It seems from WOIAF that the ironborn simply had superior technology: “the men of the green lands told each other that the ironborn were demons risen from some watery hell, protected by fell sorceries and possessed of foul black weapons that drank the very souls of those they slew.” (That quote is from the Iron Islands chapter of WOIAF, just search “souls” in asearchoficeandfire).

I know, I just read that. On the other hand, we’re talking about a period without any written records, so you have to take it with a grain of salt. 

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