Game of thrones recap: what happened to euron greyjoy?

Fans of Game of Thrones were finally given a proper glimpse of season eight with HBO dropping the highly-anticipated official trailer last week (March 5). The two minute and two-second promo

provided a wealth of hints about what’s in store and brand new content to analyse. But what happened to Euron Greyjoy (played by Pilou Asbæk) in the last season? Here’s a recap. WHAT

HAPPENED TO EURON GREYJOY IN GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7? _WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7_ Euron Greyjoy is an Iron Islander and the uncle of Theon (Alfie

Allen) and Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan). While the character had been mentioned by other characters in earlier seasons, he only first appeared on screen in season six. However, season seven

saw him take on a significantly larger role. GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8 TRAILER EXPLAINED In seasons even Euron’s storyline began with him failing to meet Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in

Mermen having been beaten to it by his niece and nephew with whom she forges an alliance. So he sails the Iron Fleet to King’s Landing as per Cersei Lannister’s (Lena Heady) invitation.

Cersei wants to forge an alliance with the Iron Born and Euron proposes marriage which, she declines. He leaves and promises to return with a gift that will win her heart. So Euron sets off

and manages to intercept Yara and Theon’s fleet leaving Dragonstone. IS VISERION AN ICE DRAGON? They were on the way to Dorne to link up with the Dornish fleet and armies. Euron’s ship locks

on to Yara and Theon’s and Euron’s men attack. A bloody battle ensues between Euron and the Dornish Sandsnakes. Euron kills Obara Sand (Keisha Castle-Hughes) by first disarming her,

snapping her spear in half and then impaling her with the broken pieces. He then kills her sister Nymeria Sand (Jessica Henwick) by strangling her with her own whip. Euron and yard then spar

with him eventually beating her and holding an axe at her throat. GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8, EPISODE 1 RELEASE DATE  He calls for Theon to come and rescue his sister but Theon panics and

jumps overboard. The Iron Fleet returns to King's Landing where Euron parades his captives through the streets before delivering his gift, Ellaria (Indira Varma) and Tyene (Rosabell

Laurenti Sellers) to Cersei. Cersei is pleased and gets revenge on Ellaria for murdering her daughter Myrcella (Nell Tiger Free). Euron is eventually ordered to set sail again and leads the

Iron Fleet west to Casterly Rock where he attacks and destroys the remainders of Daenerys' fleet He is then is present in the Dragonpit at the Parley in King's Landing when Jon and

his party arrive to display the wight. He has an outburst at Theon, who is also present and watches Jon destroy the wight. He examines the creature before asking if they can swim and

announcing he is returning to the Iron Islands. Later, Cersei, who is pregnant with Euron’s baby, admits to Jaime (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau) that Euron is actually on his way to Essos to ferry

the Golden Company back to fight for her. _GAME OF THRONES SEASON 8 PREMIERES ON APRIL 14 ON HBO AND SKY ATLANTIC AND ON NOW TV ON APRIL 15_