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[In the Iron Islands
YARA and BALON are standing and speaking. BALON stands at the fireplace with his back to YARA.
YARA: The Glovers have retaken Deepwood Motte.
BALON: And the Ironborn who held it?
YARA: They died fighting to a man.
BALON: What is dead may never die.
YARA: What is dead may never die.
YARA places the piece of paper she was reading from on a table.
YARA: But they did and our invasion died with them. Deepwood Motte was our last stronghold on the mainland.
BALON: Then we will take more.
YARA: Why? For more pinecones and rocks?
BALON turns around to face YARA.
BALON: Because I order it.]
"This is the man you gave mercy to Lord Stark? Your mercy led him to attack us and only us he didn't care for the Lannister's or Tyrell's only the North, I still don't understand why you let him keep his head?" Aemon asked
Ned Stark didn't have any answer to that question, he knew that it was mistake to let Balon Greyjoy live as his hatred for North was there for him to see.
"What would you have done instead then Jon? You can't have someone from the mainland try to control the islands" Rickard asked
"Kill Balon Greyjoy, make Rodrick Harlaw Regent for Theon while he Ward's in North. Rodrick Harlaw is much more intelligent than Greyjoy. His house is also much more richer than any other house in Iron Island without any reaving or reaping and he is uncle of Theon and Yara from his mother's side so he won't start a rebellion recklessly if he wants the last son of his sister alive" Aemon explained
Rickard Stark and Jon Arryn both nodded there head in acceptance while Olenna Tyrell also thought that the solution was much better than the original one.
[YARA: We can defeat anyone at sea, but we'll never hold lands and castles against mainland armies.
BALON walks to YARA.
BALON: Not if our captains defy my orders, abandon their posts, and sacrifice our men on foolish mission.
YARA: I won't apologize for trying to rescue Theon.
BALON: Then where is he?
YARA: Where is your kingdom? We took those castles because the northerners marched off to war. That war is over. The last time we provoked them too far, I watched from that window as they breached our walls and knocked down our towers. I lost two brothers that day..
BALON: And I lost three sons. The War of the Five Kings, they call it. Well,the other four are dead. When you rule the Iron Islands, you can wage all the peace you wan. But for now, shut your mouth and obey or I will make another heir who will.
BALON exits the hall.]
"It's decided he will die when we get back to westeros" Aemon said to Robb who nods his head to the plan.
But since he wasn't keeping his voice down everyone heard it but no one reacted overtly except for Yara Greyjoy and Robert Baratheon who glared at him for different reasons. Yara because he wanted to kill his father and Robert because it was his duty as a king to decide who will die not him.
[PYKE CASTLE - BRIDGE
Rain is pouring down. BALON begins to cross the unsteady bridge. He leans on the ropes and looks down at the ocean, then sees a cloaked figure on the other side of the bridge.
BALON: Let me pass. You fool, move aside for your king.
HOODED FIGURE: Haven't I always, brother?
The hooded figure takes off his hood, revealing his identity. He is EURON GREYJOY. BALON walks a few steps closer.
BALON: I thought you'd be rotting under some foreign sea by now.
EURON: What is dead may never die.
BALON does not respond.
"Why didn't he respond?" Theon asked to which Yara could only shrug his shoulders as she didn't know as well.
EURON: Has the custom changed since I've been gone? Aren't you supposed to repeat the words?
BALON: You can mock our god without my help.
EURON: I don't mock the Drowned God. I am the Drowned God. From Oldtown to Qarth, when men see my sails, they pray.
The wind buffets the bridge back and forth. BALON tries to hold his balance. EURON chuckles.
EURON: You're old, brother. You've had your time. Now let another rule.
BALON walks towards his brother.
BALON: I heard you lost your mind during the storm on the Jade Sea. They tied you to the mast to keep you from jumping overboard.
EURON: They did.
BALON: And when the storm passed, you cut out their tongues.
EURON: I needed silence.
"So he cut the tounge of loyal men because he went mad?" Arya questions
"Who knows I think all of them are mad but this guy is just insane?" Aemon said
BALON: What kind of an Ironborn loses his senses during a storm?
EURON: I am the storm, brother. The first storm and the last. And you're in my way.
BALON draws a knife and slashes EURON across the face. EURON throws BALON off the bridge. BALON falls to his death.
"Father!" Yara exclaimed in shock as she watched her father fall to death
Theon was numb as he didn't feel anything ounce of love for this man not anymore after all he has seen clearly that this man didn't have any love for him and calling him father wasn't something he could do anymore as well.
PYKE ISLAND BEACH - DAY
Many Ironborn are in attendance for BALON's funeral. AERON GREYJOY and several Drowned Men are gathered around BALON's body. They are performing funeral rites, covering it with rocks, seaweed, and wood. YARA approaches. YARA and the Drowned Men walk BALON's body through the shallows.
AERON: Lord, take your servant Balon back beneath the waves. Feed the creatures of your kingdom on his flesh. Pull his bones down to your depths to rest beside his ancestors and his children.
ALL: What is dead may never die.
YARA: I'm going to find out who did this. I'm going to feed them to the sharks while they live. I swear it by the Salt Throne.
AERON: The Salt Throne is not yours to swear upon, not unless the kingsmoot chooses you.
YARA: My father would've wanted me to rule.
AERON: Your father does not get to choose. The law is clear. Perhaps you'll win. Perhaps you'll be the first woman in history to rule the Ironborn. And perhaps not.
"Wait? Doesn't it passes down to from Lord to his heir what is this Kingsmoot?" Bran asked
"A kingsmoot is a traditional, democratic assembly where the ship captains and warriors of the Iron Islands gather to elect their new king. Unlike mainland Westeros, where crowns are passed down strictly through hereditary succession, the Kingsmoot empowers any Ironborn captain to present their case and compete for the throne." Aemon explained then turned towards Theon
"After the Targaryen conquest, the Kingsmoot was mostly abandoned, and the Iron Islands defaulted to hereditary rulers. Balon Greyjoy eventually seized the throne, but his death triggered the need for a new Kingsmoot. "
"Huh! So for his own greed he may have taken the chance for his children to lead House Greyjoy and iron Island" Bran said
"Correct, after all Euron didn't kill his brother for Yara or Theon to become the King, he came back to become the King himself"
"ha! Just because he came back he thinks, he can become king now" Yara Greyjoy scoffs.
"He has more experience than you he has gone in more raids than you and those old pirate captains know him more than you, all you have going for you is that you are Balon Greyjoy's daughter and he didn't do anything for Iron Island but just satisfied his hunger for revenge otherwise he would have taken Robb's offer and attacked the much richer Lannisport then the North"
Yara went silent as she couldn't defend her father no matter how she tried.