9. House Greyjoy Returns
One of Season 6’s biggest pleasures has been the revitalisation of House Greyjoy. Theon has returned home to Pyke after escaping Ramsay’s clutches at Winterfell, and he arrives as the appointment of the new Salt King is underway.
Uncle Euron tossed father Balon from the bridge separating the Pyke towers and now sister Yara (one of this year’s MVP) is stating her claim to the Salt Throne. She should have been named Queen at the Kingsmoot, but an infiltration by Euron made sure that reality never came to fruition.
But all his power and arrogance did was reignite the spark of the Iron Born. The sea surges through their lungs, hearts and minds. Whilst Euron’s crowning ceremony takes place (which involves a prolonged dunking into the uncharted sea salt waters, only resurfacing at the brink of death), the Greyjoy children escape their enviable fate at the hands of their lunatic uncle, but they don’t flee alone.
Gathering an arsenal of ships – so many that Euron asks of his men to gather wood to build a thousand more – the duo start their own voyage as allies, with the true Iron Born by their side. They sail to Meereen and join Daenerys Targaryen’s quest to claim the Iron Throne.
Now the Mother of Dragons has assistance and armies inside and out of the Seven Kingdoms, and she has set sail for King’s Landing.
