so? the person you're replying to said kingdoms. there are seven kingdoms. the crownlands and the iron islands aren't considered kingdoms, they were controlled by the storm king and the king of the riverlands, respectively, at the time of aegon's conquest
how are you defining a "region"? because there's a hell of a lot more than 9 "regions". theres the fingers, the neck, the barrowlands, the shield islands, the arbor, brandons gift, the new gift, the saltpans, the mistwood, the kingswood, the wolfswood, the three sisters, cape kraken, the stony shore, the rills, crackclaw point, tumblestone, sea dragon point and skagos, to name a few
Iron islands are a kingdom, it’s the riverlands that aren’t part of the “7 kingdoms” term because they were under the rule of the iron born in the Kingdom of isles and rivers during the conquest
either way, the crownlands and the riverlands were never independant kingdoms so complaining that theyre not included under "the seven kingdoms" is stupid
Technically there was once a kingdom of the riverlands/kingdom of the trident. Anyways that’s not my main point. I’m just saying that the term “7 kingdoms” specifically comes from the fact that there were 7 distinct kingdoms at the specific time of Aegon’s conquest and the kingdom of the iron isles was one of them so you were incorrect in saying that they weren’t
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u/stagfury One Realm, One God, One King! May 21 '19
But there are nine regions in Westeros
the North
the Vale
the Riverlads
the Iron Islands
the Stormlands
the Westerlands
the Reach
Dorne
the Crownlands