Chapter Twenty-Nine - The Reaver - A Feast for Crows | A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF)

Victarion Greyjoy fights through his opponents and his misgivings about his brother King Euron. He’s dispatched to Essos to bring back a fiancé (for Euron) and three dragons, but Victarion has other ideas. Mackelly and Simon ponder who would win The Bachelor: Iron Islands.

Chapter Review:
Victarion Greyjoy gets back to what he does best: following orders and taking names. The Iron Fleet decimates the reduced naval capacity of the Reach to claim the Shield Islands, which have long protected the mouth of the Mander River. 
The victors feast in the hall of the vanquished, humiliating and abusing prisoners. The scene is festive (if you are an Iron Islander, to anybody else it’s pretty grim), with plunder and revelry for all. But there are some cracks in the facade of unity. Euron wants to sell the captives into slavery against the tradition of thralldom. He awards lordships of the four Shield Islands to redoubtable allies, who just happen to be mainstays of Euron’s principle opponents.

Euron wants the entire fleet to head to Essos to bring back the most beautiful woman in the world to be his fiancé, and to use the dragon horn to command her dragons. Wiser heads convince him to send only a portion - so he sends Victarion and his Iron Fleet. The younger brother accedes, but decides that he would quite like to be affianced to the most beautiful woman in the world.

Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Victarion Greyjoy - Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet. Brother to Euron. 
Euron “Crow’s Eye” Greyjoy - New king of the Iron Islands, elder brother to Aeron. 
Asha Greyjoy - Daughter of Balon. Fierce fighter and reaver. Well respected. In hiding since Euron’s elevation.
Aeron “Damphair” Greyjoy - Youngest brother of King Balon Greyjoy. Priest of the Drowned God.
Shield Islands  - Cluster of four small islands at the mouth of the Mander.
Mander - Great river that flows from east to west through the Reach. 

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 8:06 Character Recap
• 8:37 Chapter Summary
• 16:04 General Discussion
• 59:29 Background Information
• 1:01:41 Comparison with the TV Show
• 1:02:06 Pedantry Corner
• 1:02:24 News and Notes
• 1:05:54 Conclusion