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- "All of us chose to follow Yara. We left the Iron Islands for Yara. She would never leave one of us behind. We're not leaving her behind."
- ―Theon Greyjoy
The rescue of Yara Greyjoy took place during the Last War when Theon Greyjoy set out to rescue his sister Yara, self-proclaimed Queen of the Iron Islands, from their uncle Euron, the King of the Iron Islands and an ally of Cersei Lannister.
History[]
Prelude[]
- "Not for me. For Yara!"
- ―Theon, after rallying Yara's remaining loyalists
Near the end of the War of the Five Kings, Balon Greyjoy, who had declared himself King of the Iron Islands, was assassinated and replaced by his brother Euron Greyjoy. Yara, Theon, and their loyalists stole 100 of the best ships of the Iron Fleet and fled the Iron Islands, and made a pact with Daenerys Targaryen.[1]
During the Last War, while Yara and Theon were sailing the Dornish back to Dorne, their fleet was suddenly assaulted by the Iron Fleet led by Euron. Theon escaped, and Yara was captured by Euron.[2]
The rescue[]
Theon and his men secure the deck of the Silence.
While Euron is in the Red Keep with Cersei, Theon and his men sneaks aboard the Silence. They kill some of Euron's men and make their way to where Yara is being held captive, tied to a post. Theon kills the guard at the door with an axe and cuts her free. Yara knocks him to the ground for abandoning her before, but helps him back up for rescuing her. Together with their men, they escape the Silence.[3]
Aftermath[]
The Greyjoy siblings sail towards the Iron Islands.
Yara wants to sail to the Iron Islands and take them back from Euron, as this will give Daenerys somewhere to retreat to should the North fall, but Theon decides to go to Winterfell, to help House Stark. Yara, as Theon's older sister and queen, consents to this, and the two exchange the saying "what is dead may never die" before embracing.[3]
In the books[]
In the A Song of Ice and Fire books, no equivalent event has occurred; currently, Theon and Asha (Yara's name in the books) are held captive by Stannis. Euron - who does not care what has become of his niece and nephew - holds Aeron captive in his ship, and it seems the latter has no hope of escape.
Season 8 of Game of Thrones has surpassed the published books, so it is unclear if any similar event will occur in either of the remaining two books, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring.
References[]
- ↑ "Battle of the Bastards"
- ↑ "Stormborn"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Winterfell"
Notes[]
- ↑ In "Winter Is Coming," which takes place in 298 AC, Sansa Stark tells Cersei Lannister that she is 13 years old and Bran Stark tells Jaime Lannister that he is 10 years old. Arya Stark was born between Sansa and Bran, making her either 11 or 12 in Season 1. The rest of the Stark children have been aged up by 2 years from their book ages, so it can be assumed that she is 11 in Season 1. Arya is 18 in Season 8 according to HBO, which means at least 7 years occur in the span of the series; therefore, each season of Game of Thrones must roughly correspond to a year in-universe, placing the events of Season 8 in 305 AC.