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[[File:Stormy weather - geograph.org.uk - 709607.jpg|thumb|Stormy weather is common in Pyke.]] | [[File:Stormy weather - geograph.org.uk - 709607.jpg|thumb|Stormy weather is common in Pyke.]] | ||
'''Pyke''' is one of the main isles of the [[ | '''Pyke''' is one of the main isles of the [[Iron Islands|the Iron Islands]]. | ||
==Geography and Background== | ==Geography and Background== | ||
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On Pyke is the seat of [[House Greyjoy]]. Pyke is so ancient that no one can say with certainty when it was built, nor name the lord who built it. Like the Seastone Chair, its origins are lost in mystery. <ref name="Pyke">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 193</ref> | On Pyke is the seat of [[House Greyjoy]]. Pyke is so ancient that no one can say with certainty when it was built, nor name the lord who built it. Like the Seastone Chair, its origins are lost in mystery. <ref name="Pyke">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 193</ref> | ||
Below the towering cliffs, sheltered from the worst of the storms, lies Lordsport; the seat of [[House Botley]]. Lordsport offers the safest anchorage on Pyke and serves as the primary point of arrival for ships braving the perilous waters to Pyke. To the north, along the rocky coast, stands Iron Holt, the seat of [[House Wynch]], another of the island’s powerful houses | Below the towering cliffs, sheltered from the worst of the storms, lies Lordsport; the seat of [[House Botley]]. Lordsport offers the safest anchorage on Pyke and serves as the primary point of arrival for ships braving the perilous waters to Pyke. To the north, along the rocky coast, stands Iron Holt, the seat of [[House Wynch]], another of the island’s powerful houses. The seas around Pyke are notorious for sudden storms and treacherous currents, and cold winds sweep ceaselessly across the island’s barren hills.<ref name="Theon1">George R. R. Martin, ''A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings'', (Bad Hersfeld: Random House LLC US, 2000) Theon I</ref> | ||
Once that isle was ruled by rock kings and salt kings, before the rise of [[Urron Greyiron]]. <ref name="The Black Blood">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 183-186</ref> | Once that isle was ruled by rock kings and salt kings, before the rise of [[Urron Greyiron]]. <ref name="The Black Blood">George R. R. Martin, ''The World of Ice and Fire'', (London: HarperVoyager, 2014) pp. 183-186</ref> | ||