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The isle is home to several noble houses, including House Farwynd, House Goodbrother, House Hoare, House Merlyn, and House Sparr. The main line of House Goodbrother holds Hammerhorn, a castle set inland in the Hardstone Hills, a rarity among Iron Island keeps, which typically stand near the sea. Other branches of the Goodbrothers dwell at Corpse Lake, Crow Spike Keep, and Downdelving. House Merlyn holds Pebbleton, while the Farwynds reside at Sealskin Point on the western coast, with other branches living on the small isles beyond. <ref name="LonelyLight">George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows'', (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2005) The Drowned Man</ref>   
The isle is home to several noble houses, including House Farwynd, House Goodbrother, House Hoare, House Merlyn, and House Sparr. The main line of House Goodbrother holds Hammerhorn, a castle set inland in the Hardstone Hills, a rarity among Iron Island keeps, which typically stand near the sea. Other branches of the Goodbrothers dwell at Corpse Lake, Crow Spike Keep, and Downdelving. House Merlyn holds Pebbleton, while the Farwynds reside at Sealskin Point on the western coast, with other branches living on the small isles beyond. <ref name="LonelyLight">George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows'', (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2005) The Drowned Man</ref>   


Great Wyk is rich in natural resources. It holds the greatest deposits of lead, tin, and iron among the Iron Islands. Its mountains were once covered in forests, but much of the timber was long ago consumed for shipbuilding. <ref name="IronIslands">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 175-178</ref>
Great Wyk is rich in natural resources. It holds the greatest deposits of lead, tin, and iron among the Iron Islands. <ref name="IronIslands">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 175-178</ref>


Today, blue-green soldier pines still cloak many of the mountains, their color visible even from across the bay on Old Wyk. Under grey skies, these forests give the island a dark, brooding appearance. The seas off Great Wyk are rich with life, crabs, lobsters, swordfish, seals, and whales roam the waters of the Sunset Sea west of the island. <ref name="LonelyLight">George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows'', (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2005) The Drowned Man</ref>   
Today, blue-green soldier pines still cloak many of the mountains, their color visible even from across the bay on Old Wyk. Under grey skies, these forests give the island a dark, brooding appearance. The seas off Great Wyk are rich with life, crabs, lobsters, swordfish, seals, and whales roam the waters of the Sunset Sea west of the island. <ref name="LonelyLight">George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows'', (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2005) The Drowned Man</ref>