Dalton Greyjoy's raids on the Westerlands
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In 130 AC, during the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Dalton Greyjoy's fleet fell upon the coast of the Westerlands and sacked Lannisport after the death of Lord Jason Lannister.
The Red Kraken came to rule the Sunset Sea for the two years the campaign lasted, though Casterly Rock held out against the assault.
Alliance with the Blacks
When the Dance of the Dragons broke out, Ser Otto Hightower, Hand of the King to Aegon II, tried to win over Dalton Greyjoy, then a young lord of sixteen, by offering him the seat of Master of Ships in place of Ser Tyland Lannister, who was moved to Master of Coin instead. The plan was to use the Iron Islands' fleet to counter the naval strength of House Velaryon, the chief support of Princess Rhaenyra.
On the other side, in the council of the Blacks, Daemon Targaryen suggested a different approach: rather than asking for loyalty, appeal to the young lord's bloodlust and let him plunder Rhaenyra's enemies freely. Dalton took Daemon's offer and threw in with the Blacks.
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Sack of Lannisport
When Lord Jason Lannister died, Dalton sent his men against the coast of the Westerlands. Lannisport fell to the raiders, who carried off riches and new salt wives. Casterly Rock escaped the attack because Johanna Westerling, Lord Jason's widow, ordered the harbor sealed and the approach to the castle blocked.
Dalton also took Kayce and sacked Fair Isle. Over the two years the war lasted, the Red Kraken came to rule the Sunset Sea.
Once the war ended, the regents governing in the name of the child king Aegon III ordered him to stop the raids. Dalton ignored them and kept raiding on his own.
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Participants
Sides
the Blacks
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Who was there
- Dalton GreyjoyLord Reaper of PykeAppears in Alliance with the Blacks, Sack of Lannisport
- Johanna WesterlingLady of Casterly RockAppears in Sack of Lannisport
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Others in the account
- Otto HightowerAppears in Alliance with the Blacks
- Tyland LannisterAppears in Alliance with the Blacks
- Daemon TargaryenAppears in Alliance with the Blacks
- Rhaenyra TargaryenAppears in Alliance with the Blacks
- Aegon II TargaryenAppears in Alliance with the Blacks
- Jason LannisterAppears in Sack of Lannisport
- Aegon III TargaryenAppears in Sack of Lannisport
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The chronology of events
- 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
- King's Landing Riots
- Storming of the Dragonpit
- Rhaenyra's flight to Duskendale
- Second Battle of Tumbleton
- Retaking of Rook's Rest
- Death of Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Moon of the Three Kings
- Borros Baratheon's seizure of King's Landing
- Battle of the Kingsroad
- Death of Aegon II
- Wedding of Aegon III and Jaehaera Targaryen
- Coronation of Aegon III
- Hour of the Wolf
- Battle of the Redgrass Field
- Ashford Tourney
- Trial of Seven at Ashford
- and 107 more in the index