‘‘Aeron, my good and faithful servant, you must tell the Ironborn that the Crow’s Eye is no true king. Not Victarion. Victarion had offered himself to the captains and kings but they had spurned him. Not Asha. Aeron had always loved Asha best of all his brother Balon’s children. No woman had ever ruled the Iron Islands. The Seastone Chair by rights belonged to… to… to…’‘















