Originally Posted by
Lord Dread
"And yet you demand more than you can give", Lord Ormund closed the case, "I might no share the words of my uncle, as they weren't polite,
but I see no advantage for House Baratheon in this deal. If I marry off my sister to Lord Tyrell, Lord Lannister or Lord Tully,
I could know that I left her in trustworthy hands, where I can be certain of their help, should anything threaten the Stormlands.
If the situation is dire, I can count on their manpower.
Yet, Lord Greyjoy, you lack the manpower to afford this task, while the Iron Islands are too far off my coast in order to keep that promise.
Moreover, the reputation of your House and the Iron Islands as a whole speaks against such a marriage. Your people are known as reavers,
scum, pirates without any honor at worst.
I do not intend to send any of my family members to a court, where pirates tend to hold their court and thus endanger the safety of said family."