Why didnt he take them as salt wife or give them to his friends and family or why didnt he just take this valuable ship?
Victarion is Ironborn. And he's the most Ironborn of the Ironborn. Strong. Bold. Brave. Cruel. Killer instincts. Fearless in battle. Doesnt care if he drowns or dies. Just really enjoys the pirate/viking lifestyle.
Like most Ironborn, he is a fervent believer in the Drowned God.
And, just to solidify his his standing as the iconic Ironborn captain...he's dumb as a box of rocks.
Which is why he basically shrugs off the wound he receives in battle when taking the Shield Islands. He's just too tough to accept treatment. Only a fleshwound!
So, when his wound festers and the Maester proves unable to heal it and fears that Victarion turns to the strange sorcerer Moquorro, who, miraculously, they have found clinging to a bit of mast from the storm-wrecked Salaesori Qhoran.
Moqorro is a priest of the Red God, the Lord of Light. R'hllor.
Moqorro tells Victarion that he's foreseen that if he doesn't let Moqorro heal his wound he will die of the infection.
And so he heals it.
After the healing, realizing that the Red Priest has saved his life he gains a healthy respect for the Lord of Light.
He still believes in the Drowned God. That's his culture.
But he figures it's better to have two gods on his side than just one.
And so he sacrifices the sex slaves, (which is totally painful for him because those sex slaves are hot) by setting the fishing ketch afire. They'll burn and they'll drown.
He sacrifices to both gods.
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