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- "When the Ironborn became a nuisance, my ancestor sailed to the Iron Islands and returned with a hundred Ironborn hostages, promising to hang one from the Rock every time the Ironborn dared raid our shores. The Ironborn stayed away, well, after twenty or so."
- ―Jaime Lannister
King Gerold Lannister, known as Gerold the Great, was a King of the Rock, possibly during the age of the First Men before the coming of the Andals.
Biography[]
King Gerold sailed to the Iron Islands when the Ironborn began causing him trouble and captured a hundred of them. He promised to hang one from Casterly Rock every time the Ironborn raided the shores of the Westerlands, and they eventually stopped their invasion.[1]
In the books[]
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, his story is the same.
Appearances[]
- – "Casterly Rock" (mentioned)
References[]
- ↑ Histories & Lore: Season 7, Short 3: "Casterly Rock" (2017).
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