Just so you know, Edwyle had his own idea for a name for his sword, as do other characters. This is a vote to suggest it to him.
Okay, in that case I say let Edwyle name the sword. It was won through his diplomacy so let him have his moment in the sun.
With regards to the Ironborn I have two goals.
a) The destruction of the worship of the Drowned God. It's not a valuable cultural tradition, it's a religion of evil. Kill the priests, destroy the temples if they have any, and try to install other gods, preferably the Old Gods.
b) Free the thralls and destroy their capacity to get new ones quickly. The Ironborn can learn how to sow or they can starve. If they lack experience, equipment or seeds, I would be willing to help out. The Iron Islands may not be particularly well suited to it, but there is agriculture on Iceland, so it should be possible. And fish will likely be a staple food, of course.
Achieving this will require a temporary occupation, hopefully not too long.
I don't see how this can be achieved with anything less than permanent occupation and annexation. I think the occupation of Wales by the English is probably the best historical analogy. Most of the Ironborn nobility will have to be replaced, or at least intermarried with others. Maybe houses Harlaw and Farwynd might prove co-operative:
-Further Afield (Iron Isles): 1d100+19 = 82. The Iron Islands are a troublesome land and a troublesome land to spy on, but rumors are simple enough to gather. You hear word of rebellions put down by sword and dread sorcery, of great krakens and other sea monsters shattering rebellious keeps, of the "glory" of the Drowned God and the Iron Price. Only a few houses seem to have embraced it less than wholeheartedly, Harlaw and Farwynd among them. Locked 1 season.
The rest of the Ironborn lords are going to be dead set on paying the Iron Price aka theft, rape, and murder.
I say we establish a rule that those that have committed rape or murder (meaning pretty much every lord that has a "salt wife" or has been out reaving) gets punished according to our laws, which means either execution or being sent to the Wall. That will decapitate those in favor of rape and murder.
We replace them with those who fight gallantly in the conquest (whether from the North or the Vale). I'm sure there will be plenty of second sons or natural sons who want to establish their own holdfast. Perhaps they can marry some of the daughters of the old Ironborn lords to create a continuity. We free the thralls (most of who are enslaved to working in the mines), and through them establish a loyal subset among the smallfolk. Perhaps some of the common soldiers will also want to stay and try their luck in the Isles where they can farm land that is currently underused. The Ironborn smallfolk due to their emphasis on sailing will be shifted to fishing and trade instead of raiding. Which actually should end up providing the smallfolk with more lasting benefits than reaving did (as reaving put most of the plunder in the hands of the nobles).
Those new Lords will provide the needed sponsoring to establish and support godswoods and septs, which can then convert the smallfolk.
It will take decades to firmly establish a new way of living, without the raping and the murdering and the thieving, but it's a worthwhile effort. I think we also set our heir Eddard up as the Prince of the Isles (ala Prince of Wales) to create a constant link from the Iron Isle to the throne and Stark dynasty. Probably that means establishing him at Pyke? His Mormont wife will help him secure the place as well, as having links to the Western Lords will be important, and a wife who is good at combat will probably mesh better with Iron Isle norms.
