Asha Greyjoy

And they're like...

So now they've sent out ravens to all, like, the lords and people of, uh, of what? The Iron Islands, and are like, "Hey, you gotta come to Seastone St- Sea s- bleh, Seastone Chair, and, like, pay homage to the new king." And then, um, apparently there's other ravens now showing up, saying that everyone needs to go to Harlaw, which is an island, uh, which is the island home of Asha and Theon's mother's family, uh, the Harlaws.

And, uh, Asha is there trying to, like, garner her own support.

And so Aeron is like, "Oh, no. Oh, no, this is bad.

'Cause Euron, he's a godless man.

Um, and-

and-But what's, what's interesting about this though is, like, he does have a v- another very clear option, like, at his disposal that he just doesn't want to acknowledge.

Because, um, he also has a memory that, like, despite the fact that he, like, idolizes his brother Baelon, the last time he talked to Baelon, Baelon's like, "Yeah, no, it's gonna be Asha." Like, uh, like A- A- or Asha, Asha.

The ironborn hold the castle with about 800 men.

Asha Greyjoy commands them.

Theon's sister.

She's competent, aggressive, and she's had time to fortify her position.

But any who fight to the death will get their wish.

Dawn broke, gray and cold over Deepwood Mott.

Little did they know Asha Greyjoy had already left, knowing she could not hold the structure outright.

Without her leadership, the Ironborn had grown complacent.