Assault on the Dreadfort

The assault on the Dreadfort was an attempted rescue mission during the War of the Five Kings.
==History==
===Prelude===
Following the Sack of Winterfell, Theon Greyjoy is taken prisoner by Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Lord Roose Bolton, and held hostage at the Dreadfort."Dark Wings, Dark Words"
When Yara learns of her brother's imprisonment and torture by the Boltons she resolves to rescue him, recruiting fifty of the Iron Islands most seasoned raiders, and sets sail for the Dreadfort. Yara and her crew sail around the west coast of Westeros, up the Narrow Sea to the Weeping Water."Mhysa"
===The assault===
Yara and some members of her crew sail up the Weeping Water on a small boat and scale a wall of the Dreadfort to infiltrate the castle. Yara kills a Bolton guard and takes another hostage, demanding to know where Theon is. The guard reveals Theon is in the kennels and is promptly killed.As the castle garrison becomes aware of the invaders and the alarm is sounded, Yara finds Theon inside a kennel cage. He refuses to leave with his sister, fearing its another of Ramsay's mind games and insisting that he's "Reek". Soon, a group of Bolton men led by Ramsay arrives at the kennels. As the Northmen and Ironborn fight and kill each other, Yara tries to drag the resisting Theon with her. Theon bites her hand and returns to his cage. Ramsay then releases his hounds on Yara and the few surviving Ironborn.
Yara and the surviving Ironborn flee the Dreadfort and return to their boat. She now considers Theon to be dead.
===Aftermath===
As a reward for his demonstration of loyalty and "love", Ramsay rewards Reek with a bath, cleaning his pet himself. Ramsay then offers Reek a new service: to pretend to be Theon Greyjoy.
==In the books==
The Assault on the Dreadfort does not occur in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels.
Some time after the sack of Winterfell, Asha (Yara's book counterpart) comes there to learn about her brother's fate. She finds only unrecognized dead bodies, mutilated by scavengers. She assumes Theon is dead, though she cannot be certain, and returns to Deepwood Motte as per her father's orders. Since Ramsay never sends Balon any letter with Theon's body parts, he and Asha are unaware of Theon's status and whereabouts, and Asha does not attempt to rescue him. To Balon it wouldn't matter: he despises Theon and hopes that he dies, so he won't stand in Asha's way, whom Balon considers his heir.
In the fifth novel, following Balon's death and the Kingsmoot, Asha receives a threatening letter from Ramsay, with a piece of Theon's skin enclosed. The letter starts with "I write this letter in the blood of ironmen" and ends with "I send you each a piece of prince. Linger in my lands, and share his fate." Only then Asha realizes that her brother is alive and held captive by the Boltons. She feels sorry for him, thinking that death would have been a better fate, but has no intentions to rescue him.
Shortly afterwards, Tristifer Botley tells Asha about Torgon the Latecomer, how he had a kingsmoot declared unlawful. The story gives Asha an idea, but whatever it is - she has no time to think it over, because at that moment Stannis attacks Deepwood Motte. Nearly all Asha's troops are destroyed and she is taken captive.
While Stannis's host is on its way to Winterfell, Mance Rayder and six spearwives infiltrate the castle in attempt to save "Arya Stark". Although they are caught, Theon and Jeyne manage to escape. They are found by Mors Umber, who brings them to the abandoned village where Stannis's host is.
When Asha is finally reunited with Theon, both of them are held captive by Stannis. 
==References==
===Notes===
Category:301 AC
Category:Battles
Category:Ironborn invasion of the North
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fr:Assaut sur Fort-Terreur
ru:Нападение на Дредфорт