Raiding longship is really dumb. :/

Agreed. Effortless Put to the Swords all day for Greyjoy. Basically just need to keep them from getting first player, I suppose. And it's not unique either.

I can't believe how many high impact boats Greyjoy is getting. 3 Iron Fleet Scouts, the Great Kraken and now 3 Raiding Longships. Jeez.

As for the other two cards, I really really like the Unsworn Apprentice. He basically simplifies your icon spread, allowing you to fill in whatever defense you are missing. Him + Syrio is going to be an awfully potent combo. And being 2 strength makes him 3 strength with the Wall, thus Plaza of Punishment doesn't kill him. Which is just...really nice.

Brandon's Gift seems like a piece of garbage to me. There is currently 1 builder in the game, the Veteran Builder. There is only one builder spoiled right now and he is unique. There are only 3 other NW cards that have not been spoiled in the first cycle + the first deluxe box. So for the foreseeable future, you're spending 2 gold on this location and getting, at most 4 to 6 gold out of it. More likely closer to 2 or 3.

Maybe more cards will come out that make "The North" locations really strong. But until then, I find almost no reason to run this location.

As for the plot, I like the idea of 10 gold. But giving your opponent 3 gold could be disastrous. I'd have to do some play testing to see exactly how devastating that is. I would have just preferred a straight 7 gold blank plot haha