The person who stood in front of Asha and saved her in danger was her third uncle Victarion.
Compared to back then, his dark hair had a lot more gray. It seemed that his life had not been easy in recent years, and he had gone through countless ups and downs.
However, the captain of the Invincible Ironborn, once the commander-in-chief of the Iron Fleet, still has a burly figure and strong arms.
There were many crow's feet in the corners of his eyes. He looked at his eldest niece and then sighed deeply.
"Asha."
However, for Asha, it is definitely the biggest surprise that her uncle Victarion is still alive.
Because Victarion is the most loyal follower of her father Balon, Victarion has never disobeyed his brother's orders. He respects and even worships his eldest brother.
When they were young, Victarion was also very kind to Asha and little Theon, including their brothers Roderick and Maren, and often took them to play together and go to sea.
But it is a pity that the two older brothers of the two siblings, Roderick and Maren, died when the Iron Throne army invaded Pike City.
At that time, Victarion said goodbye to his little brother Theon while holding Asha in tears.
Because he was sent to Winterfell as an adopted son and hostage, Theon was too young to remember much at that time. In fact, Asha shed a lot of tears while turning her back to him.
However, later, the White Walkers began to invade. Balon Greyjoy originally believed that the White Walkers could not cross the sea, and decided to sit back and watch the excitement of the green land. However, he did not expect that the White Walkers actually rowed a boat and sneaked into the Black Tide.
island.
He did not believe it at the time and sent his third brother Victarion to lead an iron fleet to explore Kuroshio Island. Since then, Victarion and the iron fleet he led and the Invincible Iron Breed
Then they disappeared into the sea together, disappearing without a trace.
Asha thought that her third uncle had died long ago, or had become a member of the ghoul army like her father Balon.
But I didn't expect that Victarion would appear in Tyrosh, apparently still alive and well.
"Uncle, how could you do this?!"
Asha was surprised and happy that a relative she thought was dead came back to life, and then she couldn't help but grabbed Victarion's shoulder and said.
Then the uncle and nephew hugged each other briefly, and then Asha let go of each other and asked again.
Still repeating the question just now, she really wanted to know what happened to Victarion in these years.
However, the burly former commander-in-chief of the Iron Fleet shook his head, sighed, and then spoke.
"Long story short."
Victarion briefly and concisely told what happened after he escaped from Kuroshio Island, because he had experienced too many things.
Back then, the Blackteeth family on Kuroshio Island sent a letter asking for help, claiming that they had been attacked. He obeyed his brother's order and led an iron fleet to explore the situation on Kuroshio Island.
However, the Iron Fleet led by Victarion was ambushed by the White Walkers after landing on Kuroshio Island.
The White Walkers seemed to have intelligence. They were very cunning and set up an encirclement to annihilate all the Ironborn led by Victarion. Their ships were also attacked by the White Walkers, and most of the warships were destroyed.
Buried in the cold water.
Victarion fought and ran until the last moment, but was attacked by a White Walker.
He was very impressed by that White Walker, because it was a female White Walker with gray hair. She was holding an ice bow and arrow, and shot him in the shoulder with an arrow, almost killing him.
Victarion was finally forced to jump into the sea to survive.
He originally thought he was dead and was going to the Flowing Water Palace of the Drowned God, but he didn't expect that when he woke up again, he had been rescued and was lying on a merchant ship.
This merchant ship was under the banner of Tyroshi Trading Company, and they were escaping to their hometown.
Victarion originally wanted to ask to disembark, and he wanted to return to the Iron Islands to tell his brother about the attack of the White Walkers. However, the captain of the trading company told Victarion that it was not without cost for them to save him, and he had to
To repay the value of your life.
He is now a slave.
Having said this, Victarion lifted his long, messy hair and pointed at the clearly exposed scar on the side of his face.
This is the mark left on him by the original slave owner. Anyone with such a mark in Tyrosh is obviously a slave.
In fact, the reason why the Tyroshi Trading Company's ship did not choose to throw him back into the sea after rescuing him was because it took a fancy to Victarion's strong body.
Slaves who can be beaten in this way can be sold at very good prices, especially to customers in Slaver's Bay, Meereen, Yunkai, etc.
They have the most top-notch arena culture, and a slave who can fight can even sell hundreds of gold marks or gold coins.
The gold mark is the legal tender of the city-state of Yunkai in Slaver's Bay, with the pyramid on one side and the harpy of the Kingdom of Gughis on the other side, while the gold coin is the currency of Meereen.
Moreover, the captain of the Tyroshi merchant fleet also told Victarion that the Iron Islands had been destroyed by the White Walkers' attack, and the Greyjoy family had completely disappeared. It was for this reason that they brought all the supplies with them.
Prepare to evacuate Westeros.
The big boss of Tyroshi Trading Company determined that even if the Young Dragon Lord and his dragons and the Dothraki who crossed the poisonous water were there to help in the battle, the continent of Westeros would still be completely occupied in the future and would eventually become a restricted area for life.
Victarion was struck by lightning when he heard the captain's words. He didn't know that so many things had happened while he was unconscious. His hometown had fallen and his family had been destroyed.
In fact, the captain didn't know Victarion, he just thought he was a strong iron warrior, so there was no need to deceive him.
Therefore, Victarion suffered a major blow and was disheartened, and he was not qualified to ask the fleet to stop moving forward, so he finally followed the fleet to Tyrosh as if resigned to his fate.
What happened next is a long story.
He actually went to Meereen and was sold to a slave trader. In the end, he went through all kinds of hardships and fought desperately to win the championship of Meereen, earning his master a lot of gold coins.
Later, he won the championship and his status in the heart of his master rose, and he gained a lot of freedom. Victarion found the right opportunity and successfully escaped from the control of the slave traders.
He killed the opponent with a knife and became a wanted criminal, so he boarded a merchant ship and returned to Tyrosh.
Now that he has just returned to Tyrosh after traveling half the world, he plans to settle down here and quietly work as an ordinary mercenary.
Then I heard that a fleet from the Iron Throne was visiting Tyrosh, and the person in charge of the fleet was his niece Asha.