The War of the Four Daughters

All events in history are canon up until the end of the War of the Four Daughters, in which the armies of Westeros return home to lick their wounds and Essos recovers from years of blood conflict.

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## The War of the Four Daughters

### 409 AC

* **Pentos and the Sacking of the Temple** -- Crownland forces take Pentos in a day, the city falls quickly with minimal bloodshed, save for the defilement of the Red Temple.
* **Blockade of Myrth** -- Velaryon ships form a blockade at the the Sea of Myrth, cutting off naval maneuvering and supplies to Myr.
* **Battle in the Stones** -- a four day battle in the stepstones, both land and sea.
* **Fall of Tyrosh**  -- after a loss, sellsails of Tyrosh scatter, leaving the city open to fall to the pressure of a short siege.
* **Battle of Spears** -- a skirmish involving 3,000 soldiers, credited as the first battle in the Disputed Lands
* **Big Break** -- a following skirmish in the Disputed Lands, four days after the Battle of Spears.  The battle was larger, and far bloodier.
* **First Battle by the Myrth** -- the first major land engagement of the War and a shocking, though hard paid, victory of Stormland armies over two mercenary companies.
* **Battle at the Lake** -- a failed attempt by a command of Tyrell soldiers to displace encampments on an eastern lake in the Disputed Lands.
* **Battle in the Ruins** -- the bloodiest land battle of the first year, the battle saw a large, combined host of Crownlands, Stormlands, and Reach banners against eleven separate mercenary companies commanded by the Black Company and the Second Sons; the battle lasted three days.
* **A Battle of Valor** -- a skirmish on an old, broken road in the disputed lands that put a company of Reach Knights against a sellsword host. The Lord Commander of the Kingsguard dies here.
* **Breaking the Blockade** -- a daring and fruitful effort of the Myrish fleet to penetrate and break the Blockade of Myr, this would result in several sea skirmishes throughout the following weeks.
* **Creek Battle** -- a large series of skirmishes on a small creek bed that routed Crownland forces in the Northern Disputed Lands, some small number of Stormland banners were also involved.
* **Battle of Iron Hill** -- a small, inconclusive battle of Reachmen versus a contingent of sellswords of Bright Banners and Blood Bearers.  The battle is so named for the hill that has collected the forgotten shields and swords of those who have fallen there for centuries.
* **Second Battle by the Myrth** -- a grueling, two day fight that took place along the Myrth coast only a few leagues further northeast than the first.  Crownland and Stormland forces are held by a strategically defensive position of the Black Company.
* **Battle of the Roads** -- a battle that raged through a day and a night.  With Stormland armies at the command and a company of Reach Heavy Cavalry, the Second Sons and supporting companies were forced to fall back to Myr by sunrise.  Despite the Black Company’s victory only a week earlier at the Second Battle by the Myrth, they too are forced to fall back to Myr at the risk of being encircled.
* **Battle on the Ford** -- a smaller battle that occurred simultaneously

### 410 AC

* **Pentos Reclaimed** -- With only a small garrison of Crownland forces holding the city, Pentos is retaken, seemingly overnight.
* **Siege of Myr** -- though Myr’s fleet and sellsails from Lys have forced Velaryon and Redwyne ships out of the Myrth and into several sea engagements, Myr is put to siege at land.  There are several skirmishes at the onset, but eventually sellsword companies fall back behind Myrish walls and the Royal host sets for siege.
* **Pentos Sacked Again, Destruction of the Lannister Fleet** -- after news of Pentos reaches the Royal army, the King has the bulk of Lannister Armies, who have only just reached the shores of Essos, sail north to reclaim the city and march on Myr from the north.  A week later, the Lannister fleet arrives to Pentos, taking the city and surrounding land easily.  The city is a trap, however, set by the Sealord of Braavos.  The Lannister fleet is burned with minimal casualties to Braavosi ships and the Westerland army is forced to fortify the city. Two small hosts of Westerland banners are scattered in the chaos; the first setting up position in the Flatlands south, the second eventually making for the Velvet Hills in the east.
* **Battle of the Sea of Myrth --** The fleets of Myr set out into the sea of Myrth in an attempt to force another engagement at sea. They are successful, but this time, Rhaegal descends with the Redwyne fleet and begins setting fire to the ships at sea. The admiral was prepared, however, and set loose a trap, striking Rhaegal no less than two-dozen times before bringing the great beast down on land, dying of his wounds several hours later.
* **Enter the Iron Fleet** -- many battles and skirmishes with the Sealord. The initial battle when the Iron Fleet comes results in the taking of Myrth and eventually Myr with new armies of Reach, Westerland, and a modest number of Riverland forces.  With Myr taken and the Disputed Lands falling, a front forms on both sea and land at the Flatlands and deep inward to the Rhoyne. Myr falls easily.  Though at first seemingly by the overwhelming position, it becomes clear that both the Black Company and Seconds Sons, the two most prominent sellsword companies of the Four Daughter armies, betrayed the Myrish nobles to cells and slavery. After some small delegation, the sellsword companies were offered a sizable contract to aid in the remaining Braavosi threat.

* **Volantis, Norvos, and Qohor** -- with the Sealord warring with the Iron Fleet in the Narrow Sea, commanders of Westeros armies march north to lift the siege of Pentos and the Lannister army garrisoned there.  Scouts, however, report that some ten-thousand Unsullied of Qohor have joined the Braavosi land armies and that Norvos sent four-thousand hired mercenaries and two-thousand Norvoshi soldiers.  While this stalls the advancement of the war front to Pentos, it is Volantis’ position along the Rhoyne that truly weakens the invasion, forcing Westeros into a second front in the east.  With some few exceptions, the bulk of the Crownland and Stormland banners are weakened and battered and are put into reserve lines.
* **The South Ridge Battle** -- though more accurately three separate, smaller battles, the South Ridge Battle was part of the Westerland campaign to secure the eastern front, primarily the hills west of the Rhoyne, from Volantene armies.  The battles were considered marginally successful.
* **Battle of Golden Fields** -- the first large engagement of Westerland and Reach forces against Volantene armies, the Battle of Golden Fields, often called the ‘battle that turned gold into blood’ or the ‘battle of red fields,’ was a particularly vicious battle at the end of the second year.  Though tactically a draw, the Battle of Golden Fields is generally considered a victory by Volantis, pushing the eastern front back to the Lhorulu.  A Volantene general is relieved of his rank when it is learned that he did not pursue the fight into the hills.
* **Battle on the Fork** -- a battle of severe casualties, the Battle on the Fork turned back a Westerland attempt to collapse a Volantene flank.
* **Battle of Ny Sar** -- after reports of Volantis’ ships sailing north along the Rhoyne, a detachment of Riverland soldiers were sent to hold Ny Sar to hold.  This defensive saw little battle beyond various skirmishes that turned away scouting vessels, but in order to join with the northern Essosi armies, Ny Sar would have to be taken, leading to the Battle of Ny Sar.  Assaults began early on the first morning far before dawn, and continued on for three days before the Volantenes were forced to settle into ill prepared siege warfare.
* **The Velvet Run** -- the Velvet Run is said to have lasted for weeks, and only marked when a host of Westerland soldiers, survivors of the Sealord’s ambush in Pentos, established contact with the main Westerosi force.  The escaped host, having fought and survived for weeks and now months in the Velvet Hills against the efforts of the northern Free Cities, were lauded as heroes.  Details of their survival, however, are scarce, and less than half had endured the journey.

### 411 AC

* **Battle at the Point** -- though several naval battles occur throughout the war between Iornborn and Braavosi ships, the Battle at the Point is one of the most important, and violent.  The battle saw two-hundred and fifty Ironborn ships versus two-hundred and ninety Braavosi.  The battle raged through a hard storm.
* **Battle of Ghoyan Drohe** -- in order to further press the northern front, banners commanded by the Reach traveled north along the Velvet Hills to establish a new flank and destroy the Unsullied emplacement, and ultimately failed.
* **Battle of the Lhorulu** -- following the prior engagement of the Battle of the Golden Fields, Westerland and Reach armies engage with Volantenes armies advancing up the Lhorulu.  The battle lasts for six days, though fighting only occurs on three.  Eventually, Westerosi armies are pushed north and the victory solidifies the Lhorulu and Golden Fields to Volantene control for the next two years, but the casualties suffered by the Volantenes forces are great.
* **The North and the Vale** -- after the second year of war, the North and a smaller force of the Vale enter the war on the Northern Theater.
* **The Bleeding Titan and the Sack of the Arsenal** --  with the Sealord away at war, Northmen and the Knights of the Vale begin their campaign with a daring take of Braavos.  In the early morning, a small number of Northmen scale the cliffs that stage the Titan of Braavos, and climb into his halls.  For nearly twelve minutes, the assault goes before the Titan roars, putting the city to alarm.  The Arsenal, however, is already docked by several ships and several more have entered the lagoon.  By noon Braavos is taken and the fighting desists.
* **Battle of Sweetwater** -- a small skirmish of Northern lookouts and Braavosi scouts south of Braavos.  The fight is violent, but ends quickly, and the Northern and Vale forces begin their march south by the week’s end.
* **Battle of Stones** -- a skirmish of Reachmen against Norvoshi mercenaries south of Ny Sar, which has been held by a Riverland defensive still, securing the northern Rhoyne.
* **Siege of Volantis** -- Volantis would remain under blockade and siege until the end of the war when the Redwyne Fleet, refitted from the earlier campaigns, attempts to strangulate Volantis’ part in the war.  Many battles, both in the Rhoyne and at sea, ensue in the next year, and though the Redwyne Fleet enjoys some significant wins, never fully penetrate Rhoyne, with only one ship credited as making it as far as Valysar and none other beyond Sar Mell.
* **Siege of Pentos** -- though the Lannister army garrisoned at Pentos has endured consistent small engagements with Braavosi attempts to enter the city, it isn’t until nearly a year later that a large scale battle occurs.  The battle lasts two nights and a day, and though costly to the Lannister armies, the Braavosi assault pays dearly and withdraws.
* **Battle in the Coastlands** -- a three day battle, so large and so active, accounts have broken up the Battle in the Coastlands into several different engagements from the shoreline into the mountain range.  The battle begins when an army of Braavosi, Norvoshi, and Qohorik Unsullied meet with the Northern armies and the Knights of the Vale marching south from Braavos.  Though the outcome seems uncertain, it is a final charge on the Unsullied flank that decides the battle.
* **The Cold Battle** -- a tense and eerie battle at sea that goes from night into the early morning.  The battle is hectic with long stretches of silence and then sudden moments of violence due to a heavy and unnatural fog that looms.  The conditions make a chaos of strategic maneuvering, and many ships are lost without any accounts.
* **Battle of Fires** -- widely regarded as Lord Tyrell’s greatest victory, an army of Reach and Westerland banners turn back a large, Volantenes army on the south flank of the Eastern Theater.  Though a costly victory, a brilliant command routs a much larger force.

### 412 AC

* **Battle of Northern Andalos** -- with the Northern Free City armies forced into a dual front war now, Braavosi commanders reform in a defensive position that forces the Northmen and Vale Knights to engage.  While the Battle of Northern Andalos lasts nearly a fortnight, there are only five days that see large scale battle, separated by small skirmishes.  Again, the Westerosi banners take victory, but again, the outcome is hard earned and not as resolute as hoped.  In the aftermath of the victory, a small host of Northmen split from the army and make east for Norvos.
* **The Battle of the Dagger** -- what would later set up for perhaps the war’s most pivotal battle, the Battle of the Dagger is so named for the battle where armies of Westeros and Volantis meet in the south-eastern Flatlands.  With an outcome originally considered uncertain, it is on the second and final day of fighting that sees the Black Company and Second Sons turn on the Reach and Westerland armies engaged.  The casualties suffered are heavy, including many notable lords.
* **Second Attack of Ny Sar** -- emboldened by their victory at the Battle of the Dagger, once again Riverland forces at Ny Sar repel Volantene forward ships.
* **Battle in the Den** -- an early morning battle that further presses back Westerosi forces from the eastern front.
* **Battle of Southern Andalos**  -- a smaller battle than Northern Andalos, the Battle of Southern Andalos is considered an effort to stall the North and Vale’s advancement south.  Eventually, the Free City forces are forced to retreat, their strategy is seen as a tactical advantage.
* **Siege of Myr** -- though Tyrosh would remain under Westerosi control from the war’s beginning to its end, Myr comes under siege as the Crown’s forces are pushed further into the Flatlands.  A Volantene army lays siege to Myr, held by a collection of Crownland and Stormland soldiers who had recovered from the early war.
* **Fight on the Long Lake** -- a battle that further pressed the armies of Westeros into the flatlands.
* **Seven Day Battle** -- often seen as the deciding point in the war, the Seven Day Battle lasted for seven full days and seven full nights.  With scouts reporting the movements of Volantis in the South and Braavos in the North, a grand army of Crownland, Stormland, Reach, Westerland and Riverland armies maneuvered to defend against a pincer attack.  The battle is said to swallow the countryside for days with fighting, formations, and encampments.  Westeros fights well, but a few number of key strategic errors culminates in a horrifically bloody seventh day, and a loss for the Crown.
* **Battle of the Bells** -- a successful assault by the small contingent of Northmen sent to Norvos.  The axe wielding guardians hold the Sinner’s Steps for a time, but eventually are overcome and the city is taken after only a few short hours of bloodshed.
* **A Brave Stand** -- in the aftermath of the Seven Day Battle, Westerosi armies abandon the Southern Flatlands. With a new, defensive campaign, the armies of Westeros secure the Northern and Western Flatlands and maneuver to halt the advance of Braavos from the north and Volantis and various mercenary companies from the south and east; believing that the Northern Free Cities will yield after enough pressure from the Stark and Arryn armies.  The first major battle of the new campaign, originally named the Battle by the Manse, came to be known as a Brave Stand in memory of the two-thousand Reachmen that died there.
* **On the Valyrian Road** -- a large scale battle that sees Stormland and Westerland armies driving Volantene forces from a strategic hill by an old Valyrian road.  The battle lasts for two days.
* **Battle of Hooker’s Mine** -- holding a strategically valuable mine staged in the Flatlands, a small contingent of Westerland soldiers are forced to retreat following four waves of assault by the Black Company and Blood Bearers.
* **Orchard’s Battle** -- a Riverland army is ambushed in an immense orchard by sellswords and Volantene cavalry.  The battle looks to end quickly with Westerosi soldiers overwhelmed until a host of heavy cavalry of the Reach charge from the north.  Though Orchard’s Battle is credited as a mounted battle, it is misleading.

### 413 AC

* **Battle of Sorrows** -- a violent battle in the misty outskirts of what was once the city of Chroyane.  The Battle of Sorrows sees the small host of Northmen who traveled down the Noyne from Norvos take the ruins of the Sorrows from a large Volantene garrison.  Though originally purposed to travel south and sow discord throughout the Rhoyne, following the battle, the Northmen are forced inland into the hills by the Lhorulu.
* **Battle of Pentos Bay** -- after years of combat, a brilliant strategy splits the Sealord’s eastern flank and forces the line to collapse.  The Sealord of Braavos loses many ships in the attack, and many more are forced to surrender when the bay is collapsed.  Pentos is liberated in the aftermath.
* **Battle of the Gap** --  though there are several skirmishes and small battles on the Northern Theater, Braavosi, Norvoshi, and Qohorik Unsullied continue to employ defensive tactics designed to slow rather than fight.  However, after one such skirmish, Northern and Vale banners are ambushed.  Many men are killed initially, but a charge of Knights of the Vale spearhead an offensive and eventually claim the day.  While considered a loss, the battle is seen as a tactical win for the Northern Free Cities, the casualties forcing the Westerosi armies to halt for nearly a fortnight.
* **The Farm Battle** -- Crownland, Riverland, and Stormland armies engage a large host of Volantis on a ridge by a great farm.  Losses are great, particularly the Crownland banners who were broken on the flank, and the war front is pushed back as a direct result of the Farm Battle.
* **Encirclement in the Bones** -- following the Battle of Sorrows, the Northmen skirmish and survive for weeks in the hills of the Lhorulu.  However, they are eventually encircled by an army and forced to hold a precarious defensive for another month.
* **Battle of Fisher’s Hill** -- a bold Volantene general attacks the seemingly impregnable heights of Fisher’s Hill in the Flatlands, claiming victory over a Reach host.
* **Massacre of the Mourning Manse** -- with the war’s end realized, war crimes take to rise, and none so as brutal or infamous as the Massacre.  An estate of a magister of Pentos in the Southern Flatlands, later known as the Mourning Manse, was repurposed throughout the war as a defensive position, eventually falling to Volantis control.  A raid of mixed Westerosi banners is led by a small circle of disgruntled knights who retake the manse and then proceed to torture and butcher the men and rape the women.  The screaming and wailing is said to last an entire three days.
* **Battle in the Bones** -- after weeks of encirclement, the North host is eventually engaged.  Thought weak enough to overcome or pressed to surrender, hubris allows the Northmen to rout three waves of assault before a daring charge breaks through the Volantis line.

### 414 AC

* **Battle of Peachtree** -- a small scale, though strategically impressive, battle of a Crownland’s general against a rival commander of Volantis.  The Crownlands enjoy an inconsequential victory.
* **Battle of the Burned City** -- though hardly a city, the Battle of the Burned City takes place in a village abandoned since the war’s midway.  Though there are mixed banners present, the command is credited to a Stormland lord who ordered the village put to the torch after a two day battle that ended in loss, denying the resources of the township to Volantis.
* **The Death Knell** -- the final major battle south of Pentos, the Death Knell sees a collective of Westerosi banners attempting to turn away a sellsword and Volantene army.  While the battle is expansive, it is only half the size of the Seven Day Battle and five days shorter.  The Westerosi army, the largest of the King’s invading armies, surrenders at the battle’s end.
* **Battle at River’s Bridge** -- the final battle of the War of Four Daughters sees Northern and Vale banners fighting and winning a fruitless victory over a large Braavosi army.  After news of the surrender of the crown’s main army, various banners surrender over the coming weeks and sail home.