The Payback War

**Battle of Tyrosh Bay** Costly Targaryen victory
Half of the Targaryen Fleet is destroyed.

**Siege of Tyrosh** Decisive Targaryen Vistory
Death of Nestoris Family
House Targaryen retakes Tyrosh
Baelor Targaryen is named Emperor of the New Valyrian Empire

**The Payback War** was a military effort to conquer The Kingdom of the Three Daughters from the Nestoris. The war for the kingdom ended in victory for Baelor Targaryen, retaking his family's former lands.

## Background

For three generations since the war, the Targaryen dynasty ruled the unified Kingdom of the Three Daughters. However, the reign of Maekar Targaryen, was challenged by Vogan Nestoris. Ultimately, the rebellion saw a rebel victory, the subsequent death of almost all of the remaining Targaryens, leaving only the young Baelor Targaryen alive, fleeing with the mass of the family's fortune to Volantis.

The meeting of the depressed Baelor Targaryen and the Captain-General Bu Loi (the leader of The Azure Dragon), led to a life-long and powerful friendship. The latter offered his armies to the young Targaryen in order to the invade the lost Kingdom and retake it.

During the Massacre Of Myr, the Targaryens were able to captured the powerful Myr and Lys all in the span of a 2 months due to the quick surrender of Myr and the support of Baelon Rogare, the heir to the Magistrate of Lys, who had marched an army to Myr to root out the Targaryen, but ending up supporting Baelor's cause, not being happy with the Nestoris rule. He himself aided in seizing Lys from his father and from the city, supporting the Targaryens.

## The March on the Disputed

When planning their attack on Tyrosh, Aerion Drake suggested to the emperor that they should split their armies and bait the Nestoris into not using their full army and breaking them bit by bit, Baelon Rogare contested that they had a larger army than Tyrosh from Myr, Lys and The Azure Dragon. But Aerion refuted that hitting them head on would cause a lot more casualties than breaking them up, Baelor ended up splitting his army into a smaller group to bait the prideful Tyroshi army to attack with full force. As per expected the prideful Aeren Nestoris, attacked the smaller army with most of the Tyroshi fleet and almost half of their army. Baelon Rogare led the army against Aeren. Even though they had a disadvantage in the numbers, the army made up for it with their varied forces and the war elephants and basilisks they had been given by Bu Loi. In a duel between Baelon and Aeren, the sword skill of Baelon overwhelmed Aeren and he was defeated and killed although Baelon's left hand was almost cut in half with almost all of his fingers cut by Aeren. Although even after Aeren's death his army continued fighting. Luckily for long enough for Baelon to inact his own personal plan and destroy the fleet that Aeren had came to the Disputed Lands. Soon after Baelon returned and ordered his army to retreat back to the borders of Lys and Myr, without their leader, the Tyrsohi army would be stranded in the Disputed Land and wouldn't follow them. A strategical victory for House Targaryen, and grave situation for the Tyroshi Army.

## Battle of Tyrosh Bay

While Lord Baelon Rogare was fighting in the Disputed Lands, the rest of the army was making their way to the island that Tyrosh resided on. They took the bulk of their army with them. The massive number of ships on the sea alerted the Nestoris of the incoming threat. the Triarch Vogan Nestoris, still recovering from his injuries from the Siege of Myr, ordered his brother Syran Nestoris, to attack the Targaryens at the bay dwindling their numbers as much as possible before they attacked the walls of Tyrosh. Syran headed off with the majority of Tyrosh's remaining army, 10,000 men to attack the Targaryens at the bay. The battle ended in a defeat for the Nestoris, and a costly victory for Targaryens. Syran Nestoris at the face of defeat retreated back to Tyrosh taking as many men as he could to fortify the walls and potentially push back and survive the Targaryen pursuit of the Kingdom.

## Siege of Tyrosh

Having finally arrived at his former home, Emperor Baelor Targaryen ordered the soldiers at the city to surrender the Nestoris family, as he, the rightful ruler had arrived, he promised the soldiers a pardon for turning against his family. The commander of the army refused to turn against the Nestoris family so the Emperor promised to have every soldier in that city to executed for the murder of his family. The siege lasted for days, but as soon as they broke through the walls the Targaryens began their onslaught of the city, killing all soldiers and nobles in Tyrosh it wasn't long before they commanders of the Targaryen army and the Emperor reached the Nestoris residence where Vogan and his brother lay fortified with they guard. The Targaryens broke through and made their way through the residence. Syran attempted to jump the emperor and murder him by surprise, but Bu Loi was able to safe him getting stabbed in the abdomen, although not deep enough to cause too much trouble, although he did pass out in Baelor's arms. Aerion jumped to action and stabbed Syran through the back of his throat with his knife, and lay his captain down on the wall. Both Baelor and Aerion continued on to the master bedroom where they found Vogan laying, Vogan congratulated Baelor on avenging his family, knowing he had lost and couldn't do much to resist them. He asked only to be lay alongside his son and brother, which Baelor refused before leaving the room and ordering Aerion to destroy the house with Vogan inside of it. He left and announced to the city that their triarch had died and that he was the new lord and emperor of the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. The Tyroshi soldiers continued fighting the Targaryens fearing the death that Baelor had promised them. The resisting forces were quickly killed after a few hours, although some had escaped the city and island.

## Aftermath

At the loss of all the opposing forces, Baelor Targaryen had finally won the war and restored his family's land.

He changed the ruling system of the Kingdom of the Three Daughters, from a triarchy, to an absolute monarchy, dubbing himself finally, Emperor of the Three Daughter Protector of the New Valyrians, Lord of Tyrosh. Taking the first title from the kingdom he had conquered, creating the second title as an indication for his goals to create a New Valyrian Empire and his last title from the kingdom he resided on.

Upon his ascension he decided to copy the layout of the Seven Kingdoms, by handing out former kingdom level titles to his trusted followers. Lys was already under the authority of Baelon Rogare, he was named Lord Protector of Lys, Myr became a centre of war and battle, holding the largest army second only to the army of the Targaryens, was given to Bu Loi, being named Lord Protector of Myr, also taking his Azure Dragon army and adding it to the army of Myr giving a quarter of the army to Baelor to be his personal army. The Disputed Lands, finally at peace after the centuries of war by the three cities surrounding it, was created into a new kingdom level title, named unironically, the Disputed. The land was given Aerion Drake, being named Lord Protector of the Disputed, he was charged with building a civilisation there from the ruined towns and cities. Tyrosh was left as a personal domain of the Emperor and his new family.

Having helped win the war and being named a Lord Protector, Aerion requested that the Emperor marry his sister, Baella Drake. The emperor accepted his request and on the week after his victory, he held a wedding and coronation celebration, a grand celebration for the nobles of the three free cities.