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The ironborn are considered independent, fierce, and sometimes cruel.

The priests of the Drowned God likewise seldom stray far from the sea. The ironborn are a seafaring people, and some do not like to be far from the sea. The inhabitants of these harsh isles are known as ironmen, especially by the rest of Westeros, but they also call themselves the ironborn. The seas around the isles are stormy, frequently wreaking havoc with their considerable force. The Iron Islands are small, barely-fertile rocks with few safe harbors. Dorne is the least populous of the Seven Kingdoms according to Doran Martell, but it is unclear if he is also including the Iron Islands in this estimate. The Iron Islands is the smallest of the regions of the Seven Kingdoms. The islands are ruled from Pyke, the seat of House Greyjoy on the island of the same name. Some of the Iron Islands are used for sheep grazing or are uninhabited. Eight days sail northwest of Great Wyk is a smaller grouping of thirteen clustered around the Lonely Light. The main grouping of islands numbers thirty-one, with the seven major isles being Pyke, Great Wyk, Old Wyk, Harlaw, Saltcliffe, Blacktyde, and Orkmont. They are roughly west of the riverlands, northwest of the westerlands, and south of the north. The Iron Islands is an archipelago in Ironman's Bay, located in the Sunset Sea off the western coast of Westeros. Great Wyk, largest of the isles, by Juan Carlos Barquet © Fantasy Flight Games