Balon Greyjoy

Balon Greyjoy is the Lord of the Iron Islands and the head of House Greyjoy of Pyke. The captain of the Great Kraken, he is a follower of the Old Way of the ironborn and desires to bring them back to prominence. In 289 AC he proclaimed their independence from the Iron Throne, but Greyjoy's Rebellion was defeated by King Robert I Baratheon's forces. Since the death of Ned Stark, Balon has proclaimed himself King of both the Iron Islands and the North and has declared war on Robb Stark in subsequence.