[ And his cruel older brothers, all of whom are long dead. Sometimes he forgets just how easily they could easily make a reappearance here. They've been dead to him longer than all the others, and he never did like them very much to begin with. ]
On the Iron Islands, a man can have only one rock wife, but he may have as many salt wives as he pleases.
[ There's a more sinister idea behind it; salt wives are typically women who have been captured on raids, but Balon had no salt wives, and Theon's image of the Iron Islands is still very much one he's crafted from bits and pieces of his childhood. ]
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[ And his cruel older brothers, all of whom are long dead. Sometimes he forgets just how easily they could easily make a reappearance here. They've been dead to him longer than all the others, and he never did like them very much to begin with. ]
On the Iron Islands, a man can have only one rock wife, but he may have as many salt wives as he pleases.
[ There's a more sinister idea behind it; salt wives are typically women who have been captured on raids, but Balon had no salt wives, and Theon's image of the Iron Islands is still very much one he's crafted from bits and pieces of his childhood. ]