The night was windless, the snow drifting straight down out of a cold
black sky, yet the leaves of the heart tree were rustling his name.
“Theon,” they seemed to whisper, “Theon.” The old gods, he thought. They
know me. They know my name. I was Theon of House Greyjoy. I was a ward
of Eddard Stark, a friend and brother to his children. “Please.” He
fell to his knees. “A sword, that’s all I ask. Let me die as Theon, not
as Reek.” Tears trickled down his cheeks, impossibly warm. “I was
ironborn. A son … a son of Pyke, of the islands.”
-A Ghost of Winterfell [A Dance with Dragons]