Re: Dorne
Dorne History Continued
Dorne had long been a source of frustration to the Targaryens. Upon taking the throne in 157 AC, the young King Daeron I, marched south and brought the Dornishmen to battle, quickly defeating them. The eldest son of Aegon III, Daeron was a bright and talented young man, who wrote eloquently of his achievements in The Conquest of Dorne, and led his troops with great bravery, despite being only fourteen years old when he took the throne.
It is said The Conquest of Dorne lasted but a summer and that the Young Dragon spent ten thousand men taking Dorne and lost fifty thousand trying to hold it. As before, the Dornishmen proved cunning and all but impossible to rule. The Lord of Highgarden was entrusted with governing the fractious people, and he spent much of his time chasing down elusive rebels, moving from estate to estate and displacing local lords from their homes. One night, he pulled on a sash to summon a servant but instead opened up the canopy over his bed, sending a rain of a hundred red scorpions down on his head. At the news of Highgarden’s death, the Dornishmen rose in rebellion, and in a fortnight, they had driven out the Targaryens and regained their freedom, which they would retain.
Now thirty-six years Dorne is now expected to join the Seven Kingdoms by marriage.
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