Wrath of Dawn

Daenarys Targaryeans control of Meereen further cemented
Ian Dayne killed in action, future of House Dayne left in Edric Dayne's hand.

**Wrath of Dawn** is the name of the journey by Ian Dayne, also known as **Ian Dayne's Final Quest.** It was the mission that followed the results of Haywin's War and saw the men who had all fought in that war following along to finish the last loose end that conflict left behind.

## Prelude

> *Haywin: Meereen....Tywin has taken his men and gone to Meereen.*
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> *Ian: Meereen? Why would he go there, whats waiting for him in Meereen.*
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> *Haywin: To win the favor of the Slavers...to kill the Queen.*
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The Darkspear Rebellion had an impact that carried beyond just the war itself, the scars and mistrust it left behind would affect the East and the West. In one of Haywin's efforts to gain allies he freed Tywin Lannister among others to serve as generals in his war, Tywin proved useful in the early goings of the conflict but fled sometime around or after the Battle of King's Landing with 5000 Myrishmen still in his service, screwing both the Myrish and Haywin in doing so. Haywin had kept tabs on him still and knew what his plans were, so much so that when he had fallen in his final battle, he was able to tell Ian as he lied dying and informing him of his plan. Tywin was looking to rebuild the Lannister power which had fallen with his and the Westerlands defeat, and to start he would begin his kingdom in Meereen, winning over the slavers of Essos by killing the dragon Queen. Ian suspected that this was a long term plan of his to return to Westeros, but even if it wasnt Tywin couldnt be allowed to just flee and be left alone, he was still just as culpable in the war as anyone else and to allow him to go unpunished made House Brightflame look weak, and many deaths unanswered. On top of that Queen Daenarys Targaryean was an ally of there house, a trading partner and a place besides Braavos that didnt allow slavery, Ian felt that he couldnt in good conscious let an issue that came from them potentially take the Queen down. Shortly after the war was over Ian took a small party and departed for Essos.

The party mostly consisted of his companions from his Campaign during the Rebellion, having fought together since the battle in the Stormlands, which included his longtime friend Tristifer Terrace, his vassals the knight Rolfe Colebourne and Aurion Valeries. The Knights Jaime Ryyker, and Aenar Blackfyre, and the Lords Darron Flameheart, Zelos Wilder, and Will Littleknight. Though he also took with him the Northern Triumvurate of Artos Starkwood, Shamus Blackwolf the master of Coin, and Wolf Greenaxe who were nothing if not fierce fighters who would be able to handle such a difficult journey. All of them had proven themselves in the Rebellion, all playing crucial roles in ending the various threats Haywin had unleashed on them and Ian trusted that all of them were fully dedicated to playing there part in stopping Tywin Lannister.

## Journey to Meereen

> *Jaime: You seem to be having a mighty fine time, lad*
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> *Will: I've hardly been off the blasted sea in the past fortnight and all ive been thinking about is how far we have to go.*
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Sailing from Bloodstone they moved on towards Volantis on a galley, on Ian's own idea, feeling that he'd rather go there then sail around to Meereen where they run the risk of falling victim to attacks from Tywin's men. on the ship the men recovered from the battle, Rolfe was tended to by a Measter to tend to the arrow wounds he suffered protecting Ian but fell ill, though he soon beat the illness after a handful of days. The men spent there time relaxing for the march ahead once there destination and Ian's plan became clear. Without incident they made it to the Dothraki held city and spent the day buying supplies and readying themselves for the march towards the Queens city, during which they also informed them more on the matter of the raids that Haywin organized and set up the Brightflames as the culprits, whether Khal Pono bought it or not he did not make a scene or treat them poorly, letting them roam his city. Instead the first instance of attack came from the man they were looking for, assassins' sent by Tywin Lannister. The timely intervention of Shamus gave Ian and Jaime time to defend himself, and Aenar who was also nearly the victim of an attack was able to fend off his attacker by himself. No one was killed in the attack and Ian took it as the first sign that Tywin was scared of them.

After they were done in Volantis they moved on towards Meereen across the dangerous Demon Road. The dangerous journey was on not taken lightly and the group spent a lot of time preparing there supplies for the journey across. Even with that there supplies were drained but they managed to avoid company for the most part aside from a lone Myrish scouting party that they met, but Ian brought them into a false sense of security before the group rushed and quickly put them down without losing a man. After that they soon found themselves at the end of there rope before finally making it to the City they had spent so much time trying to get too. Though there host was greeted with some suspicion once the Flameheart brothers recognized there cousin and Ian Dayne they were quickly welcomed into the city and even into the Queen's War council.

## Struggles in the City

> *Ryon: We clear up the Sons of the Harpy and were onset by another enemy not too long after. Were not sure whos attacking us this time.*
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> *Darron: Thats actually part of the reason were here.*
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The City had already faced part of Tywin Lannister's efforts though before the arrival of Ian and his men they didnt know who. Tywin refused to play out his whole hand to the Queen and instead had sent attacks inside the city and attacking scouts much like the Sons of Harpy had done not too long ago. After they had successfully ruled out there return they quickly started looking for answers outward but there enemy was no stranger to war. The less the City knew about who they were fighting the better for his advantage. And even knowing that there was still the fear of how much power he had amassed already, Tywin wouldnt just rely on the 5000 men he had especially because they were sellswords. While Dany's court and Ian's knights all debated the methods and means to expose his forces it was Willfred Littleknight who took charge of the situation coming up with a few plans that many could agree on. The main one that followed would be sending a few scouting parties to try and draw out opposition while other smaller parties would try and move to find where the enemy camp was. The first party would see Ian Dayne, Aenar Blackfyre, and Jaime Ryyker move out with 100 Unsullied to try and draw out there opponents while Aurion Valeryies and Aegor Flameheart would travel alone to try and get an idea of where there camp was as individual spies.