Kayce
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Kayce is a walled city on a peninsula of the Westerlands, south of Fair Isle, and the seat of House Kenning, sworn to the Lannisters. It grew out of land long held by the ironborn, and how it passed into mainland hands is remembered more for its strangeness than for any battle.
In the centuries after, it stayed a port of some weight on the western coast, visited by kings and fought over in wartime.
Origins
Lannister Conquest
Kayce was founded in the Age of Heroes, on a peninsula south of Fair Isle, and for generations it lay among the lands the ironborn held outside the Iron Islands.
When Lannister troops arrived at its walls under Herrock Kenning, the city did not fall to siege but to a rumor: it's said a single horn call was enough for Kayce's prostitutes to unbar the gates. Three Ironborn kings later tried to win the town back, and Herrock himself killed two of them.
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Targaryen Era
Visit of Jaehaerys I
In 55 AC, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen reached Kayce on his progress through the Westerlands. By then the city was firmly held by its new mainland lords, and the royal visit stands as record of that.
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Dance of the Dragons
During the Dance of the Dragons, a force under the Red Kraken seized Kayce by force. The invaders did not hold it long: once the war ended, the city returned to Lannister hands.
Johanna Lannister is remembered from the fighting that won it back — she put on armor and stood with the men, and her presence alone, it's said, was enough to hold the line.
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House Lannister
Debts to the Lannisters
In time, Kayce's merchants took to borrowing money from House Lannister. It wasn't only need driving them: they saw Lord Tytos Lannister let debtors go unpunished, and took advantage of his loose hand.
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In the books (5)
- The World of Ice & Fire
- Fire & Blood
- A Storm of Swords
- A World of Ice and Fire
- A Dance with Dragons