Battle of the Bloody Bay

### Outcome

House Darkspear victory.* Sunfyre/Redwater supply line compromised and fleets crippled.

Combatants| Kingdom of Stepstones~* House Darkspear
* House Lightingfyre
* House Maloris
* House Starkwood
* House Griften
* House Redwater
* House Pyne

Commanders| * Prince Darron Darkspear
* Kian Darkspear
* Lord Martin Lightingfyre
* Lord Jaq Maloris
* Lord Artos Starkwood
* Ser Robb Griften
* Ser Marq Mallery
* Ser Hollis Pyne

Forces| * 20 Darkspear ships

Casualties| * Minimial losses

## Prelude:

> *Rheagon: We cant push on with the Darkspear fleet beating us at every step. The Redwaters wont be here in bulk yet. We need results*
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> *Aegor: Apologies my Lord..But the King's brother seems to have a knack for naval combat he attacks too fast and is gone just as quickly.*
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The Rebel forces seeking to Usurp Haywin were finding said attempt to be marred with too many moving problems, the Redwaters first attempt to take an island had failed and they were at risk of losing supplies, House Starkwood had brought in a not insignificant amount of ships lead by Artos Starkwood himself honoring his deal with Haywin and potentially his own personal issues with the Redwaters, though the history there is well documented in various conflicts such as the dreaded Black Rebellion, and Red Sand Crisis, though Artos was not the biggest concern here. Kian Darkspear was proving to be a threat at sea moving at a constant pace through the island routes and making sure any attempt to move anything was met with heavy fighting, raiding the coasts of House Pyne and House Sunfyre and leaving before anything can be done about it.

It had gotten out of hand and Rheagon tasked Ser Aegor with doing something about it immediately the man started a counter campaign with the Fleets of house Sunfyre and was aided by Marq Mallery and Hollis Pyne who all sought to get to the end of the Rebellion as soon as possible. They started organizing attacks and continued to start meeting the lines and protecting what they could assuring Haywin's brother wouldnt find such an easy time taking them.

## Battle

> *Kian: This plan shouldn't be organized by you...if they got ahold of Haywin's son..*
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> *Darron: Haywin has a brother to continue the bloodline..we need to look out for our lords.*
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Over the next few weeks ships occasionally clashed when Kian started getting bolder in his attacks but no long standing conflcits, though this was part of the plan as during an attack on the Sunfyre Coasts that seemed to be just another raid was actually a plan for Darron Darkspear to be brought to Sunstone leading a group of men in what was supposed to be a planned stealth attack on Rheagon's keep to free the captured prisoners. Though once again Kian's attacks kept the men of House Sunfyre and Redwater occupied, finally culminating in one final battle where when chasing Kian the rebels fleet were suddenly caught in trap between them, House Lightingfyre backed by the returning Jaq Maloris, and House Starkwood/Griften forces that saw them rammed and struck with artillery. Kian had apparently not planned on the assistance as it can be attributed to luck and timing that allowed them to catch the fleet when Kian himself merely planned on combating the forces himself but with there assistance the battle was much easier then it would have been and the enemy found itself trying to survive a constant pelting of attacks that forced them to split off to escape in groups or be smashed together, the victory was brutal but swift and more then Kian could have expected from such a situation.

To make matters worse for Rheagon Darron's attack in the stealth of the night ended up successful. Exact reports are uknown, as most who took part of the journey weren't able to long live the various wars to give us exact statements, but the general findings seem that there was no known alert on them until they had freed the lords, aside from a few sentries and guards who died before they could alert the rest of the garrison. while there was more fighting during the escape and the soldiers couldnt be saved there wasnt an alert on the attack until they were nearly out of the castle and they had been able to elude the runners somehow to escape on a boat from the Darkspears.

## Aftermath

> *Martin: Sunfyre will do well to understand his situation and parley for peace.*
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> *Kian: He wont..He's too invested in the Rebellion now, and if he fails with the Redwaters backing him it would be the end of his credibility..he'll fight till he dies or wins.*
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The last of Rheagon's advantages after his great victory at Sunstone had been neutralized and with his forces in shambles he had to try and defend his home from further attacks. Hollis Pyne got the worst of it having fallen back to his home and cut off from support he was on his own unless they could beat the Darkspears at sea which the fleets were too scattered and battered to pull off. It was here Haywin made the decree official that Hollis Pyne was stripped of all his lands. Hollis for his part was still control of the lands as the decree was more a formality, the man knew that picking his side would forever make him an enemy of the Darkspears but he wasnt going to back down just yet or plead for mercy he simply had to wait and fight until Jory arrived.

Though one might assume the smart thing to do would be to attack the scattered Sunfyre's keep and try to force a surrender Haywin was well aware how long a siege could take on Rheagon's turf and he still had some of the vassals with him to bulk up his numbers, if he failed he'd be trapped on Sunstone when the Redwater forces arrived and that would potentially ruin his army completely and leave him at the mercy of Rheagon. Which he wasnt ready to do yet. Instead he put more forces behind Kian and needed him to ultimately crush the reinforcments of the redwaters as that would assure that he could move on Rheagon safely. This came just as Jory and Robin had finally amassed the most men they could and finished there obligations in the mainlands to the King, leaving from King's Landing to go right after the Stepstones where they eventually arrived ready to put the war to rest.