| Re: Tyrion's Third - Tywin and the Greyjoys.
The Greyjoys and Lannisters seems to be perfect allies. Each house is only out for itself and only wants to serve under their own rule. It could be that the Lannisters were convinced to let the Greyjoys have their little Iron Islands kingdom in exchange for harassing Lannister enemies while leaving Lannister held lands alone. Do the Lannisters really care about a bunch of barren island rocks in the North? Other rulers were too prideful to let those islands out of their possession but I could see the Lannisters not really caring about whatever small resources those islands produce and as allies they could get whatever they need from there anyway. At the same time, they gain a navy with their Greyjoy alliance. Letting the Greyjoys call themselves kings is a small price to pay for having an on-call navy manned by some of the best sailors in the world. |