Talk:Greyjoy Rebellion

Rodrik and King's Landing
The Season 2 Viewer's Guide claims that Rodrik Greyjoy died leading an attack on King's Landing. This is in error. In the books he is killed attacking Seagard. This was a localized rebellion. A major point is that it only lasted until the royal fleet (stationed on the east coast of Westeros) was able to sail around to the west coast and attack the Iron Islands. The concept that the Ironborn could launch any form of seaborne attack at King's Landing is ridiculous. When I questioned Opark77 about including this, even though its probably just a simple error made by whoever is typing up the viewer's guide and not intended as a major and implausible retcon, he defended it by saying that "Seagard is a natural foothold for landing troops to get to the Crownlands from the Iron Islands being situated on the shore of Ironman's Bay."...no, marching from Seagard to King's landing would involve *traversing an entire continent* from west coast to east coast, and we *cannot* infer that an "attack on King's Landing" was implied by an attack on Seagard. You'd have to either go through the Ruby ford or past Riverrun, and either way...people would *notice* this. For that matter, as stressed in the books, the Ironborn don't favor *massive campaigns on foot across an entire continent*. They're skill is at raiding the coasts from boats.

To this end, I demand a formal vote that we disregard what is stated on this one page in the HBO viewer's guide, which has never been stated on screen, and which is assuredly simply a careless error. --The Dragon Demands 19:59, May 31, 2012 (UTC)