Editing World of A Song of Ice and Fire (section)

===The Iron Islands===
The Iron Islands are a group of seven islands to the west of Westeros – Pyke, Great Wyk, Old Wyk, Harlaw, Saltcliffe, Blacktyde, and Orkmont – in Ironman's Bay off the west coast of the continent.{{sfn|''A Feast for Crows''|loc=Map}} Ruled by [[House Greyjoy]] of Pyke,{{sfn|''A Game of Thrones''|loc=Appendix: House Greyjoy, pp. 827–828}} the isles are described as bare and barren, with the local weather being "windy and cold, and damp".{{sfn|''A Clash of Kings''|loc=Theon I, pp. 165–166}} The members of this seafaring nation are known in the rest of Westeros as Ironmen,{{sfn|''A Game of Thrones''|loc=Appendix: House Greyjoy, pp. 827–828}} and to themselves as Ironborn.{{sfn|''A Clash of Kings''|loc=Theon I, p. 917}} Illegitimate children born in the Iron Islands are given the surname Pyke.{{sfn|''A Storm of Swords''|loc=Tyrion IV, p. 439}}{{sfn|''A Storm of Swords''|loc=Jon VI, p. 664}}

For fierce raids, the Ironmen are titled the "terror of the seas".{{sfn|''A Game of Thrones''|loc=Appendix: House Greyjoy, pp. 827–828}} They worship the Drowned God, who "had made them to reave and rape, to carve out kingdoms and write their names in fire and blood and song".{{sfn|''A Clash of Kings''|loc=Theon I, p. 169}} The appendix of ''A Game of Thrones'' summarizes that the Ironmen once ruled over the Riverlands and much of the western coast of Westeros. When Aegon the Conqueror extinguished Harren the Black's line, he chose House Greyjoy as the new rulers of the Ironmen.{{sfn|''A Game of Thrones''|loc=Appendix: House Greyjoy, pp. 827–828}}

====Pyke====
[[File:Ballintoy Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 19750.jpg|thumb|For the TV adaptation, the harbour of [[Ballintoy]] in Northern Ireland was redressed as the port of Pyke.]]
Pyke is the seat of [[House Greyjoy]].{{sfn|''A Game of Thrones''|loc=Appendix: House Greyjoy, pp. 827–828}} The television adaptation filmed the scenes of Pyke's port at Lordsport Harbour in [[Ballintoy Harbour]], in Northern Ireland's [[County Antrim]].<ref group=S name=go_hbofilmed/><ref group=S name=Skyscanner/> The sea has worn away much of the rock on which Pyke originally stood, so the castle now consists mostly of a main keep on the main island and smaller towers perched on rocks surrounded by sea.{{sfn|''A Clash of Kings''|loc=Theon I, pp. 165–166}}

====Old Wyk====
Old Wyk is the smallest and holiest island in the Iron Islands. It is where Kingsmoots are held, and where the Grey King slew Nagga, a sea dragon, and made a court of his bones.