Location from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
The crumbling Greyjoy stronghold — towers perched on sea stacks connected by swaying rope bridges over churning ocean, salt-scoured and defiant as the ironborn themselves.
Pyke embodies everything about the ironborn in architectural form — it's harsh, exposed, perpetually under assault by the elements, and too proud to admit it's falling apart. The rope bridges between towers are a test of nerve; crossing them in a storm with waves crashing a hundred feet below is a daily reality for the household. The Seastone Chair — a throne carved from a black oily stone that predates the ironborn themselves — sits in the Great Keep, and whoever sits it rules the Iron Islands. The smell of brine and kelp permeates everything. There is no comfort here by design — the ironborn consider comfort a weakness of the green lands. Theon Greyjoy returned home expecting warmth and found only salt spray and his father's contempt.
Dark stone towers stand on separate pillars of rock jutting from the sea, connected by rope-and-plank bridges that sway in the constant wind. The Great Keep clings to the largest stack, its walls perpetually slick with spray. The original castle has long since crumbled into the waves — what remains is a stubborn refusal to yield to the sea.
Also known as: Pyke, the Greyjoy seat, Castle Pyke