However, that's where the problem begins: I have over 200 screenshots of that playthrough in no particular order, because Ironborn games tend to be war-intensive, and I had to replay some of the wars a few times (specifically, the war for independence, and the much harder war to keep my independence). My general policy is that I allow myself unlimited replays to test out war strategies, but will not reload otherwise.
Also I need to finish the Joffrey playthrough, I think that should be up in a few days, I have all the screens sitting around on my computer.
But I did promise something, so here goes.
The battle that won the First War of Ironborn Independence. Basically, the rule of the game is that if you completely smash the enemy army, you get a massive warscore boost. However, the game only checks what % of the enemy army you smash, not the exact number. So what Rodrik did was that he waited for the Reach and Throne forces to wear each other down, then when the Throne was down to around 8K men, he went hunting for them in the Reach and slaughtered them, leading to...
The Reach likes to start megawars, it seems. It started 2 while Balon was alive, and the 3rd during Rodrik's reign. The first two were ill-fated. In the last one, they got the Stormlands on their side, and were actually winning for a time, but somehow managed to lose to the Iron Throne.
Balon valiantly led his forces against the armies of the Iron Throne for over 4 years before the war came to an end.
The terms of Allard Baratheon's surrender to the Balon Greyjoy II. Notice that he has blond hair (and the Suspected Bastard Trait IIRC), he's most likely a creation of Jaime and Cersei.
Balon Greyjoy's grandson, after he fought the Second War of Ironborn Independence against a resurgent Iron Throne determined to take back the lands it used to possess, 10 years after it lost it. I spent over 2K gold on mercenaries that fight.
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