Paying the “Gold Price”
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Cardinal Sins · The Drowned God
‘What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger.’
The Ironborn ideal is to pay the iron price (take by force), not the gold price (buy peacefully).
Hated traits:
- Preferring trade over raiding
- Buying what could be taken
- Valuing coin over conquest
To them, wealth earned without risk is shameful.
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