She believes Theon is dead, but admits she cannot be certain. Daenerys finds Yara's terms reasonable (particularly since Yara's offer of alliance is far less matrimonial), and accepts the aid of her one hundred ships, although with the condition that the Some time later, Yara and Theon begin the voyage back to Ellaria bends over Yara and spreads her legs apart across the table. Some time after Winterfell was sacked, Asha comes there, but finds only unrecognizable dead bodies, partly eaten by wolves. Asha's crew adore her devotedly.
Ramsay enters with some guards, and in the ensuing fight most of both sides are killed. She was Balon and Alannys's third child after He writes to Yara to request reinforcements to hold the castle. Later on, when Theon returns, Yara is furious with him for costing her so many lives in his decision to stay in the Dreadfort, showing that she was remorseful of her defeat during the rescue mission. She believes it would be best for the Ironborn to make peace with the North, and this is her main platform at the Asha becomes a POV narrator starting in the fourth novel, Asha's reunion with Theon occurs under very different circumstances in the fifth novel, At Deepwood Motte, Asha considers her options: go to Torrhen's Square, which is still held by Dagmer; make new life as a trader across the Narrow Sea; settle at Sea Dragon Point; return to the Iron Islands and try to raise the ironborn against their new-crowned king.
According to Dagmer, after Balon lost his three sons, Asha was his solace. Lady Yara Greyjoy is the Lady of the Iron Islands and Lady Reaper of Pyke, the daughter and last surviving child of Balon Greyjoy, and older sister and only surviving sibling of Theon Greyjoy. Other than these minor naming and cosmetic differences, Gemma Whelan's portrayal is actually quite faithful to Asha Greyjoy's behavior and actions in the books. She soon receives a taunting letter from Ramsay Bolton revealing that Theon is actually still alive and being tortured in his dungeon; she feels sorry for her brother, but does not intend to rescue him.
Yara decides to retake the Iron Islands, since they are virtually unprotected while Euron is away, as well as providing Daenerys with a final stronghold should the dead overrun Westeros.
Asha loves her father, but considers him as "a brave man but a bad lord". While Yara and Ellaria began kissing, Yara's ship is struck. However, Theon looks around and gets a harsh reminder of his torture by Ramsay Bolton as he sees Euron's men cutting out the tongues of his defeated comrades. There Reaction to this change in Asha/Yara's sexuality generally received a positive reception from critics. One of the more notable ones is her love-sick champion Tristifer Botley whom she broke up with as a teenager but who nonetheless remains loyal to Asha and continues to pine for her. Ellaria moves her hand up Yara's leg towards her crotch.
Yara, however, decides to take the fastest ship of the Iron Fleet along with the 50 best killers of the Isles, sail up the However, when they enter the kennels where he is sleeping, Theon, believing it to be another one of Ramsay's psychological mind games, claims he is Reek and refuses to go. It is as-yet unknown if Asha and Theon in the books might also try to ally with Daenerys in the next novel - this is assuming they somehow manage to escape both Stannis's camp and the Bolton army. She accuses him of trying to take advantage of their father's murder to become King of Pyke. Yara is actually not the first queer female character to appear in the TV series, even discounting minor female prostitutes who appear in the background of scenes (or put on performances for men, as Ros and Daisy did in Season 1). Because of her sharpness, Yara can come across as aggressive towards people she doesn't like or people who try to put her in her place, and isn't swayed when Theon warns her against crossing him. In sharp contrast to the allusions people have about her on the basis that she is a woman, Yara is extremely headstrong and formidable towards anybody who dares cross her, as well as possessing a sharp, cynical, and sarcastic sense of humor. Stannis thinks it over and answers "Serve me well in this matter of the sellswords, and you may have what you desire. She later lost her virtue when she was 16 years old to a sailor from Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The first queer female character to be introduced in the TV series was Asha Greyjoy in the books shows no particular hints of being interested in women: she Asha has been very sexually active with men and had many lovers: some for half a year, many for just half a night. She plays a detective, Eunice Noon, in The End of the F***ing World on Netflix.