Fifth Dornish War

Events| * Raid of Nightsong
* Battle of the Pass
* The Manwoody Accord
* Battle of the River
* Hanging the Vulture King

**The Fifth Dornish War** was the war of third rebel dubbing himself with the title of 'Vulture King', and pillaged the Dornish marches during the reign of Viserys I.

## Prelude

Upon Boremund's deathbed in 118 A.C., he declared his son, Baldric, as his rightful heir before the Storm's End's maester, Isambard Arryn. Borros dismissed this, though he remained in the castle for some years after, continually insisting himself to still be ruling as the Lord Paramount of the Stormlands. It was reportedly after an argument with his wife, Elenda Caron, Borros left the kingdom in a rage and would not return.

By 121 A.C., Borros allied with the third of the Vulture Kings in 121 A.C.: a rebel from the Dornish Marches that House Martell had not suppressed, due to them only leading raids north of the Red Mountains. Baldric Baratheon summoned his vassals and led them south into the Red Mountains.

## Raid of Nightsong

In the Fifth Moon, Borros Baratheon led a raid north of the Red Mountains on the villages surrounding Nightsong. Before the village could be fully razed, Baldric Baratheon and his army arrived, and pursued the retreating rebels into the Red Mountains.

## Battle of the Prince's Pass

The Battle of the Prince's Pass, known more simply as the Battle of the Pass, was a battle that occurred in the Fifth Moon. After two weeks of pursuit, the Stormlands forces clashed with the rebels. Half the forces retreated southward to Dorne, whereas the other remained to hold off the Stormlanders, led by Borros Baratheon. It was in this battle that Casper Connington fell, and Armond Connington killed Borros Baratheon in single combat, solidifying Baldric Baratheon's legitimacy to Storm's End. This battle is remembered in the song, **Brother's Bane**.

## The Manwoody Accord

In the week following the Battle of the Pass, the Stormlands forces came upon warriors from House Manwoody, who warned them that a force entering Dorne would be seen as an act of war. Baldric Baratheon assured them that they were there simply to put an end to the Rebels, and would travel no further south than the Red Mountains. An accord was reached: as an assurance of peace, Baldric Baratheon would have his youngest son, Arlan, fostered at Sunspear.

## Battle of the River

In the Tenth Moon, the Vulture King had been travelling to castles in search of sanctuary, and was refused at each time. As the Vulture King and his starving forces travelled south to Skyreach, they were fell upon by Baldric Baratheon and his army. It was in this final conflict that most of the Vulture King's forces were slain, as well as Armond Connington. The Vulture King himself, however, would be taken alive. Though this was the last conflict of the war, it is remembered when the Vulture King was executed a month later.

## Aftermath

Upon returning to Storm's End, Baldric Baratheon's sister-by-law, Elenda Caron, was wed to Steffon Connington, and Andrew Connington was named as the new Lord of Griffin's Roost and Arlan Baratheon was sent south to Dorne with a personal guard. The Vulture King was executed via hanging in Storm's End in the Eleventh Moon, marking the end of the Fifth Dornish War.