord could and would have done it, Quellon would be the one given his (for lack of a better word) progressive agenda as well as his contribution to the royal war effort against Maelys the Monstrous.

Thanks for the question, anon

[ironbornsource]

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[darthdoffyyyyy]

Why are Quellon Greyjoys boys like that

My guess is that Quellon was so busy trying to reform the ironborn and connect with the greenlanders he left his children to there own devices and to other ironborn

[deadgirlwalked]

couldn't agree more

One thing that always gets me, is Quellon Greyjoy. You got this ✨tall✨ scary dude who could have been a big fucking threat but decides to be a reformer. He tries to fix the reputation of the Iron Islands and the Greyjoys. And he dies in the most Ironborn way, in battle at sea, probably thinking at least "I did something to be proud of and the Islands are on the way to a better relationship with Westeros". But then his kids are literally an eldritch horror, a dumb thot, a religious fanatic and one short king and they just undo all of his work in like five mins. You cannot convince me that Quellon was not looking up from the depths of the Drowned God's watery halls like

[alleyskywalker]

NEW FIC: Defiance (Quellon, Balon)

Title: Defiance Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire Characters/Pairings: Quellon; Balon/Alannys Rating: PG-13 Word Count: ~800 Warning: (off-screen) teenage sex and pregnancy Summary: “You were not to consummate your marriage, Balon. We discussed this...You defied me intentionally. Why?”

Read on AO3

[empressofmankind]

Magic mirror on the wall,

Who's the fairest one of the worst of them all?

[warsofasoiaf]

Quellon really rolled 4 gutter balls with his kids. Balon is a petty traditionalist, Euron is a psychopathic narcissist, Victorian is dumb as a stump, and Aeron is former Drunkard turned religious fanatic. Where did the great reformer go wrong?

If I really knew the answer to that question, I'd have written a final, conclusive book on the nature-nurture debate and either I'd go to sleep on a pile of money given to me by psychologists and parents, or we'd all live in a Minority Report-esque hellscape where bad behavior is predicted via algorithm. He's hardly the only person in Westerosi history to have a terribly disappointing son - just look at Viserys II with his own son.

Balon really seemed to like the idea that he can simply take what he wants. As a young man, he grew greatly in wealth and acclaim by raiding, so it's unsurprising that he gravitates to that as a lifestyle; the fact that the Old Way also tells him he's a superior class of being that deserves to plunder the rest of the world for sex and coin further rationalizes that belief. If Quellon wanted to stop him, he'd have had to keep him busy to raid, but even then, there's always going to be people willing to do anything to make it big, that's why get-rich-quick schemes always find buyers.

Aeron is a drunkard, so if Quellon wanted to stop him, he'd have to straighten him up, disciplining him and instilling a healthy respect for drink. Plenty of people experience religious awakenings in times of great stress to include life-threatening circumstances, such as what happened to Aeron, so I doubt that even if Quellon was alive to handle that, he'd be able. Surviving a life-threatening experience is deeply personal, and people rationalize it and come away from that entirely differently.

Victarion appears to have gravitated to the Old Way out of admiration for Balon and enjoying the venal rewards, so Quellon would have needed to be the dog that puppy Victarion imprinted on, I guess.

Euron though, is a straight-up psychopath. Whether he's Bloodraven's bad seed or just a magically-induced psycho with ubermensch streaks, I don't think there's anything Quellon could have done with that.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[aeriondripflame]

burgeoning jaehaerys-quellon comparative: choosing ‘progress’ over family with their children as the sacrifice that peddles them forward

the specific flavor of greyjoy family trauma starts with quellon greyjoy and i know it. you will not sit there and tell me that balon, euron, victarion, and aeron were just like That and it didn’t begin with him. i know what you did quellon you can’t hide

[studyofasoiaf]

Names used in the Iron Islands

(according to books; names of characters from houses of the Iron Islands)

- next to the names are either houses which have a character/s with that name or culture of the character/s with that name

Female

Alannys (Harlaw)

Asha (Greyjoy)

Gwin (Goodbrother)

Gwynesse (Harlaw)

Gysella (Goodbrother)

Helya (Ironman)

Male

Aeron (Greyjoy)

Adrack (Humble)

Aladale (Wynch)

Alester (Wynch)

Alton (Greyjoy)

Alvyn (Sharp)

Alyn (Orkwood)

Arthur (Goodbrother)

Baelor (Blacktyde)

Balon (Botley, Greyjoy, Harlaw, Tawney)

Bennarion (Botley)

Beron (Blacktyde)

Boremund (Harlaw)

Burton (Humble)

Craghorn (Hoare)

Cotter (Ironman)

Daegon (Shepherd)

Dagon (Codd, Drumm, Greyjoy, Ironmaker)

Dale (Drumm)

Dalton (Greyjoy)

Denys (Drumm)

Donel (Greyjoy)

Donnel (Drumm)

Donnor (Saltcliffe)

Dunstan (Drumm)

Dykk (Harlaw)

Earl (Harlaw)

Eldred (Codd)

Erich (Greyiron, Harlaw)

Erik (Ironmaker)

Euron (Greyjoy)

Fergon (Hoare)

Germund (Botley)

Gevin (Harlaw)

Goren (Greyjoy)

Gormond (Drumm, Goodbrother)

Gorold (Goodbrother)

Gran (Goodbrother)

Greydon (Goodbrother)

Gundor (Goodbrother)

Gunthor (Goodbrother)

Gylbert (Farwynd)

Gyles (Farwynd)

Hagon (Hoare)

Halleck (Hoare)

Harlan (Hoare)

Harlon (Botley, Greyjoy)

Harmund (Hoare, Sharp)

Harrag (Hoare, Sharp)

Harrald (Hoare)

Harras (Harlaw)

Harren (Botley, Hoare)

Harron (Harlaw)

Harwyn (Hoare)

Herrock (Kenning)

Hilmar (Drumm)

Horgan (Hoare)

Hotho (Harlaw)

Jon (Myre)

Joron (Blacktyde)

Lenwood (Tawney)

Kemmett (Ironman)

Longwater (Ironman)

Loron (Greyjoy)

Lucas (Codd)

Lucimore (Botley)

Manfryd (Merlyn)

Maron (Botley, Greyjoy, Volmark)

Meldred (Merlyn)

Norne (Goodbrother)

Qarl (Kenning, Shepherd)

Othgar (Hoare)

Qhored (Hoare)

Qhorin (Volmark)

Quellon (Botley, Greyjoy, Humble)

Quenton (Greyjoy)

Ragnor (Ironman)

Ralf (Kenning, Stonehouse)

Ravos (Hoare)

Regnar (Drumm)

Robin (Greyjoy)

Rodrik (Greyjoy, Harlaw, Sparr)

Rognar (Greyiron)

Romny (Weaver)

Roryn (Drumm)

Sam (Ironman)

Sargon (Botley)

Sawane (Botley)

Sigfry (Stonetree)

Sigfryd (Harlaw)

Steffarion (Sparr)

Symond (Botley)

Theomore (Harlaw)

Theon (Greyjoy)

Theron (Ironman)

Thormor (Ironmaker)

Tom (Codd)

Torgon (Greyiron)

Toron (Greyjoy)

Torwyn (Greyjoy)

Urrathon (Goodbrother)

Tristifer (Botley)

Triston (Farwynd)

Urek (Ironmaker)

Urragon (Greyiron)

Urrigon (Greyjoy)

Urras (Greyiron)

Urron (Greyiron)

Veron (Greyjoy)

Vickon (Botley, Greyjoy)

Victarion (Greyjoy)

Wex (Ironman)

Ygon (Farwynd)

Yohn (Farwynd)

Waldon (Wynch)

Will (Humble)

Wulfgar (Hoare)

[goodqueenaly]

Hello hello! Just a question that appeared in my mind while reading ASOIAF: to what extent do you, generally, think houses from one region marry into one from another region? Not counting personal friendships and alliances made under the veil of war, since these are spontaneous in origin. Just, how common do you think they are?

It’s worth pointing out that in the geopolitical context of Westeros, marriages within realms, or between relatively nearer neighbors, often make sense. These neighbors often share dynastic and socio-political histories, religious beliefs, and cultural values, potentially more easily facilitating marriage alliances between such families. Additionally, marriages between closer neighbors can allow for more immediate geopolitical or dynastic gains - the trading of valuable nearby territory, say, the fealty of a truculent bannerman, or the inheritance of another family’s seat. So I would say as a general rule, most aristocratic marriages in Westeros probably happen between families within the same realm. The point is difficult to quantify, admittedly, without a real sense of the full ancestries of virtually any family save Houde Targaryen; yet I think it’s fair to look at the family trees of the Lannisters and Starks provided in TWOIAF, for example, or the most recent generations of House Tyrell, and say that intraregional marriages are the norm rather than the exception. 

However, none of this is to say marriages between families from separate kingdoms (pre-Conquest) or realms within the Iron Throne’s kingdom (following the Conquest) do not happen, or that there would be no advantages or sense to such marriages. While the Starks, for example, have usually (at least in the last roughly two centuries) married within the North, both Beron Stark and his granddaughter Jocelyn married the Vale-based Royces (the latter perhaps “encouraged” to do so by uncle Artos), while Willam married Melantha Blackwood (to say nothing of the wartime or quasi-wartime exogamous marriages of Cregan Stark and the most recent two Stark lords) - families who boast old First Men credentials (and, for the latter, a devotion to the old gods). Too, while GRRM often avoids multi-realm holdings within the same families, this sort of geopolitical arrangement does happen: see, for example, the marriage of Eleanor Mooton and Dickon Tarly, or (in perhaps a bit of a reversal of this circumstance) the betrothal between Tion Lannister and the Rowan daughter. There can also be instances where a ruling authority, either locally or more nationally, encourages aristocrats to marry outside their realms: Gyldayn notes, for example, that Rhaenys and Visenya “brokered many marriages between noble houses from the far ends of the realm, in hopes that such alliances would help tie the conquered lands together and make the seven kingdoms one”, while I think Quellon Greyjoy may have done the same to promote his anti-Old Way policies (with Quellon himself marrying a Piper and Harras Harlaw’s father marrying a Serrett). These are far from the only reasons cross-continental marriages occur, obviously, only a small sampling of possible explanations. 

Sometimes as well, GRRM introduces cross-realm marriages without much in the way of explanation. We don’t know, for example, why the Westerlander Elinor Costayne was initially married to the Stormlanders Theo Bolling, or why the Riverlands Prentys Tully married the Westerlands Lucinda Broome, or why Ned’s aunt Branda Stark married the Stormlander Benedict Rogers. That doesn’t mean there was no or could not have been any geopolitical analysis behind these marriages, only that the author didn't explain these marriages specifically.