Defenestration of Sunspear

The Defenestration of Sunspear was part of the Dornish campaign to oppose the rule of Aegon I Targaryen. They attacked the garrisons Aegon had left behind in the castles that they occupied in Dorne.
==History==
===Prelude===
Following the coronation of Aegon the Conqueror at the Starry Sept, Rhaenys returned to Dorne on Meraxes. This time, Aegon and Visenya Targaryen, atop their dragons, joined with her. However, when they reached the city, they found it empty, as Dorne knew that it would be unwise to engage against three dragons. Believing themselves victorious, Aegon installed a royal garrison and castellans for each Dornish stronghold, as House Targaryen ruled from King's Landing.
===The battle===
However, the hiding Dornishmen revolted against the Targaryen army, and they began throwing castellans off the towers of Sunspear and deserting them in the Dornish deserts."House Martell, Princes of Dorne"
===Aftermath===
Rhaenys returned on Meraxes, intent on avenging herself against Meria Martell, but this time, Dorne is no longer empty. The Dornish kept Meria's promise and fought even while burning under dragon flame.
==In the books==
Aegon the Conqueror and Rhaenys had only just returned to King's Landing when the Dornish rebelled against the Targaryens. From Sunspear's shadow city Dornishmen came forth, retaking the castle. Lord Rosby was captured, and thrown from a window atop the Spear Tower by none other than Princess Meria Martell. In 5 AC, Lord Harlan Tyrell marched his army from Hellholt, intend on taking both Sunspear and the Dornish castle Vaith. However, he and his army disappeared in the deserts of Dorne and they were never seen again.
Elsewhere, entire garrisons were put to the sword. The knights who had been in charge of the garrisons were horrifically tortured and mutilated. The lord of House Wyl, called the Wyl of Wyl and the Widow-lover, eventually agreed to ransom back Lord Orys Baratheon and the other captured lords. In 7 AC, the captives were ransomed back for each man's weight in gold and set free. However, the savage Wyl of Wyl had their sword hands amputated, so they could "never take up arms against Dorne again". Because of this experience, Orys became bitter and vengeful, and resigned from his office as Hand of the King.
Intent on revenge, King Aegon I unleashed his dragons. The castles who remained defiant were burned time and time again, whereupon the Dornish retaliated in 8 AC by setting ablaze half the Rainwood on Cape Wrath and sacked half a dozen towns and villages.
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Category:Battles
Category:First Dornish War
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