When Robert and Ned besieged Pyke, they eventually blasted the fortresses’ walls to allow troops through. When Robert became king, Thoros was part of his court and a drinking buddy of the monarch.Īlso Read: “Game of Thrones” 101: Robert’s Rebellion and Fall of the Mad King But Thoros lost his faith, especially after watching the Mad King burn people alive, and mostly just drank and hung out in Westeros for years, fighting in tournaments. A Red Priest from Essos, Thoros had come to Westeros during Aerys Targaryen’s reign in order to convert him to worshipping the Lord of Light. That siege is where Jorah and Thoros come in.
Lord Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) defeated the Iron Fleet, and Robert and Ned Stark laid siege to Pyke, the seat of the Ironborn’s Salt Throne. But eventually, the superior power of the Iron Throne, and its numbers, crushed the rebellion. The Ironborn then started raiding all along the coast of Westeros, and won some early victories, including burning the Lannister fleet at anchor. The battle Thoros and Jorah discuss actually happened between Robert’s Rebellion, which everybody talks about a lot for obvious reason, and the beginning of the show - during a war that’s been mentioned a few times on “Game of Thrones” because it’s had some tangible impact on events going back to season 1.Īlso Read: 23 “Game of Thrones” Fan Theories for Season 7 and Beyond (Photos)Įight years after the end of Robert’s Rebellion, the lord of the Iron Islands, Baelon Greyjoy (Patrick Malahide), declared himself King of the Ironborn and the Iron Islands a sovereign nation, and began an open revolt against the Iron Throne. It’s not something that happened on the show, however, and viewers would be forgiven for not knowing what the pair are talking about. Without a working knowledge of Westerosi history, it’s easy to get confused when the show discusses things that happened years in the past - and that’s exactly what Ser Jorah (Iain Glen) and Thoros of Myr (Paul Kaye) do in the Season 7 episode “Beyond the Wall.”Īs they’re walking beyond the Wall on their mission to find an undead wight, capture it, and bring it back to show the lords of Westeros, Jorah and Thoros discuss a battle they fought together years in the past. “Game of Thrones” characters routinely reference events and history that took place long before the show started.
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