Conquest of Dorne

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Date	157AL
Location	Dorne
Belligerents King Daeron I House Martell Strength unkonwn unkonwn # of Dornishmen losses est. 10,000

Daeron had long felt that the continued independence of Dorne represented unfinished business for the Targaryens, and upon his ascension he vowed to rectify his ancestor's mistake.

Upon taking the throne in 157AL, the young King Daeron I marched south, quickly defeating the Dornishmen in battle. It's said that he lost ten thousand men taking Dorne and fifty thousand trying to hold it.

After the Submission of Sunspear, the Young Dragon left the Lord of Highgarden to rule Dorne for him. He moved with his train from one keep to the next, chasing rebels and keeping the knees of the Dornishmen bent. It was his custom to turn the lords of the keeps he stayed in out of their chambers, to sleep in their place. One night, finding himself in a bed with a heavy velvet canopy, he pulled a sash near the pillows to summon a wench. When he did so, the canopy opened and a hundred red scorpions fell upon him. His death led to rebellion throughout Dorne, and in a fortnight all the Young Dragon had won was undone.^[1]

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