Ambush of the Sun

## Prelude

> *Daniel: I just dont think I have much fight left in me. I know your looking for revenge but im just looking to see this whole thing end.*
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> *Ethan: And it will end, but we have the Stepstones to protect now, we cant afford to look passive now.*
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After the devastation wrought at the brutal Battle of Bloodstone, the lords and knights were sick of warfare but sadly the fighting doesnt end at any mans convenience and word had reached them about Nyessos of Myr and his fleets coming for another shot at battle. While many argued they could just use proof of Haywins deception to stop them many of the lords who had personally met the man himself knew Nyessos would not be swayed, he was motivated not by any honor or sense of obligation to his people but out of spite, greed and vengeance. Haywin's trick meant nothing to him. Instead Ethan and Daniel took there forces and sailed to go and deal with the Myrish once and for all and kill or capture Nyessos to assure that the last voice calling for war was silenced, a mission Ethan Lash who's wife had been killed by his assassins' was all to eager to carry out. Taking ships they had readied for the war and the forces that remained from Bloodstone they had 31 ships in total and soon found them outnumbered when they saw the Myrish ships on the horizon but with the element of surprise on his side Ethan was confident that he was going to win.

## The Battle

> *Nyessos: You madman! We're allies!*
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> *Ethan: You were Haywin's ally, not mine. I would never willingly work with the murderer of my wife!*
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Once the ships were close enough they opened fire on the unsuspecting Myrish, before the Free City fleet could open fire they had lost roughly 5 ships to opening fire. Though they quickly attempted to salvage the situation there cohesion as a fleet was ruined and they were set upon by the much more organized Stepstone forces. Ethan's flagship went right for Nyessos ship while Daniel quickly commandeered he rest of his ships in attacking as many other ships as he could, personally leading the boarding of one while his half brother Tris did the same for another both successfully bringing all of there inhabitants to heel in a matter of minutes. Despite there success the Stepstone men were still demoralized, the fighting had worn them out, there failure drained them further and in the fighting they were going through the motions, "It was as if they were half dead, and maybe they were. They were loyal kings men without a king they had any desire to follow." Tris was noted to have said. There lack of motivation showed, they did not fight as fiercely as they had done for Haywin, which allowed the Myrish counter attack to destroy a handful of there fleets or escape as they lacked any desire to chase down fleeing enemies.

The enemy was either trying to flee or surrender by this point but the one ship that was denied that option was Nyessos own, Ethan crashed into it and boarded it, taking out 3 men before another of his soldiers even set foot on the ship as well. His guard did most of the work from there clearing things out as Nyessos watched on in horror as his increasingly desperate situation, the Lashes were cutting his men down without even entertaining the thought of letting them surrender and they soon surrounded him and Ethan in a circle. Once Nyessos realized that Haywin was either dead or captured and that the Lashes were back with the Brightflames he attempted to kill the Lash Lord, brave for a man of his stature but a failed effort, Ethan was too fast, too determined and too experienced and there short fight was a brutal, one sided affair much like the battle around them. Ethan disarmed and wounded Nyessos before taking the telescope that Nyessos had mockingly returned to him during the war and jammed it into his eye, a painful experience for the Myrish leader but not one he had to suffer long, for Ethan beheaded the man shortly afterwards. And with him the last possible man willing to continue the war.

## Aftermath

> *Tris: I know how your feeling, but we cant think too much on it anymore. War's over and if we stay focused on the past it will only hinder us.*
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> *Daniel: I know. And I will, trust me I know how to push through bad situations, but this is harder then most. I just lost the man whos given me everything, I cant be expected to pretend it didnt happen.*
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The Myrish were scattered and without Nyessos none of them had any desire to waist more resources in the west, especially after the Brightflames gave them the information and proof that they had been lied to. Lys, Volantis and Qohor followed suit in suing for peace though raids from Volantis and Qohor hostilities would continue for some time. Ethan and Daniel brought back 18 captured vessels from the battle which they gave to the Brightflame contigent as a further show of good faith likely hoping for leniency, with Ian they likely would have found it, but by the point Ian and his party of soldiers had sailed for Essos and Robin Redwater had taken over the negotiations at Bloodstone, the following treaty would define the Stepstones for some time, with the removal of Robin Whent who would be exiled, and a short feud between Daniel Youngflower and Rhaegon Sunfyre over control of the Stepstones, a feud that Rhaegon lost as Daniel was named Lord paramount in the following discussions. Now in control of his father figures lands Daneil dedicated his lordship to trying to bring the Stepstones back up to there proper glory.