Blockade of Blackwater Bay
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The Blockade of Blackwater Bay was the naval maneuver by which House Velaryon, loyal to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, sealed off the sea approach to King's Landing during the Dance of the Dragons. Led by Corlys Velaryon, the black fleet strangled the capital's trade and pushed the Greens to look for help beyond Westeros.
The move turned the sea into another front of the succession war and drove the Greens to strike a deal with the Triarchy of the Three Daughters, whose fleet would eventually meet the Velaryon ships in the waters of the Gullet.
Closing of the Bay
After Aegon II's coronation tipped the realm into war, Prince Daemon fought his campaign on land, seizing Harrenhal and gathering most of the black forces at Dragonstone. At sea, Corlys Velaryon answered by sealing off the bay of Blackwater with his fleet.
With the sea lane cut, King's Landing lost much of its trade, a blow that struck a regime already unsettled by Viserys's recent death and the rift between Blacks and Greens.
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Battle of the Gullet
The economic strangling pushed Hand of the King Otto Hightower to seek help outside Westeros, striking a naval pact with the Triarchy of the Three Daughters. Its fleet sailed from the Stepstones toward the Gullet, where Prince Jacaerys waited with riders drawn from the dragonseeds.
The clash there became the bloodiest the war's navies ever fought: the Essosi allies lost nearly all their ships, the Velaryon fleet saw much of its own burn, and Driftmark went up in flames. Even so, the hold on Blackwater Bay was finally broken.
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Participants
Sides
the Blacks
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Who was there
No entry in the atlas: Corlys Velaryon
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Others in the account
- Corlys VelaryonAppears in Closing of the Bay
- Daemon TargaryenAppears in Closing of the Bay
- Otto HightowerAppears in Battle of the Gullet
- Jacaerys VelaryonAppears in Battle of the Gullet
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Books and show
Where they differ
| Show | Books | |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 132 AC | 129 AC |
| Place | Blackwater Bay | Blackwater Bay |
| Outcome | The Velaryon fleet closes the bay and cuts off King’s Landing’s trade · it forces the Greens’ pact with the Triarchy | La flota Velaryon cierra el acceso a la bahía y corta el comercio de Desembarco del Rey · fuerza el pacto de los Verdes con la Triarquía |
| On screen | House of the Dragon | — |
- Books only: Battle of the Gullet
By work
| Work | Format | Where it is told |
|---|---|---|
| House of the Dragon | Show | Closing of the Bay |
The chronology of events
- Submission of Torrhen Stark
- First Dornish War
- Ambush on the Boneway
- Death of Rhaenys Targaryen and Meraxes
- Great Council of 101
- Coronation of Viserys I
- Maidenpool Tourney
- Death of Aemma Arryn
- Naming of Rhaenyra as heir
- Wedding of Viserys I and Alicent Hightower
- War for the Stepstones
- Daemon Targaryen proclaims himself King of the Stepstones
- Battle of the Stepstones
- Fifth anniversary tourney
- Rhaenyra named Princess of Dragonstone
- Wedding of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon
- Wedding of Daemon Targaryen and Laena Velaryon
- Death of Laena Velaryon
- Fire at Harrenhal
- Death of Laenor Velaryon
- Aemond Targaryen claims Vhagar
- Wedding of Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Wedding of Aegon Targaryen and Helaena Targaryen
- Execution of Vaemond Velaryon
- Dance of the Dragons
- Death of Viserys I
- Death of Lyman Beesbury
- Coronation of Aegon II
- Coronation of Rhaenyra I
- Duel of the Cargyll twins
- Blockade of Blackwater Bay
- Jacaerys Velaryon's mission to White Harbor
- Pact of Ice and Fire
- Death of Lucerys Velaryon
- Blood and Cheese
- March of the Winter Wolves
- Capture of Harrenhal
- Battle of the Burning Mill
- Capture of Stone Hedge
- Sack of Duskendale
- Battle at Rook's Rest
- Sowing of the Seeds
- Capture of the Gay Abandon
- Battle of the Gullet
- Battle of the Honeywine
- Fall of King's Landing
- Dalton Greyjoy's raids on the Westerlands
- Battle by the Lakeshore
- Ambush at Crossed Elms
- Butcher's Ball
- Battle of the Red Fork
- Battle of Acorn Hall
- Siege of Longtable
- Sack of Bitterbridge
- First Battle of Tumbleton
- Arrest of Addam Velaryon and imprisonment of Corlys Velaryon
- Fall of Dragonstone
- Taking of Maidenpool by Daemon Targaryen
- Aemond Targaryen's reprisals in the Riverlands
- Battle Above the Gods Eye
- Death of Helaena Targaryen
- and 107 more in the index