The Stormlands

Cape Wrath

Tarth

The **stormlands** are one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms on the continent of Westeros. The Kingdom of the Storm was a sovereign nation until Aegon's Conquest, in which the last Storm King was slain. The region is so-named for the savage and frequent autumn storms that batter the coast after beginning in the Summer Sea.

The stormlands are ruled from the castle of Storm's End by House Baratheon. Notable bannermen of the region include Buckler, Caron, Connington, Dondarrion, Errol, Estermont, Penrose, Selmy, Staedmon, Swann, Tarth, and Wylde. Noble bastards raised in the stormlands are given the surname Storm.

## History

### The Great Council, 301 AC

Following the death of King Tommen I in a riot, Hand of the King Mace Tyrell called a Great Council, which elected **Myrcella I Baratheon** as the Lady of the Seven Kingdoms. A regency council, made up of Mace Tyrell, Randyll Tarly, Nestor Royce, Petyr Baelish, and Ser Jaime Lannister, was established to rule until Myrcella came of age. **Aegon Targaryen**, claimant to the Iron Throne, who also put his name forward during the council, was forced to call off his conquest and flee to Essos with the remnants of the Golden Company.

As the last surviving heir of both her father King Robert I Baratheon and Queen Consort Cersei Lannister, Queen Myrcella inherited Storm's End and Casterly Rock, respectively, in addition to her new royal seat at the Red Keep. Rather than maintain these castles within her royal domain, however, the regency council chose to pass Casterly Rock to Martyn Lannister. With Stannis Baratheon still in open rebellion in the north, Storm's End was kept under the crown's administrative control for the time being with Ser Arlan Wylde named as its castellan.

### Years of Consolidation, 301 - 306 AC

The Years of Consolidation was the period of time in were the War of the Five King's came to an end and saw the reintegration of Westeros into one realm once more under Queen Myrcella I Baratheon following the Great Council of 301 AC.

### A Queen's Marriage, 306 AC

As the Long Winter passed and spring once again brought life to Westeros, Queen Myrcella married Willas Tyrell in King’s Landing. The ceremony was the first event in years to bring the whole of the Realm together in merriment and promised an age of bounty and unity.

### Restoration of the Stags, 306 AC

At Queen Myrcella's wedding was another guest bearing the name Baratheon - Shireen, the daughter of the late Lord Stannis Baratheon and Lady Selyse Florent. Having renounced both her claim to the Iron Throne and the foreign faith adopted by her parents, Shireen was the recipient of a grand and magnanimous gesture by the queen and king-consort; she was to be named Lady of Storm's End, with all the titles, responsibilities, and privileges that came with the title.

A year later Lady Shireen was wed to Clifford Swann, the youngest son of Lord Gulian Swann.

### War of the Two Dragons, 309 AC

Coming from the far east, Aegon Targaryen returned to the Seven Kingdoms with his aunt and wife Daenerys Targaryen at his side, and they brought dragonfire and twenty-thousand swords to try and reclaim the Iron Throne for their dynasty. Their attempt at conquest ultimately failed, however, and the Realm persevered under Queen Myrcella.

### A Dynasty of Roses, 336 AC

**324 AC**: King-Consort Willas Tyrell passed away in illness and the young Prince Tommen inherited Highgarden, becoming the Lord Paramount of the Mander. As the latter was rather young, Queen Myrcella bestowed the honor of Warden of the South to her former betrothed, Prince Trystane Martell.

**336 AC**: Queen Myrcella I passed away and her son Tommen II Tyrell followed her as the sovereign of the Realm. His ascension to the throne was subject to some controversy, as he subsequently abolished the titles Lord of Highgarden and Lord Paramount of the Mander, an named his firstborn, Prince Alester, the Prince of Highgarden. This act signified the formal unification of the Crown and the Reach under the Dynasty of the Rose.

### Bastards of the Tide, 333 - 346 AC

The coasts of Dorne and the Stormlands were smitten by a series of pirate attacks, which, among many atrocities, resulted in the pillage and burning of Weeping Town and the abduction of dozens of Westerosi, including men and women of the nobility as well. The raids were carried out by the sails of the late Aurane Waters with the pirate leaders none other than his children. The Bastards of the Tide would terrorize the Narrow Sea for nearly two decades, and not the Iron Throne, nor the Free Cities, could muster a proper naval response, due to the raiders using the dragon-haunted archipelago of the Stepstones as their hideout.

### The Grey Spring, 346 - 352 AC

Following the resolution of the conflict with the Bastards of the Tide, greyscale began spreading amongst the poor districts of Weeping Town. In 350 AC, Lady Shireen Baratheon died and spring began, which was accompanied by the rapid expansion of greyscale amongst the inhabitants of Cape Wrath and claimed thousands of lives. Lord Davos instituted a complete blockade of Cape Wrath on land and sea, and negotiated with House Martell for the infected to be sent to live out their lives on Ghaston Grey.

### War of White and Gold, 357 - 358 AC

The War of White and Gold was a revolt within the Reach that advocated for home rule directly from Highgarden, rather than the region remaining a constituent part of the overall crownlands under House Tyrell of King's Landing. It took its name from the white rose coat of arms adopted by Lyonel Tyrell, the popular brother of King Alester I Tyrell for whom the lords of the Reach rose against the gold roses of the royal house.

### War of the Last Dragon, 378 - 381 AC

Following her conquests in Essos, Daena Targaryen, Queen of the Narrow Sea, invaded Westeros with her army of sellsails and mercenaries to once again bring the Seven Kingdoms under the banner of the dragon. After several years of brutal fighting Queen Daena and Drogon, the Last Dragons, were finally brought down, ending once and for all the final remnants of the Targaryen dynasty.