"The great Drowned God has given us courage, will and strength."
And on the remote Iron Islands, a long-planned carnival seems to be taking place.
A man wearing linen clothes was bare-chested, holding a blazing torch, and chanting words full of fanaticism and piety.
Then he burned the Seven Sacred Temple in front of him to the ground.
"These false gods and alien gods are all a conspiracy of the Storm God, let them get out of the Drowned God's territory!"
According to legend, the Storm God is the eternal enemy of the Drowned God. The Storm God lives in the palace in the clouds, and the Drowned God lives in the water palace on the bottom of the sea. When they fight, the sea will stir up violent winds and huge waves.
However, like the Drowned God, no one except the Ironborn believes in the Storm God's existence.
Phew~
The fire was burning, and the billowing smoke was rising, mixed with the dancing tongues of fire. The monks and nuns in the church cried for their fathers and mothers, and some fled in a hurry, but they were hacked by the ironmen waiting outside.
He died and screamed.
And some stayed in the church, kneeling in front of the Heavenly Father and praying loudly, as if the loud voice could strengthen their inner faith and suppress the fear that was about to stir in their hearts.
They hope that the Seven Gods can send down their divine power to destroy these blasphemous sinners.
In fact, there have been some signs of this kind of thing since a month ago.
Although the number of people is relatively small, there are still some ironmen who believe in the Seven Gods. However, a month ago, these ironmen who believed in the Seven Gods often encountered bad things.
Either the house at home was burned down when I went out, or the door was opened and the house was robbed.
It even developed to the point where some people would stare at these Ironborn houses and throw stones, regardless of whether they were at home or not. There were also a series of incidents where Ironborn who believed in the Seven Gods were beaten or even killed in the street.
Spreading the teachings of the Seven Gods in the Iron Islands is an extremely difficult task in itself. However, despite these difficult challenges, the monks of the Temple still did not give up and continued to persevere.
But they didn't expect that it would evolve into this situation.
A group of fanatical believers of the Drowned God first burned down the Church of the Seven Holy Ones on the Great Whikey Island, and then the church on the Old Whikey Island was also besieged. All the monks were killed, and the nuns also suffered cruel treatment.
The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse and became uncontrollable at an unexpected speed.
On Pyke, the most prosperous island in the Iron Islands, monks who believe in the Seven Gods seek asylum from the Greyjoy family in the name of the Archbishop in King's Landing, asking the Greyjoy family to send troops to suppress the rebellion and protect the church from encounters.
to attack.
However, Pike City drove these monks out of here, telling them that this was not a rebellion, it was just the ironborn's own choice.
Then, before these monks could escape from King's Harbor, something like this happened. Now they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
Along with the loud prayers of the monks, the burning flames gradually swallowed up, and then turned into shrill screams. The houses of the Seven Sacred Cathedral finally collapsed in the flames and were completely destroyed.
"rush!"
Then a group of ironmen who had been waiting for a long time and were not afraid of death swarmed forward and began to pick up the wealth in the temple that had not been melted by the flames.
...
"Brother."
Tap tap tap...
In Pike City, the home city of the Greyjoy family, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the main hall.
Then a tall man with pale skin walked in quickly from outside.
He has black hair and beard, and a bright blue eye that is often called a "smiling eye". His other left eye is covered by a black eyepatch. Few people have seen him.
What color are the eyes under the blindfold? Will they still be smiling or full of bitterness and malice?
"Euron."
Sitting on the cold throne in the main hall is a thin man. He has long black messy hair, an angular face, and a pair of sharp black eyes. He has the same personality as all Ironborn, stubborn, fearless and brave.
Be competitive and eager to win.
He is Euron's brother, Balon of House Greyjoy, now Lord of the Iron Islands.
"You are not young anymore, why are you still so unstable?"
At this moment, Balon's eyes were calm, looking at his brother Euron who hurried in from outside the hall.
"Brother is right."
When Euron heard his elder brother's criticism, he didn't make any excuses. He just sneered, showing his pale teeth.
"But what I want to say is, is this action a little too hasty?"
What happened outside King's Harbor during the day was actually secretly supported by the Greyjoy family.
And since a month ago, the "Drowned God Movement" that suddenly ignited across the Iron Islands was secretly carried out under their instruction.
The whole thing was planned by Balon and several of his brothers, so Euron naturally knew the inside story very well.
But he felt that all this could be done slowly, slowly mobilizing the ironmen's fanatical belief in the ancient path, and there was no need to rush it so quickly.
However, Euron did not expect that the plan would be advanced. Everything was like pressing the accelerator button, and the fervent belief of the ironborn began to ferment rapidly, and then reached an uncontrollable point.
Now that they have burned down the church and killed the monks, they are in a state of chaos. Even if they don't want to launch the plan, they can no longer stop it.
"We could have continued to let the dragon cub on Essos distract the Iron Throne."
"Take it easy."
Euron sat carelessly on a chair next to his brother Balon, then picked up an apple from the fruit plate nearby and took a bite.
This is their plan.
Use Viserys to delay time, accumulate enough power, and even secretly ally with the Targaryens to instigate a war between the Iron Throne and the Targaryens.
Then, while they were busy fighting each other, he launched a rebellion, proclaimed himself the King of the Iron Islands, and stabbed him in the back.
However, Euron did not expect that his eldest brother Balon would advance the plan without authorization, and now he was in a difficult situation.
After this incident comes out, King's Landing will inevitably be harsh and demand that they hand over the murderer.
However, if the Iron Islands really hand over the murderer, then the Greyjoy family's prestige among the Ironborn will plummet, and the sentiment of "following the ancient ways" that was finally aroused will be poured down with a basin of water, and it will be deeply felt.
cold.
"snort--"
"What do you know?"
However, Balon just snorted coldly.
In fact, he didn't want to launch the plan so early, but many times the plan was ruined in the hands of ordinary people, and Balon did not expect that the iron people he secretly arranged would actually brainwash him.
I believe in the ancient ways fanatically, even to the point of madness, and then I use too much force all of a sudden...